The Holy Quran 9:96 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

Translation

They swear (oaths) before you (O Rasulullaah) so that you may be pleased with them. (However,) Even if you are pleased with them, Allaah is certainly not pleased with the disobedient ones (Muslims should therefore not maintain close ties with such people).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

How the Muslims should deal with the hypocrites: their great effort is to please the Muslims through cunning and deceit, lies and falsehood. Suppose the creation were pleased by smooth talk — what benefit could that bring when Allah is not pleased with them? Before Allah no cleverness or treachery can work.

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