Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:19

33:19

أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ ٱلْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَٱلَّذِى يُغْشَىٰ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ٱلْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَأَحْبَطَ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا

ashiḥḥatan ʿalaykum fa-idhā jāa l-khawfu ra-aytahum yanẓurūna ilayka tadūru aʿyunuhum ka-alladhī yugh'shā ʿalayhi mina l-mawti fa-idhā dhahaba l-khawfu salaqūkum bi-alsinatin ḥidādin ashiḥḥatan ʿalā l-khayri ulāika lam yu'minū fa-aḥbaṭa l-lahu aʿmālahum wakāna dhālika ʿalā l-lahi yasīran

Indisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.

— Saheeh International

who begrudge you [believers] any help. When fear comes, you [Prophet] see them looking at you with eyes rolling like someone in their death throes; when fear has passed, they attack you with sharp tongues and begrudge you any good. Such men do not believe, and God brings their deeds to nothing- that is all too easy for God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Being miserly towards you (as regards help and aid in Allâh’s Cause). Then when fear comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes revolving like (those of) one over whom hovers death; but when the fear departs, they will smite you with sharp tongues, miserly towards (spending anything in any) good (and only covetous of booty and wealth). Such have not believed. Therefore Allâh makes their deeds fruitless and that is ever easy for Allâh.

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

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Word by Word

أَشِحَّةًashiḥḥatanMiserly
عَلَيْكُمْۖʿalaykumtowards you
فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
جَآءَjāacomes
ٱلْخَوْفُl-khawfuthe fear
رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumyou see them
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnalooking
إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
تَدُورُtadūrurevolving
أَعْيُنُهُمْaʿyunuhumtheir eyes
كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike one who
يُغْشَىٰyugh'shāfaints
عَلَيْهِʿalayhifaints
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَوْتِۖl-mawti[the] death
فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
ذَهَبَdhahabadeparts
ٱلْخَوْفُl-khawfuthe fear
سَلَقُوكُمsalaqūkumthey smite you
بِأَلْسِنَةٍbi-alsinatinwith tongues
حِدَادٍḥidādinsharp
أَشِحَّةًashiḥḥatanmiserly
عَلَىʿalātowards
ٱلْخَيْرِۚl-khayrithe good
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَمْlamnot
يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey have believed
فَأَحْبَطَfa-aḥbaṭaso Allah made worthless
ٱللَّهُl-lahuso Allah made worthless
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْۚaʿmālahumtheir deeds
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
يَسِيرًۭاyasīraneasy