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THE HYPOCRITE ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

With these verses, Allah introduces us the character of the
hypocrite. Believers, on the other hand, as the following verse
maintains, “It is the believers who are successful: those who
are humble in their prayer” (Surat al-Muminun, 1-2), are those
who sincerely turn to Allah in their prayers and feel “humility”
towards Him.
Other related verses are the following:
... When they get up to pray, they get up lazily, show-
ing off to people, and only remembering Allah a very
little. (Surat an-Nisa’, 142)
… and are forgetful of their prayer, those who show
off and deny help to others. (Surat al-Maun, 6-7)

They Seek Esteem From Others And
Not Allah’s Good Pleasure
Generally, hypocrites tend to seek out other people’s high
regard rather than Allah’s good pleasure. They are often over-ex-
aggerated in their tempers, to present themselves as believers
with fear of Allah. They perform which they do so as to make it
known to everybody, and to earn the admiration of other believ-
ers. The Qur’an makes reference to the hypocrites’ insincerity as
follows:
They swear to you by Allah in order to please you,
but it would be more fitting for them to please Allah
and His Messenger if they are believers. (Surat at-
Tawba, 62)
Hypocrites are concerned of their good deeds not being
publicized, for they lack sincere faith. They want to bring atten-
tion to what they do to as many people as possible, in order to—

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