لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Lā yaghurrannaka taqallubu'lladhīna kafarū fi'l-bilād · Matāʿun qalīlun thumma maʾwāhum jahannam, wa biʾsa'l-mihād · Lākini'lladhīna'ttaqaw rabbahum lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtiha'l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā nuzulan min ʿindi'llāh, wa mā ʿinda'llāhi khayrun li'l-abrār
"Do not let the moving about of those who deny in the lands deceive you. · It is a small enjoyment; then their refuge is hell. What an evil bed! · But for those who guard themselves before their Lord there are gardens beneath which rivers flow; they abide there. A hospitality from God. And what is with God is better for the righteous."
The root ق-ل-ب: to turn, to revolve. In Form V (taqallub): to turn over and over, to pass from one state to another.
| Verse | Wording | What |
|---|---|---|
| 7, 8, 103, 126, 151, 154, 156, 159 | Qulūb | Heart |
| 127 | Fa-yanqalibū khāʾibīn | To turn back — in despair |
| 144 | Inqalabtum ʿalā aʿqābikum | To turn back |
| 149 | Fa-tanqalibū khāsirīn | To turn back — in loss |
| 174 | Fa'nqalabū bi-niʿmatin | To turn back — with a favour |
| 196 | Taqallubu'lladhīna kafarū fi'l-bilād | Moving about |
The root is one of the densest in the sūra and occurs both in the sense of heart and in the sense of turning. I record this as an observation and build no ruling on the two senses; the lexicographers already explain the heart by the sense of "what turns continually".
And the verb lā yaghurrannaka must be recorded: the root غ-ر-ر occurred at verse 185 as matāʿu'l-ghurūr. Two occurrences, eleven verses apart: one for the life of this world, the other for an appearance.
| Word | Root | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| مِهَاد | م-ه-د | A bed, a spread-out couch — mahd: a cradle |
| نُزُل | ن-ز-ل | What is prepared for a guest — prepared for one who alights |
Both words convey a preparing. I record this as an observation about the words: the two opposite outcomes are given with two separate words for "a place prepared". And mihād is a bed, nuzul a hospitality.