Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 52 (5:52)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا …

Quran 5:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 117 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:52
فَتَرَىٱلَّذِينَفِىقُلُوبِهِممَّرَضٌيُسَٰرِعُونَفِيهِمْيَقُولُونَنَخْشَىٰٓأَنتُصِيبَنَادَآئِرَةٌ ۚفَعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَأْتِىَبِٱلْفَتْحِأَوْأَمْرٍمِّنْعِندِهِۦفَيُصْبِحُوا۟عَلَىٰمَآأَسَرُّوا۟فِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْنَٰدِمِينَ٥٢
fatarā alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun yusāriʿūna fīhim yaqūlūna nakhshā an tuṣībanā dāiratun faʿasā l-lahu an yatiya bil-fatḥi aw amrin min ʿindihi fayuṣ'biḥū ʿalā mā asarrū fī anfusihim nādimīna

So you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allāh will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.(52)

Word by word

  1. فَتَرَىfatarāAnd you see
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  3. فِىfīin
  4. قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
  5. مَّرَضٌmaraḍun(is) a disease
  6. يُسَٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnathey hasten
  7. فِيهِمْfīhimto them
  8. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
  9. نَخْشَىٰٓnakhshāWe fear
  10. أَنanthat
  11. تُصِيبَنَاtuṣībanā(may) strike us
  12. دَآئِرَةٌ ۚdāiratuna misfortune
  13. فَعَسَىfaʿasāBut perhaps
  14. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  15. أَنan[that]
  16. يَأْتِىَyatiyawill bring
  17. بِٱلْفَتْحِbil-fatḥithe victory
  18. أَوْawor
  19. أَمْرٍamrina decision
  20. مِّنْminfrom
  21. عِندِهِۦʿindihi(of) Him
  22. فَيُصْبِحُوا۟fayuṣ'biḥūThen they will become
  23. عَلَىٰʿalāfor
  24. مَآmāwhat
  25. أَسَرُّوا۟asarrūthey had concealed
  26. فِىٓfīwithin
  27. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
  28. نَٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

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