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Surah Al-Munafiqun

The Hypocrites

Chapter 63 of 114

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Surah Al-Munafiqun

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah takes its name from the word al-'asr occurring in the first verse.

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Surah 63 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2><p>The Surah takes its name from the word <em>al-'asr</em> occurring in the <a href="/103/1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first verse</a>.</p><h2>Period of Revelation</h2><p>Although Mujahid, Qatadah and Muqatil regard Surah Al-'Asr as a Madani Surah, a great majority of the commentators opine that it is Makki; its subject matter also testifies that it must have been sent down in the earliest stage in Makkah, when the message of Islam was being presented in brief but highly impressive sentences so that the listeners who heard them once could not forget them even if they wanted to, for they were automatically committed to memory.</p><h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2><p>This Surah is a <span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">inimitable </span>specimen of comprehensiveness and brevity. A whole world of meaning has been compressed into its few brief words, which is too vast in content to be fully expressed even in a book. In the surah, in a clear and plain way, the way to true success for man and the way to ruin and destruction for him have both been stated. Imam Ash Shafi'i has very rightly said that if the people only considered this Surah well, it alone would suffice them for their guidance. How important this Surah was in the sight of the Companions can be judged from the tradition cited from Hadrat Abdullah bin Hisn ad-Darimi Abu Madinah, according to which whenever any two of them met, they would not part company until they had recited Surah Al-Asr to each other. (Tabarani)</p>

Verse by verse

Surah Al-Munafiqun · The Hypocrites

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَ

    Ma usan d $uôek ixabiten, ad ak inin: "a ncehhed ar keçç, war ccekk, d Amazan n Öebbi". Öebbi Iéôa ar keçç, war ccekk, d Amazan iS. Öebbi ad Icehhed ar, s tidep, ixabiten d ikeddaben.

  2. Ayah 2

    اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    Ëesben tagallit nnsen d laânaya, d$a ssefôa$en abrid n Öebbi. Ihi, a yicmet wayen xeddmen!

  3. Ayah 3

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

    Akka, acku llan umnen, sinna, jehlen. Ppusel$en wulawen nnsen, d$a nitni ur mêiûen.

  4. Ayah 4

    وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    Mi ten twalav, a k taâoeb tiddi nnsen. Ma mmeslayen, tessemêasev i wawal nnsen. Amzun nitni d is$aôen i isenden, $ilen yal ti$ôi fellasen. Acengu, d nitni; êader iman ik segsen. A ten Ine$ Öebbi! Acêal wexxôen!

  5. Ayah 5

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Ma nnan asen: "yyaw, ad issuter Umazan n Öebbi a ppeppusemmêem", ad bernen iqweôôa nnsen, a ten twaliv wexxôen s tem$weô.

  6. Ayah 6

    سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

    Iâuva fellasen tessutrev, ne$ ur tessutrev ad ppusemmêen. Ur sen Ipsemmiê Öebbi, d awez$i. Öebbi, s tidep, ur Inehhu agdud iballa$en.

  7. Ayah 7

    هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُوا عَلَىٰ مَنْ عِندَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّوا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَائِنُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

    Nitni i iqqaôen: "ur pseddiqet, i wid iddan akked Umazan n Öebbi, alamma mmebruzzâen". N Öebbi igerrujen igenwan akked tmurt, maca ixabiten ur mêiûen.

  8. Ayah 8

    يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Qqaôen: "ma nu$al ar Lmadina, war ccekk, uzmir ad issuffe$, segs, uôhif". Tazmert, n Öebbi akked Umazan iS, akked lmumnin, maca, ixabiten ur éôin.

  9. Ayah 9

    يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

    A wid iumnen! £uôwat a kwen ssbaâden, af usmekti n Öebbi, wayla nnwen akked tarwa nnwen! Wid igan akka, ihi, widak d imexsuôen.

  10. Ayah 10

    وَأَنفِقُوا مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَا أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

    Ssedqet seg wayen i wen Nefka, uqbel a d tas tmeppant ar yiwen degwen, ad yini: "a Mass iw! Lemmer ad iyi Teswexxôev ar lajel aqôib, ad seddqe$, ad ili$ seg wid imaânen".

  11. Ayah 11

    وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا ۚ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    Ur Irennu Öebbi di laâmeô, d awez$i, ma iusa d lajel is. Öebbi Ippuxebbeô $ef wayen txeddmem.

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