Surah Al-Munafiqun, Ayah 4 (63:4)

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۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ …

Quran 63:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Al-Munafiqun (“The Hypocrites”), a Medinan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 554 of the Madani Mushaf.

63:4
۞ وَإِذَارَأَيْتَهُمْتُعْجِبُكَأَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖوَإِنيَقُولُوا۟تَسْمَعْلِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖكَأَنَّهُمْخُشُبٌمُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖيَحْسَبُونَكُلَّصَيْحَةٍعَلَيْهِمْ ۚهُمُٱلْعَدُوُّفَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚقَٰتَلَهُمُٱللَّهُ ۖأَنَّىٰيُؤْفَكُونَ٤
wa-idhā ra-aytahum tuʿ'jibuka ajsāmuhum wa-in yaqūlū tasmaʿ liqawlihim ka-annahum khushubun musannadatun yaḥsabūna kulla ṣayḥatin ʿalayhim humu l-ʿaduwu fa-iḥ'dharhum qātalahumu l-lahu annā yu'fakūna

And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?(4)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumyou see them
  3. تُعْجِبُكَtuʿ'jibukapleases you
  4. أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖajsāmuhumtheir bodies
  5. وَإِنwa-inand if
  6. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey speak
  7. تَسْمَعْtasmaʿyou listen
  8. لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖliqawlihimto their speech
  9. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
  10. خُشُبٌkhushubunpieces of wood
  11. مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖmusannadatunpropped up
  12. يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaThey think
  13. كُلَّkullaevery
  14. صَيْحَةٍṣayḥatinshout
  15. عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhim(is) against them
  16. هُمُhumuThey
  17. ٱلْعَدُوُّl-ʿaduwu(are) the enemy
  18. فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚfa-iḥ'dharhumso beware of them
  19. قَٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumuMay destroy them
  20. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
  21. أَنَّىٰannāHow
  22. يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

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