Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Al-Hashr 59:13

Surah Al-Hashr 59:13

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ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ

You [believers] are more fearful within their breasts than Allah. That is because they are a people who do not understand.

ﻻأنتم أشد رهبة في صدورهم من الله

Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah. meaning, the hypocrites fear you more than they fear Allah, as He says;

إذا فريق منهم يخشون الناس كخشية الله أو أشد خشية

Behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more. (4:77) This is why Allah said,

ذلك بٲنهم قوم ﻻ يفقهون

That is because they are a people who comprehend not. Allah then said,

Tafsir of Al-Hashr 59:13