وَيَقُولُ And say ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe لَوْلَا Why not نُزِّلَتْ has been revealed سُورَةٌۭ ۖ a Surah فَإِذَآ But when أُنزِلَتْ is revealed سُورَةٌۭ a Surah مُّحْكَمَةٌۭ precise وَذُكِرَ and is mentioned فِيهَا in it ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙ the fighting رَأَيْتَ you see ٱلَّذِينَ those who فِى in قُلُوبِهِم their hearts مَّرَضٌۭ (is) a disease يَنظُرُونَ looking إِلَيْكَ at you نَظَرَ a look ٱلْمَغْشِىِّ (of) one fainting عَلَيْهِ (of) one fainting مِنَ from ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ the death فَأَوْلَىٰ But more appropriate لَهُمْ for them ٢٠

طَاعَةٌۭ (Is) obedience وَقَوْلٌۭ and a word مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚ kind فَإِذَا And when عَزَمَ (is) determined ٱلْأَمْرُ the matter فَلَوْ then if صَدَقُوا۟ they had been true ٱللَّهَ (to) Allah لَكَانَ surely, it would have been خَيْرًۭا better لَّهُمْ for them ٢١

فَهَلْ Then would عَسَيْتُمْ you perhaps إِن if تَوَلَّيْتُمْ you are given authority أَن that تُفْسِدُوا۟ you cause corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ and cut off أَرْحَامَكُمْ your ties of kinship ٢٢

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ٱلَّذِينَ (are) the ones لَعَنَهُمُ Allah has cursed them ٱللَّهُ Allah has cursed them فَأَصَمَّهُمْ so He made them deaf وَأَعْمَىٰٓ and blinded أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ their vision ٢٣

أَفَلَا Then do not يَتَدَبَّرُونَ they ponder ٱلْقُرْءَانَ (over) the Quran أَمْ or عَلَىٰ upon قُلُوبٍ (their) hearts أَقْفَالُهَآ (are) locks ٢٤

إِنَّ Indeed ٱلَّذِينَ those who ٱرْتَدُّوا۟ return عَلَىٰٓ on أَدْبَـٰرِهِم their backs مِّنۢ after بَعْدِ after مَا what تَبَيَّنَ (has) become clear لَهُمُ to them ٱلْهُدَى ۙ (of) the guidance ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ Shaitaan سَوَّلَ enticed لَهُمْ [for] them وَأَمْلَىٰ and prolonged hope لَهُمْ for them ٢٥

ذَٰلِكَ That بِأَنَّهُمْ (is) because they قَالُوا۟ [they] said لِلَّذِينَ to those who كَرِهُوا۟ hate مَا what نَزَّلَ Allah has revealed ٱللَّهُ Allah has revealed سَنُطِيعُكُمْ We will obey you فِى in بَعْضِ part ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖ (of) the matter وَٱللَّهُ But Allah يَعْلَمُ knows إِسْرَارَهُمْ their secrets ٢٦

فَكَيْفَ Then how إِذَا when تَوَفَّتْهُمُ take them in death ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ the Angels يَضْرِبُونَ striking وُجُوهَهُمْ their faces وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ and their backs ٢٧

ذَٰلِكَ That بِأَنَّهُمُ (is) because they ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ followed مَآ what أَسْخَطَ angered ٱللَّهَ Allah وَكَرِهُوا۟ and hated رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ His pleasure فَأَحْبَطَ so He made worthless أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ their deeds ٢٨

أَمْ Or do حَسِبَ think ٱلَّذِينَ those who فِى in قُلُوبِهِم their hearts مَّرَضٌ (is) a disease أَن that لَّن never يُخْرِجَ will Allah bring forth ٱللَّهُ will Allah bring forth أَضْغَـٰنَهُمْ their hatred ٢٩