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Surah An-Nur, Verse 47

سورة النور، الآية ٤٧

24:47 Juz 18 Hizb 36 Page 356 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 24:47

وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٤٧

Transliteration

wayaqūlūna āmannā bil-lahi wabil-rasūli wa-aṭaʿnā thumma yatawallā farīqun min'hum min baʿdi dhālika wamā ulāika bil-mu'minīna

Translation

But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allāh and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

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Verse 47 of Surah An-Nur (24:47), a Medinan surah, is in juz 18, on page 356 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 47

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And the hypocrites say, “We have believed in Allah and the Messenger, and obeyed Allah and His Messenger”, then a group from among them turns away. So after claiming to have faith in Allah and His Messenger and obeying them, in reality they do not obey Allah and His Messenger in fulfilling the command to jihad in Allah’s way, and the like. In truth, those who turn away from the obedience of Allah and His Messenger are not believers, despite claiming to be.

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Other translations of verse 47

The hypocrites say, “We believe in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey.” Then a party of them turns away after that. Such are not believers.

They (hypocrites) say: "We have believed in Allâh and in the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), and we obey," then a party of them turn away thereafter, such are not believers.

And they say: We believe in Allah and the messenger, and we obey; then after that a faction of them turn away. Such are not believers.

They say, "We believe in Allah and in the messenger, and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really) Believers.

And they say: We believe in Allah and in the messenger and we obey; then a party of them turn back after this, and these are not believers.

And they say, "We believe in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey." Thereafter a group of them turn away even after that, and in no way are those ever the believers.

Verse 47 word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say ق و ل
  2. ءَامَنَّا āmannā We believe أ م ن
  3. بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah
  4. وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ wabil-rasūli and in the Messenger ر س ل
  5. وَأَطَعْنَا wa-aṭaʿnā and we obey ط و ع
  6. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  7. يَتَوَلَّىٰ yatawallā turns away و ل ي
  8. فَرِيقٌ farīqun a party ف ر ق
  9. مِّنْهُم min'hum of them
  10. مِّنۢ min after
  11. بَعْدِ baʿdi after ب ع د
  12. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  13. وَمَآ wamā And not
  14. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ulāika those
  15. بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ bil-mu'minīna (are) believers أ م ن

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  • Al-Ma’idah 5:43

    وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:23

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

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