Translation of the meanings Ayah 56 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 56

وَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمِنكُمۡ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ يَفۡرَقُونَ

(56) They swear by Allah that they are surely ˹part˺ of you but they are not ˹part˺ of you^[2134], ˹in reality˺ they are ˹ever˺ terrified folks;

[2134] In their precarious situation, they adopt bare-faced lying as a line of defence, a desperate measure (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “When they meet those who Believe, they say: “We Believe!”, but when they are alone with their devils, they say: “Surely we are with you. We are but mocking”” (2: 14); “When the hypocrites come to you ˹Muhammad˺, they say: “We bear witness that you are verily the Messenger of Allah!” Allah Knows that you truly are His Messenger and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are ˹relentless˺ liars” (63: 1).