Quran 5:52 — Al-Maaida, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet you [Prophet] will see the perverse at heart rushing to them for protection, saying, ‘We are afraid fortune may turn against us.’ But God may well bring about a triumph or some other event of His own making: then they will rue the secrets they harboured in their hearts,
فَتَرَى الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يُسَارِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰ أَنْ تُصِيبَنَا دَائِرَةٌ ۚ فَعَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِالْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَيُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا أَسَرُّوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ نَادِمِينَ
fatarā alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun yusāriʿūna fīhim yaqūlūna nakhshā an tuṣībanā dāiratun faʿasā l-lahu an yatiya bil-fatḥi aw amrin min ʿindihi fayuṣ'biḥū ʿalā mā asarrū fī anfusihim nādimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet thou seest those in whose hearts is sickness vying with one another to come to them, saying, 'We fear lest a turn of fortune should smite us.' But it may be that God will bring the victory, or some commandment from Him, and then they will find themselves, for that they kept secret within them, remorseful,
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet thou canst see how those in whose hearts there is disease vie with one another for their good will, saying [to themselves], "We fear lest fortune turn against us." But God may well bring about good fortune [for the believers] or any [other] event of His own devising, whereupon those [waverers] will be smitten with remorse for the thoughts which they had secretly harboured within themselves-
- Sahih International
- So you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allāh will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَتَرَىfatarā | And you see | رأي |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 5 | مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun | (is) a disease | مرض |
| 6 | يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūna | they hasten | سرع |
| 7 | فِيهِمْfīhim | to them | — |
| 8 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | saying | قول |
| 9 | نَخْشَىٰٓnakhshā | We fear | خشي |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | تُصِيبَنَاtuṣībanā | (may) strike us | صوب |
| 12 | دَآئِرَ ةٌۭ ۚdāiratun | a misfortune | دور |
| 13 | فَعَسَىfaʿasā | But perhaps | عسي |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 15 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 16 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | will bring | أتي |
| 17 | بِٱلْفَتْحِbil-fatḥi | the victory | فتح |
| 18 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 19 | أَمْرٍۢamrin | a decision | أمر |
| 20 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 21 | عِندِهِۦʿindihi | (of) Him | عند |
| 22 | فَيُصْبِحُوا۟fayuṣ'biḥū | Then they will become | صبح |
| 23 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 24 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 25 | أَسَرُّوا۟asarrū | they had concealed | سرر |
| 26 | فِىٓfī | within | — |
| 27 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 28 | نَـٰدِمِينَnādimīna | regretful | ندم |