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Surah 9. Al-Tawba, Ayah 56

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وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمِنكُمْ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَفْرَقُونَ

Waya h lifoona bi A ll a hi innahum laminkum wam a hum minkum wal a kinnahum qawmun yafraqoon a

And they swear by God that they do indeed belong to you - the while they do not belong to you but are [only] people ridden by fear:

- Mohammad Asad

They swear by Allah that they are indeed believers like you; yet they are not of you; in fact, they are afraid to appear to you in their true colors.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

They swear by Allah that they are part of you, but they are not. They only say so out of fear.

- Mustafa Khattab

And they swear by Allah that they are in truth of you, when they are not of you, but they are folk who are afraid.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

They swear by Allah that they are indeed of you; but they are not of you; yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colors).

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali