63. "The Hypocrites"
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
When the hypocrites come to you, they say: We bear witness
that you are most surely Allah's Apostle; and Allah knows that you are most
surely His Apostle, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are surely
liars.
They make their oaths a shelter, and thus turn away from Allah's
way; surely evil is that which they do.
That is because they believe, then disbelieve, so a seal is set upon
their hearts so that they do not understand.
And when you see them, their persons will please you, and If
they speak, you will listen to their speech; (they are) as if they were big
pieces of wood clad with garments; they think every cry to be against them.
They are the enemy, therefore beware of them; may Allah destroy them,
whence are they turned back?
And when it is said to them: Come, the Apostle of Allah will ask
forgiveness for you, they turn back their heads and you may see them
turning away while they are big with pride.
It is alike to them whether you beg forgiveness for them or do
not beg forgiveness for them; Allah will never forgive them; surely Allah
does not guide the transgressing people.
They it is who say: Do not spend upon those who are with the
Apostle of Allah until they break up. And Allah's are the treasures of the
heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.
They say: If we return to Medina, the mighty will surely drive
out the meaner therefrom; and to Allah belongs the might and to His Apostle
and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.
O you who believe! let not your wealth, or your children, divert
you from the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does that, these are the
losers.
And spend out of what We have given you before death comes
to one of you, so that he should say: My Lord! why didst Thou not respite
me to a near term, so that I should have given alms and been of the doers of
good deeds?
And Allah does not respite a soul when its appointed term has
come, and Allah is Aware of what you do.
