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Al-Munafiqun 3

Ayah 3 of 11 · Medinan

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٣

That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  2. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) becausebi-annahum
  3. ءَامَنُواْthey believedāmanū
  4. ثُمَّthenthumma
  5. كَفَرُواْthey disbelievedkafarū
  6. فَطُبِعَso were sealedfaṭubiʿa
  7. عَلَىٰ[upon]ʿalā
  8. قُلُوبِهِمۡtheir heartsqulūbihim
  9. فَهُمۡso theyfahum
  10. لَا(do) notlā
  11. يَفۡقَهُونَunderstandyafqahūna

Tafsir

That is because they hypocritically professed faith, but faith did not reach their hearts, and then they secretly rejected Allah, so He put a seal on their hearts on account of their disbelief so that faith cannot enter it. Due to this seal they do not understand that in which lies their rectitude and righteousness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran