The Holy Quran 4:60 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَـٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

Translation

Have you seen those (hypocrites) who claim to believe in that which was revealed to you (Muhammad ﷺ) and to those (Prophets) before you, yet they seek judgement from Shaytaan (from those who follow Shaytaan) when they have been instructed to reject him? Shaytaan only desires to lead them far astray.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The judgement of Umar ﵁ in the case of a Jew and a hypocrite: the Jews were accustomed to partiality and bribery in settling disputes. Therefore those who were liars, hypocrites and dishonest preferred to take their cases to the scholars of the Jews, expecting that they would favour them, and such people did not like to bring their cases to the Prophet ﷺ,…

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