And they say, “We have believed in Allah and the Messenger, and we obey,” but some of them turn away afterwards. These are not believers.
An-Nur 24:47
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وَيَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا أُولَٰئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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And they say, “We have believed in God and the Messenger, and we obey,” but some of them turn away afterwards. These are not believers.
Some people say, "We believe in Allah and the Messenger, and we obey." But after that, some of them turn away. Those people aren't really believers.
Some people say, "We believe in Allah and the Messenger, and we obey," but afterward, a group of them turns away. Those aren't true believers.
They say, “We believe in God and in the Messenger, and we obey,” then a group of them turns away after that. Those are not believers.
And they say, “We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey.” Then some of them turn away thereafter. These are not believers.
And they say, “We have believed in God and in the Messenger, and we obey.” Then some of them turn away thereafter. These are not believers.
But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allāh and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.
They (hypocrites) say: "We have believed in Allâh and in the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), and we obey," then a party of them turn away thereafter, such are not believers.
The hypocrites say, “We believe in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey.” Then a party of them turns away after that. Such are not believers.
They say, "We believe in Allah and in the messenger, and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really) Believers.
And they say: We believe in Allah and the messenger, and we obey; then after that a faction of them turn away. Such are not believers.
They say, "We believe in God and in the Messenger, and we obey." But then, even after that a group of them will turn away. Those are surely not believers
These people say "We have believed in Allah and the Messenger and we have submitted"; but soon after this, some of them turn away (from obedience): such people are not true Believers.
They say, ‘We have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and we obey.’ Then, after that, a part of them refuse to comply, and they do not have faith.
Wayaqooloona amanna biAllahi wabialrrasooli waataAAna thumma yatawalla fareequn minhum min baAAdi thalika wama olaika bialmumineena