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Al-'Ankabut 10

Ayah 10 of 69 · Meccan

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠

And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd ofwamina
  2. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  3. مَن(is he) whoman
  4. يَقُولُsaysyaqūlu
  5. ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
  6. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  7. فَإِذَآBut whenfa-idhā
  8. أُوذِيَhe is harmedūdhiya
  9. فِيinfī
  10. ٱللَّهِ(the Way of) Allahl-lahi
  11. جَعَلَhe considersjaʿala
  12. فِتۡنَةَ(the) trialfit'nata
  13. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  14. كَعَذَابِas (the) punishmentkaʿadhābi
  15. ٱللَّهِۖ(of) Allahl-lahi
  16. وَلَئِنBut ifwala-in
  17. جَآءَcomesjāa
  18. نَصۡرٞvictorynaṣrun
  19. مِّنfrommin
  20. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  21. لَيَقُولُنَّsurely they saylayaqūlunna
  22. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  23. كُنَّاwerekunnā
  24. مَعَكُمۡۚwith youmaʿakum
  25. أَوَلَيۡسَIs notawalaysa
  26. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  27. بِأَعۡلَمَmost knowingbi-aʿlama
  28. بِمَاof whatbimā
  29. فِي(is) infī
  30. صُدُورِ(the) breastsṣudūri
  31. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Amongst people is he who says: “I brought faith in Allah”. But when the disbelievers afflict him with harm due to his faith, he considers their torture the punishment of Allah, hence he renounces faith to conform with the disbelievers. And if you achieve help from your Lord, O Messenger, they will say: “We are with you in faith, O believers”. Does Allah not know best what is in the hearts of people, nothing of disbelief and faith they contain being hidden from Him? So how do you inform Allah of what is in their hearts when He knows better than them what they contain?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran