Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 61 (5:61)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَقَد دَّخَلُوا۟ بِٱلْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ …

Quran 5:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 118 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:61
وَإِذَاجَآءُوكُمْقَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّاوَقَددَّخَلُوا۟بِٱلْكُفْرِوَهُمْقَدْخَرَجُوا۟بِهِۦ ۚوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْتُمُونَ٦١
wa-idhā jāūkum qālū āmannā waqad dakhalū bil-kuf'ri wahum qad kharajū bihi wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā kānū yaktumūna

And when they come to you, they say, "We believe." But they have entered with disbelief [in their hearts], and they have certainly left with it. And Allāh is most knowing of what they were concealing.(61)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. جَآءُوكُمْjāūkumthey come to you
  3. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  4. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
  5. وَقَدwaqadBut certainly
  6. دَّخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
  7. بِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'riwith disbelief
  8. وَهُمْwahumand they
  9. قَدْqadcertainly
  10. خَرَجُوا۟kharajūwent out
  11. بِهِۦ ۚbihiwith it
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
  14. بِمَاbimā[of] what
  15. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  16. يَكْتُمُونَyaktumūnahiding

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