The Holy Quran 9:57 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـًٔا أَوْ مَغَـٰرَٰتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

Translation

(In fact, they are so terrified that) If they find any place of safety, a cave or any place to enter (to hide themselves), they would hurry to it in great haste. (However, since they cannot hide themselves anywhere, they continue pretending to be Muslims.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reason for the hypocrisy of the hypocrites: that is, purely out of fear that if they showed their disbelief they too would be dealt with as the disbelievers are, they swear: “We belong to your own community (the Muslims).” Yet this is utterly false.

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