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Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 62

The Repentance · Medinan · Juz 10 · Page 197

يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرْضُوهُ إِن كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿62﴾
They swear by Allâh to you (Muslims) in order to please you, but it is more fitting that they should please Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), if they are believers.
يَحْلِفُونَ yaḥlifūna They swear
بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi by Allah
لَكُمْ lakum to you
لِيُرْضُوكُمْ liyur'ḍūkum to please you
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ warasūluhu and His Messenger
أَحَقُّ aḥaqqu (have) more right
أَن an that
يُرْضُوهُ yur'ḍūhu they should please Him
إِن in if
كَانُوا۟ kānū they are
مُؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers

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(Ayah62){يَحْلِفُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوْكُمْ …:} When the hypocrites would sit in separate gatherings or be alone somewhere, they would mock the Muslims and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). If the Muslims or the Prophet (peace be upon him) ever became aware of this, they would swear oaths repeatedly in an attempt to appease the Muslims, and they would not care about Allah or the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). In this verse, this action of the hypocrites has been mentioned.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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62. They (the hypocrites) swear to you [76] in order to please you. But if they were true believers, Allah and His Messenger would be more deserving that they should please them.

[76] Whenever any conspiracy or deceit of the hypocrites was exposed, they would immediately deny it and try to satisfy and please the Muslims by swearing false oaths about their statements. However, this only strengthened their hypocrisy even more. Instead, even now, if they were to fear Allah and admit their mistakes and sins, and try to please Allah and His Messenger, this would indeed be a sign of their faith in Allah.