سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ

Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 12

The Clans · Medinan · Juz 21 · Page 419

وَإِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورًا ﴿12﴾
And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubts) said: "Allâh and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) promised us nothing but delusion!"
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
يَقُولُ yaqūlu said
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ l-munāfiqūna the hypocrites
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those
فِى in
قُلُوبِهِم qulūbihim their hearts
مَّرَضٌۭ maraḍun (was) a disease
مَّا Not
وَعَدَنَا waʿadanā Allah promised us
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ warasūluhu and His messenger
إِلَّا illā except
غُرُورًۭا ghurūran delusion

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.

12-1. That is, they considered the promise of help from Allah to be a deception. These were about seventy hypocrites whose tongues uttered what was in their hearts.