14 Preface ۞ أَلَم تَرَ إِلَى الَّذينَ تَوَلَّوا قَومًا غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيهِم ما هُم مِنكُم وَلا مِنهُم وَيَحلِفونَ عَلَى الكَذِبِ وَهُم يَعلَمونَYusuf AliTurnest thou not thy attention to those1 who turn (in friendship) to such as have the Wrath of God upon them?2 They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly.3This refers to the Hypocrites of Medīna who pretended to be in Islam but intrigued with the Jews. See references as given in n. 5342 above.By this time the Jews of Medīna and the Jewish tribes around had become actively hostile to Islam, and were being sharply called to account for their treachery.They knew that as Muslims their duty was to refrain from the intrigues of the enemies of Islam and to assist Islam against them.