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وَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمِنكُمۡ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ يَفۡرَقُونَ
They swear by Allah that they belong to you, but they do not belong to you; rather they are a people who are afraid [of you].
شرح ومعانٍ · ١
- In their precarious situation, they lie as a line of defence.