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وَ لِیَعۡلَمَ الَّذِیۡنَ نَافَقُوۡا ۚۖ وَ قِیۡلَ لَہُمۡ تَعَالَوۡا قَاتِلُوۡا فِیۡ سَبِیۡلِ اللّٰہِ اَوِ ادۡفَعُوۡا ؕ قَالُوۡا لَوۡ نَعۡلَمُ قِتَالًا لَّا تَّبَعۡنٰکُمۡ ؕ ہُمۡ لِلۡکُفۡرِ یَوۡمَئِذٍ اَقۡرَبُ مِنۡہُمۡ لِلۡاِیۡمَانِ ۚ یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ بِاَفۡوَاہِہِمۡ مَّا لَیۡسَ فِیۡ قُلُوۡبِہِمۡ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یَکۡتُمُوۡنَ ﴿۱۶۷﴾ۚ

167. and that He may (also) expose the hypocrites. (When) it was said to them: ‘Come (now), fight in the way of Allah or (at least) defend (yourselves against the enemy invasion),’ they said: ‘If only we knew how to fight (or if we considered it a fighting in the cause of Allah), we would certainly have followed you.’ That day, they were closer to disbelief than to (their pretend) belief. They utter from their mouths what is not in their hearts. And Allah knows best whatever they conceal.

(آل عِمْرَان، 3 : 167)