Surah 4. An-Nisaa, Ayah 81
| وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٌ فَإِذَا بَرَزُوا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بَيَّتَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ غَيْرَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ ۖ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- yaqolon t.aacah fa- 'idhaa barazo min cindi -ka bayyata t.aa'ifah min -hum ghayr 'alladhe taqol wa- 'allaah yaktub maa yubayyiton fa- acrid. can -hum wa- tawakkal calaa 'allaah wa- kafaa bi- 'allaah wakel(an) |
| Pickthall | : | And they say: (It is) obedience; but when they have gone forth from thee a party of them spend the night in planning other than what thou sayest. Allah recordeth what they plan by night. So oppose them and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee. |
| Asad | : | And they say, "We do pay heed unto thee"95 - but when they leave thy presence, some of them devise, in the dark of night, [beliefs] other than thou art voicing;96 and all the while God records what they thus devise in the dark of night. Leave them, then, alone, and place thy trust in God: for none is a worthy of trust as God. |
| Malik | : | They will say: "We are at your service!" Yet when they leave you, some of them meet together secretly at night to plot against what you have said. Allah notes down all their plots. Therefore, leave them alone and put your trust in Allah. Allah is your all sufficient trustee. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they leave thee a section of them meditate all night on things very different from what thou tellest them but Allah records their nightly (plots): so keep clear of them and put thy trust in Allah; and enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs. 600 |
Note - 95Lit., "And they say, 'Obedience'" - a reference to the
hypocrites of Medina, in the time of the Prophet, and -
by implication - the hypocritical "admirers" and
half-hearted followers of Islam at all times.
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Note - 96I.e., they surreptitiously try to corrupt the message of
God's Apostle. The verb bata denotes "he spent the
night"; in the form bayyata it signifies "he meditated by
night [upon something, or upon doing something]", or "he
devised [something] by night" (Lisan al-'Arab), i.e., in
secrecy, which is symbolized by "the dark of night".
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Note - 600If we trust people who are not true, they are more likely
to hinder than to help. But Allah is All-good as well as
All-powerful, and all our affairs are best entrusted to
His care. He is the best Guardian of all interests.
Therefore we should not trust the lip professions of
Hypocrites, but trust in Allah. Nor should our confidence
in Allah be shaken by any secret plots that enemies hatch
against us. We should take all human precautions against
them, but having done so, we should put our trust in
Allah, Who knows the inner working of events better than
any human mind can conceive.
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Lit., "And they say, 'Obedience'" - a reference to the hypocrites of Medina, in the time of the Prophet, and - by implication - the hypocritical "admirers" and half-hearted followers of Islam at all times. |
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I.e., they surreptitiously try to corrupt the message of God's Apostle. The verb bata denotes "he spent the night"; in the form bayyata it signifies "he meditated by night [upon something, or upon doing something]", or "he devised [something] by night" (Lisan al-'Arab), i.e., in secrecy, which is symbolized by "the dark of night". |
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If we trust people who are not true, they are more likely to hinder than to help. But Allah is All-good as well as All-powerful, and all our affairs are best entrusted to His care. He is the best Guardian of all interests. Therefore we should not trust the lip professions of Hypocrites, but trust in Allah. Nor should our confidence in Allah be shaken by any secret plots that enemies hatch against us. We should take all human precautions against them, but having done so, we should put our trust in Allah, Who knows the inner working of events better than any human mind can conceive. |
