Sūra 63: Munāfiqūn, or the Hypocrites

Verses 11 — Madani; Revealed at Medina — Sections 2

١- إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّـهِ ۗ وَاللَّـهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّـهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَ
1. When the Hypocrites Come to thee, they say, “ We bear witness that thou Art indeed the Apostle Of God. ” Yea, God Knoweth that thou art Indeed His Apostle, And God beareth witness That the Hypocrites are Indeed liars.
٢- اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّـهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
2. They have made their oaths A screen (for their misdeeds): Thus they obstruct (men) From the Path of God: Truly evil are their deeds.
٣- ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
3. That is because they believed, Then they rejected Faith: So a seal was set On their hearts: therefore They understand not.
٤- وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّـهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
4. When thou lookest At them, their exteriors Please thee; and when They speak, thou listenest To their words. They are As (worthless as hollow) Pieces of timber propped up, (Unable to stand on their own). They think that every Cry is against them. They are the enemies; So beware of them. The curse of God be On them! How are they Deluded (away from the Truth)!
٥- وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّـهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ
5. And when it is said To them, “ Come, the Apostle Of God will pray for your Forgiveness ”, they turn aside Their heads, and thou wouldst See them turning away Their faces in arrogance.
٦- سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّـهُ لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
6. It is equal to them Whether thou pray for Their forgiveness or not. God will not forgive them. Truly God guides not Rebellious transgressors.
٧- هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنفِقُوا عَلَىٰ مَنْ عِندَ رَسُولِ اللَّـهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنفَضُّوا ۗ وَلِلَّـهِ خَزَائِنُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
7. They are the ones who say, “ Spend nothing on those Who are with God’s Apostle, To the end that they May disperse (and quit Medinah). ” But to God belong The treasures of the heavens And the earth; but The Hypocrites understand not.
٨- يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّـهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
8. They say, “ If we Return to Medinah, surely The more honourable (element) Will expel therefrom the meaner ”. But honour belongs to God And His Apostle, and To the Believers; but The Hypocrites know not.

Section 2
٩- يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّـهِ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
9. O ye who believe! Let not your riches Or your children divert you From the remembrance of God. If any act thus, The loss is their own.
١٠- وَأَنفِقُوا مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَاكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَا أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
10. And spend something (in charity) Out of the substance Which We have bestowed On you, before Death Should come to any of you And he should say, “ O my Lord ! Why didst Thou not give me Respite for a little while? I should then have given (Largely) in charity, and I Should have been one Of the doers of good ”.
١١- وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّـهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا ۚ وَاللَّـهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
11. But to no soul Will God grant respite When the time appointed (For it) has come; and God Is well acquainted With (all) that ye do.