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The Fundamental Traits Of Hypocrites

they were to repent, it would be better for them. But
if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a
painful punishment in the world and the Hereafter,
and they will not find any protector or helper on the
earth. (Surat at-Tawba, 74)
You can ask forgiveness for them, or not ask forgive-
ness for them. Even if you asked forgiveness for them
seventy times, Allah still would not forgive them.
That is because they have rejected Allah and His
Messenger. Allah does not guide deviant people.
(Surat at-Tawba, 80)

They Are Unclean Both Physically
And Spiritually
In the Qur’an, Allah informs us that hypocrites are “un-
clean”. As well as in the verse 28 of the Surat at-Tawba, which
stresses that hypocrites are “unclean” in general, there is men-
tion of their spiritual and physical impurity in those verses re-
lated to hypocrites. While outlining the difference between the
mosque founded by hypocrites to cause harm to believers and
divide them, and the mosque of believers, Allah draws our at-
tention to the fact that in the mosque of believers, there are
those who love to purify themselves. (Surat at-Tawba, 107-108)
The Prophet (saas) also stresses the cleanliness of the faithful in
one of the hadiths:
"Surely, Islam is pure, therefore be pure, because he can
never enter Paradise who is not pure." (Ahmad Diya'al-Din
al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith, vol.1, 96/2)
Another verse that talks about hypocrites maintain the

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