سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 119
هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿119﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not, and you believe in all the Scriptures [i.e. you believe in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), while they disbelieve in your Book, the Qur’ân]. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: "Perish in your rage. Certainly, Allâh knows what is in the breasts (all the secrets)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ
hāantum
Lo! You are
أُو۟لَآءِ
ulāi
those
تُحِبُّونَهُمْ
tuḥibbūnahum
you love them
وَلَا
walā
but not
يُحِبُّونَكُمْ
yuḥibbūnakum
they love you
وَتُؤْمِنُونَ
watu'minūna
and you believe
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
bil-kitābi
in the Book
كُلِّهِۦ
kullihi
all of it
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
لَقُوكُمْ
laqūkum
they meet you
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
خَلَوْا۟
khalaw
they are alone
عَضُّوا۟
ʿaḍḍū
they bite
عَلَيْكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
at you
ٱلْأَنَامِلَ
l-anāmila
the finger tips
مِنَ
mina
(out) of
ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ
l-ghayẓi
[the] rage
قُلْ
qul
Say
مُوتُوا۟
mūtū
Die
بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ
bighayẓikum
in your rage
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِ
bidhāti
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
(is in) the breasts
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
119. 1 You are deceived regarding these hypocrites because of their prayer and faith, and you have affection for them.
119. 2 This is a description of the intensity of their rage and anger, as the same state is expressed in the next verse as well.
119. 2 This is a description of the intensity of their rage and anger, as the same state is expressed in the next verse as well.
