Al-Munafiqun 63:5
The Hypocrites · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 555
They Turn Their Heads
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ يَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوۡاْ رُءُوسَهُمۡ وَرَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٥
And when it is said unto them: Come! The messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you! they avert their faces and thou seest them turning away, disdainful.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
When told: “Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you”, they turn their heads aside.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is said to them by way of advice when their treachery comes out, but they turn away in arrogance.
Reflect
Listen to advice given to you without pride.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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