Stem أَحْبَطَ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Being niggardly with regard to you. But when danger comes, thou seest them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one who is fainting on account of death. But when the fear has passed away, they assail you with sharp tongues being greedy for wealth. These have never believed; so Allah has rendered their works null and void. And that is an easy thing for Allah.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

تمہارے خلاف بہت خساست سے کام لیتے ہیں۔ پس جب کوئی خوف (کا موقع) آتا ہے تُو اُنہیں دیکھے گا کہ وہ تیری طرف اس طرح دیکھتے ہیں کہ اُن کی آنکھیں (دہشت سے) گھوم رہی ہوتی ہیں اُس شخص کی طرح جس پر موت کی غشی طاری کردی جائے۔ پس جب خوف جاتا رہتا ہے تو وہ (اپنی) تیز زبانوں سے تمہیں ایذا پہنچاتے ہیں بھلائی کے معاملہ میں بخل کرتے ہوئے۔ یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جو (فی الحقیقت) ایمان نہیں لائے۔ پس اللہ نے ان کے اعمال ضائع کر دئیے اور یہ بات اللہ پر بہت آسان ہے۔

French

Etant peu enclins à vous aider. Mais lorsque vient le danger, tu les vois tourner leurs regards vers toi, leurs yeux roulant comme ceux de quelqu’un qui s’évanouit à l’approche de la mort. Mais lorsque la crainte a passé, ils vous harcèlent avec leur langue acérée, étant avides de richesses. Ceux-là n’ont jamais cru ; Allāh a donc rendu vaines leurs œuvres. Et pour Allāh cela est facile.

German

geizig euch gegenüber. Naht aber Gefahr, dann siehst du sie nach dir ausschauen, mit rollenden Augen wie einer, der in Ohnmacht fällt vor Todesfurcht. Doch wenn dann die Angst vorbei ist, dann treffen sie euch mit scharfen Zungen in ihrer Gier nach Gut. Diese haben nicht geglaubt; darum hat Allah ihre Werke zunichte gemacht. Und das ist Allah ein leichtes.

Chinese

他们对于你们是很吝啬的。当恐惧到来时, 你看, 他们望着你, 他们的两眼辗转好像死期临近而昏晕的人一样。但是一旦惧怕的时候过去, 他们便用自己锐利的舌头攻击你们, 对于任何好的事物都显得吝啬, (不想你们得到它。) (实际上) 这些人绝未曾信仰; 安拉已使他们的行为都等于零。那对于安拉是容易的。

Italian

poiché sono avari nei vostri confronti. Ma quando arriva il pericolo, li vedi guardare verso di te, con gli occhi roteanti, come di chi sta per svenire a causa della morte. Ma una volta passata la paura, vi aggrediscono con lingue taglienti, essendo avidi di ricchezze. Costoro non hanno mai creduto, per cui Allah ha reso vane e vuote le loro opere. E ciò è una cosa facile per Allah.

Spanish

Siendo poco inclinados a hablar bien de vosotros. Pero cuando viene el peligro los ves que miran hacia ti, con los ojos dando vueltas como quien se encuentra aterrado por la cercanía de la muerte. Mas cuando el temor ha pasado, os asaltan con sus lenguas agudas, codiciosos por obtener riquezas. Éstos no han creído nunca; por tanto Al‑lah ha convertido sus obras en nulas y sin mérito; esto es algo fácil para Al‑lah.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

وہ تمہارے متعلق بہت بخل رکھنے والے ہیں (یعنی کبھی نہیں چاہتے کہ تمہیں کوئی خیر پہنچے) اور جب ان پر کوئی خوف کا وقت آئے تو تو انہیں دیکھے گا کہ وہ تیری طرف اس طرح دیکھتے ہیں کہ ان کے ڈیلے چکر کھا رہے ہوتے ہیں بالکل اس شخص کی طرح جو موت کی غشی میں مبتلا ہو۔ پھر جب خوف کا وقت جاتا رہتا ہے تو وہ تم پر تلوار کی طرح کاٹنے والی زبان چلاتے [1]ہیں وہ ہر خیر کے متعلق بخیل ہیں (اور چاہتے ہیں کہ تم کو نہ ملے) یہ لوگ (درحقیقت) ایمان لائے ہی نہ تھے۔ سو اللہ نے ان کی سب کوششیں ضائع کر دیں‘ (جو وہ اسلام کے خلاف کرتے تھے) اور اللہ پر یہ بات بالکل آسان تھی۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Being niggardly of their help to you. But when danger comes, thou seest them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one who is fainting at the approach of death. But when the fear has passed away, they assail you with sharp tongues, being niggardly of any good coming to your way.[2341] These have never believed; so Allah has rendered their works null and void. And that is easy for Allah.

English - Five Volume Translation

Being niggardly with regard to you. But when danger comes, thou seest them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one who is fainting on account of death. But when the fear has passed away, they assail you with sharp tongues [b]being greedy for wealth. These have never believed; so Allah has rendered their works null and void. And that is an easy thing for Allah.[3088]

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

جو تمہارا ساتھ دینے میں سخت بخیل ہیں خطرے کا وقت آ جائے تو اس طرح دیدے پھرا پھرا کر تمہاری طرف دیکھتے ہیں جیسے کسی مرنے والے پر غشی طاری ہو رہی ہو، مگر جب خطرہ گزر جاتا ہے تو یہی لوگ فائدوں کے حریص بن کر قینچی کی طرح چلتی ہوئی زبانیں لیے تمہارے استقبال کو آ جاتے ہیں یہ لوگ ہرگز ایمان نہیں لائے، اسی لیے اللہ نے ان کے سارے اعمال ضائع کر دیے اور ایسا کرنا اللہ کے لیے بہت آسان ہے

English - Sahih

Indisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allah has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allah, easy.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

تم سے ہمدردی کرتے ہوئے پھر جب ڈر کا وقت آجائے تو تُو انھیں دیکھے گا کہ تیری طرف دیکھتے ہیں ان کی آنکھیں پھرتی ہیں جیسے کسی پر موت کی بے ہوشی آئے پھر جب ڈر جاتا رہے تو تمہیں تیز زبانوں سے طعنہ دیتے ہیں مال کے لالچی ہیں یہ لوگ ایمان نہیں لائے تو الله نے ان کے تمام اعمال ضائع کر دیے اور یہ بات الله پر بالکل آسان ہے

English - Talal Itani

Miserly towards you. But when comes the fear, you see them looking at you, revolving their eyes like one who faints from [the] death. But when departs the fear, they smite you with tongues sharp miserly towards the good. Those - not they have believed, so Allah made worthless their deeds. And is that for Allah easy.

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

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یعنی طعنہ دیتے ہیں۔

English - Arberry

being niggardly towards you. When fear comes upon them, thou seest them looking at thee, their eyes rolling like one who swoons of death; but when the fear departs, they flay you with sharp tongues, being niggardly to possess the good things. Those have never believed; God has made their works to fail; and that is easy for God.

English - Maududi

They are utterly niggardly (in coming to your aid). Whenever there is danger, you will see them looking at you, their eyes rolling as though they were on the verge of fainting at the approach of death. But when the danger passes away, their greed for wealth prompts them to greet you with their sharp, scissor-like tongues. These are the ones who never truly believed, and so Allah has caused their deeds to be reduced to naught. That is easy enough for Allah.

English - Ahmed Ali

Being chary of helping you. But when danger appears you will find them looking at you with eyes turning like a man's in the swoon of death. Yet when the danger is past they lash you with sharp tongues, covetous of the best (of booty). Such as these have not come to belief. So God nullifies whatever they have done. This is how (the innate law of) God works inevitably.

English - Yusuf Ali

Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over whom hovers death: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp tongues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so Allah has made their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for Allah.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

22:12; 70:21-22.

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Important Words:

أشحة (being niggardly) is the plural of شحیح which is derived from شح. They say شح بالشیء او علی الشیء i.e. he was or became avaricious and niggardly with regard to the thing. تشا حوا علی الشیء means, everyone of them tried to get the thing in preference to others.شح means, niggardliness, avarice. شحیح means, niggardly or stingy, or niggardly in the utmost degree; and excessively or culpably desirous or avaricious or covetous (Aqrab & Lane).

سلقو کم (they assail you). They say سلقه بالرمح i.e. he pierced him with the lance, سلقه بالکلام means, he smote him or taunted him with speech. سلقه بالسوط means, he beat him with the whip till his skin became flayed. سلق البرد النبات means, cold burned the herbage (Aqrab & Lane).

Commentary:

As shown under "Important Words" the word شح possesses the sense of both niggardliness and greed. Both these senses have been expressed in the words أشحة علیکم used twice in the verse under comment. In the former place the expression means that the hypocrites are very niggardly in giving help to the Muslims and in the latter the same expression means that they are very greedy of getting money and taunt the Muslims if their greed is not satisfied. In fact, niggardliness or miserliness and greediness are two facets of the same bad quality. A miser must also be greedy. A person is miser in so far as the giving of anything by him to another person is concerned and he is greedy in so far as the taking of something from someone else is concerned.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

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Shuhh meaning both niggardliness and greed, the expression means, (a) that the Hypocrites are very niggardly in giving help to the Muslims; (b) that they are very greedy of getting money, and taunt the Muslims if their greed is not satisfied.

English - Pickthall

Being sparing of their help to you (believers). But when the fear cometh, then thou (Muhammad) seest them regarding thee with rolling eyes like one who fainteth unto death. Then, when the fear departeth, they scald you with sharp tongues in their greed for wealth (from the spoil). Such have not believed. Therefor Allah maketh their deeds fruitless. And that is easy for Allah.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Being niggardly with respect to you. But when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes rolling like one swooning because of death. But when fear is gone they smite you with sharp tongues, being covetous of wealth. These have not believed, so Allah makes their deeds naught. And that is easy for Allah.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

They are very miserly concerning you. When danger threatens, thou seest them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like those of one who is fainting at the approach of death. But when the fear passes away they assail you with sharp tongues, being niggardly of any good coming your way. These have never truly believed; so Allah has rendered all their efforts vain. That is easy for Allah.

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