1. When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witness that thou art
indeed the Messenger of Allah." Yea, Allah knoweth that thou art indeed His
Messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the Hypocrites are indeed liars.
2. They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct
(men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds.
3. That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal was set on
their hearts: therefore they understand not.
4. When thou lookest at them, their bodies please thee; and when they speak,
thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless as hollow) pieces of
timber propped up, (unable to stand on their own). They think that every cry is
against them. They are the enemies; so beware of them. The curse of Allah be on
them! How are they deluded (away from the Truth)!
5. And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allah will pray for your
forgiveness", they turn aside their heads, and thou wouldst see them turning
away their faces in arrogance.
6. It is equal to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness or not. Allah
will not forgive them. Truly Allah guides not rebellious transgressors.
7. They are the ones who say, "Spend nothing on those who are with Allah's
Messenger, till they disperse (and quit Medina)." But to Allah belong the
treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the Hypocrites understand not.
8. They say, "If we return to Medina, surely the more honorable (element) will
expel therefrom the meaner." But honor belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and
to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.
9. O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you from the
remembrance of Allah. If any act thus, surely they are the losers.
10. And spend something (in charity) out of the substance which We have bestowed
on you, before Death should come to any of you and he should say, "O my Lord!
Why didst Thou not give me respite for a little while? I should then have given
(largely) in charity, and I should have been one of the doers of good".
11. But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed (for it) has
come; and Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.
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