Al-Munafiqun

Bismillah

بِسْمِ In (the) name ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ the Most Gracious ٱلرَّحِيمِ the Most Merciful

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

63:1

إِذَا When جَآءَكَ come to you ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ the hypocrites قَالُوا۟ they say نَشْهَدُ We testify إِنَّكَ that you لَرَسُولُ (are) surely (the) Messenger ٱللَّهِ ۗ (of) Allah وَٱللَّهُ And Allah يَعْلَمُ knows إِنَّكَ that you لَرَسُولُهُۥ (are) surely His Messenger وَٱللَّهُ and Allah يَشْهَدُ testifies إِنَّ that ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ the hypocrites لَكَـٰذِبُونَ (are) surely liars ١ (1)

When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muḥammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh." And Allāh knows that you are His Messenger, and Allāh testifies that the hypocrites are liars.

63:2

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ They take أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ their oaths جُنَّةًۭ (as) a cover فَصَدُّوا۟ so they turn away عَن from سَبِيلِ (the) Way ٱللَّهِ ۚ (of) Allah إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, [they] سَآءَ evil is مَا what كَانُوا۟ they used to يَعْمَلُونَ do ٢ (2)

They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

63:3

ذَٰلِكَ That بِأَنَّهُمْ (is) because ءَامَنُوا۟ they believed ثُمَّ then كَفَرُوا۟ they disbelieved فَطُبِعَ so were sealed عَلَىٰ [upon] قُلُوبِهِمْ their hearts فَهُمْ so they لَا (do) not يَفْقَهُونَ understand ٣ (3)

That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

63:4

۞ وَإِذَا And when رَأَيْتَهُمْ you see them تُعْجِبُكَ pleases you أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ their bodies وَإِن and if يَقُولُوا۟ they speak تَسْمَعْ you listen لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ to their speech كَأَنَّهُمْ as if they (were) خُشُبٌۭ pieces of wood مُّسَنَّدَةٌۭ ۖ propped up يَحْسَبُونَ They think كُلَّ every صَيْحَةٍ shout عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ (is) against them هُمُ They ٱلْعَدُوُّ (are) the enemy فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ so beware of them قَـٰتَلَهُمُ May destroy them ٱللَّهُ ۖ Allah أَنَّىٰ How يُؤْفَكُونَ are they deluded ٤ (4)

And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?

63:5

وَإِذَا And when قِيلَ it is said لَهُمْ to them تَعَالَوْا۟ Come يَسْتَغْفِرْ will ask forgiveness لَكُمْ for you رَسُولُ (the) Messenger ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah لَوَّوْا۟ They turn aside رُءُوسَهُمْ their heads وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ and you see them يَصُدُّونَ turning away وَهُم while they مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ (are) arrogant ٥ (5)

And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allāh will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.

63:6

سَوَآءٌ (It) is same عَلَيْهِمْ for them أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ whether you ask forgiveness لَهُمْ for them أَمْ or لَمْ (do) not تَسْتَغْفِرْ ask forgiveness لَهُمْ for them لَن Never يَغْفِرَ will forgive ٱللَّهُ Allah لَهُمْ ۚ [to] them إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (does) not يَهْدِى guide ٱلْقَوْمَ the people ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ the defiantly disobedient ٦ (6)

It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; never will Allāh forgive them. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

63:7

هُمُ They ٱلَّذِينَ (are) those who يَقُولُونَ say لَا (Do) not تُنفِقُوا۟ spend عَلَىٰ on مَنْ (those) who عِندَ (are) with رَسُولِ (the) Messenger ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah حَتَّىٰ until يَنفَضُّوا۟ ۗ they disband وَلِلَّهِ And for Allah خَزَآئِنُ (are the) treasures ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth وَلَـٰكِنَّ but ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ the hypocrites لَا (do) not يَفْقَهُونَ understand ٧ (7)

They are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allāh until they disband." And to Allāh belong the depositories of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

63:8

يَقُولُونَ They say لَئِن If رَّجَعْنَآ we return إِلَى to ٱلْمَدِينَةِ Al-Madinah لَيُخْرِجَنَّ surely, will expel ٱلْأَعَزُّ the more honorable مِنْهَا from it ٱلْأَذَلَّ ۚ the more humble وَلِلَّهِ But for Allah ٱلْعِزَّةُ (is) the honor وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ and for His Messenger وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ and for the believers وَلَـٰكِنَّ but ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ the hypocrites لَا (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ know ٨ (8)

They say, "If we return to al-Madīnah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allāh belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

63:9

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O ٱلَّذِينَ you (who) ءَامَنُوا۟ believe لَا (Let) not تُلْهِكُمْ divert you أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ your wealth وَلَآ and not أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ your children عَن from ذِكْرِ (the) remembrance ٱللَّهِ ۚ (of) Allah وَمَن And whoever يَفْعَلْ does ذَٰلِكَ that فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ then those هُمُ [they] ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ (are) the losers ٩ (9)

O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allāh. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.

63:10

وَأَنفِقُوا۟ And spend مِن from مَّا what رَزَقْنَـٰكُم We have provided you مِّن from قَبْلِ before أَن [that] يَأْتِىَ comes أَحَدَكُمُ (to) one of you ٱلْمَوْتُ the death فَيَقُولَ and he says رَبِّ My Lord لَوْلَآ Why not أَخَّرْتَنِىٓ You delay me إِلَىٰٓ for أَجَلٍۢ a term قَرِيبٍۢ near فَأَصَّدَّقَ so I would give charity وَأَكُن and be مِّنَ among ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ the righteous ١٠ (10)

And spend [in the way of Allāh] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."

63:11

وَلَن But never يُؤَخِّرَ will (be) delayed ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah نَفْسًا a soul إِذَا when جَآءَ has come أَجَلُهَا ۚ its term وَٱللَّهُ And Allah خَبِيرٌۢ (is) All-Aware بِمَا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do ١١ (11)

But never will Allāh delay a soul when its time has come. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.