Quran 9:56 — At-Tawba, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They swear by God that they belong with you [believers], but they do not. They are cowardly:
وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمِنْكُمْ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَفْرَقُونَ
wayaḥlifūna bil-lahi innahum laminkum wamā hum minkum walākinnahum qawmun yafraqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They swear by God that they belong with you, but they are not of you they are a people that are afraid.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they swear by God that they do indeed belong to you -the while they do not belong to you, but are [only] people ridden by fear:
- Sahih International
- And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَحْلِفُونَwayaḥlifūna | And they swear | حلف |
| 2 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | by Allah | أله |
| 3 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed, they | — |
| 4 | لَمِنكُمْlaminkum | surely (are) of you | — |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | while not | — |
| 6 | هُمhum | they | — |
| 7 | مِّنكُمْminkum | (are) of you | — |
| 8 | وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْwalākinnahum | but they | — |
| 9 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 10 | يَفْرَقُونَyafraqūna | (who) are afraid | فرق |