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And you see those in whose hearts is sickness, weakness of faith, the like of 'Abd Allāh b. Ubayy the hypocrite; vying with one another for them, to affiliate with them, saying, as an excuse for this: 'We fear lest we suffer a turn of fortune', which time will bring round against us, such as drought or defeat, and that if Muhammad's affair should come to nothing, they will cease to supply us with provisions. Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, says: But it may be that Allahu ta’ālā will bring victory, by assisting His Prophet and making His religion prevail; or some commandment from Him, that will reveal the secrets of the hypocrites, disgracing them; and then they will end up, for what they kept secret within themselves, in the way of doubt and affiliating with disbelievers, remorseful.