Surah Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites) 63

Revealed 104th in the Qur'an

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63:1
When the hypocrites come to you, they say, "We testify that you are the messenger of God." And God knows that you are His messenger, and God testifies that the hypocrites are liars.

63:2
They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of God. Indeed, what they were doing was evil.

63:3
That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

63:4
And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were propped up pieces of wood - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May God destroy them; how are they deluded?

63:5
And when it is said to them, "Come, the messenger of God will ask for forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them turning away while they are arrogant.

63:6
It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; God will never forgive them. Indeed, God does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

63:7
They are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the messenger of God until they disband." And the depositories of the heavens and the earth [belong] to God, but the hypocrites do not understand.

63:8
They say, "If we return to the city, the more honored [for power] will surely expel the lowly therefrom." And [all] honor [belongs] to God, and to His messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

63:9
O you who have believed, do not let your wealth and your children distract you from remembrance of God. And whoever does that - then those are the ones in loss.

63:10
And spend from what We have provided you [in the way of God] before death comes to one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so that I would give charity and be among the righteous."

63:11
But God will never delay a soul when its term has come. And God is Aware of what you do.