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fore. Allah’s favour to you is indeed immense. You who believe! Do not take the disbelievers as
(4:113) friends rather than the believers. Do you want to
There is no good in much of their secret talk, ex- give Allah clear proof against you? (4:144)
cept in the case of those who enjoin charity, or The hypocrites are in the lowest level of the Fire.
what is right, or putting things right between peo- You will not find any one to help them, except
ple. If anyone does that, seeking the pleasure of those who repent and put things right and hold
Allah, We will give him an immense reward. fast to Allah and dedicate their religion to Allah
(4:114) alone; they are with the believers. Allah will give
But if anyone opposes the Messenger after the the believers an immense reward. (4:145-146)
guidance has become clear to him, and follows O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who
other than the path of the believers, We will hand rush headlong into disbelief among those who
him over to whatever he has turned to, and We say ‘We believe’ with their tongues when their
will roast him in Hell. What an evil destination! hearts contain no faith. And among the Jews are
(4:115) those who listen to lies, listening to other people
As for those who believe and then return to dis- who have not come to you, distorting words from
belief, and then again believe and then return to their proper meanings, saying, ‘If you are given
disbelief, and then increase in disbelief, Allah this, then take it. If you are not given it, then be-
will not forgive them or guide them on any path. ware!’ If Allah desires misguidance for someone,
(4:137) you cannot help him against Allah in any way.
Give news to the hypocrites that they will have a Those are the people whose hearts Allah does
painful punishment. (4:138) not want to purify. They will have disgrace in this
Do those who take the disbelievers as protectors, world and in the hereafter they will have a terri-
rather than the believers, hope to find power and ble punishment. (5:41)
strength with them? Power and strength belong Yet you see those with sickness in their hearts
entirely to Allah. (4:139) rushing to them, saying, ‘We fear the wheel of
It has been sent down to you in the Book that fate may turn against us.’ But it may well be that
when you hear Allah’s Signs being rejected and Allah will bring about victory or some other con-
mocked at by people, you must not sit with them tingency from Him. Then they will deeply regret
till they start talking of other things. If you do you their secret thoughts. (5:52)
are just the same as them. Allah will gather all Those who believe say, ‘Are these the people
the hypocrites and disbelievers into Hell. (4:140) who swore by Allah, with their most earnest
Those who anticipate the worst for you say, oaths, that they were with you?’ Their actions
‘Were we not with you?’ whenever you gain a have come to nothing and they now are losers.
victory from Allah, but if the disbelievers have a (5:53)
success they say, ‘Did we not have the upper Do they then seek the judgement of the Time of
hand over you and yet in spite of that keep the Ignorance? Who could be better at giving judge-
believers away from you?’ Allah will judge be- ment than Allah for people with certainty? (5:50)
tween you on the Day of Rising. Allah will not If it had been a case of easy gains and a short
give the disbelievers any way against the believ- journey, they would have followed you, but the
ers. (4:141) distance was too great for them. They will swear
The hypocrites think they deceive Allah, but He by Allah: ‘Had we been able to, we would have
is deceiving them. When they get up to pray, gone out with you.’ They are destroying their
they get up lazily, showing off to people, and own selves. Allah knows that they are lying.
only remembering Allah a very little. (4:142) (9:42)
They vacillate between the two–not joining these Allah pardon you! Why did you excuse them until
or joining those. If Allah misguides someone, it was clear to you which of them were telling the
you will not find any way for him to go. (4:143) truth and until you knew the liars? (9:43)
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