يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Quran glossary · accepted
يُخَادِع
seek to deceive
Form III خادع: seek to deceive.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: خدع
Lemmas: يخادع
Forms: يُخَٰدِعُ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Where other meanings fail
deceive
2:9
يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Alternative: They deceive God and those who believe.
Research rendering: They seek to deceive God and those who believe.
The Form III reading carries attempted/engaged deception. The following clause says the deception does not land except on themselves, so 'seek to deceive' keeps the failed attempt visible.