Surah Al Munafiqun

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. اِذَا جَاۤءَكَ الْمُنٰفِقُوْنَ قَالُوْا نَشْهَدُ اِنَّكَ لَرَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ ۘوَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اِنَّكَ لَرَسُوْلُهٗ ۗوَاللّٰهُ يَشْهَدُ اِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ لَكٰذِبُوْنَۚ

   Iżā jā'akal-munāfiqūna qālū nasyhadu innaka larasūlullāh(i), wallāhu ya‘lamu innaka larasūluh(ū), wallāhu yasyhadu innal-munāfiqīna lakāżibūn(a).

   When the hypocrites come to you ˹O Prophet˺, they say, “We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah”—and surely Allah knows that you are His Messenger—but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars.

2. اِتَّخَذُوْٓا اَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّهُمْ سَاۤءَ مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

   Ittakhażū aimānahum junnatan faṣaddū ‘an sabīlillāh(i), innahum sā'a mā kānū ya‘malūn(a).

   They have made their ˹false˺ oaths as a shield, hindering ˹others˺ from the Way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they do!

3. ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوْا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوْا فَطُبِعَ عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُوْنَ

   Żālika bi'annahum āmanū ṡumma kafarū faṭubi‘a ‘alā qulūbihim fahum lā yafqahūn(a).

   This is because they believed and then abandoned faith. Therefore, their hearts have been sealed, so they do not comprehend.

4. ۞ وَاِذَا رَاَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ اَجْسَامُهُمْۗ وَاِنْ يَّقُوْلُوْا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْۗ كَاَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۗيَحْسَبُوْنَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْۗ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْۗ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُ ۖاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُوْنَ

   Wa iżā ra'aitahum tu‘jibuka ajsāmuhum, wa iy yaqūlū tasma‘ liqaulihim, ka'annahum khusyubum musannadah(tun), yaḥsabūna kulla ṣaiḥatin ‘alaihim, humul-‘aduwwu faḥżarhum, qātalahumullāh(u), annā yu'fakūn(a).

   When you see them, their appearance impresses you. And when they speak, you listen to their ˹impressive˺ speech. But they are ˹just˺ like ˹worthless˺ planks of wood leaned ˹against a wall˺. They think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah condemn them! How can they be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

5. وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوْسَهُمْ وَرَاَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّوْنَ وَهُمْ مُّسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ

   Wa iżā qīla lahum ta‘ālau yastagfir lakum rasūlullāhi lawwau ru'ūsahum wa ra'aitahum yaṣuddūna wa hum mustakbirūn(a).

   When it is said to them, “Come! The Messenger of Allah will pray for you to be forgiven,” they turn their heads ˹in disgust˺, and you see them ˹O Prophet˺ turn away in arrogance.

6. سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ اَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ اَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْۗ لَنْ يَّغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْفٰسِقِيْنَ

   Sawā'un ‘alaihim astagfarta lahum am lam tastagfir lahum, lay yagfirallāhu lahum, innallāha lā yahdil-qaumal-fāsiqīn(a).

   It is the same whether you pray for their forgiveness or not, Allah will not forgive them. Surely Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

7. هُمُ الَّذِيْنَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ لَا تُنْفِقُوْا عَلٰى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰى يَنْفَضُّوْاۗ وَلِلّٰهِ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۙ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ لَا يَفْقَهُوْنَ

   Humul-lażīna yaqūlūna lā tunfiqū ‘alā man ‘inda rasūlillāhi ḥattā yanfaḍḍū, wa lillāhi khazā'inus-samāwāti wal-arḍ(i), wa lākinnal-munāfiqīna lā yafqahūn(a).

   They are the ones who say ˹to one another˺, “Do not spend ˹anything˺ on those ˹emigrants˺ with the Messenger of Allah so that they will break away ˹from him˺.” But to Allah ˹alone˺ belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth, yet the hypocrites do not comprehend.

8. يَقُوْلُوْنَ لَىِٕنْ رَّجَعْنَآ اِلَى الْمَدِيْنَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْاَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْاَذَلَّ ۗوَلِلّٰهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُوْلِهٖ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ

   Yaqūlūna la'ir raja‘nā ilal-madīnati layukhrijannal-a‘azzu minhal-ażall(a), wa lillāhil-‘izzatu wa lirasūlihī wa lil-mu'minīna wa lākinnal-munāfiqīna lā ya‘lamūn(a).

   They say, “If we return to Medina, the honourable will definitely expel the inferior.” But all honour and power belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, yet the hypocrites do not know.

9. يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَآ اَوْلَادُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ ۚوَمَنْ يَّفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الْخٰسِرُوْنَ

   Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū lā tulhikum amwālukum wa lā aulādukum ‘an żikrillāh(i), wa may yaf‘al żālika fa ulā'ika humul-khāsirūn(a).

   O believers! Do not let your wealth or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. For whoever does so, it is they who are the ˹true˺ losers.

10. وَاَنْفِقُوْا مِنْ مَّا رَزَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّأْتِيَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُوْلَ رَبِّ لَوْلَآ اَخَّرْتَنِيْٓ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ قَرِيْبٍۚ فَاَصَّدَّقَ وَاَكُنْ مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ

    Wa anfiqū mimmā razaqnākum min qabli ay ya'tiya aḥadakumul-mautu fa yaqūla rabbi lau lā akhkhartanī ilā ajalin qarīb(in), fa aṣṣaddaqa wa akum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn(a).

    And donate from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you, and you say, “My Lord! If only You delayed me for a short while, I would give in charity and be one of the righteous.”

11. وَلَنْ يُّؤَخِّرَ اللّٰهُ نَفْسًا اِذَا جَاۤءَ اَجَلُهَاۗ وَاللّٰهُ خَبِيْرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ࣖ

    Wa lay yu'akhkhirallāhu nafsan iżā jā'a ajaluhā, wallāhu khabīrum bimā ta‘malūn(a).

    But Allah never delays a soul when its appointed time comes. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.