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يَعْتَذِرُونَ They will make excuses إِلَيْكُمْ to you إِذَا when رَجَعْتُمْ you (have) returned إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ to them قُل Say لَّا (Do) not تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ make excuse لَن never نُّؤْمِنَ we will believe لَكُمْ you قَدْ Verily نَبَّأَنَا Allah (has) informed us ٱللَّهُ Allah (has) informed us مِنْ of أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚ your news وَسَيَرَى and Allah will see ٱللَّهُ and Allah will see عَمَلَكُمْ your deeds وَرَسُولُهُۥ and His Messenger ثُمَّ Then تُرَدُّونَ you will be brought back إِلَىٰ to عَـٰلِمِ (the) Knower ٱلْغَيْبِ (of) the unseen وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ and the seen فَيُنَبِّئُكُم then He will inform you بِمَا of what كُنتُمْ you used (to) تَعْمَلُونَ do ٩٤

They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allāh has already informed us of your news [i.e., affair]. And Allāh will observe your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger; then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."

— Come To Light

سَيَحْلِفُونَ They will swear بِٱللَّهِ by Allah لَكُمْ to you إِذَا when ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ you returned إِلَيْهِمْ to them لِتُعْرِضُوا۟ that you may turn away عَنْهُمْ ۖ from them فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ So turn away عَنْهُمْ ۖ from them إِنَّهُمْ indeed, they رِجْسٌۭ ۖ (are) impure وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ and their abode جَهَنَّمُ (is) Hell جَزَآءًۢ a recompense بِمَا for what كَانُوا۟ they used (to) يَكْسِبُونَ earn ٩٥

They will swear by Allāh to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.

— Come To Light

يَحْلِفُونَ They swear لَكُمْ to you لِتَرْضَوْا۟ that you may be pleased عَنْهُمْ ۖ with them فَإِن But if تَرْضَوْا۟ you are pleased عَنْهُمْ with them فَإِنَّ then indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (is) not pleased يَرْضَىٰ (is) not pleased عَنِ with ٱلْقَوْمِ the people ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ (who are) defiantly disobedient ٩٦

They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allāh is not satisfied with a defiantly disobedient people.

— Come To Light

ٱلْأَعْرَابُ The bedouins أَشَدُّ (are) stronger كُفْرًۭا (in) disbelief وَنِفَاقًۭا and hypocrisy وَأَجْدَرُ and more likely أَلَّا that not يَعْلَمُوا۟ they know حُدُودَ (the) limits مَآ (of) what أَنزَلَ Allah (has) revealed ٱللَّهُ Allah (has) revealed عَلَىٰ to رَسُولِهِۦ ۗ His Messenger وَٱللَّهُ And Allah عَلِيمٌ (is) All-Knower حَكِيمٌۭ All-Wise ٩٧

The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allāh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

— Come To Light

وَمِنَ And among ٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouins مَن (is he) who يَتَّخِذُ takes مَا what يُنفِقُ he spends مَغْرَمًۭا (as) a loss وَيَتَرَبَّصُ and he awaits بِكُمُ for you ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚ the turns (of misfortune) عَلَيْهِمْ Upon them دَآئِرَةُ (will be) the turn ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ (of) the evil وَٱللَّهُ And Allah سَمِيعٌ (is) All-Hearer عَلِيمٌۭ All-Knower ٩٨

And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

— Come To Light

وَمِنَ But among ٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouins مَن (is he) who يُؤْمِنُ believes بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَٱلْيَوْمِ and the Day ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ the Last وَيَتَّخِذُ and takes مَا what يُنفِقُ he spends قُرُبَـٰتٍ (as) means of nearness عِندَ with ٱللَّهِ Allah وَصَلَوَٰتِ and blessings ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚ (of) the Messenger أَلَآ Behold إِنَّهَا Indeed, it قُرْبَةٌۭ (is) a means of nearness لَّهُمْ ۚ for them سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ Allah will admit them ٱللَّهُ Allah will admit them فِى to رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ His Mercy إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah غَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌۭ Most Merciful ٩٩

But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Come To Light

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