ٱلْحُجُرَات : ١٤

  • قَالَتِ Say
  • ٱلۡأَعۡرَابُ the Bedouins
  • ءَامَنَّاۖ We believe
  • قُل Say
  • لَّمۡ Not
  • تُؤۡمِنُواْ you believe
  • وَلَٰكِن but
  • قُولُوٓاْ say
  • أَسۡلَمۡنَا We have submitted
  • وَلَمَّا and has not yet
  • يَدۡخُلِ entered
  • ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ the faith
  • فِي in
  • قُلُوبِكُمۡۖ your hearts
  • وَإِن But if
  • تُطِيعُواْ you obey
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • وَرَسُولَهُۥ and His Messenger
  • لَا not
  • يَلِتۡكُم He will deprive you
  • مِّنۡ of
  • أَعۡمَٰلِكُمۡ your deeds
  • شَيۡـًٔاۚ anything
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • غَفُورٞ (is) Oft-Forgiving
  • رَّحِيمٌ Most Merciful
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allāh and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds1 of anything. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."
Footnotes
1 - i.e., the reward thereof.
The Bedouins - a group of men from among the Banoo Asad - say, 'We believe', we affirm the truth in our hearts. Say, to them: 'You do not believe; but rather say, "We have submitted", we are outwardly compliant; for faith has not yet entered into your hearts', hitherto; however, it is expected of you. Yet if you obey God and His Messenger, by [embracing] faith and in other ways, He will not diminish for you (read ya'litkum or yalitkum, by making the hamza an alif) anything of your deeds, that is, of the reward for them. God is indeed Forgiving, to believers, Merciful, to them.