Translation of the meanings Ayah 67 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 67

ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ

(67) The hypocrites, both male and female, take after each other^[2159]; they enjoin what is unacceptable and advise against virtue, and clinch their fists^[2160]. They forgot Allah and He Forgot them^[2161]—verily the hypocrites are the contravening ones.

[2159] They are one and the same, their deeds and motives are the same and they are each other’s allies (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, al-Saʿdī). They were a close-knit society who were up to no good, encouraging each other only to evil.
[2160] That is they are tight-fisted when it comes to giving. This highlights how callous they were (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr) and how less prone they were to yield to the call of Faith (cf. Riḍā).
[2161] “It will be said: “This Day We will Forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours! Your resort will be the Fire, and you shall have no helpers” (45: 34).