And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allāh and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allāh testifies that indeed they are liars.
وَلَيَحۡلِفُنَّAnd surely they will swearwalayaḥlifunna
إِنۡNotin
أَرَدۡنَآwe wisharadnā
إِلَّاexceptillā
ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۖthe goodl-ḥus'nā
وَٱللَّهُBut Allahwal-lahu
يَشۡهَدُbears witnessyashhadu
إِنَّهُمۡindeed, theyinnahum
لَكَٰذِبُونَ(are) surely liarslakādhibūna
Tafsir
There were also some hypocrites who built a mosque, not for Allah’s obedience, but to harm the Muslims, to support disbelief by strengthening the people of hypocrisy, to cause disunity amongst the believers and in preparation and anticipation for those who had waged war against Allah and His Messenger prior to the construction of the mosque. These hypocrites swear to you that they only wanted goodness for the Muslims. Allah is witness that they are lying in this claim of theirs.