Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 12 (33:12)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

وَإِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ …

Quran 33:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 419 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:12
وَإِذْيَقُولُٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَوَٱلَّذِينَفِىقُلُوبِهِممَّرَضٌمَّاوَعَدَنَاٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥٓإِلَّاغُرُورًا١٢
wa-idh yaqūlu l-munāfiqūna wa-alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun mā waʿadanā l-lahu warasūluhu illā ghurūran

And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"(12)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. يَقُولُyaqūlusaid
  3. ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrites
  4. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
  5. فِىfīin
  6. قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
  7. مَّرَضٌmaraḍun(was) a disease
  8. مَّاmāNot
  9. وَعَدَنَاwaʿadanāAllah promised us
  10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah promised us
  11. وَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His messenger
  12. إِلَّاillāexcept
  13. غُرُورًاghurūrandelusion

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