Page 55 - The Hypocrite According to the Qur'an

They Cause Fitnah (Tribulation)
that tells about such efforts of the hypocrites who lived in the
time of our Prophet (saas) is as follows:
… and a group of them said, “People of Yathrib, Your
position is untenable so return!” (Surat al-Ahzab, 13)
The mentality of the believers, on the other hand, is re-
ferred to as follows in the Qur’an:
When the believers saw the Confederates they said:
“This is what Allah and His Messenger promised us.
Allah and His Messenger told us the truth.” It only
increased them in faith and in submission. Among
the believers there are men who have been true to the
contract they made with Allah. Some of them have
fulfilled their pact by death and some are still wait-
ing to do so, not having changed in any way at all. So
that Allah might recompense the righteous for their
sincerity and punish the hypocrites, if He wills, or
turn towards them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (Surat al-Ahzab, 22-24)
Hypocrites may in various instances attempt to cause cor-
ruption. In the Qur’an, Allah informs us of such attempts on
the part of the hypocrites who lived in the time of our Prophet
(saas) in the following verse:
Those who were left behind were glad to stay behind
the Messenger of Allah. They did not want to strug-
gle with their wealth and themselves in the Way of
Allah. They said, “Do not go out to fight in the heat.”
Say: “The Fire of Hell is much hotter, if they only un-
derstood.” (Surat at-Tawba, 81)
Allah also informs us in the Qur’an that some of the hyp-
ocrites among the believers who followed our Prophet (saas),
separated themselves from the believers the moment they

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