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ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna nāfaqū yaqūlūna li-ʾikhwānihimu lladhīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi la-ʾin ʾukhrijtum la-nakhrujanna maʿakum wa-lā nuṭīʿu fīkum ʾaḥadan ʾabadan wa-ʾin qūtiltum la-nanṣurannakum wa-llāhu yashhadu ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna
Have you not regarded the hypocrites who say to their brethren, the faithless from among the People of the Book, ‘If you are expelled, we will surely go out with you, and we will never obey anyone against you, and if you are fought against we will surely help you,’ and Allah bears witness that they are indeed liars.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Hashr - Verse 11
Following praising the Emigrants, the Helpers, and the Successors mentioned in the previous Verses, the blessed Verse in question depicts the hypocrites and disbelievers who were united in resisting them. It is worthy of note that some people attend to Divine Forgiveness and some others are preoccupied with obstinacy and resisting the believers. Hypocrites sent a message to the Jews who had violated their covenant and were disfavored by the Noble Prophet of the Islamic faith (S) not to leave their vicious act since they supported them.
Thus, addressing the Noble Prophet of Islam (S), the blessed Verse is raising the question:
The blessed Verse concerns a tribe of disbelievers residing in Medina. They were Banu Nadhir who failed to convert to the Islamic faith and were ordered by the Noble Prophet (S) to leave Medina or prepare themselves for a battle. A group of hypocrites led by Ibn Ubayy and Ibn Nabtal deceived them asking them to prepare themselves for waging war against Muslims and they would render them aid and fight the Muslims and had Muslims defeated them they would accompany them in leaving their land.
Hypocrites were those who pretended to have converted to the Islamic faith but inwardly, they were disbelievers. It is in the same vein that the Holy Qur’an is explicitly saying that God Almighty bears witness that they are liars. It is the hypocrites' stratagem that they neither stand on their word nor do they keep their promise.