5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 61
وَاِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا وَقَدْ دَخَلُوا بِالْـكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا بِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْتُمُونَ
Wa-itha jaookum qaloo amannawaqad dakhaloo bilkufri wahum qad kharajoo bihi wallahuaAAlamu bima kanoo yaktumoon
When they come to you, they say, ‘We have iman. ’ But they entered with kufr and left with it. Allah knows best what they were hiding.
- Progressive Muslims
And if they come to you they Say: "We believe, " while they had entered in with rejection and went out with the same. God is aware of what they were hiding.
- Shabbir Ahmed
When they come to you O believers, they say, "We believe". In fact they come in disbelief and depart in disbelief. Allah knows best what they conceal.
- Sam Gerrans
And when they come to you, they say: “We believe”; but they entered in denial, and they left in it; and God best knows what they were concealing.
- The Monotheist Group
And if they come to you they say: "We believe," while they had entered in with rejection and went out with the same. God is aware of what they were hiding.
- Edip-Layth
If they come to you, they say, "We acknowledge," while they had entered in with rejection and went out with the same. God is aware of what they were hiding.
- Aisha Bewley
When they come to you, they say, ‘We have iman. ’ But they entered with kufr and left with it. Allah knows best what they were hiding.
- Rashad Khalifa
When they come to you, they say, "We believe," even though they were full of disbelief when they entered, and they are full of disbelief when they leave. GOD is fully aware of everything they conceal.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
When they come to you they say: "We believe;" but unbelieving they came and unbelieving go; and God is aware of what they conceal in their hearts.
- Sahih International
And when they come to you, they say, "We believe. " But they have entered with disbelief [in their hearts], and they have certainly left with it. And Allah is most knowing of what they were concealing.
- Muhammad Asad
For, when they come unto you, they say, "We do believe": whereas, in fact, they come with the resolve to deny the truth, and depart in the same state. But God is fully aware of all that they would conceal.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they came in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best what they were hiding.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
When they pay you a visit, be it sociable or in other manner, they declare they have conformed to Islam, when in fact they have come in with minds captivated by infidelity and hostile intentions and come out with the same attributes, and Allah is 'Alimun of what they concealed of private thoughts and feelings.
- Bijan Moeinian
When they come to you they say: "We have believed. " Indeed God knows what they are hiding in their hearts; the fact of the matter is, they come to you as disbelievers and leave you as disbelievers.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
When they come to you, they say: "We believe." But in fact they enter with (an intention of) disbelief and they go out with the same. And Allâh knows all what they were hiding.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When they come to thee, they say: "We believe": but in fact they enter with a mind against Faith, and they go out with the same but Allah knoweth fully all that they hide.
- Mustafa Khattab
When they come to you ˹believers˺ they say, "We believe." But they are committed to disbelief when they enter and when they leave. And Allah knows what they hide.
- Taqi Usmani
When they come to you, they say, "We believe", while with disbelief they came in, and with the same (disbelief) they went out. Allah knows best what they used to conceal.
- Abdul Haleem
When they come to you [believers], they say, ‘We believe,’ but they come disbelieving and leave disbelieving- God knows best what they are hiding.
- Arthur John Arberry
When they come to you, they say, 'We believe'; but they have entered in unbelief, and so they have departed in it; God knows very well what they were hiding.
- E. Henry Palmer
When they come to you they say, 'We believe;' but they entered in with unbelief, and they went out therewith, and God knows best what they did hide.
- Hamid S. Aziz
When they come to you they say, "We believe;" but they entered with unbelief, and they went out the same way, and Allah knows best what they did hide.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And when they come to you, (i. e. the believers. The pronoun is plural) they say, "We believe." And they have already entered with disbelief, and they have already gone out with it; and Allah knows best whatever they used to keep back.
- George Sale
When they came unto you, they said, we believe: Yet they entered into your company with infidelity, and went forth from you with the same; but God well knew what they concealed.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
When they come to you, they say: "We believe:" But in reality they enter with a mind (set) against Faith, and they go out with the same (mind). But Allah knows completely all that they hide.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And when they come to you they say, `We believe,' while, infact, they enter without faith and go out without it. And Allâh knows best all they conceal.
- Ali Quli Qarai
When they come to you, they say, ‘We believe. ’ Certainly they enter with disbelief and leave with it, and Allah knows best as to what they have been concealing.