فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَٰنًۭا وَتَوْفِيقًا
Fakaifa izaaa asaabathum museebatum summa jaaa'ooka yahlifoona billaahi in aradnaaa illaaa ihsaananw wa tawfeeqaa
So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allah, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."
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4:62Ayah 1176
14 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about hypocrisy. This is one of them.
← Previous on Hypocrisy4:61And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion.Next on Hypocrisy →4:63Those are the ones of whom Allah knows what is in their hearts, so turn away from them but admonish them and speak to them a far-reaching word.
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How would it be what would they do when an affliction a punishment befalls them for what their own hands have sent before them of unbelief and acts of disobedience that is to say would they then be able to turn away and escape it? No! They then come to you thumma jā’ūka a supplement to yasuddūn ‘they turn away’ of the previous verse swearing by God that in turning to other than you for arbitration ‘We sought only virtue settlement and harmony’ reconciliation between the disputing parties by any approximate judgement without regard for the painful truth.
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