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63: The Hypocrites
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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 Medina)." But to
God belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the
Hypocrites understand not.
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They say, "If we return to Medina, surely the more honourable
(element) will expel therefrom the meaner." But honour belongs to God
and His Apostle, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.
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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.
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