Surah An Nisa Tafseer

And when it is said to them:"Come to what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turn away from you with aversion.

يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُودًا

(turn away from you with aversion) means,

they turn away from you in arrogance, just as Allah described the polytheists,

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُواْ مَأ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَأءَنَا

When it is said to them:"Follow what Allah has sent down." They say:"Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following." (31:21)

This is different from the conduct of the faithful believers, whom Allah describes as,

إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُوْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا

The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them, is that they say:"We hear and we obey." (24:51)

Chastising the Hypocrites

Chastising the hypocrites, Allah said