The Holy Quran 47:16 — Surah Muhammad

Arabic text

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

Translation

(O Rasulullaah ﷺ!) There are those people (the Munaafiqeen) who (appear to) listen to you intently (but with inattentive hearts) until they depart from your presence and then say (with ridicule) to those (Muslims) who have been granted knowledge, "What did he (Rasulullaah ﷺ) say just now?" (Placing no importance in it) These are the ones on whose hearts Allaah has set a seal (because of their scepticism and ridiculing) and who follow their whims. (futile wishes)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The turning away of the hypocrites: above, the state of the believers and the disbelievers was described. One kind of disbeliever is the one called a munafiq (hypocrite), that is, outwardly claiming Islam while inwardly deviating from it. This verse speaks of them.

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