The Holy Quran 9:77 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ

Translation

So Allaah made the hypocrisy in their hearts their fate (entrenched it in their heart) until the Day when they will meet Him because they had broken the pledge they made with Him and because they used to lie.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, as a punishment for openly breaking their promise to Allah and for persisting in lies, their miserliness and turning away resulted in the root of hypocrisy becoming established in their hearts forever, never to leave until death. And this is the “way of Allah” (sunnat Allah)

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