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Al-Hadid 14

Ayah 14 of 29 · Medinan

يُنَادُونَهُمۡ أَلَمۡ نَكُن مَّعَكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡ فَتَنتُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَتَرَبَّصۡتُمۡ وَٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡأَمَانِيُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡغَرُورُ ١٤

They [i.e., the hypocrites] will call to them [i.e., the believers], "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves1 and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allāh. And the Deceiver [i.e., Satan] deceived you concerning Allāh.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 By hypocrisy or by falling into temptations.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يُنَادُونَهُمۡThey will call themyunādūnahum
  2. أَلَمۡWere notalam
  3. نَكُنwenakun
  4. مَّعَكُمۡۖwith youmaʿakum
  5. قَالُواْThey will sayqālū
  6. بَلَىٰYesbalā
  7. وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡbut youwalākinnakum
  8. فَتَنتُمۡled to temptationfatantum
  9. أَنفُسَكُمۡyourselvesanfusakum
  10. وَتَرَبَّصۡتُمۡand you awaitedwatarabbaṣtum
  11. وَٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡand you doubtedwa-ir'tabtum
  12. وَغَرَّتۡكُمُand deceived youwagharratkumu
  13. ٱلۡأَمَانِيُّthe wishful thinkingl-amāniyu
  14. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  15. جَآءَcamejāa
  16. أَمۡرُ(the) Commandamru
  17. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  18. وَغَرَّكُمAnd deceived youwagharrakum
  19. بِٱللَّهِabout Allahbil-lahi
  20. ٱلۡغَرُورُthe deceiverl-gharūru

Tafsir

The hypocrites will call out to the believers, saying: “Were we not with you upon Islam and obedience?” The Muslims will reply: “No, you were with us, but you deceived your souls with hypocrisy and doomed them, and you anticipated that the believers are defeated so you can then announce your disbelief. You also doubted in the help of Allah coming for the believers and in the resurrection after death. False ambitions also deceived you, until death came to you whilst you were chasing them, and Satan also deceived you about Allah.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran