Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:56

9:56

وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمِنكُمْ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَفْرَقُونَ

wayaḥlifūna bil-lahi innahum laminkum wamā hum minkum walākinnahum qawmun yafraqūna

And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.

— Saheeh International

They swear by God that they belong with you [believers], but they do not. They are cowardly:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They swear by Allâh that they are truly of you while they are not of you, but they are a people (hypocrites) who are afraid (that you may kill them).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَيَحْلِفُونَwayaḥlifūnaAnd they swear
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَمِنكُمْlaminkumsurely (are) of you
وَمَاwamāwhile not
هُمhumthey
مِّنكُمْminkum(are) of you
وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْwalākinnahumbut they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
يَفْرَقُونَyafraqūna(who) are afraid