Do you not see those who took for friends a people whom Allah is wroth with?1 They neither belong to you nor you to them.2 They swear to a falsehood, and they do so knowingly.3
Footnotes
[1]
The allusion is to the Jews of Al-Madinah whom the hypocrites had taken for friends.
[2]
That is, they are neither sincere in their connections with the believers, nor with the Jews: their relations with both are based on selfish interests.
[3]
A false oath: that they have believed in and have accepted Muhammad (peace be upon him) as their guide and leader and are faithful to Islam and the Muslims.