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Sura 33
Aya 60
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۞ لَئِن لَم يَنتَهِ المُنافِقونَ وَالَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ وَالمُرجِفونَ فِي المَدينَةِ لَنُغرِيَنَّكَ بِهِم ثُمَّ لا يُجاوِرونَكَ فيها إِلّا قَليلًا

Muhammad Asad

THUS IT IS: if1 the hypocrites, and they in whose hearts is disease,2 and they who, by spreading false rumours, would cause disturbances3 in the City [of the Prophet] desist not [from their hostile doings], We shall indeed give thee mastery over them, [O Muhammad] - and then they will not remain thy neighbours in this [city] for more than a little while:4
  • For my above rendering of la'in, see surah 30, note 45. With this passage, the discourse returns to the theme touched upon in verse 1 and more fully dealt with in verses 9-27: namely, the opposition with which the Prophet and his followers were faced in their early years at Yathrib (which by that time had come to be known as Madinat an-Nabi, "the City of the Prophet").
  • See note 16 above.
  • Thus Zamakhshari, explaining the term al-murjifun in the above context.
  • I.e., "there will be open warfare between thee and them", which will result in their expulsion from Medina: a prediction which was fulfilled in the course of time.