[938] Fi’atayn two different parties who show their backs to each other, but who unite when consolidation is needed (cf. Ibn Qutaybah, Gharīb al-Qur’ān; al-Iṣfahānī, al-Mufradāt). Believers differed among themselves regarding the hypocrites: a group declared them Denying, while another was of the opinion that they were not Denying. The fact of the matter, however, was that God debased them (arkasahum, lit. turned them upside down) turning them into outright Deniers as a result of their own hands doing; doubting, rebelling and plotting against Believers (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).