| 1. When the Hypocrites 
												come to thee, they say, "We bear 
												witness that thou art indeed the 
												Messenger of Allah." Yea, Allah 
												knoweth that thou art indeed His 
												Messenger, and Allah beareth 
												witness that the Hypocrites are 
												indeed liars.
 2. They have made their oaths a 
												screen (for their misdeeds): 
												thus they obstruct (men) from 
												the Path of Allah. truly evil 
												are their deeds.
 
 3. That is because they 
												believed, then they rejected 
												Faith: So a seal was set on 
												their hearts: therefore they 
												understand not.
 
 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 Allah be 
												on them! How are they deluded 
												(away from the Truth)!
 
 5. And when it is said to them, 
												"Come, the Messenger of Allah 
												will pray for your forgiveness", 
												they turn aside their heads, and 
												thou wouldst see them turning 
												away their faces in arrogance.
 
 6. It is equal to them whether 
												thou pray for their forgiveness 
												or not. Allah will not forgive 
												them. Truly Allah guides not 
												rebellious transgressors.
 
 7. They are the ones who say, 
												"Spend nothing on those who are 
												with Allah.s Messenger, to the 
												end that they may disperse (and 
												quit Medina)." But to Allah 
												belong the treasures of the 
												heavens and the earth; but the 
												Hypocrites understand not.
 
 8. They say, "If we return to 
												Medina, surely the more 
												honourable (element) will expel 
												therefrom the meaner." But 
												honour belongs to Allah and His 
												Messenger, and to the Believers; 
												but the Hypocrites know not.
 
 9. O ye who believe! Let not 
												your riches or your children 
												divert you from the remembrance 
												of Allah. If any act thus, the 
												loss is their own.
 
 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".
 
 11. But to no soul will Allah 
												grant respite when the time 
												appointed (for it) has come; and 
												Allah is well acquainted with 
												(all) that ye do.
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