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Al-Baqarah 14

Ayah 14 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذَا لَقُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ شَيَٰطِينِهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمۡ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١٤

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. لَقُواْthey meetlaqū
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. ءَامَنُواْbelieve[d]āmanū
  5. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  6. ءَامَنَّاWe believe[d]āmannā
  7. وَإِذَاBut whenwa-idhā
  8. خَلَوۡاْthey are alonekhalaw
  9. إِلَىٰwithilā
  10. شَيَٰطِينِهِمۡtheir evil onesshayāṭīnihim
  11. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  12. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  13. مَعَكُمۡ(are) with youmaʿakum
  14. إِنَّمَاonlyinnamā
  15. نَحۡنُwenaḥnu
  16. مُسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ(are) mockersmus'tahziūna

Tafsir

When the hypocrites meet the believers, they say, ‘We believe what you believe’, as they think it will benefit them if they act like this; but when they are alone with their leaders, they say, ‘We are really with you and follow you. We are only making fun of them when we say that we believe’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran