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Al-Ahzab 19

Ayah 19 of 73 · Medinan

أَشِحَّةً عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ ٱلۡخَوۡفُ رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ تَدُورُ أَعۡيُنُهُمۡ كَٱلَّذِي يُغۡشَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ٱلۡخَوۡفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلۡسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى ٱلۡخَيۡرِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ فَأَحۡبَطَ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٗا ١٩

Indisposed1 toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "stingy," i.e., unwilling to offer any help.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَشِحَّةًMiserlyashiḥḥatan
  2. عَلَيۡكُمۡۖtowards youʿalaykum
  3. فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhā
  4. جَآءَcomesjāa
  5. ٱلۡخَوۡفُthe fearl-khawfu
  6. رَأَيۡتَهُمۡyou see themra-aytahum
  7. يَنظُرُونَlookingyanẓurūna
  8. إِلَيۡكَat youilayka
  9. تَدُورُrevolvingtadūru
  10. أَعۡيُنُهُمۡtheir eyesaʿyunuhum
  11. كَٱلَّذِيlike one whoka-alladhī
  12. يُغۡشَىٰfaintsyugh'shā
  13. عَلَيۡهِfaintsʿalayhi
  14. مِنَfrommina
  15. ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ[the] deathl-mawti
  16. فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhā
  17. ذَهَبَdepartsdhahaba
  18. ٱلۡخَوۡفُthe fearl-khawfu
  19. سَلَقُوكُمthey smite yousalaqūkum
  20. بِأَلۡسِنَةٍwith tonguesbi-alsinatin
  21. حِدَادٍsharpḥidādin
  22. أَشِحَّةًmiserlyashiḥḥatan
  23. عَلَىtowardsʿalā
  24. ٱلۡخَيۡرِۚthe goodl-khayri
  25. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThose ulāika
  26. لَمۡnotlam
  27. يُؤۡمِنُواْthey have believedyu'minū
  28. فَأَحۡبَطَso Allah made worthlessfa-aḥbaṭa
  29. ٱللَّهُso Allah made worthlessl-lahu
  30. أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡۚtheir deedsaʿmālahum
  31. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  32. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  33. عَلَىforʿalā
  34. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  35. يَسِيرٗاeasyyasīran

Tafsir

O group of believers, they are miserly with you with their wealth, so they do not help you by spending it; miserly with their souls, so they do not fight alongside you; and miserly with their love, so they do not love you. Then when fear at the time of meeting the enemy comes, you will see them looking at you, O Messenger, with their eyes rolling out of cowardice, just as the eyes of a person who is suffering the pangs of death roll. But when fear leaves them and they become content, they harm you verbally with abusive sharp tongues. They are greedy for booty which they look for. Those who have been described with these qualities have not truly believed, so Allah cancelled the reward of their actions. And this cancelling was easy for Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran