سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 127
وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَّظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ ﴿127﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And whenever there comes down a Sûrah (chapter from the Qur’ân), they look at one another (saying): "Does any one see you?" Then they turn away. Allâh has turned their hearts (from the light) because they are a people that understand not.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And whenever
مَآ
mā
And whenever
أُنزِلَتْ
unzilat
is revealed
سُورَةٌۭ
sūratun
a Surah
نَّظَرَ
naẓara
look
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَعْضٍ
baʿḍin
others
هَلْ
hal
Does
يَرَىٰكُم
yarākum
see you
مِّنْ
min
any
أَحَدٍۢ
aḥadin
one
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚ
inṣarafū
they turn away
صَرَفَ
ṣarafa
Allah has turned away
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah has turned away
قُلُوبَهُم
qulūbahum
their hearts
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
لَّا
lā
not
يَفْقَهُونَ
yafqahūna
they understand
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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127. And whenever a surah is revealed, the hypocrites look at each other, asking (with a gesture), "Is anyone watching you?" [146] Then they turn away. Allah has turned their hearts away (from guidance) because they are a people who do not understand [147].
[146]
After the Revelation (Wahi), the Prophet ﷺ Gathering the Companions in the Mosque to Recite the Revelation:
When a surah would be revealed, sometimes the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would call the Muslims to Masjid Nabawi and recite this surah to them as a sermon. Now, the predicament of the hypocrites was that they had to go to the mosque upon such an announcement, and in order to remove suspicion of hypocrisy from themselves, they had to mark their attendance in such gatherings. However, they could not bear this forced labor for long and wished that after marking their attendance, they could immediately slip away from the Muslims unnoticed, and most of them would do exactly this. So, when these people began to flee from the gathering of guidance and righteousness in this manner, Allah made their hearts just like that.
[147] That is, despite being disgraced once or twice every year, they could not understand how they could be saved from this disgrace and instead attain honor, nor in what lies the well-being of their religion and worldly life.
[146]
After the Revelation (Wahi), the Prophet ﷺ Gathering the Companions in the Mosque to Recite the Revelation:
When a surah would be revealed, sometimes the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would call the Muslims to Masjid Nabawi and recite this surah to them as a sermon. Now, the predicament of the hypocrites was that they had to go to the mosque upon such an announcement, and in order to remove suspicion of hypocrisy from themselves, they had to mark their attendance in such gatherings. However, they could not bear this forced labor for long and wished that after marking their attendance, they could immediately slip away from the Muslims unnoticed, and most of them would do exactly this. So, when these people began to flee from the gathering of guidance and righteousness in this manner, Allah made their hearts just like that.
[147] That is, despite being disgraced once or twice every year, they could not understand how they could be saved from this disgrace and instead attain honor, nor in what lies the well-being of their religion and worldly life.
