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Al-Ma'idah 41

Ayah 41 of 120 · Medinan

۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحۡزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡكُفۡرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِن قُلُوبُهُمۡۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْۛ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلۡكَذِبِ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِقَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمۡ يَأۡتُوكَۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلۡكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنۡ أُوتِيتُمۡ هَٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡتَوۡهُ فَٱحۡذَرُواْۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتۡنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمۡلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمۡۚ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيٞۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٤١

O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief – of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you.1 They distort words beyond their [proper] places [i.e., usages], saying, "If you are given this,2 take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allāh intends fitnah3 - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allāh. Those are the ones for whom Allāh does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 They had not attended the Prophet's gatherings or heard his words.

2 The legal ruling desired by them.

3 The meaning here is misbelief, misconception, or self-delusion as a result of one's own refusal of truth.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلرَّسُولُMessengerl-rasūlu
  3. لَاLet notlā
  4. يَحۡزُنكَgrieve youyaḥzunka
  5. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  6. يُسَٰرِعُونَhastenyusāriʿūna
  7. فِيin (to)fī
  8. ٱلۡكُفۡرِ[the] disbelief l-kuf'ri
  9. مِنَofmina
  10. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  11. قَالُوٓاْsaidqālū
  12. ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
  13. بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡwith their mouthsbi-afwāhihim
  14. وَلَمۡand notwalam
  15. تُؤۡمِنbelievetu'min
  16. قُلُوبُهُمۡۛtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  17. وَمِنَand fromwamina
  18. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  19. هَادُواْۛ(are) Jewshādū
  20. سَمَّٰعُونَThey (are) listenerssammāʿūna
  21. لِلۡكَذِبِto falsehoodlil'kadhibi
  22. سَمَّٰعُونَ(and) listenerssammāʿūna
  23. لِقَوۡمٍfor peopleliqawmin
  24. ءَاخَرِينَotherākharīna
  25. لَمۡ(who have) notlam
  26. يَأۡتُوكَۖcome to youyatūka
  27. يُحَرِّفُونَThey distortyuḥarrifūna
  28. ٱلۡكَلِمَthe wordsl-kalima
  29. مِنۢfrommin
  30. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  31. مَوَاضِعِهِۦۖtheir contextmawāḍiʿihi
  32. يَقُولُونَsayingyaqūlūna
  33. إِنۡIfin
  34. أُوتِيتُمۡyou are givenūtītum
  35. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  36. فَخُذُوهُ[so] take itfakhudhūhu
  37. وَإِنbut ifwa-in
  38. لَّمۡnotlam
  39. تُؤۡتَوۡهُyou are given ittu'tawhu
  40. فَٱحۡذَرُواْۚthen bewarefa-iḥ'dharū
  41. وَمَنAnd (for) whomwaman
  42. يُرِدِintendsyuridi
  43. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  44. فِتۡنَتَهُۥhis trialfit'natahu
  45. فَلَنthen neverfalan
  46. تَمۡلِكَwill you have powertamlika
  47. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  48. مِنَagainstmina
  49. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  50. شَيۡـًٔاۚanythingshayan
  51. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  52. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the onesalladhīna
  53. لَمۡneverlam
  54. يُرِدِwill intendyuridi
  55. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  56. أَنthatan
  57. يُطَهِّرَHe purifiesyuṭahhira
  58. قُلُوبَهُمۡۚtheir heartsqulūbahum
  59. لَهُمۡFor themlahum
  60. فِيinfī
  61. ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
  62. خِزۡيٞۖ(is) disgracekhiz'yun
  63. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  64. فِيinfī
  65. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  66. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  67. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

O Messenger, do not be made sad by those who rush to announce their disbelief of you and the revelation that you brought. These were the hypocrites who professed faith on the outside, but hid disbelief on the inside. They were also some Jews who eagerly listened to the lies of their leaders, who distort the truth having ignored you and have not come to you out of pride. They distort the words of Allah in the Torah and change it to suit their desires. They say to their followers, ‘If the law of Muhammad conforms to your desires, follow it; and if it does not conform, then be careful of it’. If Allah wills to misguide any person, you, O Messenger, will never find anyone who will be able to save them from misguidance and guide them to the path of truth. Such hypocrites and Jews, who have these qualities, are the ones whose hearts Allah has not intended to purify from disbelief. In the world, they will receive humiliation and shame; and in the Afterlife, they will receive a great punishment: the fire of Hell.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran