Those who have believed, were saying, "Why is not a Surah sent sent down (to enjoin fighting)?" But when a decisive Surah was sent down in which fighting had been mentioned, you saw those in whose hearts was a disease, looking towards you like the one under the shadow of death.32 Alas for them! (On their tongue is) the promise of obedience and good works, but if they had proved true in their compact with Allah when the final Command was given, it would have been better for them. Now, what else can be expected of you than this that if you turned about,33 you would again spread mischief in the land and break asunder the ties of blood?34 These are they whom Allah has cursed and made them deaf and blind. Have they not pondered over the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts?35 The fact is that those who turned back, after guidance had become clear to them, for them Satan has made this way easy and prolonged for them the prospects of false hopes. That is why they said to those who showed aversion to what Allah had revealed, "We shall obey you in some matters."36 Allah knows their secret affairs too well. Then, how shall it be when the angels take their souls, and take them away, smiting their faces and their backs?37 that made Allah angry, and hated to adopt the way of His pleasure. So, He rendered all their works fruitless.38