Tawba 61-68
61- AND OF THEM, THOSE WHO WOULD HURT THE PROPHET AND SAY: “HE LISTENED”. SAY: “A GOOD EAR FOR YOU, HE BELIEVES IN ALLAH AND BELIEVES FOR THE BELIEVERS AND A MERCY FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, BUT THOSE WHO HURT ALLAH’S MESSENGER WILL HAVE A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT”.
62- THEY SWEAR BY ALLAH FOR YOU TO PLEASE YOU, WHILE ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER ARE MORE WORTHY OF BEING PLEASED, IF THEY ARE TRULY BELIEVERS.
63- DO THEY NOT KNOW THAT THOSE WHO OPPOSE ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER WILL BE THE HELL-FIRE WHERE THEY WILL ABIDE FOREVER, THIS IS THE GREATEST HUMILIATION.
64- THE HYPOCRITES SHOULD BE WEARY THAT A SORAH MAY BE SENT DOWN UPON THEM TO TELL ABOUT WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS. SAY: “YOU MAY JEST, BUT ALLAH WILL BRING OUT WHAT YOU HIDE”.
65- BUT IF YOU ASK THEM (ABOUT JESTING) THEY WOULD SAY: WE WERE MOCKING AND PLAYING”. SAY: “WERE YOU MOCKING ALLAH AND HIS AYAHS AND MESSENGER”.
66- DO NOT APOLOGISE, FOR YOU HAVE DISBELIEVED AFTER HAVING BELIEVED, SHOULD WE PARDON A GROUP OF YOU, WE WILL PUNISH ANOTHER FOR BEING EVIL DOERS.
67- THE HYPOCRITES, MEN AND WOMEN ARE FROM ONE ANOTHER, THEY COMMAND PEOPLE TO DO WHAT IS EVIL AND FORBID WHAT IS GOOD, AND THEY TIGHTEN THEIR FISTS, THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN ALLAH AND ALLAH HAS FORGOTTEN THEM, INDEED THE HYPOCRITES ARE THE EVIL-DOERS.
68- ALLAH HAS PROMISED THE HYPOCRITES MEN AND WOMEN AND THE DISBELIEVERS THE FIRE OF HELL, WHERE THEY WILL ABIDE FOREVER, IT IS ALL THEY WILL HAVE, AND ALLAH CURSED THEM AND THEY WILL ABIDE IN PUNISHMENT PERMANENTLY.
Some of the hypocrites in Medina used to tell lies to Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him. They did that in jest or used to say it was in jest, and they used to swear by Allah to confirm their lies. Allah the Highest is telling them that His messenger, prayer and peace upon him, believes the believers and the truthful and does not believe the disbelievers and the liars.
Allah the Highest describes His messenger, prayer and peace upon him. as a good Ear and Mercy. Good Ear in that attends and listens to them and their worries and needs. Mercy because Allah the Highest sent him as Mercy to mankind, he said: “WE SENT YOU BUT AS MERCY TO ALL BEINGS”. (S: 21 A: 107)
And described His messenger Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, as: “KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TO THE BELIEVERS”. (S: 9 A: 128)
In Ayah (62) Allah the Highest tells us about yet another mark and character of the hypocrites, in that they are eager to please those in power or who have wealth, but not so eager to please Allah the Highest and His messenger, prayer and peace upon him.
It was reported that a man of the hypocrites said: “By Allah, they are our best and our nobles, but should they believe that what Mohamed says is true, they are worse than donkeys”. A Muslim man heard it and said: “By Allah, what Mohamed said is true and it is you who are worse than donkeys”. Then he told Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, who called the man and said to him: “What made you say what you said?” The man denied having said it and swore that he did not. The Muslim man then said: “Allah, I beg you to show the truthful to be truthful, and the liar to be liar”. Then Allah the Highest sent Ayahs 62, 63 and 64.
Should there be a conflict between complying with the commands of Allah the Highest and complying with others, a Muslim should have only one choice, which is to comply with the commands of Allah and His messenger, prayer and peace upon him. Allah the Highest said: “BUT NO, BY YOUR LORD, THEY WILL NOT TRULY BELIEVE UNTIL THEY SEEK YOUR JUDGMENT IN THEIR DISPUTES, AND THEN HAVE NO UPSET IN THEIR HEARTS BECAUSE OF YOUR JUDGMENT, AND THEY SURRENDER TOTALLY”. (S: 4 A: 65)
Throughout the Quran, Allah the Highest tells us about the character and behaviour of the hypocrites so as to recognise them at any time. There is a whole Sorah called the Hypocrites (Al-Monafeqoon). There are Ayahs about them at the beginning of Sorah Baqarah, and elsewhere in the Quran.
Ayahs 65 & 66
During the Tabok campaign a man said: “Those who teach us the Quran are those who like to take more, who lie more and who are most cowardly in battle”. A Muslim man reported it to Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him. Then the hypocrites came to Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, held the rope of his camel, and ran after him saying: “We were just mocking and jesting”. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Were you jesting about Allah, His Ayahs and His messenger”. (Tabari)
Allah the Highest is telling us that what he says mounts to disbelieving. Some of those hypocrites repented and were forgiven while others did not.
Ayahs 67 & 68
Allah the Highest is telling us more about the hypocrites, their character and behaviour:
- They are associated with each other, are friends to each other and they belong to each other.
- They encourage people to do evil and wicked deeds.
- They discourage people from doing good deeds.
- They are very miserly when it comes to spending in charity or in the cause of Allah.
As they have forgotten Allah the Highest, Allah the Highest treats them as if they are being forgotten by neglecting them, for Allah the Highest does not forget anyone or anything. Allah the Highest said: “AND YOUR LORD IS NOT ONE WHO FORGETS”. (S: 19 A: 64)
Hypocrisy is one of the worst kinds of sinning, it comes just after disbelieve. Allah the Highest punishes the hypocrites in the same manner as the disbelievers, in the Hell-Fire for eternity. Worse still, Allah the Highest places the hypocrites in the lowermost part of the Fire, for their attempts to misguide the believers. Allah the Highest said: “THE HYPOCRITES ARE IN THE LOWERMOST PART OF THE FIRE, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY HAVE NO SUPPORTERS”. (S: 4 A: 145)
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