Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:14

2:14

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ شَيَـٰطِينِهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِءُونَ

wa-idhā laqū alladhīna āmanū qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalaw ilā shayāṭīnihim qālū innā maʿakum innamā naḥnu mus'tahziūna

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."

— Saheeh International

When they meet the believers, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, ‘We’re really with you; we were only mocking.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe," but when they are alone with their Shayâtîn (devils - polytheists, hypocrites), they say: "Truly, we are with you; verily, we were but mocking."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
لَقُوا۟laqūthey meet
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe[d]
وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut when
خَلَوْا۟khalawthey are alone
إِلَىٰilāwith
شَيَـٰطِينِهِمْshayāṭīnihimtheir evil ones
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
مَعَكُمْmaʿakum(are) with you
إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
مُسْتَهْزِءُونَmus'tahziūna(are) mockers