# Be-Ta-Nun — بطن (bTn)

> Occurs in 25 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/bTn

- **Meaning:** To have a swollen belly, to swell, to become pot-bellied, belly, interior part, hidden meaning, depth, valley, inner surface, abdomen
- **Derived forms:** بَاطِن (3) · بَاطِنَة (1) · بِطَانَة (2) · بَطَنَ (2) · بَطْن (17)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 174

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهِمْ — buṭūnihim · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ ف۪ي بُطُونِهِمْ اِلَّا النَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللّٰهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكّ۪يهِمْۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena yaktumoona maanzala Allahu mina alkitabi wayashtaroona bihithamanan qaleelan ola-ika ma ya/kuloona fee butoonihimilla annara wala yukallimuhumu Allahuyawma alqiyamati wala yuzakkeehim walahum AAathabunaleem

Those who conceal what God has sent down of the Writ and sell it at a cheap price, those eat into their bellies only fire. And God will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He increase them in purity; and they have a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-174.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** بَطْنِى — baṭnī · "my womb"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ عِمْرٰنَ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا ف۪ي بَطْن۪ي مُحَرَّراً فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنّ۪يۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Ith qalati imraatu AAimranarabbi innee nathartu laka ma fee batnee muharraranfataqabbal minnee innaka anta assameeAAu alAAaleem

When the wife of ʿImrān said: “My Lord: I have vowed to Thee what is in my womb in consecration, so accept Thou from me; Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-35.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** بِطَانَةًۭ — biṭānatan · "(as) intimates"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاًۜ وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْۚ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَٓاءُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ وَمَا تُخْف۪ي صُدُورُهُمْ اَكْـبَرُۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo bitanatan min doonikum laya/loonakum khabalan waddoo ma AAanittum qad badatialbaghdao min afwahihim wama tukhfee sudooruhumakbaru qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati inkuntum taAAqiloon

O you who heed warning: take not as intimates other than your own; they will not spare you ruin. They would that you should suffer. Hatred has already become clear from their mouths, and what their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain the proofs to you, if you will use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-118.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهِمْ — buṭūnihim · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَأْكُلُونَ اَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامٰى ظُلْماً اِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ ف۪ي بُطُونِهِمْ نَاراًۜ وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَع۪يراً۟

Inna allatheena ya/kuloona amwalaalyatama thulman innamaya/kuloona fee butoonihim naran wasayaslawnasaAAeera

Those who consume the property of the fatherless unjustly: they but consume into their bellies Fire; and they will burn in an inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-10.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ — wabāṭinahu · "and the secret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الْاِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَ

Watharoo thahiraal-ithmi wabatinahu inna allatheena yaksiboonaal-ithma sayujzawna bima kanoo yaqtarifoon

And leave the outwardness of sin and the inwardness thereof; those who earn sin will be rewarded with what they committed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-120.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 139

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِ — buṭūni · "(the) wombs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالُوا مَا ف۪ي بُطُونِ هٰذِهِ الْاَنْعَامِ خَالِصَةٌ لِذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلٰٓى اَزْوَاجِنَاۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مَيْتَةً فَهُمْ ف۪يهِ شُرَكَٓاءُۜ سَيَجْز۪يهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْۜ اِنَّهُ حَك۪يمٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waqaloo ma fee butoonihathihi al-anAAami khalisatun lithukoorinawamuharramun AAala azwajina wa-inyakun maytatan fahum feehi shurakao sayajzeehim wasfahuminnahu hakeemun AAaleem

And they say: “What is in the bellies of these cattle is exclusively for our males and forbidden our wives; but if it be dead, then they are all partners therein.” He will requite them for their description; He is wise and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-139.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 151

- **Form in this verse:** بَطَنَ ۖ — baṭana · "(is) concealed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قُلْ تَعَالَوْا اَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ اَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا بِه۪ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناًۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ اِمْلَاقٍۜ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَاِيَّاهُمْۚ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ي حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصّٰيكُمْ بِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul taAAalaw atlu ma harramarabbukum AAalaykum alla tushrikoo bihi shay-an wabilwalidayniihsanan wala taqtuloo awladakum minimlaqin nahnu narzuqukum wa-iyyahum walataqraboo alfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wala taqtuloo annafsaallatee harrama Allahu illa bilhaqqithalikum wassakum bihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Say thou: “Come, I will recite what your Lord has made unlawful for you: that you ascribe a partnership with Him ­­to anything (while towards parents good conduct); and kill not your children out of poverty,” — We will provide for you and for them — “and approach not sexual immoralities, whether open or concealed; and kill not the soul which God has made unlawful save with justice; ­— that He enjoined upon you, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-151.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** بَطَنَ — baṭana · "is concealed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قُلْ اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالْاِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَاَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بِاللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِه۪ سُلْطَاناً وَاَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Qul innama harrama rabbiyaalfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wal-ithma walbaghyabighayri alhaqqi waan tushrikoo billahi malam yunazzil bihi sultanan waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

Say thou: “My Lord has only made unlawful sexual immoralities — whether open or concealed — and sin, and sectarian zealotry without cause, and that you ascribe a partnership with God to that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you ascribe to God what you know not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-33.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهِۦ — buṭūnihi · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ  نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِه۪ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min baynifarthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lishsharibeen

And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-66.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهَا — buṭūnihā · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

ثُمَّ كُل۪ي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُك۪ي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاًۜ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهُ ف۪يهِ شِفَٓاءٌ لِلنَّاسِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Thumma kulee min kulli aththamaratifaslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min butoonihasharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaonlinnasi inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yatafakkaroon

“Then eat thou of every fruit, and follow thou the ways of thy Lord gently.” There comes out of their bellies a drink differing in its hues wherein is healing for men. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-69.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِ — buṭūni · "the wombs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاللّٰهُ اَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wallahu akhrajakum min butooniommahatikum la taAAlamoona shay-an wajaAAala lakumuassamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idatalaAAallakum tashkuroon

And God brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers not knowing anything, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-78.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهِمْ — buṭūnihim · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يُصْهَرُ بِه۪ مَا ف۪ي بُطُونِهِمْ وَالْجُلُودُۜ

Yusharu bihi ma fee butoonihimwaljulood

Melted thereby will be what is in their bellies, as well as their skins;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-20.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِهَا — buṭūnihā · "their bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَنَافِعُ كَث۪يرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۙ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihawalakum feeha manafiAAu katheeratun waminhata/kuloon

And for you in the cattle is a lesson: We give you drink of what is in their bellies, and for you therein are many benefits; and of them you eat,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-21.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** بَطْنِهِۦ — baṭnihi · "its belly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَٓابَّةٍ مِنْ مَٓاءٍۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمْش۪ي عَلٰى بَطْنِه۪ۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمْش۪ي عَلٰى رِجْلَيْنِۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمْش۪ي عَلٰٓى اَرْبَعٍۜ يَخْلُقُ اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wallahu khalaqa kulla dabbatinmin ma-in faminhum man yamshee AAala batnihiwaminhum man yamshee AAala rijlayni waminhum man yamsheeAAala arbaAAin yakhluqu Allahu ma yashaoinna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And God created every creature from water. And among them is what goes upon its belly, and among them is what goes upon two legs, and among them is what goes upon four. God creates what He wills; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-45.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَاطِنَةًۭ ۗ — wabāṭinatan · "and hidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةًۜ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُجَادِلُ فِي اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُن۪يرٍ

Alam taraw anna Allaha sakhkharalakum ma fee assamawati wamafee al-ardi waasbagha AAalaykum niAAamahu thahiratanwabatinatan wamina annasi man yujadilufee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wala hudan walakitabin muneer

Do you not see that God made subject to you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and has lavished upon you His favours, outward and inward? But among men is he who disputes concerning God, without knowledge, or guidance, or an illuminating Writ;

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-20.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبُطُونَ — l-buṭūna · "(their) bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَاِنَّهُمْ لَاٰكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِؤُ۫نَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَۜ

Fa-innahum laakiloona minhafamali-oona minha albutoon

They will eat thereof, and fill thereof their bellies;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-66.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** بَطْنِهِۦٓ — baṭnihi · "its belly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَلَبِثَ ف۪ي بَطْنِه۪ٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Lalabitha fee batnihi ilayawmi yubAAathoon

He would have tarried in its belly until the day they are raised.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-144.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِ — buṭūni · "(the) wombs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۜ يَخْلُقُكُمْ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقاً مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلٰثٍۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin thummajaAAala minha zawjaha waanzala lakum mina al-anAAamithamaniyata azwajin yakhluqukum fee butooniommahatikum khalqan min baAAdi khalqin fee thulumatinthalathin thalikumu Allahu rabbukum lahualmulku la ilaha illa huwa faanna tusrafoon

He created you from one soul; then He made from it its mate. And He sent down for you of the cattle eight pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers — creation after creation — in three darknesses. That is God, your Lord; to Him belongs the dominion; there is no god save He. How then are you diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-6.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبُطُونِ — l-buṭūni · "the bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

كَالْمُهْلِۚۛ يَغْل۪ي فِي الْبُطُونِۙ

Kalmuhli yaghlee fee albutoon

Like molten brass, it boils in the bellies

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-45.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** بِبَطْنِ — bibaṭni · "within"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَّ اَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ اَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يراً

Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseera

And He it is that restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in a belly of destruction after He made you victorious over them; and God is, of what you do, seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-24.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** بُطُونِ — buṭūni · "(the) wombs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَـبَٓائِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى۟

Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-iraal-ithmi walfawahisha illa allamama innarabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ithanshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun feebutooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakumhuwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa

Those who avoid the enormities of sin and sexual immoralities save slight mistakes — thy Lord is vast in forgiveness. He best knew you when He produced you from the earth, and when you were foetuses in the wombs of your mothers; then hold not yourselves to be pure; He best knows those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-32.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** بَطَآئِنُهَا — baṭāinuhā · "(whose) inner linings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

مُتَّكِـ۪ٔينَ عَلٰى فُرُشٍ بَطَٓائِنُهَا مِنْ اِسْتَبْرَقٍۜ وَجَنَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۚ

Muttaki-eena AAala furushin bata-inuhamin istabraqin wajana aljannatayni dan

Reclining upon couches, lined with brocade — and the fruits of both gardens hanging low —

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-54.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبُطُونَ — l-buṭūna · "the bellies"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَمَالِـؤُ۫نَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَۚ

Famali-oona minha albutoon

And fill your bellies therewith,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-53.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ — wal-bāṭinu · "and the Unapparent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

هُوَ الْاَوَّلُ وَالْاٰخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Huwa al-awwalu wal-akhiru waththahiruwalbatinu wahuwa bikulli shay-in AAaleem

He is the First and the Last, and the Outer and the Inner; and He knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-3.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** بَاطِنُهُۥ — bāṭinuhu · "its interior"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا انْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ ق۪يلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَٓاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراًۜ فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بَابٌۜ بَاطِنُهُ ف۪يهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُۜ

Yawma yaqoolu almunafiqoona walmunafiqatulillatheena amanoo onthuroonanaqtabis min noorikum qeela irjiAAoo waraakum faltamisoonooran faduriba baynahum bisoorin lahu babun batinuhufeehi arrahmatu wathahiruhumin qibalihi alAAathab

The day the wavering men and the wavering women will say to those who heeded warning: “Wait for us, that we may acquire some of your light,” it will be said: “Go back behind you, and seek light.” And a wall will be set up between them having a door, the inward of which is Mercy, and the outward, to the fore thereof, is Punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-13.md_

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