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THE HYPOCRITE ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

sensed they would be confronted by a threat. Such a treachery is
in fact a great mercy to believers from Allah, for by such means
Allah purifies them from those who otherwise caused fitnah.
This fact is related in the Qur’an as follows:
If they had gone out among you, they would have
added nothing to you but confusion. They would have
scurried about amongst you seeking to cause conflict
between you, and among you there are some who
would have listened to them. Allah knows the wrong-
doers. They have already tried to cause conflict before,
and turned things completely upside down for you,
until the truth came and Allah’s command prevailed
even though they detested it. (Surat at-Tawba, 47-48)

They Hide Behind Excuses To
Escape From Struggling In Allah’s Cause
In times of difficulty, hypocrites seek to abandon the be-
lievers and pursue their own selfish aims. However, they do
them in their own sanctimonious manner; in an attempt to jus-
tify themselves. They do not confess, “we are concerned about
the impairment of our interests, and we do not put our trust in
Allah.” Instead, they put forth excuses. The Qur’an provides us
examples of some of the excuses offered by the hypocrites at
the time of our Prophet (saas):
What assailed you on the day the two armies met was
by Allah’s permission, so that He would know the be-
lievers, and [it is] so that He would know the hyp-
ocrites. They were told, “Come and fight in the Way
of Allah or at least help defend us.” They said, “If we
knew how to fight, we would certainly follow you.”

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