Sura al-Munafiqun

63:1. When the hypocrites come to you (O Prophet!), they say: ‘We bear witness that you certainly are the Messenger of Allah.’ And Allah knows that you are indeed His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are surely liars.

إذا جاءك المنافقون قالوا نشهد إنك لرسول الله والله يعلم إنك لرسوله والله يشهد إن المنافقين لكاذبون

63:2. They take their (false) oaths as a shield, and then they hinder (others) from the way of Allah. Evil indeed is what they used to do.

اتخذوا أيمانهم جنة فصدوا عن سبيل الله إنهم ساء ما كانوا يعملون

63:3. That is because they believed and then abandoned (their) faith. So their hearts were sealed. Hence, they do not understand.

ذلك بأنهم آمنوا ثم كفروا فطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهون

63:4. When you see them, their appearance impresses you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech, but they are (just) like dried timbers leaning (against a wall). They think every cry (they hear) is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them. How perverted they are!

وإذا رأيتهم تعجبك أجسامهم وإن يقولوا تسمع لقولهم كأنهم خشب مسندة يحسبون كل صيحة عليهم هم العدو فاحذرهم قاتلهم الله أنى يؤفكون

63:5. And when it is said to them: ‘Come! So Allah’s Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) may seek forgiveness for you,’ they turn their heads aside (rudely), and you see them turning away in arrogance.

* This verse was sent down concerning ‘Abd Allah b. Ubayy (the chief of the hypocrites). When asked to appear before the presence of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) for seeking forgiveness, he said twisting his head: ‘I will not go. I have believed and have paid Zakat (the Alms-due) on his advice. Now what is left except that I should now prostrate myself before Muhammad?’

وإذا قيل لهم تعالوا يستغفر لكم رسول الله لووا رؤوسهم ورأيتهم يصدون وهم مستكبرون

63:6. It makes no difference for them whether you seek forgiveness for them or do not seek forgiveness for them: Allah will never forgive them (for they mock you and behave arrogantly towards you). Indeed, Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

سواء عليهم أستغفرت لهم أم لم تستغفر لهم لن يغفر الله لهم إن الله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين

63:7. They are the ones who say: ‘Do not spend (anything) on those who remain (as devotees) in the presence of the Messenger of Allah until they break away (from him).’ And to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

هم الذين يقولون لا تنفقوا على من عند رسول الله حتى ينفضوا ولله خزائن السماوات والأرض ولكن المنافقين لا يفقهون

63:8. They say: ‘If we return to Medina, then (we) the honourable will surely expel the dishonourable (i.e. the Muslims) from it.’ But all honour belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the believers. However, the hypocrites do not understand.

يقولون لئن رجعنا إلى المدينة ليخرجن الأعز منها الأذل ولله العزة ولرسوله وللمؤمنين ولكن المنافقين لا يعلمون

63:9. O believers! Do not let your possessions or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. For whoever does that, it is they who are the losers.

يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تلهكم أموالكم ولا أولادكم عن ذكر الله ومن يفعل ذلك فأولئك هم الخاسرون

63:10. Spend (in charity) from whatever We have provided you before death comes upon one of you, and he says: ‘O my Lord! If only You would grant me respite for a while so I could give charity and be among the righteous?’

وأنفقوا من ما رزقناكم من قبل أن يأتي أحدكم الموت فيقول رب لولا أخرتني إلى أجل قريب فأصدق وأكن من الصالحين

63:11. Allah shall never grant respite to a soul when its appointed time (of death) has arrived. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

ولن يؤخر الله نفسا إذا جاء أجلها والله خبير بما تعملون