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wa-lā tujādil ʿani lladhīna yakhtānūna ʾanfusahum ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu man kāna khawwānan ʾathīman
And do not plead for those who betray themselves; indeed Allah does not like someone who is treacherous and sinful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
4An-Nisā’النساءVerse 107 of 176
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And do not plead for those who betray themselves; indeed Allah does not like someone who is treacherous and sinful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 107
107. "And do not plead on behalf of those who deceive themselves. Verily Allah does not love any who is treacherous, sinful."
The leaders of Islam and Muslims ought to find the treacherous ones and know their plans, so that they can decide on a suitable situation for themselves. However, injustice and treachery unto people is doing wrong to oneself. Treachery pollutes the society and this social pollution reaches ourselves. Then, pleading a treacherous person is unlawful, and it is considered as participating in the crime and being content with the treachery.
We should know, of course, that the state of the slight treacheries, which are done unknowingly and gullibly, is different from the state of the treachery of the mischievous conspirators. (The Arabic words / yakhtanun/ (those who deceive), /khawwan/ (treacherous), and /'asima/ (sinful) indicate to a state of permanent treachery.) Then in this verse, it says: