سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ

Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 60

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۞ لَّئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ﴿60﴾
If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease (evil desire for illegal sex), and those who spread false news among the people in Al-Madinah stop not, We shall certainly let you overpower them: then they will not be able to stay in it as your neighbours but a little while.
۞ لَّئِن la-in If
لَّمْ lam (do) not
يَنتَهِ yantahi cease
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ l-munāfiqūna the hypocrites
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who
فِى in
قُلُوبِهِم qulūbihim their hearts
مَّرَضٌۭ maraḍun (is) a disease
وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ wal-mur'jifūna and those who spread rumors
فِى in
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ l-madīnati the city
لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ lanugh'riyannaka We will let you overpower them
بِهِمْ bihim We will let you overpower them
ثُمَّ thumma then
لَا not
يُجَاوِرُونَكَ yujāwirūnaka they will remain your neighbors
فِيهَآ fīhā therein
إِلَّا illā except
قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan (for) a little

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.

60. In order to demoralize the Muslims, the hypocrites kept spreading rumors that the Muslims have been defeated in such and such area, or that a huge enemy army is coming to attack, and so on and so forth.