Surah At Tawbah Tafseer

Hypocrites revert to Lies to please People

Allah says;

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَاللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرْضُوهُ إِن كَانُواْ مُوْمِنِينَ

They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) in order to please you, but it is more fitting that they should please Allah and His Messenger, if they are believers.

Qatadah said about Allah's statement,

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ

(They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) in order to please you),

"A hypocrite man said, `By Allah! They (hypocrites) are our chiefs and masters. If what Muhammad says is true, they are worse than donkeys.'

A Muslim man heard him and declared, `By Allah! What Muhammad says is true and you are worse than a donkey!'

The Muslim man conveyed what happened to the Prophet who summoned the hypocrite and asked him,

مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي قُلْتَ

What made you say what you said?

That man invoked curses on himself and swore by Allah that he never said that.

Meanwhile, the Muslim man said, `O Allah! Assert the truth of the truthful and expose the lies of the liar.'

Allah revealed this Verse."'

Allah's statement