سُوْرَةُ الْحَدِيْدِ
Surah Al-Hadid (57) — Ayah 14
يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(The hypocrites) will call the believers: "Were we not with you?" The believers will reply: "Yes! But you led yourselves into temptations, you looked forward for our destruction; you doubted (in Faith) and you were deceived by false desires, till the Command of Allâh came to pass. And the chief deceiver (Satan) deceived you in respect of Allâh."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يُنَادُونَهُمْ
yunādūnahum
They will call them
أَلَمْ
alam
Were not
نَكُن
nakun
we
مَّعَكُمْ ۖ
maʿakum
with you
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They will say
بَلَىٰ
balā
Yes
وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْ
walākinnakum
but you
فَتَنتُمْ
fatantum
led to temptation
أَنفُسَكُمْ
anfusakum
yourselves
وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ
watarabbaṣtum
and you awaited
وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ
wa-ir'tabtum
and you doubted
وَغَرَّتْكُمُ
wagharratkumu
and deceived you
ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ
l-amāniyu
the wishful thinking
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
جَآءَ
jāa
came
أَمْرُ
amru
(the) Command
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَغَرَّكُم
wagharrakum
And deceived you
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
about Allah
ٱلْغَرُورُ
l-gharūru
the deceiver
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14. The hypocrites will call out to the believers: "Were we not with you [23]?" (The believers) will reply: "Yes, but you put yourselves into temptation [24], and you awaited (misfortune for us), and you doubted [25], and false hopes deceived you until the command of Allah came [26], and the deceiver (Satan) deceived you concerning Allah."
[23] There will be a door in this wall. Now from here, the hypocrites will call out to the believers, saying that in the world, we used to be with you. And today, you people are leaving us here and going alone towards Paradise. You should not have been so disloyal to us.
[24] The believers will reply to this by saying that you are lying when you say that you were with us. In reality, the truth was that you were opportunists and self-seekers, always looking for the chance to side with whichever of the believers or disbelievers seemed to have the upper hand, so that you could gain worldly benefits.
[25] That is, your faith was neither firm in Allah nor in His Messenger, nor in the promises of Allah and His Messenger, nor in the Hereafter. When you saw that the circumstances were unfavorable for the Muslims and you looked at the large numbers, wealth, and war equipment of the disbelievers, your faith would become shaky. Your trust in the promises of Allah and His Messenger would vanish. Then you would even begin to wonder whether this matter of the Hereafter and the reward and punishment for deeds is certain or not. Therefore, it seemed better to you to adopt such a way that it would not be difficult for you to join either party. Thus, you only outwardly remained with us, but all your sympathies and interests remained with the disbelievers.
[26] By Allah’s command is meant either the complete dominance of Islam or death. That is, as long as you had the power, you did not change your attitude. You kept thinking that deceiving the Muslims and keeping them in the dark to gain your own interests was a great success. Whereas in reality, you yourselves had fallen prey to Satan, and until your death, he kept you deluded in this way, making you think that any day now the Muslims would be destroyed and Islam would be wiped out.
[23] There will be a door in this wall. Now from here, the hypocrites will call out to the believers, saying that in the world, we used to be with you. And today, you people are leaving us here and going alone towards Paradise. You should not have been so disloyal to us.
[24] The believers will reply to this by saying that you are lying when you say that you were with us. In reality, the truth was that you were opportunists and self-seekers, always looking for the chance to side with whichever of the believers or disbelievers seemed to have the upper hand, so that you could gain worldly benefits.
[25] That is, your faith was neither firm in Allah nor in His Messenger, nor in the promises of Allah and His Messenger, nor in the Hereafter. When you saw that the circumstances were unfavorable for the Muslims and you looked at the large numbers, wealth, and war equipment of the disbelievers, your faith would become shaky. Your trust in the promises of Allah and His Messenger would vanish. Then you would even begin to wonder whether this matter of the Hereafter and the reward and punishment for deeds is certain or not. Therefore, it seemed better to you to adopt such a way that it would not be difficult for you to join either party. Thus, you only outwardly remained with us, but all your sympathies and interests remained with the disbelievers.
[26] By Allah’s command is meant either the complete dominance of Islam or death. That is, as long as you had the power, you did not change your attitude. You kept thinking that deceiving the Muslims and keeping them in the dark to gain your own interests was a great success. Whereas in reality, you yourselves had fallen prey to Satan, and until your death, he kept you deluded in this way, making you think that any day now the Muslims would be destroyed and Islam would be wiped out.
