And the believers say, “If only a sûrah was revealed ˹allowing self-defence˺!” Yet when a precise sûrah is revealed, in which fighting is ˹explicitly˺ mentioned, you see those with sickness in their hearts staring at you like someone in the throes of death. It would have been better for them
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to obey and speak rightly. Then when fighting was ordained, it surely would have been better for them if they were true to Allah.
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Now if you ˹hypocrites˺ turn away, perhaps you would then spread corruption throughout the land and sever your ˹ties of˺ kinship!1
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These are the ones who Allah has condemned, deafening them and blinding their eyes.
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Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?
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Indeed, those who relapse ˹into disbelief˺ after ˹true˺ guidance has become clear to them, ˹it is˺ Satan ˹that˺ has tempted them, luring them with false hopes.
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That is because they said ˹privately˺ to those who ˹also˺ detest what Allah has revealed, “We will obey you in some matters.”1 But Allah ˹fully˺ knows what they are hiding.
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Then how ˹horrible˺ will it be when the angels take their souls, beating their faces and backs!
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This is because they follow whatever displeases Allah and hate whatever pleases Him, so He has rendered their deeds void.
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Or do those with sickness in their hearts think that Allah will not ˹be able to˺ expose their malice?
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