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And among people there are those who say, 'We believe in Allahu ta’ālā', but if such [a person] suffers hurt in Allah’s cause, he takes people's persecution, that is, their harming of him, to be [the same] as Allah’s chastisement, in terms of his fear of it, and so he obeys them and behaves hypocritically. Yet if (la-in: the lām is for oaths) there comes help, to believers, from your Rabb, and they take spoils, they will assuredly say (la-yaqūlunna: the [final] nūn [of the indicative] has been omitted because of the other nūn coming after it, and likewise the wāw, indicating the plural person [has been replaced by a damma], because of two unvocalised consonants coming together), 'We were indeed with you', in faith, so give us a share of the booty. Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, says: Does Allahu ta’ālā not know best what is in the breasts of all creatures?, [what is] in their hearts of faith or hypocrisy? Indeed [He does].