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THE HYPOCRITE ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

other hand, complying with Allah’s good pleasure is what is of
primacy, and for them the sole source of joy and happiness. On
the contrary, hypocrites despise every act of worship, and do
not sense pleasure in being servants to Allah. In one verse,
Allah commands:
That is because they followed what angers Allah and
hated what is pleasing to Him. So He made their ac-
tions come to nothing. (Surah Muhammad, 28)

They Are Ungrateful
Hypocrites, as are all other disbelievers, are ungrateful to-
wards Allah. They are never appreciative to Allah, the Creator,
Who created them, and Who provides them all manner of
blessings, but turn their backs to His commands.
A second type of ingratitude found among hypocrites is
that towards believers. Believers are those who help and sup-
port each other when they join their community. Believers
summon each other to faith, and try to render themselves wor-
thy of Paradise. The admonitions and reminders believers
make are intended for their good.
For this trait of the believers, hypocrites harbor enmity to-
wards them. Surely, this is true ingratitude, as mentioned in
the Qur’an:
They swear by Allah that they said nothing, but they
definitely spoke the word of disbelief and returned
to disbelief after their Islam. They planned some-
thing which they did not achieve and they were vin-
dictive for no other cause than that Allah and His
Messenger had enriched them from His bounty. If

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