هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ
أُوْلَآءِ
تُحِبُّونَهُمۡ
وَلَا
يُحِبُّونَكُمۡ
وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
كُلِّهِۦ
وَإِذَا
لَقُوكُمۡ
قَالُوٓاْ
ءَامَنَّا
وَإِذَا
خَلَوۡاْ
عَضُّواْ
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ٱلۡأَنَامِلَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡغَيۡظِۚ
قُلۡ
مُوتُواْ
بِغَيۡظِكُمۡۗ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
عَلِيمُۢ
بِذَاتِ
ٱلصُّدُورِ
١١٩
Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it.1 And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts."
— Saheeh International
Here you are! You love them but they do not love you, and you believe in all Scriptures. When they meet you they say, “We believe.” But when alone, they bite their fingertips in rage. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “˹May you˺ die of your rage!” Surely Allah knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very b
…Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies so that th
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