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Did Allah mention the hypocrites' sayings: "They are those who say, 'Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they disperse,'" and "They say, 'If we return to Al-Madinah, the more honorable [element] will surely expel therefrom the meaner,'" verbatim or in meaning?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

The Quran is the word of Allah, in both its wording and meaning. It contains statements from various peoples that Allah mentions, and these statements may be reported in meaning, especially if the speaker did not speak Arabic. As for the statements that Allah mentions concerning the hypocrites, it is established in the Sunnah that they were spoken in their exact wording. The conclusion is that the Quran may relate people's speech in its meaning, which is the predominant case, or in its exact wording or very close to it.

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