Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:142

4:142

إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَـٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

inna l-munāfiqīna yukhādiʿūna l-laha wahuwa khādiʿuhum wa-idhā qāmū ilā l-ṣalati qāmū kusālā yurāūna l-nāsa walā yadhkurūna l-laha illā qalīlan

Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allāh, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allāh except a little,

— Saheeh International

The hypocrites try to deceive God, but it is He who causes them to be deceived. When they stand up to pray, they do so sluggishly, showing off in front of people, and remember God only a little,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allâh, but it is He Who deceives them. And when they stand up for As-Salât (the prayer), they stand with laziness and to be seen of men, and they do not remember Allâh but little.

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

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إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
يُخَـٰدِعُونَyukhādiʿūna(seek to) deceive
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَهُوَwahuwaand (it is) He
خَـٰدِعُهُمْkhādiʿuhumwho deceives them
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قَامُوٓا۟qāmūthey stand
إِلَىilāfor
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
قَامُوا۟qāmūthey stand
كُسَالَىٰkusālālazily
يُرَآءُونَyurāūnashowing off
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the people
وَلَاwalāand not
يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey remember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little