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الآية رقم (60) - أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُواْ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُواْ إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُواْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا

(60) - (Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.)

This verse was revealed about the hypocrites who were in Medina and they claimed that they believed and faith did not enter their hearts.

(… يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ…) (…They wish to refer legislation to Taghut,…): The word (Taghut) is an exaggeration of (Tughian) that is tyranny, injustice, and transgression, and it is always used to refer to evil deeds, satanic work, and matters that violate the rights of people.

Reason of revelation of the verse:

A hypocrite man in Madinah and a Jew had a dispute, the Jew said, “Let us refer to Muhammad to judge between us.” However, the hypocrite said, “Let us refer to Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf (a Jew) to judge between us.”. That is because he was the culprit, so he wanted to appeal to the Jew because he knows that he will rule according to his desire not to justice and truth.