Surah Al-Mujadila 58:14 — translation and meaning

المجادلة · Verse 14 / 22 · Page 544

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا قَوْمًا غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا هُم مِّنكُمْ وَلَا مِنْهُمْ وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
إِلَى
ila
[to]
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
تَوَلَّوْا
tawallaw
take as allies
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
غَضِبَ
ghadiba
wrath
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
(is) upon them
مَّا
ma
They (are) not
هُم
hum
They (are) not
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
of you
وَلَا
wala
and not
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَيَحْلِفُونَ
wayahlifuna
and they swear
عَلَى
ala
to
الْكَذِبِ
al-kadhibi
the lie
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
know

Transliteration

Alam tara ilal lazeena tawallaw qawman ghadibal laahu 'alaihim maa hum minkum wa laa minhum wa yahlifoona 'alal kazibi wa hum ya'lamoon

Translation

Have you not considered those who make allies of a people with whom Allah has become angry? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! Do you not see the hypocrites who befriend the Jews whom Allah is angry with due to their disbelief and sins? These hypocrites are neither from the believers nor from the Jews; rather, they are uncertain between the two: neither are they on one side nor the other. Yet they will swear that they are Muslims and that they did not relate information about the Muslims to the Jews, but they are liars despite their oaths.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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