Translation of the meanings Ayah 60 Surah An-Nisā’ - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 60

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزۡعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدۡ أُمِرُوٓاْ أَن يَكۡفُرُواْ بِهِۦۖ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمۡ ضَلَٰلَۢا بَعِيدٗا

(60) Have you ˹Muhammad˺ not seen those who falsely claim that they Believe^[902] in what was sent down to you and what was sent down before you^[903]; ˹yet still˺ they want to resort to false gods^[904] to adjudicate ˹their disputes˺, when they were commanded to reject it^[905]—Satan wants to swerve them far off the path ˹of guidance˺.

[902] The hypocrites whose hearts are diseased.
[903] The Qur’an and earlier Scriptures, respectively.
[904] According to ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) this aya was revealed with regards to a group of the Aslam tribe, who professed Islam, then went to Abū Zurārah al-Aslamī, the soothsayer, to settle a dispute. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)
[905] Judgement which is not in accordance with what God sent down to His Messenger (ﷺ). (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)