The Futile Schemes Against the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the Believers in Al-Madinah

Al-Munafiqun — Verses 7–8 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُوا عَلَىٰ مَنْ عِندَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّوا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَائِنُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ ٧

They are the ones who say: "Spend not on those who are with Allah's Messenger, until they desert him." And to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites comprehend not.

هُمُ الَّذِينَ
They are the ones who
يَقُولُونَ
say
لَا تُنفِقُوا عَلَىٰ مَنْ عِندَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
Spend not on those who are with Allah's Messenger
حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّوا ۗ
until they desert him.
وَلِلَّهِ خَزَائِنُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
And to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth,
وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
but the hypocrites comprehend not.

يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٨

They (hyprocrites) say: "If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honourable ('Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul, the chief of hyprocrites at Al-Madinah) will expel therefrom the meaner (i.e. Allah's Messenger SAW)." But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, His Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.

يَقُولُونَ
They (hypocrites) say:
لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
If we return to Al-Madinah,
لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ۚ
indeed the more honourable ('Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul, the chief of hypocrites at Al-Madinah) will expel therefrom the meaner (i.e. Allah's Messenger SAW).
وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ
But honour, power and glory belong to Allah,
وَلِرَسُولِهِ
His Messenger (Muhammad SAW),
وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and to the believers,
وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
but the hypocrites know not.