Surah Al-Munafiqun

Verse 63:1

اِذَا جَآءَكَ الْمُنٰفِقُوْنَ قَالُوْا نَشْهَدُ اِنَّكَ لَرَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ ۘ وَاللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ اِنَّكَ لَرَسُوْلُهٗ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ یَشْهَدُ اِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِیْنَ لَكٰذِبُوْنَ ۟ۚ

ʹIẓaa jaaaʹakal MUNAAFIQ̣OONA q̣aaloo nashhadu ʹinnaka la-Rasoolul laah. Wallaahu yaʻlamu ʹinnaka la-Rasooluh: wallaahu yashhadu ʹinnal Munaafiq̣eena lakaaẓiboon.

When the hypocrites come to you ˹O Prophet˺, they say, “We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah”—and surely Allah knows that you are His Messenger—but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars.

Verse 63:2

اِتَّخَذُوْۤا اَیْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ ۟

ʹIttakhaẓooo ʹaymaanahum junnatañ faṣaddoo ʻañ Sabeelil laah: ʹinnahum saaaʹa maa- kaanoo yaʻmaloon.

They have made their ˹false˺ oaths as a shield, hindering ˹others˺ from the Way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they do!

Verse 63:3

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوْا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوْا فَطُبِعَ عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا یَفْقَهُوْنَ ۟

Ẓaalika biʹannahum ʹaamanoo s̤umma kafaroo faṭubiʻa ʻalaa q̣uloobihim fahum laa- yafq̣ahoon.

This is because they believed and then abandoned faith. Therefore, their hearts have been sealed, so they do not comprehend.

Verse 63:4

وَاِذَا رَاَیْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ اَجْسَامُهُمْ ؕ وَاِنْ یَّقُوْلُوْا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ؕ كَاَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ؕ یَحْسَبُوْنَ كُلَّ صَیْحَةٍ عَلَیْهِمْ ؕ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ ؕ قٰتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُ ؗ اَنّٰی یُؤْفَكُوْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓaa raʹaytahum tuʻjibuka ʹajsaamuhum; wa-ʹiñy yaq̣ooloo tasmaʻ liq̣awlihim: Kaʹannahum khushubum musannadah. Yaḥsaboona kulla ṣayḥatin ʻalayhim. Humul ʻaduwwu faḥẓarhum. Q̣aatalahumul laah! ʹAnnaa yuʹfakoon!

When you see them, their appearance impresses you. And when they speak, you listen to their ˹impressive˺ speech. But they are ˹just˺ like ˹worthless˺ planks of wood leaned ˹against a wall˺. They think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah condemn them! How can they be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

Verse 63:5

وَاِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا یَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوْسَهُمْ وَرَاَیْتَهُمْ یَصُدُّوْنَ وَهُمْ مُّسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓaa q̣eela lahum taʻaalaw yastag̣fir lakum Rasoolul laahi lawwaw ruʹoosahum wa-raʹaytahum yaṣuddoona wa-hum mustakbiroon.

When it is said to them, “Come! The Messenger of Allah will pray for you to be forgiven,” they turn their heads ˹in disgust˺, and you see them ˹O Prophet˺ turn away in arrogance.

Verse 63:6

سَوَآءٌ عَلَیْهِمْ اَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ اَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ ؕ لَنْ یَّغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الْفٰسِقِیْنَ ۟

Sawaaaʹun ʻalayhim ʹastag̣farta lahum ʹam lam tastag̣fir lahum. Lañy yag̣firal laahu lahum. ʹInnal laaha laa- yahdil q̣awmal faasiq̣een.

It is the same whether you pray for their forgiveness or not, Allah will not forgive them. Surely Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

Verse 63:7

هُمُ الَّذِیْنَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ لَا تُنْفِقُوْا عَلٰی مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰی یَنْفَضُّوْا ؕ وَلِلّٰهِ خَزَآىِٕنُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِیْنَ لَا یَفْقَهُوْنَ ۟

Humul laẓeena yaq̣ooloona laa- tuñfiq̣oo ʻalaa man ʻiñda Rasoolil laahi ḥattaa yañfaḍḍoo. Wa-lillaahi khazaaaʹinus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi walaakinnal Munaafiq̣eena laa- yafq̣ahoon.

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˺.” But to Allah ˹alone˺ belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth, yet the hypocrites do not comprehend.

Verse 63:8

یَقُوْلُوْنَ لَىِٕنْ رَّجَعْنَاۤ اِلَی الْمَدِیْنَةِ لَیُخْرِجَنَّ الْاَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْاَذَلَّ ؕ وَلِلّٰهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُوْلِهٖ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِیْنَ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟۠

Yaq̣ooloona laʹir rajaʻnaaa ʹilal Madeenati layukhrijannal ʹaʻazzu minhal ʹaẓall. Wa-lillaahil ʻizzatu wa-li-Rasoolihee wa-lil-Muʹmineena walaakinnal Munaafiq̣eena laa- yaʻlamoon.

They say, “If we return to Medina, the honourable will definitely expel the inferior.” But all honour and power belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, yet the hypocrites do not know.

Verse 63:9

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ ۚ وَمَنْ یَّفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمُ الْخٰسِرُوْنَ ۟

Yaaaʹayyuhal laẓeena ʹaamanoo laa- tulhikum ʹamwaalukum wa-laaa ʹawlaadukum ʻañ-Ẓik ril laah. Wa-mañy yafʻal ẓaalika faʹulaaaʹika humul khaasiroon.

O believers! Do not let your wealth or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. For whoever does so, it is they who are the ˹true˺ losers.

Verse 63:10

وَاَنْفِقُوْا مِنْ مَّا رَزَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَیَقُوْلَ رَبِّ لَوْلَاۤ اَخَّرْتَنِیْۤ اِلٰۤی اَجَلٍ قَرِیْبٍ ۙ فَاَصَّدَّقَ وَاَكُنْ مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹañfiq̣oo mim maa razaq̣naakum miñ q̣abli ʹañy yaʹtiya ʹaḥadakumul Mawtu fayaq̣oola Rabbi Law-laaa ʹakhkhartaneee ʹilaaa ʹajaliñ q̣areebiñ faʹaṣṣaddaq̣a wa-ʹakum minaṣ Ṣaaliḥeen.

And donate from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you, and you cry, “My Lord! If only You delayed me for a short while, I would give in charity and be one of the righteous.”

Verse 63:11

وَلَنْ یُّؤَخِّرَ اللّٰهُ نَفْسًا اِذَا جَآءَ اَجَلُهَا ؕ وَاللّٰهُ خَبِیْرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۟۠

Wa-lañy yuʹakhkhiral laahu nafsan ʹiẓaa jaaaʹa ʹajaluhaa; Wallaahu khabeerum bimaa taʻmaloon.

But Allah never delays a soul when its appointed time comes. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.