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mudhabdhabīna bayna dhālika lā ʾilā hāʾulāʾi wa-lā ʾilā hāʾulāʾi wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-lan tajida lahū sabīlan
wavering in between: neither with these, nor with those. And whomever Allah leads astray, you will never find any way for him.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 143
143. "(The hypocrites are) swaying between this (infidelity and Faith) neither towards these (believers) nor towards those (infidels); and whoever Allah leaves to go astray, never then shall you find for him a way."
The Arabic word /taẓabẓub/ philologically means: 'to be moved to and fro, as anything suspended in the air'. 1 Therefore, the hypocrites do not have a firm thing to rely on, and they sway between this and that, like a thing which is suspended in the air and moves by the movement of a wind. They depend on others, so they wander without having any proper aim.
Also, they have not tranquillity and peace, because they must always change their own position to a new one and hurriedly make immediate decisions. And, to conclude, the hypocrites are stray, and have incurred the wrath of Allah. The verse continues saying:
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