Quran 58:8 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have you not seen how those who have been forbidden to hold secret conversations go back afterwards and hold them, and conspire with one another in what is sinful, hostile, and disobedient to the Messenger? When they come to you they greet you with words God has never used to greet you, and say inwardly, ‘Why does God not punish us for what we say?’ Hell will be punishment enough for them: they will burn there- an evil destination.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نُهُوا عَنِ النَّجْوَىٰ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَيَتَنَاجَوْنَ بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ الرَّسُولِ وَإِذَا جَاءُوكَ حَيَّوْكَ بِمَا لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ اللَّهُ وَيَقُولُونَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَوْلَا يُعَذِّبُنَا اللَّهُ بِمَا نَقُولُ ۚ حَسْبُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ يَصْلَوْنَهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
alam tara ilā alladhīna nuhū ʿani l-najwā thumma yaʿūdūna limā nuhū ʿanhu wayatanājawna bil-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wamaʿṣiyati l-rasūli wa-idhā jāūka ḥayyawka bimā lam yuḥayyika bihi l-lahu wayaqūlūna fī anfusihim lawlā yuʿadhibunā l-lahu bimā naqūlu ḥasbuhum jahannamu yaṣlawnahā fabi'sa l-maṣīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not regarded those who were forbidden to converse secretly together, then they return to that they were forbidden, and they converse secretly together in sin and enmity, and in disobedience to the Messenger? Then, when they come to thee, they greet thee with a greeting God never greeted thee withal; and they say within themselves, 'Why does God not chastise us for what we say?' Sufficient for them shall be Gehenna, at which they, shall be roasted -- an evil homecoming!
- Muhammad Asad
- Art thou not aware of such as have been forbidden [to intrigue through] secret confabulations, and yet [always] revert to that which they have been forbidden, and conspire with one another with a view to sinful doings, and aggressive conduct, and disobedience to the Apostle? Now whenever such [people] approach thee, [O Muhammad,] they salute thee with a greeting which God has never countenanced; and they say to themselves, “Why does not God chastise us for what we are saying?” Hell shall be their allotted portion: they shall [indeed] enter it - and how vile a journey’s end!
- Sahih International
- Have you not considered those who were forbidden from private conversation [i.e., ridicule and conspiracy] and then return to that which they were forbidden and converse among themselves about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you, they greet you with that [word] by which Allāh does not greet you and say among themselves, "Why does Allāh not punish us for what we say?" Sufficient for them is Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [to] | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | نُهُوا۟nuhū | were forbidden | نهي |
| 6 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 7 | ٱلنَّجْوَىٰl-najwā | secret counsels | نجو |
| 8 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 9 | يَعُودُونَyaʿūdūna | they return | عود |
| 10 | لِمَاlimā | to what | — |
| 11 | نُهُوا۟nuhū | they were forbidden | نهي |
| 12 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from [it] | — |
| 13 | وَيَتَنَـٰجَوْنَwayatanājawna | and they hold secret counsels | نجو |
| 14 | بِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'mi | for sin | أثم |
| 15 | وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāni | and aggression | عدو |
| 16 | وَمَعْصِيَتِwamaʿṣiyati | and disobedience | عصي |
| 17 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | (to) the Messenger | رسل |
| 18 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 19 | جَآءُوكَjāūka | they come to you | جيأ |
| 20 | حَيَّوْكَḥayyawka | they greet you | حيي |
| 21 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 22 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 23 | يُحَيِّكَyuḥayyika | greets you | حيي |
| 24 | بِهِbihi | therewith | — |
| 25 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 26 | وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūna | and they say | قول |
| 27 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 28 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 29 | لَوْلَاlawlā | Why (does) not | — |
| 30 | يُعَذِّبُنَاyuʿadhibunā | Allah punish us | عذب |
| 31 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah punish us | أله |
| 32 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 33 | نَقُولُ ۚnaqūlu | we say | قول |
| 34 | حَسْبُهُمْḥasbuhum | Sufficient (for) them | حسب |
| 35 | جَهَنَّمُjahannamu | (is) Hell | — |
| 36 | يَصْلَوْنَهَا ۖyaṣlawnahā | they will burn in it | صلي |
| 37 | فَبِئْسَfabi'sa | and worst is | بأس |
| 38 | ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru | the destination | صير |