Surah Al-Munafiqun in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ قَالُوا۟ نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

Transliteration idhā jāaka l-munāfiqūna qālū nashhadu innaka larasūlu l-lahi wal-lahu yaʿlamu innaka larasūluhu wal-lahu yashhadu inna l-munāfiqīna lakādhibūna

English When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muḥammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh." And Allāh knows that you are His Messenger, and Allāh testifies that the hypocrites are liars.

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. جَآءَكَjāakacome to you
3. ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrites
4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
5. نَشْهَدُnashhaduWe testify
6. إِنَّكَinnakathat you
7. لَرَسُولُlarasūlu(are) surely (the) Messenger
8. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
9. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
10. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
11. إِنَّكَinnakathat you
12. لَرَسُولُهُۥlarasūluhu(are) surely His Messenger
13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
14. يَشْهَدُyashhadutestifies
15. إِنَّinnathat
16. ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
17. لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi innahum sāa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

English 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.

1. ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhūThey take
2. أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths
3. جُنَّةًۭjunnatan(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

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Transliteration dhālika bi-annahum āmanū thumma kafarū faṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yafqahūna

English That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
2. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed
4. ثُمَّthummathen
5. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
6. فَطُبِعَfaṭubiʿaso were sealed
7. عَلَىٰʿalā[upon]
8. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
9. فَهُمْfahumso they
10. لَاlā(do) not
11. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَـٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Transliteration 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

English 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?

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. خُشُبٌۭkhushubunpieces of wood
11. مُّسَنَّدَةٌۭ ۖ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. قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumuMay destroy them
20. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
21. أَنَّىٰannāHow
22. يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوْا۟ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Transliteration wa-idhā qīla lahum taʿālaw yastaghfir lakum rasūlu l-lahi lawwaw ruūsahum wara-aytahum yaṣuddūna wahum mus'takbirūna

English And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allāh will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. قِيلَqīlait is said
3. لَهُمْlahumto them
4. تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
5. يَسْتَغْفِرْyastaghfirwill ask forgiveness
6. لَكُمْlakumfor you
7. رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
8. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
9. لَوَّوْا۟lawwawThey turn aside
10. رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir heads
11. وَرَأَيْتَهُمْwara-aytahumand you see them
12. يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnaturning away
13. وَهُمwahumwhile they
14. مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَmus'takbirūna(are) arrogant

سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

Transliteration sawāon ʿalayhim astaghfarta lahum am lam tastaghfir lahum lan yaghfira l-lahu lahum inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

English It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; never will Allāh forgive them. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

1. سَوَآءٌsawāon(It) is same
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
3. أَسْتَغْفَرْتَastaghfartawhether you ask forgiveness
4. لَهُمْlahumfor them
5. أَمْamor
6. لَمْlam(do) not
7. تَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfirask forgiveness
8. لَهُمْlahumfor them
9. لَنlanNever
10. يَغْفِرَyaghfirawill forgive
11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
12. لَهُمْ ۚlahum[to] them
13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
15. لَاlā(does) not
16. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
17. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
18. ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَنْ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّوا۟ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Transliteration humu alladhīna yaqūlūna lā tunfiqū ʿalā man ʿinda rasūli l-lahi ḥattā yanfaḍḍū walillahi khazāinu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walākinna l-munāfiqīna lā yafqahūna

English They are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allāh until they disband." And to Allāh belong the depositories of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

1. هُمُhumuThey
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
3. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūspend
6. عَلَىٰʿalāon
7. مَنْman(those) who
8. عِندَʿinda(are) with
9. رَسُولِrasūli(the) Messenger
10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
11. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
12. يَنفَضُّوا۟ ۗyanfaḍḍūthey disband
13. وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
14. خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
15. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
16. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
17. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
18. ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
19. لَاlā(do) not
20. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَآ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ ٱلْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا ٱلْأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration yaqūlūna la-in rajaʿnā ilā l-madīnati layukh'rijanna l-aʿazu min'hā l-adhala walillahi l-ʿizatu walirasūlihi walil'mu'minīna walākinna l-munāfiqīna lā yaʿlamūna

English They say, "If we return to al-Madīnah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allāh belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

1. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaThey say
2. لَئِنla-inIf
3. رَّجَعْنَآrajaʿnāwe return
4. إِلَىilāto
5. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatiAl-Madinah
6. لَيُخْرِجَنَّlayukh'rijannasurely, will expel
7. ٱلْأَعَزُّl-aʿazuthe more honorable
8. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
9. ٱلْأَذَلَّ ۚl-adhalathe more humble
10. وَلِلَّهِwalillahiBut for Allah
11. ٱلْعِزَّةُl-ʿizatu(is) the honor
12. وَلِرَسُولِهِۦwalirasūlihiand for His Messenger
13. وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَwalil'mu'minīnaand for the believers
14. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
15. ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
16. لَاlā(do) not
17. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Transliteration yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tul'hikum amwālukum walā awlādukum ʿan dhik'ri l-lahi waman yafʿal dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

English O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allāh. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. لَاlā(Let) not
5. تُلْهِكُمْtul'hikumdivert you
6. أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
7. وَلَآwalāand not
8. أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْawlādukumyour children
9. عَنʿanfrom
10. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
11. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
12. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
13. يَفْعَلْyafʿaldoes
14. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
15. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
16. هُمُhumu[they]
17. ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

وَأَنفِقُوا۟ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Transliteration wa-anfiqū min mā razaqnākum min qabli an yatiya aḥadakumu l-mawtu fayaqūla rabbi lawlā akhartanī ilā ajalin qarībin fa-aṣṣaddaqa wa-akun mina l-ṣāliḥīna

English And spend [in the way of Allāh] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."

1. وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūAnd spend
2. مِنminfrom
3. مَّاmāwhat
4. رَزَقْنَـٰكُمrazaqnākumWe have provided you
5. مِّنminfrom
6. قَبْلِqablibefore
7. أَنan[that]
8. يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
9. أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) one of you
10. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
11. فَيَقُولَfayaqūlaand he says
12. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
13. لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
14. أَخَّرْتَنِىٓakhartanīYou delay me
15. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
16. أَجَلٍۢajalina term
17. قَرِيبٍۢqarībinnear
18. فَأَصَّدَّقَfa-aṣṣaddaqaso I would give charity
19. وَأَكُنwa-akunand be
20. مِّنَminaamong
21. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Transliteration walan yu-akhira l-lahu nafsan idhā jāa ajaluhā wal-lahu khabīrun bimā taʿmalūna

English But never will Allāh delay a soul when its time has come. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.

1. وَلَنwalanBut never
2. يُؤَخِّرَyu-akhirawill (be) delayed
3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
4. نَفْسًاnafsana soul
5. إِذَاidhāwhen
6. جَآءَjāahas come
7. أَجَلُهَا ۚajaluhāits term
8. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
9. خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
10. بِمَاbimāof what
11. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do