Characteristics of Hypocrites
1 When the hypocrites come to you, they say, We testify that you are the Messenger of God. God knows that you are His Messenger, and God testifies that the hypocrites are liars.
2 They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted from the path of God. Indeed, evil is what they used to do.
3 That is because they believed, then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.
4 And when you see them, their bodies please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. They are as if they were propped up pieces of wood. They think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May God destroy them; how are they deluded?
5 And when it is said to them, Come, the Messenger of God will ask forgiveness for you, they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.
Rejection and Arrogance of Hypocrites
6 It is the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them. God will never forgive them. Indeed, God does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
7 They are the ones who say, Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of God until they disperse. And to God belongs the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.
8 They say, If we return to Medina, surely the more honored will expel the more humble therefrom. And to God belongs all honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.
Warning Against Worldly Distractions
9 O you who believe, do not let your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of God. And whoever does that, they are the losers.
10 And spend from what We have provided you before death comes to one of you and he says, My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be among the righteous.
11 And never will God delay a soul when its time has come. And God is Aware of what you do.