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Sura 8
Aya 49
49
إِذ يَقولُ المُنافِقونَ وَالَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ غَرَّ هٰؤُلاءِ دينُهُم ۗ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّل عَلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزيزٌ حَكيمٌ

Muhammad Asad

At the same time, the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease were saying, "Their faith has deluded these [believers]!"1 But he who places his trust in God [knows that], verily, God is almighty, wise.
  • I.e., into thinking that in spite of their numerical weakness and lack of arms, they could withstand the powerful Meccan army. The term din, often denoting "religion", obviously stands here for the attitude one has towards his religion: in another word, one's faith. "Those in whose hearts was disease" is a reference to the vacillating and faint-hearted among the Prophet's followers, who were afraid of meeting the Quraysh in battle.- The particle idh which introduces this sentence has often the meaning of "when"; in this case, however, it signifies "at the same time".