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 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 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, to the
end that they may 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
honourable (element) will expel
therefrom the meaner." But
honour 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, the
loss is their own.
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. |