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At-Tawbah 127

Ayah 127 of 129 · Medinan

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٞ نَّظَرَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ هَلۡ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٖ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُواْۚ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ ١٢٧

And whenever a sūrah is revealed, they look at each other, [as if saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allāh has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd wheneverwa-idhā
  2. مَآAnd whenevermā
  3. أُنزِلَتۡis revealedunzilat
  4. سُورَةٞa Surahsūratun
  5. نَّظَرَlooknaẓara
  6. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  7. إِلَىٰtoilā
  8. بَعۡضٍothersbaʿḍin
  9. هَلۡDoeshal
  10. يَرَىٰكُمsee youyarākum
  11. مِّنۡanymin
  12. أَحَدٖoneaḥadin
  13. ثُمَّThenthumma
  14. ٱنصَرَفُواْۚthey turn awayinṣarafū
  15. صَرَفَAllah has turned awayṣarafa
  16. ٱللَّهُAllah has turned awayl-lahu
  17. قُلُوبَهُمtheir heartsqulūbahum
  18. بِأَنَّهُمۡbecause theybi-annahum
  19. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  20. لَّاnotlā
  21. يَفۡقَهُونَthey understandyafqahūna

Tafsir

Whenever Allah reveals a sūrah to the Messenger (peace be upon him), mentioning the states of the hypocrites, the hypocrites would look at one another, saying ‘Does anyone see you?’ If no one is looking at them, they leave the gathering. Allah turned their hearts away from guidance and goodness, and leaves them, because they are a people who do not understand.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran