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Al-Baqarah 204

Ayah 204 of 286 · Medinan

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُعۡجِبُكَ قَوۡلُهُۥ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيُشۡهِدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِي قَلۡبِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ ٱلۡخِصَامِ ٢٠٤

And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allāh to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd ofwamina
  2. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  3. مَن(is the one) whoman
  4. يُعۡجِبُكَpleases youyuʿ'jibuka
  5. قَوۡلُهُۥ(with) his speechqawluhu
  6. فِيinfī
  7. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  8. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  9. وَيُشۡهِدُand he calls to witnesswayush'hidu
  10. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  11. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  12. مَاwhatmā
  13. فِي(is) infī
  14. قَلۡبِهِۦhis heartqalbihi
  15. وَهُوَand hewahuwa
  16. أَلَدُّ(is) the most quarrelsomealaddu
  17. ٱلۡخِصَامِ(of) opponentsl-khiṣāmi

Tafsir

There is a type of person who is actually a Hypocrite, but his speech with respect to the life of this world impresses you, O Prophet, and you consider him to be honest and sincere because of his wonderful words. However, his only goal in speaking words of faith is to protect his personal and financial interests. He calls Allah to witness that he has faith and goodness in his heart whilst he is in fact lying: he bears great hostility and hatred for the Muslims.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran