The Holy Quran 59:11 — Surah Al-Hashr

Arabic text

۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلَا نُطِيعُ فِيكُمْ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

Translation

Have you not seen the hypocrites who say to their Kuffaar brothers of the People of the Book (the Jews of the Banu Nadheer tribe), "If you are exiled, we shall definitely leave (Madinah) with you (to express our solidarity) and we shall never obey the word of anyone concerning you (we shall not obey anyone who tells us to expel or kill you). We shall also certainly assist you if you are fought (we shall assist you if the Muslims attack you)." Allaah testifies (bears witness) that they are certainly liars.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The secret collusion of the hypocrites with the Jews: Abdullah ibn Ubayy and other hypocrites had secretly sent word to the Jews of the “Banu Nadir”: “Do not be afraid and do not think yourselves alone. If the Muslims drive you out, we will go out with you, and if it comes to fighting, we will help you. This is our absolutely firm and final decision.

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