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Al-Hashr 16

Ayah 16 of 24 · Medinan

كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ إِذۡ قَالَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ ٱكۡفُرۡ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّنكَ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

[The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كَمَثَلِLike (the) examplekamathali
  2. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ(of) the Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  3. إِذۡwhenidh
  4. قَالَhe saysqāla
  5. لِلۡإِنسَٰنِto manlil'insāni
  6. ٱكۡفُرۡDisbelieveuk'fur
  7. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  8. كَفَرَhe disbelieveskafara
  9. قَالَhe saysqāla
  10. إِنِّيIndeed, I aminnī
  11. بَرِيٓءٞdisassociatedbarīon
  12. مِّنكَfrom youminka
  13. إِنِّيٓIndeed, [I]innī
  14. أَخَافُI fearakhāfu
  15. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  16. رَبَّ(the) Lordrabba
  17. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Their analogy in their listening to the hypocrites is like that of Satan when he beautifies disbelief for the human, then, when he disbelieves because of his beautification of it, he says: “I have nothing to do with you after you have disbelieved; I fear Allah the Lord of the creations.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran