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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

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يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرْضُوهُ إِن كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٦٢

Translation (Sahih International)

They swear by Allah to you [Muslims] to satisfy you. But Allah and His Messenger are more worthy for them to satisfy, if they should be believers.

Word-by-word meaning

يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swear
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
لَكُمْlakumto you
لِيُرْضُوكُمْliyur'ḍūkumto please you
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His Messenger
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(have) more right
أَنanthat
يُرْضُوهُyur'ḍūhuthey should please Him
إِنinif
كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Hypocrites revert to Lies to please PeopleQatadah said about Allah's statement, يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ(They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) in order to please you) "A hypocrite man said, `By Allah! They (hypocrites) are our chiefs and masters. If what Muhammad says is true, they are worse than donkeys.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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