Surah Al-Hadid, Ayah 14 (57:14)

ٱلْحَدِيد

يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ …

Quran 57:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Al-Hadid (“The Iron”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 539 of the Madani Mushaf.

57:14
يُنَادُونَهُمْأَلَمْنَكُنمَّعَكُمْ ۖقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰوَلَٰكِنَّكُمْفَتَنتُمْأَنفُسَكُمْوَتَرَبَّصْتُمْوَٱرْتَبْتُمْوَغَرَّتْكُمُٱلْأَمَانِىُّحَتَّىٰجَآءَأَمْرُٱللَّهِوَغَرَّكُمبِٱللَّهِٱلْغَرُورُ١٤
yunādūnahum alam nakun maʿakum qālū balā walākinnakum fatantum anfusakum watarabbaṣtum wa-ir'tabtum wagharratkumu l-amāniyu ḥattā jāa amru l-lahi wagharrakum bil-lahi l-gharūru

They [i.e., the hypocrites] will call to them [i.e., the believers], "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allāh. And the Deceiver [i.e., Satan] deceived you concerning Allāh.(14)

Word by word

  1. يُنَادُونَهُمْyunādūnahumThey will call them
  2. أَلَمْalamWere not
  3. نَكُنnakunwe
  4. مَّعَكُمْ ۖmaʿakumwith you
  5. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
  6. بَلَىٰbalāYes
  7. وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْwalākinnakumbut you
  8. فَتَنتُمْfatantumled to temptation
  9. أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
  10. وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْwatarabbaṣtumand you awaited
  11. وَٱرْتَبْتُمْwa-ir'tabtumand you doubted
  12. وَغَرَّتْكُمُwagharratkumuand deceived you
  13. ٱلْأَمَانِىُّl-amāniyuthe wishful thinking
  14. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  15. جَآءَjāacame
  16. أَمْرُamru(the) Command
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  18. وَغَرَّكُمwagharrakumAnd deceived you
  19. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
  20. ٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe deceiver

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