Quran 33:19 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
who begrudge you [believers] any help. When fear comes, you [Prophet] see them looking at you with eyes rolling like someone in their death throes; when fear has passed, they attack you with sharp tongues and begrudge you any good. Such men do not believe, and God brings their deeds to nothing- that is all too easy for God.
أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذِي يُغْشَىٰ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ ۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُمْ بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى الْخَيْرِ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا فَأَحْبَطَ اللَّهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرًا
ashiḥḥatan ʿalaykum fa-idhā jāa l-khawfu ra-aytahum yanẓurūna ilayka tadūru aʿyunuhum ka-alladhī yugh'shā ʿalayhi mina l-mawti fa-idhā dhahaba l-khawfu salaqūkum bi-alsinatin ḥidādin ashiḥḥatan ʿalā l-khayri ulāika lam yu'minū fa-aḥbaṭa l-lahu aʿmālahum wakāna dhālika ʿalā l-lahi yasīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- being niggardly towards you. When fear comes upon them, thou seest them looking at thee, their eyes rolling like one who swoons of death; but when the fear departs, they flay you with sharp tongues, being niggardly to possess the good things. Those have never believed; God has made their works to fail; and that is easy for God.
- Muhammad Asad
- begrudging you all help. But then, when danger threatens, thou canst see them looking to thee [for help, O Prophet], their eyes rolling [in terror] like [the eyes of] one who is overshadowed by death: yet as soon as the danger has passed, they will assail you [believers] with sharp tongues, begrudging you all that is good! [People like] these have never known faith - and therefore God will cause all their works to come to nought: for this is indeed easy for God.
- Sahih International
- Indisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَشِحَّةًashiḥḥatan | Miserly | شحح |
| 2 | عَلَيْكُمْ ۖʿalaykum | towards you | — |
| 3 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | But when | — |
| 4 | جَآءَjāa | comes | جيأ |
| 5 | ٱلْخَوْفُl-khawfu | the fear | خوف |
| 6 | رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahum | you see them | رأي |
| 7 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | looking | نظر |
| 8 | إِلَيْكَilayka | at you | — |
| 9 | تَدُورُtadūru | revolving | دور |
| 10 | أَعْيُنُهُمْaʿyunuhum | their eyes | عين |
| 11 | كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhī | like one who | — |
| 12 | يُغْشَىٰyugh'shā | faints | غشو |
| 13 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | faints | — |
| 14 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖl-mawti | [the] death | موت |
| 16 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | But when | — |
| 17 | ذَهَبَdhahaba | departs | ذهب |
| 18 | ٱلْخَوْفُl-khawfu | the fear | خوف |
| 19 | سَلَقُوكُمsalaqūkum | they smite you | سلق |
| 20 | بِأَلْسِنَةٍbi-alsinatin | with tongues | لسن |
| 21 | حِدَادٍḥidādin | sharp | حدد |
| 22 | أَشِحَّةًashiḥḥatan | miserly | شحح |
| 23 | عَلَىʿalā | towards | — |
| 24 | ٱلْخَيْرِ ۚl-khayri | the good | خير |
| 25 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 26 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 27 | يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minū | they have believed | أمن |
| 28 | فَأَحْبَطَfa-aḥbaṭa | so Allah made worthless | حبط |
| 29 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | so Allah made worthless | أله |
| 30 | أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ ۚaʿmālahum | their deeds | عمل |
| 31 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 32 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 33 | عَلَىʿalā | for | — |
| 34 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 35 | يَسِيرًۭاyasīran | easy | يسر |