Surah Al-Munafiqun (المنافقون) • The Hypocrites

Quran 63:4

63:4

۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَـٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

wa-idhā ra-aytahum tuʿ'jibuka ajsāmuhum wa-in yaqūlū tasmaʿ liqawlihim ka-annahum khushubun musannadatun yaḥsabūna kulla ṣayḥatin ʿalayhim humu l-ʿaduwu fa-iḥ'dharhum qātalahumu l-lahu annā yu'fakūna

And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?

— Saheeh International

When you see them [Prophet], their outward appearance pleases you; when they speak, you listen to what they say. But they are like propped-up tim-bers––they think every cry they hear is against them––and they are the enemy. Beware of them. May God confound them! How devious they are!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when you look at them, their bodies please you; and when they speak, you listen to their words. They are as blocks of wood propped up. They think that every cry is against them. They are the enemies, so beware of them. May Allâh curse them! How are they denying (or deviating from) the Right Path?

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

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۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumyou see them
تُعْجِبُكَtuʿ'jibukapleases you
أَجْسَامُهُمْۖajsāmuhumtheir bodies
وَإِنwa-inand if
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey speak
تَسْمَعْtasmaʿyou listen
لِقَوْلِهِمْۖliqawlihimto their speech
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
خُشُبٌۭkhushubunpieces of wood
مُّسَنَّدَةٌۭۖmusannadatunpropped up
يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaThey think
كُلَّkullaevery
صَيْحَةٍṣayḥatinshout
عَلَيْهِمْۚʿalayhim(is) against them
هُمُhumuThey
ٱلْعَدُوُّl-ʿaduwu(are) the enemy
فَٱحْذَرْهُمْۚfa-iḥ'dharhumso beware of them
قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumuMay destroy them
ٱللَّهُۖl-lahuAllah
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded