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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 124of 129

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌۭ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمْ زَادَتْهُ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَزَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَٰنًۭا وَهُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ﴿١٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And whenever a surah is revealed, there are among the hypocrites those who say, "Which of you has this increased faith?" As for those who believed, it has increased them in faith, while they are rejoicing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenever
مَآAnd whenever
أُنزِلَتْunzilatis revealed
سُورَةٌۭsūratuna Surah
فَمِنْهُمfamin'humamong them
مَّنman(are some) who
يَقُولُyaqūlusay
أَيُّكُمْayyukumWhich of you
زَادَتْهُzādathu(has) increased [it]
هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihi(by) this
إِيمَـٰنًۭا ۚīmānan(in) faith
فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAs for
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
فَزَادَتْهُمْfazādathumthen it has increased them
إِيمَـٰنًۭاīmānan(in) faith
وَهُمْwahumand they
يَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūnarejoice

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Faith of the Believers increases, while Hypocrites increase in Doubts and SuspicionAllah said, وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ(And whenever there comes down a Surah), then among the hypocrites are, مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمْ زَادَتْهُ هَـذِهِ إِيمَـناً(some who say: "Which of you has had his faith increased by it") They say to each other, who among you had his faith increased by this Surah from the Qur'an Allah the Exalted said, فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ فَزَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَـناً وَهُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُو...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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