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1. 47:20

   Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them [would have been]

2. 47:21

   Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.

3. 47:22

   So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

4. 47:23

   Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

5. 47:24

   Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

6. 47:25

   Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them.

7. 47:26

   That is because they said to those who disliked what Allāh sent down, "We will obey you in part of the matter." And Allāh knows what they conceal.

8. 47:27

   Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?

9. 47:28

   That is because they followed what angered Allāh and disliked [what earns] His pleasure, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

10. 47:29

    Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allāh would never expose their [feelings of] hatred?