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The Bedouins - a group of men from among the Banū Asad - say, 'We believe', we affirm the truth in our hearts. Say, to them: 'You do not believe; but rather say, “We have submitted”, we are outwardly compliant; for faith has not yet entered into your hearts'. hitherto; however, it is expected of you. Yet if you obey Allahu ta’ālā and His Messenger (rasūl), by [embracing] faith and in other ways, He will not diminish for you (read ya'litkum or yalitkum, by making the hamza an alif) anything of your deeds, that is, of the reward for them. Allahu ta’ālā is indeed Forgiving, to believers, merciful', to them.