The Holy Quran 9:95 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۖ فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌ ۖ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Translation

When you (O Rasulullaah) return to them (the Munaafiqeen) shortly (in Madinah) they will swear before you by Allaah (that they had valid reasons for not accompanying you), so that you may leave them alone (and do not admonish them). Pay no attention to them! They (their beliefs and actions) are impure! Their abode shall be Jahannam as a punishment for what (evil deeds) they earned.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

After the return from Tabuk, the purpose of the excuses the hypocrites presented with false oaths was to satisfy and reassure the Prophet ﷺ and the Muslims with their oaths and glossy pretences, so that no reproach, blame or reckoning would come upon them from the court of the Messenger ﷺ, and so that, as before, the matter would remain vague and the…

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