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At-Tawbah 56

Ayah 56 of 129 · Medinan

وَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمِنكُمۡ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ يَفۡرَقُونَ ٥٦

And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَحۡلِفُونَAnd they swearwayaḥlifūna
  2. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  3. إِنَّهُمۡindeed, theyinnahum
  4. لَمِنكُمۡsurely (are) of youlaminkum
  5. وَمَاwhile notwamā
  6. هُمtheyhum
  7. مِّنكُمۡ(are) of youminkum
  8. وَلَٰكِنَّهُمۡbut theywalākinnahum
  9. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  10. يَفۡرَقُونَ(who) are afraidyafraqūna

Tafsir

The hypocrites swear to the believers, lying to them, that they are with them, when they are secretly not, although they make it look as if they were. But they are a scared people, cowards in fighting, and fear that what happened to the idolaters who were killed and captured will happen to them, so they pretend to be Muslim.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran