Yā Rabb, You revealed this verse to Your own Beloved ﷺ in the moment he was about to side with the wrong man because the wrong man's tribe was vocal. You did not let even Your Prophet ﷺ drift into tribal advocacy without correction. And in correcting him, You taught us forever: wa lā takun li-l-khāʾinīna khaṣīman. Do not be an advocate for those who betray trust. Ya Allāh, this verse cuts at the deepest reflex of human social life: the instinct to defend our people. The cousin we know stole. The friend we know cheated. The sibling we know hurt their spouse. The colleague we know defrauded. Our reflex is to spin, soften, explain, reframe. And Your verse arrives at the door of every one of these moments and says: do not become a khaṣīm for them. Forgive me, ya Rabb, for every khaṣīm-moment I have failed. The family WhatsApp group where I defended an uncle I knew was wrong. The workplace conversation where I sided with a friend's wrong against a stranger's right. The masjid politics where I backed the wrong cause because the right one was in the other camp. Each was a small breach of 4:105. Strip the khaṣīm instinct from me. Make me a believer whose loyalty is to the truth Allah revealed, not the tribe he was born into. And on the Day when every betrayal is brought to light, ya Rabb, let me arrive having been a witness for the betrayed and not an advocate for the betrayer. Āmīn ya Shahīd.