Overall meaning : The hypocrites who abandon faith and revert to unbelief after having known the truth are seduced by Satan who has made their apostasy from Islam seem fair to them. Allah has also granted them respite by prolonging their lives and not hastening their punishment, hence their evil conduct due to such deception.
The reason for such seduction by Satan and respite from Allah is that they say to the unbelievers who abhor the Qur’an, which Allah has revealed, ‘We will obey you regarding the revelations that you abhor and we will do as you desire of us.’ (such as by maintaining enmity against the Prophet). But Allah knows all the inner secrets of the hypocrites and unbelievers.
How dreadful these hypocrites’ predicament will be when the angels come to seize their souls, striking their faces and their backs! They will thus be smitten at death because they follow whatever incurs Allah’s wrath and hate whatever pleases Him, and so He has rendered all their good deeds vain, letting them go unrewarded.