Quran Verses about Hypocrisy

60 ayahs · from 12 surahs

The Quran describes the hypocrites as those who claim faith with their tongues while their hearts deny it, who try to deceive Allah and the believers, and whose hearts are diseased with doubt. The verses list their traits: laziness and showing off in prayer, miserliness, breaking promises, enjoining what is wrong, weakening the believers' ranks, mocking the religion and swearing false oaths. They are warned of the lowest depth of the Fire, except those who repent, mend their ways and devote their religion sincerely to Allah.

Claiming faith while the heart denies it

  1. وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨

    Wa minan-nāsi may yaqūlu āmannā billāhi wabil-yawmil-ākhiri wa mā hum bimuʾminīn.

    And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers.

  2. يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَمَا يَخۡدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٩

    Yukhādiʿūnallāha wal-ladhīna āmanū wa mā yakhdaʿūna illā anfusahum wa mā yashʿurūn.

    They [think to] deceive Allāh and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

  3. فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡذِبُونَ ١٠

    Fī qulūbihim maraḍun fazādahumullāhu maraḍā, wa lahum ʿadhābun alīmum bimā kānū yakdhibūn.

    In their hearts is disease, so Allāh has increased their disease;1 and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The "disease" mentioned here includes doubt, hypocrisy, arrogance and disbelief.
  4. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُصۡلِحُونَ ١١

    Wa idhā qīla lahum lā tufsidū fil-arḍi qālū innamā naḥnu muṣliḥūn.

    And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."

  5. أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١٢

    Alā innahum humul-mufsidūna wa lākil lā yashʿurūn.

    Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.

  6. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣

    Wa idhā qīla lahum āminū kamā āmanan-nāsu qālū anuʾminu kamā āmanas-sufahāʾ, alā innahum humus-sufahāʾu wa lākil lā yaʿlamūn.

    And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.

  7. وَإِذَا لَقُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ شَيَٰطِينِهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمۡ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١٤

    Wa idhā laqul-ladhīna āmanū qālū āmannā wa idhā khalaw ilā shayāṭīnihim qālū innā maʿakum innamā naḥnu mustahziʾūn.

    And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."

  8. ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَهۡزِئُ بِهِمۡ وَيَمُدُّهُمۡ فِي طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ١٥

    Allāhu yastahziʾu bihim wa yamudduhum fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūn.

    [But] Allāh mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.

  9. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ ١٦

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīnashtarawuḍ-ḍalālata bil-hudā famā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wa mā kānū muhtadīn.

    Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٞ فَإِذَا بَرَزُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ غَيۡرَ ٱلَّذِي تَقُولُۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَكۡتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَۖ فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا ٨١

    Wa yaqūlūna ṭāʿatun fa idhā barazū min ʿindika bayyata ṭāʾifatum minhum ghayral-ladhī taqūl, wallāhu yaktubu mā yubayyitūn, fa aʿriḍ ʿanhum wa tawakkal ʿalallāh, wa kafā billāhi wakīlā.

    And they say, "[We pledge] obedience." But when they leave you, a group of them spend the night determining to do other than what you say. But Allāh records what they plan by night. So leave them alone and rely upon Allāh. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.

  1. وَمِمَّنۡ حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مُنَٰفِقُونَۖ وَمِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُواْ عَلَى ٱلنِّفَاقِ لَا تَعۡلَمُهُمۡۖ نَحۡنُ نَعۡلَمُهُمۡۚ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيۡنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٠١

    Wa mimman ḥawlakum minal-aʿrābi munāfiqūn, wa min ahlil-madīnati maradū ʿalan-nifāqi lā taʿlamuhum, naḥnu naʿlamuhum, sanuʿadhdhibuhum marratayni thumma yuraddūna ilā ʿadhābin ʿaẓīm.

    And among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madīnah. They have persisted in hypocrisy. You, [O Muḥammad], do not know them, [but] We know them. We will punish them twice [in this world]; then they will be returned to a great punishment.

  1. وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠

    Wa minan-nāsi may yaqūlu āmannā billāhi fa idhā ūdhiya fillāhi jaʿala fitnatan-nāsi kaʿadhābillāh, wa laʾin jāʾa naṣrum mir rabbika layaqūlunna innā kunnā maʿakum, awalaysallāhu biʾaʿlama bimā fī ṣudūril-ʿālamīn.

    And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?

  2. وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ ١١

    Wa layaʿlamannallāhul-ladhīna āmanū wa layaʿlamannal-munāfiqīn.

    And Allāh will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident the hypocrites.

  1. إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ قَالُواْ نَشۡهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١

    Idhā jāʾakal-munāfiqūna qālū nashhadu innaka larasūlullāh, wallāhu yaʿlamu innaka larasūluhū wallāhu yashhadu innal-munāfiqīna lakādhibūn.

    When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muḥammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh." And Allāh knows that you are His Messenger, and Allāh testifies that the hypocrites are liars.

  2. ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ جُنَّةٗ فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢

    Ittakhadhū aymānahum junnatan faṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāh, innahum sāʾa mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

  3. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٣

    Dhālika biʾannahum āmanū thumma kafarū faṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yafqahūn.

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

  4. ۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡۖ كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبٞ مُّسَنَّدَةٞۖ يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٤

    Wa idhā raʾaytahum tuʿjibuka ajsāmuhum, wa iy yaqūlū tasmaʿ liqawlihim, kaʾannahum khushubum musannadah, yaḥsabūna kulla ṣayḥatin ʿalayhim, humul-ʿaduwwu faḥdharhum, qātalahumullāh, annā yuʾfakūn.

    And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up1 - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., bodies with empty minds and empty hearts.

Parables of the hypocrites

  1. مَثَلُهُمۡ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارٗا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتۡ مَا حَوۡلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمۡ وَتَرَكَهُمۡ فِي ظُلُمَٰتٖ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧

    Mathaluhum kamathalil-ladhistawqada nāran falammā aḍāʾat mā ḥawlahū dhahaballāhu binūrihim wa tarakahum fī ẓulumātil lā yubṣirūn.

    Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see.

  2. صُمُّۢ بُكۡمٌ عُمۡيٞ فَهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ١٨

    Ṣummum bukmun ʿumyun fahum lā yarjiʿūn.

    Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].

  3. أَوۡ كَصَيِّبٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٞ وَرَعۡدٞ وَبَرۡقٞ يَجۡعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطُۢ بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩

    Aw kaṣayyibim minas-samāʾi fīhi ẓulumātuw wa raʿduw wa barquy yajʿalūna aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim minaṣ-ṣawāʿiqi ḥadharal-mawt, wallāhu muḥīṭum bil-kāfirīn.

    Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing1 of the disbelievers.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Allāh states in the Qur’ān that He has certain attributes such as hearing, sight, hands, face, mercy, anger, coming, encompassing, being above the Throne, etc. Yet, He has disassociated Himself from the limitations of human attributes or human imagination. Correct Islāmic belief requires faith in the existence of these attributes as Allāh has described them without applying to them any allegorical meanings or attempting to explain how a certain quality could be (while this is known only to Allāh) and without comparing them to creation or denying that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) would have such a quality. His attributes are befitting to Him alone, and "There is nothing like unto Him." (42:11)
  4. يَكَادُ ٱلۡبَرۡقُ يَخۡطَفُ أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوۡاْ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظۡلَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَامُواْۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٢٠

    Yakādul-barqu yakhṭafu abṣārahum, kullamā aḍāʾa lahum mashaw fīhi wa idhā aẓlama ʿalayhim qāmū, wa law shāʾallāhu ladhahaba bisamʿihim wa abṣārihim, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

The disease and doubt in their hearts

  1. وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٞ فَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمۡ زَادَتۡهُ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنٗاۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فَزَادَتۡهُمۡ إِيمَٰنٗا وَهُمۡ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ١٢٤

    Wa idhā mā unzilat sūratun faminhum may yaqūlu ayyukum zādathu hādhihī īmānā, fa ammal-ladhīna āmanū fazādathum īmānaw wa hum yastabshirūn.

    And whenever a sūrah is revealed, there are among them [i.e., the hypocrites] those who say, "Which of you has this increased in faith?" As for those who believed, it has increased them in faith, while they are rejoicing.

  2. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ فَزَادَتۡهُمۡ رِجۡسًا إِلَىٰ رِجۡسِهِمۡ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ١٢٥

    Wa ammal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun fazādathum rijsan ilā rijsihim wa mātū wa hum kāfirūn.

    But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil.1 And they will have died while they are disbelievers.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Literally, "filth," i.e., disbelief and hypocrisy.
  3. أَوَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُفۡتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٖ مَّرَّةً أَوۡ مَرَّتَيۡنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٢٦

    Awalā yarawna annahum yuftanūna fī kulli ʿāmim marratan aw marratayni thumma lā yatūbūna wa lā hum yadhdhakkarūn.

    Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice but then they do not repent nor do they remember?

  1. لِّيَجۡعَلَ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَفِي شِقَاقِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٣

    Liyajʿala mā yulqish-shayṭānu fitnatal lil-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-qāsiyati qulūbuhum, wa innaẓ-ẓālimīna lafī shiqāqim baʿīd.

    [That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease1 and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. See footnote to 2:10.
  1. وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعۡنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَۚ وَمَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٧

    Wa yaqūlūna āmannā billāhi wabir-rasūli wa aṭaʿnā thumma yatawallā farīqum minhum mim baʿdi dhālik, wa mā ulāʾika bil-muʾminīn.

    But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allāh and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

  2. وَإِذَا دُعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٨

    Wa idhā duʿū ilallāhi wa rasūlihī liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqum minhum muʿriḍūn.

    And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].

  1. وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ يَأۡتُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ مُذۡعِنِينَ ٤٩

    Wa iy yakul lahumul-ḥaqqu yaʾtū ilayhi mudhʿinīn.

    But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience.

  2. أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرۡتَابُوٓاْ أَمۡ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَرَسُولُهُۥۚ بَلۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٥٠

    Afī qulūbihim maraḍun amirtābū am yakhāfūna ay yaḥīfallāhu ʿalayhim wa rasūluh, bal ulāʾika humuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allāh will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

  1. وَإِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورٗا ١٢

    Wa idh yaqūlul-munāfiqūna wal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍum mā waʿadanallāhu wa rasūluhū illā ghurūrā.

    And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

  1. وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَتۡ سُورَةٞۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٞ مُّحۡكَمَةٞ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلۡقِتَالُ رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ نَظَرَ ٱلۡمَغۡشِيِّ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ فَأَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ٢٠

    Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūrah, fa idhā unzilat sūratum muḥkamatuw wa dhukira fīhal-qitālu raʾaytal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuy yanẓurūna ilayka naẓaral-maghshiyyi ʿalayhi minal-mawt, fa awlā lahum.

    Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah1 not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them2 [would have been]

    Footnotes (2)
    1. i.e., one in which permission is given the believers to fight their enemies.
    2. The words "awlā lahum" can also be interpreted as "woe to them!" In that case, the following verse would begin, "[Better for them would have been] obedience and good words."
  2. طَاعَةٞ وَقَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ فَلَوۡ صَدَقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡ ٢١

    Ṭāʿatuw wa qawlum maʿrūf, fa idhā ʿazamal-amru falaw ṣadaqullāha lakāna khayral lahum.

    Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.

  1. أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخۡرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضۡغَٰنَهُمۡ ٢٩

    Am ḥasibal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun al lay yukhrijallāhu aḍghānahum.

    Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allāh would never expose their [feelings of] hatred?

Lazy in prayer, showing off, miserly and breaking promises

  1. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَٰدِعُهُمۡ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُواْ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذۡكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ١٤٢

    Innal-munāfiqīna yukhādiʿūnallāha wa huwa khādiʿuhum wa idhā qāmū ilaṣ-ṣalāti qāmū kusālā yurāʾūnan-nāsa wa lā yadhkurūnallāha illā qalīlā.

    Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allāh, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allāh except a little,

  2. مُّذَبۡذَبِينَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ لَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَلَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِۚ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ سَبِيلٗا ١٤٣

    Mudhabdhabīna bayna dhālika lā ilā hāʾulāʾi wa lā ilā hāʾulāʾ, wa may yuḍlilillāhu falan tajida lahū sabīlā.

    Wavering between them, [belonging] neither to these [i.e., the believers] nor to those [i.e., the disbelievers]. And whoever Allāh sends astray - never will you find for him a way.

  1. وَمَا مَنَعَهُمۡ أَن تُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُمۡ نَفَقَٰتُهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأۡتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمۡ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمۡ كَٰرِهُونَ ٥٤

    Wa mā manaʿahum an tuqbala minhum nafaqātuhum illā annahum kafarū billāhi wabirasūlihī wa lā yaʾtūnaṣ-ṣalāta illā wa hum kusālā wa lā yunfiqūna illā wa hum kārihūn.

    And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allāh and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.

  1. ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٦٧

    Al-munāfiqūna wal-munāfiqātu baʿḍuhum mim baʿḍ, yaʾmurūna bil-munkari wa yanhawna ʿanil-maʿrūfi wa yaqbiḍūna aydiyahum, nasullāha fanasiyahum, innal-munāfiqīna humul-fāsiqūn.

    The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands.1 They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., refuse to spend in the way of Allāh.
  1. ۞ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ عَٰهَدَ ٱللَّهَ لَئِنۡ ءَاتَىٰنَا مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٧٥

    Wa minhum man ʿāhadallāha laʾin ātānā min faḍlihī lanaṣṣaddaqanna wa lanakūnanna minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    And among them are those who made a covenant with Allāh, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous."

  2. فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ بَخِلُواْ بِهِۦ وَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٧٦

    Falammā ātāhum min faḍlihī bakhilū bihī wa tawallaw wa hum muʿriḍūn.

    But when He gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.

  3. فَأَعۡقَبَهُمۡ نِفَاقٗا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يَلۡقَوۡنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخۡلَفُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡذِبُونَ ٧٧

    Fa aʿqabahum nifāqan fī qulūbihim ilā yawmi yalqawnahū bimā akhlafullāha mā waʿadūhu wabimā kānū yakdhibūn.

    So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they will meet Him - because they failed Allāh in what they promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie.

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ يَلۡمِزُونَ ٱلۡمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ فِي ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهۡدَهُمۡ فَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنۡهُمۡ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۡهُمۡ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٧٩

    Al-ladhīna yalmizūnal-muṭṭawwiʿīna minal-muʾminīna fiṣ-ṣadaqāti wal-ladhīna lā yajidūna illā juhdahum fayaskharūna minhum sakhirallāhu minhum wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.

Weakening the ranks and opposing the believers

  1. وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُواْۚ وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ قَٰتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوِ ٱدۡفَعُواْۖ قَالُواْ لَوۡ نَعۡلَمُ قِتَالٗا لَّٱتَّبَعۡنَٰكُمۡۗ هُمۡ لِلۡكُفۡرِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَقۡرَبُ مِنۡهُمۡ لِلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِم مَّا لَيۡسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَكۡتُمُونَ ١٦٧

    Waliyaʿlamal-ladhīna nāfaqū, wa qīla lahum taʿālaw qātilū fī sabīlillāhi awidfaʿū, qālū law naʿlamu qitālal lattabaʿnākum, hum lil-kufri yawmaʾidhin aqrabu minhum lil-īmān, yaqūlūna biʾafwāhihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim, wallāhu aʿlamu bimā yaktumūn.

    And that He might make evident those who are hypocrites. For it was said to them, "Come, fight in the way of Allāh or [at least] defend." They said, "If we had known [there would be] battle, we would have followed you." They were nearer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allāh is most knowing of what they conceal -

  2. ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ وَقَعَدُواْ لَوۡ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُواْۗ قُلۡ فَٱدۡرَءُواْ عَنۡ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٦٨

    Al-ladhīna qālū liʾikhwānihim wa qaʿadū law aṭāʿūnā mā qutilū, qul fadraʾū ʿan anfusikumul-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."

  1. بَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ١٣٨

    Bashshiril-munāfiqīna biʾanna lahum ʿadhāban alīmā.

    Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment -

  2. ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚ أَيَبۡتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعٗا ١٣٩

    Al-ladhīna yattakhidhūnal-kāfirīna awliyāʾa min dūnil-muʾminīn, ayabtaghūna ʿindahumul-ʿizzata fa innal-ʿizzata lillāhi jamīʿā.

    Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allāh entirely.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Being the source of all power and honor, Allāh grants them to whom He wills.
  1. إِنَّمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَٱرۡتَابَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِي رَيۡبِهِمۡ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ ٤٥

    Innamā yastaʾdhinukal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhiri wartābat qulūbuhum fahum fī raybihim yataraddadūn.

    Only those would ask permission of you who do not believe in Allāh and the Last Day and whose hearts have doubted, and they, in their doubt, are hesitating.

  1. لَوۡ خَرَجُواْ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمۡ إِلَّا خَبَالٗا وَلَأَوۡضَعُواْ خِلَٰلَكُمۡ يَبۡغُونَكُمُ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ وَفِيكُمۡ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٧

    Law kharajū fīkum mā zādūkum illā khabālaw wa laʾawḍaʿū khilālakum yabghūnakumul-fitnata wa fīkum sammāʿūna lahum, wallāhu ʿalīmum biẓ-ẓālimīn.

    Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

  1. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلۡعَبُۚ قُلۡ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٦٥

    Wa laʾin saʾaltahum layaqūlunna innamā kunnā nakhūḍu wa nalʿab, qul abillāhi wa āyātihī wa rasūlihī kuntum tastahziʾūn.

    And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"

  2. لَا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ قَدۡ كَفَرۡتُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡۚ إِن نَّعۡفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٖ مِّنكُمۡ نُعَذِّبۡ طَآئِفَةَۢ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٦٦

    Lā taʿtadhirū qad kafartum baʿda īmānikum, in naʿfu ʿan ṭāʾifatim minkum nuʿadhdhib ṭāʾifatam biʾannahum kānū mujrimīn.

    Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e., rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.

  1. يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُواْ وَلَقَدۡ قَالُواْ كَلِمَةَ ٱلۡكُفۡرِ وَكَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِسۡلَٰمِهِمۡ وَهَمُّواْ بِمَا لَمۡ يَنَالُواْۚ وَمَا نَقَمُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَنۡ أَغۡنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۚ فَإِن يَتُوبُواْ يَكُ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَمَا لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ ٧٤

    Yaḥlifūna billāhi mā qālū wa laqad qālū kalimatal-kufri wa kafarū baʿda islāmihim wa hammū bimā lam yanālū, wa mā naqamū illā an aghnāhumullāhu wa rasūluhū min faḍlih, fa iy yatūbū yaku khayral lahum, wa iy yatawallaw yuʿadhdhibhumullāhu ʿadhāban alīman fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah, wa mā lahum fil-arḍi miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr.

    They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain.1 And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty.2 So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.

    Footnotes (2)
    1. i.e., the murder of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
    2. i.e., for no reason. On the contrary, they should have been grateful.
  1. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مَسۡجِدٗا ضِرَارٗا وَكُفۡرٗا وَتَفۡرِيقَۢا بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَإِرۡصَادٗا لِّمَنۡ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُۚ وَلَيَحۡلِفُنَّ إِنۡ أَرَدۡنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٠٧

    Wal-ladhīnattakhadhū masjidan ḍirāraw wa kufraw wa tafrīqam baynal-muʾminīna wa irṣādal liman ḥāraballāha wa rasūlahū min qabl, wa layaḥlifunna in aradnā illal-ḥusnā, wallāhu yashhadu innahum lakādhibūn.

    And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allāh and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allāh testifies that indeed they are liars.

  2. لَا تَقُمۡ فِيهِ أَبَدٗاۚ لَّمَسۡجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنۡ أَوَّلِ يَوۡمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِۚ فِيهِ رِجَالٞ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُواْۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُطَّهِّرِينَ ١٠٨

    Lā taqum fīhi abadā, lamasjidun ussisa ʿalat-taqwā min awwali yawmin aḥaqqu an taqūma fīh, fīhi rijāluy yuḥibbūna ay yataṭahharū, wallāhu yuḥibbul-muṭṭahhirīn.

    Do not stand [for prayer] within it - ever. A mosque founded on righteousness from the first day1 is more worthy for you to stand in. Within it are men who love to purify themselves; and Allāh loves those who purify themselves.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. This description is of the Qubā’ mosque.
  3. أَفَمَنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقۡوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٍ خَيۡرٌ أَم مَّنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٖ فَٱنۡهَارَ بِهِۦ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠٩

    Afaman assasa bunyānahū ʿalā taqwā minallāhi wa riḍwānin khayrun am man assasa bunyānahū ʿalā shafā jurufin hārin fanhāra bihī fī nāri jahannam, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    Then is one who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness [with fear] from Allāh and [seeking] His approval better or one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

  4. لَا يَزَالُ بُنۡيَٰنُهُمُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَوۡاْ رِيبَةٗ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ١١٠

    Lā yazālu bunyānuhumul-ladhī banaw rībatan fī qulūbihim illā an taqaṭṭaʿa qulūbuhum, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

    Their building which they built will not cease to be a [cause of] skepticism in their hearts until their hearts are cut [i.e., stopped]. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

  1. ۞ لَّئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡمُرۡجِفُونَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَنُغۡرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمۡ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٦٠

    Laʾil lam yantahil-munāfiqūna wal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-murjifūna fil-madīnati lanughriyannaka bihim thumma lā yujāwirūnaka fīhā illā qalīlā.

    If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease1 and those who spread rumors in al-Madīnah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little,

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Referring here to those who commit adultery or fornication.
  1. ۞ أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُواْ يَقُولُونَ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَئِنۡ أُخۡرِجۡتُمۡ لَنَخۡرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمۡ وَلَا نُطِيعُ فِيكُمۡ أَحَدًا أَبَدٗا وَإِن قُوتِلۡتُمۡ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١١

    Alam tara ilal-ladhīna nāfaqū yaqūlūna liʾikhwānihimul-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi laʾin ukhrijtum lanakhrujanna maʿakum wa lā nuṭīʿu fīkum aḥadan abadaw wa in qūtiltum lananṣurannakum wallāhu yashhadu innahum lakādhibūn.

    Have you not considered those who practice hypocrisy, saying to their brothers [i.e., associates] who have disbelieved among the People of the Scripture, "If you are expelled, we will surely leave with you, and we will not obey, in regard to you, anyone - ever; and if you are fought, we will surely aid you." But Allāh testifies that they are liars.

  1. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ يَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوۡاْ رُءُوسَهُمۡ وَرَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٥

    Wa idhā qīla lahum taʿālaw yastaghfir lakum rasūlullāhi lawwaw ruʾūsahum wa raʾaytahum yaṣuddūna wa hum mustakbirūn.

    And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allāh will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.

  2. سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَسۡتَغۡفَرۡتَ لَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ لَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٦

    Sawāʾun ʿalayhim astaghfarta lahum am lam tastaghfir lahum lay yaghfirallāhu lahum, innallāha lā yahdil-qawmal-fāsiqīn.

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

  3. هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُواْ عَلَىٰ مَنۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّواْۗ وَلِلَّهِ خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٧

    Humul-ladhīna yaqūlūna lā tunfiqū ʿalā man ʿinda rasūlillāhi ḥattā yanfaḍḍū, walillāhi khazāʾinus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lākinnal-munāfiqīna lā yafqahūn.

    They are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allāh until they disband." And to Allāh belong the depositories of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

  4. يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَيُخۡرِجَنَّ ٱلۡأَعَزُّ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡأَذَلَّۚ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨

    Yaqūlūna laʾir rajaʿnā ilal-madīnati layukhrijannal-aʿazzu minhal-adhall, walillāhil-ʿizzatu walirasūlihī walil-muʾminīna wa lākinnal-munāfiqīna lā yaʿlamūn.

    They say, "If we return to al-Madīnah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allāh belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

How to deal with the hypocrites, and their end

  1. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ فِي ٱلدَّرۡكِ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمۡ نَصِيرًا ١٤٥

    Innal-munāfiqīna fid-darkil-asfali minan-nāri wa lan tajida lahum naṣīrā.

    Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire - and never will you find for them a helper -

  2. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ وَٱعۡتَصَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَأَخۡلَصُواْ دِينَهُمۡ لِلَّهِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَعَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۖ وَسَوۡفَ يُؤۡتِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ١٤٦

    Illal-ladhīna tābū wa aṣlaḥū waʿtaṣamū billāhi wa akhlaṣū dīnahum lillāhi fa ulāʾika maʿal-muʾminīn, wa sawfa yuʾtillāhul-muʾminīna ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    Except for those who repent, correct themselves, hold fast to Allāh, and are sincere in their religion for Allāh, for those will be with the believers. And Allāh is going to give the believers a great reward.

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغۡلُظۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٧٣

    Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu jāhidil-kuffāra wal-munāfiqīna waghluẓ ʿalayhim, wa maʾwāhum jahannam, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.

    O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

  1. ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ أَوۡ لَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ إِن تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ سَبۡعِينَ مَرَّةٗ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٨٠

    Istaghfir lahum aw lā tastaghfir lahum in tastaghfir lahum sabʿīna marratan falay yaghfirallāhu lahum, dhālika biʾannahum kafarū billāhi wa rasūlih, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmal-fāsiqīn.

    Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

  1. وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٖ مِّنۡهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدٗا وَلَا تَقُمۡ عَلَىٰ قَبۡرِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ٨٤

    Wa lā tuṣalli ʿalā aḥadim minhum māta abadaw wa lā taqum ʿalā qabrih, innahum kafarū billāhi wa rasūlihī wa mātū wa hum fāsiqūn.

    And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muḥammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.

  1. يَوۡمَ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقۡتَبِسۡ مِن نُّورِكُمۡ قِيلَ ٱرۡجِعُواْ وَرَآءَكُمۡ فَٱلۡتَمِسُواْ نُورٗاۖ فَضُرِبَ بَيۡنَهُم بِسُورٖ لَّهُۥ بَابُۢ بَاطِنُهُۥ فِيهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةُ وَظَٰهِرُهُۥ مِن قِبَلِهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ١٣

    Yawma yaqūlul-munāfiqūna wal-munāfiqātu lil-ladhīna āmanunẓurūnā naqtabis min nūrikum qīlarjiʿū warāʾakum fal-tamisū nūrā, faḍuriba baynahum bisūril lahū bābum bāṭinuhū fīhir-raḥmatu wa ẓāhiruhū min qibalihil-ʿadhāb.

    On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, "Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you1 and seek light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To where light was acquired, i.e., in the worldly life.
  2. يُنَادُونَهُمۡ أَلَمۡ نَكُن مَّعَكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡ فَتَنتُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَتَرَبَّصۡتُمۡ وَٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡأَمَانِيُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡغَرُورُ ١٤

    Yunādūnahum alam nakum maʿakum, qālū balā wa lākinnakum fatantum anfusakum wa tarabbaṣtum wartabtum wa gharratkumul-amāniyyu ḥattā jāʾa amrullāhi wa gharrakum billāhil-gharūr.

    They [i.e., the hypocrites] will call to them [i.e., the believers], "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves1 and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allāh. And the Deceiver [i.e., Satan] deceived you concerning Allāh.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. By hypocrisy or by falling into temptations.