إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ قَالُواْ
When the hypocrites come to you ˹O Prophet˺, they say,
نَشۡهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِۗ
“We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah”—
وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ
and surely Allah knows that you are His Messenger—
وَٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١
but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars.
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ جُنَّةٗ
They have made their ˹false˺ oaths as a shield,
فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ
hindering ˹others˺ from the Way of Allah.
إِنَّهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢
Evil indeed is what they do!
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ
This is because they believed and then abandoned faith.
فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ
Therefore, their hearts have been sealed,
فَهُمۡ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٣
so they do not comprehend.
وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡ
When you see them, their appearance impresses you.
وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡ
And when they speak, you listen to their ˹impressive˺ speech.
كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبٞ مُّسَنَّدَةٞ
But they are ˹just˺ like ˹worthless˺ planks of wood leaned ˹against a wall˺.
يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
They think every cry is against them.
هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡ
They are the enemy, so beware of them.
قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
May Allah condemn them!
أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٤
How can they be deluded ˹from the truth˺?
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ يَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ
When it is said to them, “Come! The Messenger of Allah will pray for you to be forgiven,”
لَوَّوۡاْ رُءُوسَهُمۡ
they turn their heads ˹in disgust˺,
وَرَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٥
and you see them ˹O Prophet˺ turn away in arrogance.
سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَسۡتَغۡفَرۡتَ لَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ
It is the same whether you pray for their forgiveness or not,
لَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ
Allah will not forgive them.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٦
Surely Allah does not guide the rebellious people.
هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُواْ عَلَىٰ مَنۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّواْۗ
They are the ones who say ˹to one another˺, “Do not spend ˹anything˺ on those ˹emigrants˺ with the Messenger of Allah so that they will break away ˹from him˺.”
وَلِلَّهِ خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
But to Allah ˹alone˺ belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth,
وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٧
yet the hypocrites do not comprehend.
يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَيُخۡرِجَنَّ ٱلۡأَعَزُّ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡأَذَلَّ
They say, “If we return to Medina, the honourable will definitely expel the inferior.”
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
But all honour and power belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers,
وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨
yet the hypocrites do not know.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تُلۡهِكُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ
Do not let your wealth or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah.
وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٩
For whoever does so, it is they who are the ˹true˺ losers.
وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقۡنَٰكُم
And donate from what We have provided for you
مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ
before death comes to one of you,
فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوۡلَآ أَخَّرۡتَنِيٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ قَرِيبٖ
and you cry, “My Lord! If only You delayed me for a short while,
فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠
I would give in charity and be one of the righteous.”
وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا
But Allah never delays a soul when its appointed time comes.
وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١١
And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.