سُوْرَةُ الْحَدِيْدِ
Surah Al-Hadid (57) — Ayah 13
يَوْمَ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ قِيلَ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ وَرَآءَكُمْ فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟ نُورًا فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُۥ بَابٌۢ بَاطِنُهُۥ فِيهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَظَـٰهِرُهُۥ مِن قِبَلِهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
On the Day when the hypocrites - men and women - will say to the believers: "Wait for us! Let us get something from your light!" It will be said: "Go back to your rear! Then seek a light!" So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On the) Day
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
will say
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ
l-munāfiqūna
the hypocrite men
وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ
wal-munāfiqātu
and the hypocrite women
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
ٱنظُرُونَا
unẓurūnā
Wait for us
نَقْتَبِسْ
naqtabis
we may acquire
مِن
min
of
نُّورِكُمْ
nūrikum
your light
قِيلَ
qīla
It will be said
ٱرْجِعُوا۟
ir'jiʿū
Go back
وَرَآءَكُمْ
warāakum
behind you
فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟
fal-tamisū
and seek
نُورًۭا
nūran
light
فَضُرِبَ
faḍuriba
Then will be put up
بَيْنَهُم
baynahum
between them
بِسُورٍۢ
bisūrin
a wall
لَّهُۥ
lahu
for it
بَابٌۢ
bābun
a gate
بَاطِنُهُۥ
bāṭinuhu
its interior
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
ٱلرَّحْمَةُ
l-raḥmatu
(is) mercy
وَظَـٰهِرُهُۥ
waẓāhiruhu
but its exterior
مِن
min
facing towards [it]
قِبَلِهِ
qibalihi
facing towards [it]
ٱلْعَذَابُ
l-ʿadhābu
the punishment
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13. On that Day, the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to the believers: "Wait for us [20], so that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said: "Go back [21] and seek light." Then a wall will be set up between them, with a gate [22]—inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be punishment.
[20]
The Hypocrites’ Plea to Stay With the Believers and Their Question and Answer in the Plain of Resurrection:
Since the hypocrites used to mingle with the believers in the world, there too they will try to remain with the believers, and on that Day they will have fully realized the benefit of faith and righteous deeds. But they themselves will have no light. Therefore, they will request the believers to wait for them a little so that, by taking advantage of their light, they too may advance and walk along with them. And its second meaning could also be that they will say, “Just turn and look towards us, so that by your looking towards us, your light may illuminate our path as well, and we, benefiting from this light, may advance and join you.”
[21] This phrase has two meanings: one is that this light has been granted to us due to faith and righteous deeds, and the real place to acquire faith and righteous deeds is the world, which you have left behind. Now, if you want light, you can only get it from the world. If you can go back to the world, then go and seek this light there. The second meaning is that the believers will actually be granted the light of faith and righteous deeds at the time when they need to advance in the darkness. In this sense, it would mean: go back to the place where this light was distributed, and there seek light for yourselves.
[22] This conversation between the believers and the hypocrites will continue until a wall is erected between them, which will serve as a barrier between Paradise and Hell. On the believers’ side, the breezes of Paradise will begin to waft, and on the hypocrites’ side, the effects of Hell will start to be felt.
[20]
The Hypocrites’ Plea to Stay With the Believers and Their Question and Answer in the Plain of Resurrection:
Since the hypocrites used to mingle with the believers in the world, there too they will try to remain with the believers, and on that Day they will have fully realized the benefit of faith and righteous deeds. But they themselves will have no light. Therefore, they will request the believers to wait for them a little so that, by taking advantage of their light, they too may advance and walk along with them. And its second meaning could also be that they will say, “Just turn and look towards us, so that by your looking towards us, your light may illuminate our path as well, and we, benefiting from this light, may advance and join you.”
[21] This phrase has two meanings: one is that this light has been granted to us due to faith and righteous deeds, and the real place to acquire faith and righteous deeds is the world, which you have left behind. Now, if you want light, you can only get it from the world. If you can go back to the world, then go and seek this light there. The second meaning is that the believers will actually be granted the light of faith and righteous deeds at the time when they need to advance in the darkness. In this sense, it would mean: go back to the place where this light was distributed, and there seek light for yourselves.
[22] This conversation between the believers and the hypocrites will continue until a wall is erected between them, which will serve as a barrier between Paradise and Hell. On the believers’ side, the breezes of Paradise will begin to waft, and on the hypocrites’ side, the effects of Hell will start to be felt.
