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The HypocritesSūrah 6311 āyātMadinanJuzʼ 28

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سُورَةُ المُنَافِقُونَ
إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ قَالُواْ نَشۡهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ
إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَكَٰذِبُونَ (١)
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ جُنَّةࣰ فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ (٢) ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ
فَهُمۡ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ (٣) ۞وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡۖ
وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡۖ كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبࣱ مُّسَنَّدَةࣱۖ يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ
صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ (٤)
Juzʼ 28554Ḥizb 56
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ يَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوۡاْ رُءُوسَهُمۡ
وَرَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ (٥) سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
أَسۡتَغۡفَرۡتَ لَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ لَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ (٦) هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ
لَا تُنفِقُواْ عَلَىٰ مَنۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّواْۗ وَلِلَّهِ
خَزَآئِنُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ
(٧) يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَيُخۡرِجَنَّ ٱلۡأَعَزُّ
مِنۡهَا ٱلۡأَذَلَّۚ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ (٨) يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُلۡهِكُمۡ
أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ
ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ (٩) وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقۡنَٰكُم
مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوۡلَآ أَخَّرۡتَنِيٓ
إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ قَرِيبࣲ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ (١٠) وَلَن
يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ (١١)
Juzʼ 28555Ḥizb 56

What Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn is about

Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn has 11 āyāt in the twenty-eighth juzʼ. It opens with the hypocrites, who come to the Prophet and bear witness that he is Allah’s Messenger, while Allah bears witness that they are liars (63:1). They use their oaths as a shield (63:2), and their fine bodies are like propped-up timber (63:4).

The sūrah exposes their words: do not spend on those with the Messenger, and the mighty will drive out the weak (63:7–8). Honour belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the believers (63:8). It ends by telling the believers not to let wealth and children distract them from Allah’s remembrance, and to spend before death comes, when a soul will ask for a little more time (63:9–11).

  1. Āyāt 1–8

    The hypocrites

    The hypocrites testify that the Prophet is Allah’s Messenger, and Allah testifies that they lie. They hide behind oaths. Their bodies impress, but they are like propped-up timber (63:4). They say not to spend on the Messenger’s companions, and that the mighty will drive out the weak. Honour belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the believers (63:8).

  2. Āyāt 9–11

    Spend before death comes

    Do not let wealth and children distract you from the remembrance of Allah (63:9). Spend from what you are given before death comes and a person says: my Lord, if only You would delay me a little, I would give charity and be among the righteous (63:10). Allah does not delay a soul when its time has come (63:11).

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