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wa-yaqūlu lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾa-hāʾulāʾi lladhīna ʾaqsamū bi-llāhi jahda ʾaymānihim ʾinnahum la-maʿakum ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum fa-ʾaṣbaḥū khāsirīna
and the faithful will say, ‘Are these the ones who swore by Allah with solemn oaths that they were with you?!’ Their works have failed, and they have become losers.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 53
53. "And those who believe will say: Are these they who swore by Allah with the most forcible of their oath that they were most surely with you?' Their (good) deeds failed and they themselves became losers."
The final fate of the disbelievers is pointed out in this verse. It points to the time when the true believers gain the victory and the act of the hypocrites is made manifest. Then the believers will surprisingly say whether these hypocrites are the same people who had so many claims and intensively swore that they were with the believers. Why did their final fate become like that? The verse says:
Then, as a result of the same hypocrisy, all their good deeds became invalid, because they had not originated from a pure intention and a sincere source. That was why they became of the losers both in this world and in other world. It says: