AL MUNAAFIQUUN
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
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When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear
witness that thou art indeed the Apostle of God." Yea, God knoweth that
thou art indeed His Apostle, and God beareth witness that the Hypocrites are
indeed liars.
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They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds):
thus they obstruct (men) from the Path of God: truly evil are their deeds.
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That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So
a seal was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not.
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When thou lookest at them, their exteriors 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 God be on them! How are they deluded (away
from the Truth)!
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And when it is said to them, "Come, the Apostle of God
will pray for your forgiveness", they turn aside their heads, and thou
wouldst see them turning away their faces in arrogance.
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It is equal to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness
or not. God will not forgive them. Truly God guides not rebellious
transgressors.
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They are the ones who say, "Spend nothing on those who
are with God's Apostle, to the end that they may disperse (and quit
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They say, "If we return to
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O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children
divert you from the remembrance of God. If any act thus, the loss is their own.
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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".
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But to no soul will God grant respite when the time appointed
(for it) has come; and God is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.