Page 62 - The Hypocrite According to the Qur'an

THE HYPOCRITE ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

selves from the believers who followed our Prophet (saas), the
hypocrites established a new mosque. It is truly astounding
that hypocrites would establish another mosque after having
separated themselves from our Prophet (saas) and the believ-
ers who followed him. Although they veered from the true re-
ligion, they did not combine under the name of disbelief, but
preserved their supposed Muslim identity. In the Qur’an, the
difference between the mosque of the hypocrites and that of
the believers, founded on the fear of Allah, is related as fol-
lows:
As for those who have set up a mosque, causing harm
and out of disbelief, to create division between the
believers, and in readiness for those who previously
made war on Allah and His Messenger, they will
swear, “We only desired the best.” But Allah bears
witness that they are truly liars. Do not ever stand in
it. A mosque founded on fear of Allah from the first
day has a greater right for you to stand in it. In it there
are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loves
those who purify themselves. Who is better: someone
who founds his building on fear of Allah and His
good pleasure, or someone who founds his building
on the brink of a crumbling precipice so that it col-
lapses with him into the Fire of Hell? Allah does not
love wrongdoers. The buildings they have built will
not cease to be a bone of contention in their hearts,
until their hearts are cut to shreds. Allah is All-
Knowing, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba, 107-110)
As Allah relates to us in these verses, the purpose of the
mosque founded by the hypocrites was to harm the believers,

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