Surah Al-Munafiqun, Ayah 2 (63:2)

ٱلْمُنَافِقُون

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ …

Quran 63:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-Munafiqun (“The Hypocrites”), a Medinan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 554 of the Madani Mushaf.

63:2
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟أَيْمَٰنَهُمْجُنَّةًفَصَدُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِ ۚإِنَّهُمْسَآءَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٢
ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi innahum sāa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.(2)

Word by word

  1. ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhūThey take
  2. أَيْمَٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths
  3. جُنَّةًjunnatan(as) a cover
  4. فَصَدُّوا۟faṣaddūso they turn away
  5. عَنʿanfrom
  6. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) Way
  7. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
  8. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, [they]
  9. سَآءَsāaevil is
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  12. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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