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9:95

سَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لِتُعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ فَأَعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ رِجۡسٞۖ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

Sayahlifoona biAllahi lakum itha inqalabtum ilayhim lituAAridoo AAanhum faaAAridoo AAanhum innahum rijsun wamawahum jahannamu jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboona

They will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.

Word by word
  1. سَيَحۡلِفُونَThey will swear
  2. بِٱللَّهِby Allah
  3. لَكُمۡto you
  4. إِذَاwhen
  5. ٱنقَلَبۡتُمۡyou returned
  6. إِلَيۡهِمۡto them
  7. لِتُعۡرِضُواْthat you may turn away
  8. عَنۡهُمۡۖfrom them
  9. فَأَعۡرِضُواْSo turn away
  10. عَنۡهُمۡۖfrom them
  11. إِنَّهُمۡindeed,they
  12. رِجۡسٞۖ(are) impure
  13. وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡand their abode
  14. جَهَنَّمُ(is) Hell
  15. جَزَآءَۢa recompense
  16. بِمَاfor what
  17. كَانُواْthey used (to)
  18. يَكۡسِبُونَearn
At-Tawbah · 9:95Madinah

They swore so you would leave them alone.

An oath used to avoid being questioned

What the oath was for
swearing by Allahon the return
aiming for
"leave us be"no questions
answered
turn awaynot taken in
What the oath hid
a clean recordno admonishment
what they earnedstill on the record

Ibn Kathir says the hypocrites swore to the believers so they would be left without admonishment. Allah ordered the believers to turn away from them, for their inner state was impure, and their end a recompense for what they used to earn.

Oh I swear, wallahi, it was not me. Sometimes the oath is not about truth; it is about ending the conversation before anyone asks more. The verse notices that move, and asks you to notice it in yourself.

Swearing by Allah settles the matter.

Using Allah's name to dodge questions makes the wrong heavier, not lighter.

Try this

Go one full day without swearing by Allah to make anyone believe you.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 9:94)

They (the hypocrites) will present their excuses to you (Muslims), when you return to them. Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you. Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you. Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds. In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do. (94)They will swear by Allah to you (Muslims) when you return to them, that you may turn away from them. So turn away from them. Surely, they are Rijs (impure), and Hell is their dwelling place – a recompense for that which they used to earn (95)They (the hypocrites) swear to you (Muslims) that you may be pleased with them, but if you are pleased with them, certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin (rebellious)(96)

Exposing the Deceitful Ways of Hypocrites

Allah said that when the believers go back to Al-Madinah, the hypocrites will begin apologizing to them.

قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ

(Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you."), we shall not believe what you say,

قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ

(Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you.) Allah has exposed your news to us,

وَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ

(Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds.) your actions will be made public to people in this life,

ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

(In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do.)

Allah will inform you of your deeds, whether they were good or evil, and will recompense you for them. Allah said that the hypocrites will swear to the believers in apology, so that the believers turn away from them without admonishing them. Therefore, Allah ordered disgracing them by turning away from them, for they are,

رِجْسٌ 

(Rijs) meaning, impure inwardly and in their creed. Their destination in the end will be Jahannam,

جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

(a recompense for that which they used to earn.) of sins and evil deeds. Allah said that if the believers forgive the hypocrites when they swear to them,

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَىٰ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ

(certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin.) who rebel against the obedience of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. 'Fisq' means 'deviation'.