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the people who are more influential, successful and showy in accordance with their
own benefit estimations.

In the Qur'an, God reveals that these profit calculations, which hypocrites make

with their logic, won't do them any good. Hypocrites have acted with their logic in
previous periods of history, and took sides with those they thought were powerful
and high-handed. They thought that the benefits they get would make them gain
power and authority. God informs of their situation with the words, "...so enjoy
your portion as those before you enjoyed theirs. You have plunged into defamation
as they plunged into it…" Showy and garish benefits they gained couldn't save
them from torment of God. God reveals that these people are disappointed both in
this world and in the hereafter:

Like those [hypocrites and unbelievers] before you who had greater strength

than you and more wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion; so enjoy

your portion as those before you enjoyed theirs. You have plunged into
defamation as they plunged into it. The actions of such people come to
nothing in the world or the hereafter. They are the lost. (Surat at-Tawba, 69)

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Hypocrites think that gaining little and trivial benefits regarding worldly

life is much more important than attaining God's approval. In the Qur'an God

informs us of their character as follows:

… Whereas another group became prey to anxious thoughts, thinking other than

the truth about God – thoughts belonging to the Time of Ignorance – saying, 'Do
we have any say in the affair at all?' Say, 'The affair belongs entirely to God.'

They are concealing things inside themselves which they do not disclose to you,

saying, 'If we had only had a say in the affair, none of us would have been killed

here in this place.' (Surah Al 'Imran, 154)

Hypocrites strictly avoid making an effort on something, which will please God

and be favorable in the way of Islam. When they are asked any help, they avoid

doing it by 'various lies, distractions, postponements and impostures'. Since they

don't attach importance to God's approval, they think that endeavoring for such

efforts will not give them 'a tangible benefit'. In their way, they find it unnecessary

and meaningless to 'strive for and get tired for something which will come to

naught'. As they act with their logic instead of conscience, hypocrites don't have any

interest, desire, enthusiasm or excitement for making an effort like this. For that

reason as it is stated in the verse when they are required to do something for Islam,

their first attitude is like "Do we have any say in the affair at all?''
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