ٱلنَّجْم : ٣٣

  • أَفَرَءَيۡتَ Did you see
  • ٱلَّذِي the one who
  • تَوَلَّىٰ turned away
Have you seen the one who turned away
Did you see him who turned away, from faith - that is, [the one who] recanted when he was derided for it. He said, 'But I fear the punishment of God!'. But when the one deriding him guaranteed him that he would bear God's chastisement for him, provided that he reverted to his [former] idolatry, and he then gave him a stated sum money, he reverted -