The Spoils of War - 8:23 If Allah had seen that there was good in them, He would have made them hear. And even if He had made them hear, they would still have turned away.
In the context of verses 20, 21...23, the hypocrites of the people of the Book who say that they obeyed the apostle while he was with them and plot against him after he left their presence:
The Women/4:81 "They say: "All right, we obey". But when they leave you, some of them plot the opposite of what they said. Allah records what they plan and plot. Pay no attention to them; trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as a supporter."
The Night Journey/17:76 They will almost force you out of the land. In that case they will not stay long after you
The Pleading Woman/58:8 "Have you not noticed those who were forbidden to hold secret meetings but still persist in what they were forbidden? They are lobbying for the purpose of sinning, enmity and disobeying the Messenger. When they come to you, they greet you in a way that Allah does not greet you. They say among themselves, "Why should Allah punish us for what we say!"Hell is enough for them. There they will burn; what an evil abode is that."
The Spoils of War/8:30 The disbelievers were plotting to neutralize you or to kill you or to drive you away. If they are plotting, Allah is plotting. Allah is the most skillful of plotters.
Muhammad/47:13 There were many countries more powerful than the country that brought you out, but We destroyed them and no one helped them.
The Hypocrites/63:7 "They are the ones who say: "Do not help those who are with the Messenger of Allah so that they may be scattered."But to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites cannot comprehend."
The Hypocrites/63:8 "They say: "If we return to the city, the superior will drive out the inferior". But the superiority belongs to Allah and His messenger and those who believe. But the hypocrites do not know."
The Women/4:80 He who follows the messenger follows Allah. Whoever turns away, let him turn away; We have not sent you as a watchman over them.
The Night Journey/17:47 "We know well how they hear when they listen to you, and how they say among themselves, "You are only following a bewitched man"."
The Cattle/6:25 "Some of them listen to you. But We put veils over their hearts to prevent them from understanding and weights over their ears. Even if they see every miracle, they do not believe in it. So when they come to you, they dispute with you, and the disbelievers say, "This is but a myth."
The Family Of Imran/3:119 "You are the ones who love them even though they do not love you! Moreover, you believe in all the Scriptures. When they meet you, they say: "We believe", but when they are alone, they bite their fingers out of anger against you. Say: "May you die in your anger."Surely Allah is Knower of the essence of the breasts."
Muhammad/47:16 "There are some of them who listen to you. But when they leave you, they ask those to whom they have been given knowledge, "What did he say just now?"These are they whose hearts Allah has stamped, and they follow their desires."
The Women/4:60 Do you not see those who claim to believe in you and in what has been sent down to you and in what has been sent down before you, but they want to follow the laws of the unjust and despotic, while they were commanded to disbelieve in it, but Satan wants to lead them astray.
The Table Spread/5:41 "Do not let not the zeal of those who say with their mouths, "We believe"but do not believe with their hearts grieve you. There is a group of the Jews who listen to lies and listen to a people who have never met you. They twist the meaning of words. They say, "If this is given to you, take it, and if not, beware."If Allah wishes to mislead anyone, no one can help him against Allah. Those are they whose hearts Allah does not wish to purify. For them is humiliation in this world and a great torment in the Hereafter."
The Light/24:47 "They say: "We believe in Allah and the messenger and obey". But then, after that, a group of them turn away; they are not believers."
The Light/24:48 When they are called to Allah and His messenger to judge between them, a group of them dislike.
The Light/24:49 But if the decision is in their favor, they run to it willingly.
The Light/24:50 Is there a disease in their hearts? Do they doubt? Do they fear that Allah and His messenger will do them injustice? Indeed they are wrongdoers.
The Cow/2:14 "When they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their devils, they say, "We are with you. We are only mocking."
The Family Of Imran/3:72 "A group of the people of the Book said: "Believe in what has been sent down to the believers at the beginning of the day and disbelieve at the end. So that perhaps they may turn away from their religion."
The Family Of Imran/3:73 "Believe in none but he who follows your religion."Say to them, "The Guidance is Allah´s Guidance."And if they say to you, "Do not believe that another has been given the like of what has been given to you, lest they gain the right to dispute with you about your Lord,"say to them, "The bounty is in the hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills."Allah is Generous, All-Knowing."
The Hypocrites/63:1 "When the hypocrites come to you, they say, "We bear witness that you are the messenger of Allah. Allah knows that you are His messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites lie."
The Hypocrites/63:2 They take their oaths as a shield and lead astray from the way of Allah. How evil is what they do.
The Hypocrites/63:3 Because they disbelieved after they believed, so their hearts were sealed; they do not understand.
The Hypocrites/63:4 When you see them, you like their appearance. If they speak, you listen to their words. They are like stumps that stand upright. They think every noise is against them; they are the real enemies; beware of them. May Allah curse them; how they turn away!
The Hypocrites/63:5 "When it is said to them, "Come, so that the messenger of Allah may ask forgiveness for you,"they turn their heads away, and you see them straying arrogantly."
The Cow/2:8 "There are such among the people who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day"when in fact they do not believe."
The Cow/2:9 They seek to deceive Allah and the believers. However, they deceive themselves. They do not even realize it.
The Cow/2:75 Do you hope that they will believe in you, whereas some of them, after hearing the word of Allah, would deliberately change it.
The Cow/2:76 "When they meet the believers, they say: "We believe"; but when they are alone with them, they say: "Do you tell them what Allah has revealed to you so that they may use it as evidence against you in the sight of your Lord?"
The Table Spread/5:59 "Say: "People of the Book! Do you hate us because we believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what was sent down before?"
The Table Spread/5:60 "Say: "Shall I inform you of something worse than this in the sight of Allah? Whom Allah has cursed and wrathfully turned into apes, pigs and idolaters, those are the worst in the land and the most astray from the right path."
The Table Spread/5:61 "When they came to you, they said: "We believe". But they entered you with their disbelief and left you with their disbelief. Allah knows better what they conceal."
The Table Spread/5:62 You see most of them running about in sin and enmity and forbidden food. How evil is what they do!
The Women/4:107 Defend those who betray their own selves; Allah does not love those who betray and sin.
The Women/4:108 They hide from the people, but they cannot hide from Allah. He is with them when they conceive thoughts that He dislikes. Allah encompasses all that they do.
The Poets/26:221 Shall I inform you whom the devils descend?
The Poets/26:222 They descend on every sinful slanderer.
The Poets/26:223 They give ear, but most of them are liars.
The Criterion/25:41 "Whenever they see you, they ridicule you: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
The Criterion/25:42 "Had we not resisted, he would almost have led us astray from our gods."When they see the torment, they will know who is truly astray."
The Criterion/25:43 Have you seen the one who takes his desire as a god? Are you going to counsel him?
The Criterion/25:44 Do you really think that most of them hear or understand? They are only like livestock; nay, they are more astray.
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