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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 127of 129

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌۭ نَّظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ﴿١٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And whenever a surah is revealed, they look at each other, [saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allah has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenever
مَآAnd whenever
أُنزِلَتْunzilatis revealed
سُورَةٌۭsūratuna Surah
نَّظَرَnaẓaralook
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
هَلْhalDoes
يَرَىٰكُمyarākumsee you
مِّنْminany
أَحَدٍۢaḥadinone
ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚinṣarafūthey turn away
صَرَفَṣarafaAllah has turned away
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has turned away
قُلُوبَهُمqulūbahumtheir hearts
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّاnot
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnathey understand

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Hypocrites suffer AfflictionsAllah says, do not these hypocrites see,أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ(that they are put in trial), being tested,فِى كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لاَ يَتُوبُونَ وَلاَ هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ(once or twice every year Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson.) They neither repent from their previous sins nor learn a lesson for the future. Mujahid said that hypocrites are tested with drought and hunger.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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