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Al-Mujadila 18

Ayah 18 of 22 · Medinan

يَوۡمَ يَبۡعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعٗا فَيَحۡلِفُونَ لَهُۥ كَمَا يَحۡلِفُونَ لَكُمۡ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٍۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ ١٨

On the Day Allāh will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something.1 Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 They assume that their lies will be believed and that they will escape detection as they did in worldly life.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَ(On the) Dayyawma
  2. يَبۡعَثُهُمُAllah will raise themyabʿathuhumu
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah will raise theml-lahu
  4. جَمِيعٗاalljamīʿan
  5. فَيَحۡلِفُونَthen they will swearfayaḥlifūna
  6. لَهُۥto Himlahu
  7. كَمَاaskamā
  8. يَحۡلِفُونَthey swearyaḥlifūna
  9. لَكُمۡto youlakum
  10. وَيَحۡسَبُونَAnd they thinkwayaḥsabūna
  11. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  12. عَلَىٰ(are) onʿalā
  13. شَيۡءٍۚsomethingshayin
  14. أَلَآNo doubtalā
  15. إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
  16. هُمُ[they]humu
  17. ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ(are) the liarsl-kādhibūna

Tafsir

Remember the day when Allah will resurrect them all for requital, not leaving any of them out. They will swear in front of Allah that they were not upon disbelief nor hypocrisy; rather they were only believers who acted in accordance to the pleasure of Allah. They will take oaths in front of Him in the afterlife just as they would take oaths in front of you, O believers, in the world that they were believers. They will think that by taking these oaths in front of Allah they will be in a position to bring some benefit to themselves or prevent some harm falling upon themselves. Know well that indeed, they are true liars in their oaths in the world and in the afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran