Surah Al-Munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. إذا جاءك المنافقون قالوا نشهد إنك لرسول الله والله يعلم إنك لرسوله والله يشهد إن المنافقين لكاذبون

   1

   When the hypocrites come to you they say, ‘We bear witness that you are indeed the apostle of Allah.’ Allah knows that you are indeed His Apostle, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are indeed liars.

   ʾidhā jāʾaka l-munāfiqūna qālū nashhadu ʾinnaka la-rasūlu llāhi wa-llāhu yaʿlamu ʾinnaka la-rasūluhū wa-llāhu yashhadu ʾinna l-munāfiqīna la-kādhibūna

2. اتخذوا أيمانهم جنة فصدوا عن سبيل الله إنهم ساء ما كانوا يعملون

   2

   They make a shield of their oaths, and bar from the way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they used to do.

   ittakhadhū ʾaymānahum junnatan fa-ṣaddū ʿan sabīli llāhi ʾinnahum sāʾa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

3. ذلك بأنهم آمنوا ثم كفروا فطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهون

   3

   That is because they believed and then disbelieved, so their hearts were sealed. Hence, they do not understand.

   dhālika bi-ʾannahum ʾāmanū thumma kafarū fa-ṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fa-hum lā yafqahūna

4. وإذا رأيتهم تعجبك أجسامهم وإن يقولوا تسمع لقولهم كأنهم خشب مسندة يحسبون كل صيحة عليهم هم العدو فاحذرهم قاتلهم الله أنى يؤفكون

   4

   When you see them, their bodies impress you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. Yet they are like dry logs set reclining [against a wall]. They suppose every cry is directed against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah assail them, where do they stray?!

   wa-ʾidhā raʾaytahum tuʿjibuka ʾajsāmuhum wa-ʾin yaqūlū tasmaʿ li-qawlihim ka-ʾannahum khushubun musannadatun yaḥsabūna kulla ṣayḥatin ʿalayhim humu l-ʿaduwwu fa-ḥdharhum qātalahumu llāhu ʾannā yuʾfakūna