Surah Al-Hadid, Ayah 13 (57:13)

ٱلْحَدِيد

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن …

Quran 57:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-Hadid (“The Iron”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 539 of the Madani Mushaf.

57:13
يَوْمَيَقُولُٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَوَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱنظُرُونَانَقْتَبِسْمِننُّورِكُمْقِيلَٱرْجِعُوا۟وَرَآءَكُمْفَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟نُورًافَضُرِبَبَيْنَهُمبِسُورٍلَّهُۥبَابٌۢبَاطِنُهُۥفِيهِٱلرَّحْمَةُوَظَٰهِرُهُۥمِنقِبَلِهِٱلْعَذَابُ١٣
yawma yaqūlu l-munāfiqūna wal-munāfiqātu lilladhīna āmanū unẓurūnā naqtabis min nūrikum qīla ir'jiʿū warāakum fal-tamisū nūran faḍuriba baynahum bisūrin lahu bābun bāṭinuhu fīhi l-raḥmatu waẓāhiruhu min qibalihi l-ʿadhābu

On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, "Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you and seek light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.(13)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(On the) Day
  2. يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
  3. ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrite men
  4. وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُwal-munāfiqātuand the hypocrite women
  5. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  6. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
  7. ٱنظُرُونَاunẓurūnāWait for us
  8. نَقْتَبِسْnaqtabiswe may acquire
  9. مِنminof
  10. نُّورِكُمْnūrikumyour light
  11. قِيلَqīlaIt will be said
  12. ٱرْجِعُوا۟ir'jiʿūGo back
  13. وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind you
  14. فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟fal-tamisūand seek
  15. نُورًاnūranlight
  16. فَضُرِبَfaḍuribaThen will be put up
  17. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
  18. بِسُورٍbisūrina wall
  19. لَّهُۥlahufor it
  20. بَابٌۢbābuna gate
  21. بَاطِنُهُۥbāṭinuhuits interior
  22. فِيهِfīhiin it
  23. ٱلرَّحْمَةُl-raḥmatu(is) mercy
  24. وَظَٰهِرُهُۥwaẓāhiruhubut its exterior
  25. مِنminfacing towards [it]
  26. قِبَلِهِqibalihifacing towards [it]
  27. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment

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