Baqarah 8-13



8- AND OF PEOPLE THOSE WHO SAY: “WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY”, WHILE THEY ARE NOT BELIEVERS.


This is the definition of the Hypocrites. Hypocrisy in the broadest terms is for one to say what one does not believe.  To pretend to be what they are not.  Believing in Allah the Highest and the Last Day, is the essence of  belief, that is why this is the first thing to be mentioned.


The Word ‘Day’ is mentioned several times in the Quran meaning different things. It does not mean a day in an Earthly sense, but a period of time.  The Last Day, is the time after which there is no time, for then there is eternity.  It is the last period of time, it is eternal and it is eternity.  It starts with the Resurrection of mankind.  


Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, knew the hypocrites and the Muslims knew their leader Abd Allah Ibn Obi Ibn Salool.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, did not wish to do them any harm.  Even when Abd Allah Ibn Obi’s son offer to kill his father after he turned back with 300 men when they went out for the battle of Ohud, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him, refused, and instead prayed for him, and ask Allah to forgive him and them; and continued this until, Allah the Highest, forbad His messenger, prayer and peace upon him, saying:

“NEVER PRAY ON ANY OF THEM WHO DIE EVER, NOR STAND ON HIS GRAVE, FOR THEY DISBELIEVED ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER AND DIED WHILE THEY WERE EVIL-DOERS”.  (S: 9 A: 84)


And He said “WHETHER YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THEM OR NOT, EVEN IF YOU ASK SEVENTY TIMES, ALLAH WILL NOT FORGIVE THEM”.  (S: 9 A: 80)


Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, did not want to set a precedent by killing people who, testify that, there is no God other than Allah and Mohamed is His messenger, on the pretext of hypocrisy.  Only Allah the Highest knows what is in people’s hearts.


9- THEY TRY TO DECEIVE ALLAH AND THE BELIEVERS, BUT THEY ONLY DECEIVE THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW.  


In pretending to believe, they try to deceive Allah the Highest and the believers.  The believers are human and they may be deceived, but how can they expect to deceive Allah the Highest.  The thought that they might be able to do this, is definite evidence of their lack of Faith. 

 Allah the Highest said “DO THEY NOT KNOW THAT ALLAH KNOWS WHAT THEY HIDE AND WHAT THEY REVEAL”.  (S: 2 A: 77)

And said: “WHETHER YOU HIDE WHAT IS INSIDE YOU OR REVEAL IT, ALLAH KNOWS IT”.  (S: 3 A: 29)


On the Day of Resurrection they will still think that they can deceive Allah the Highest.  Even then, when they should realize that what they disbelieved in is true, they will still try, “ON THE DAY WHEN HE (ALLAH) WILL REVIVE THEM FROM THE DEAD, THEY WILL SWEAR TO HIM AS THEY SWEAR TO YOU, AND THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOME STANDING, INDEED THEY ARE THE LIARS”.   (S: 58 A: 18)


So we identify the Hypocrites by their character, which Allah the Highest, tells us about in the next Ayahs and which Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him summarised saying: “Four characters, he who has them is a pure hypocrite, and he who has one of them, has a character of hypocrisy until he leaves it; when entrusted he betrays his trust, when he speaks he lies, when he makes a covenant he does not fulfil it, and when in dispute he becomes immoral”.  (B: Eman; 24 & M: Eman; 104 & T: Eman, 14 & N: Eman; 20 & A: 2; 189)




10- THERE IS A DISEASE IN THEIR HEARTS AND ALLAH INCREASED THEIR DISEASE, AND A PAINFUL PENALTY IS THEIRS BECAUSE OF THEIR LYING.  


Allah the Highest, made an analogy of hypocrisy being like a disease in the heart.  This disease, they inflicted upon themselves.  Allah the Highest, created us good and pure.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Allah commanded me to teach you of the things you do not know, which He taught me today: “All the goods I created my slaves is Halal, and I created all my slaves pure”.  (M: Jannah, 63 & a: 4; 162)


Allah the Highest, created every one with a good and pure nature, and accepts all that is good and pure.  Belief and submission to Allah the Highest, is part of this Nature; “AND SET YOUR FACES STEADILY TOWARDS THE PURE RELIGION, THE GOOD AND PURE NATURE WITH WHICH ALLAH CREATED MANKIND.  NO ALTERATION IN HIS CREATION.  THIS IS THE RIGHT RELIGION, BUT MANKIND DO KNOW”.  (S: 30 A: 30)


A sign of Allah’s anger is that Allah the Highest, increases the disease in their hearts.  It increases the more they hear Allah’s Guidance and reject it.  Allah the Highest says: “AND WHEN A SORAH IS SENT DOWN, SOME OF THEM SAY: WHO OF YOU DID THIS SORAH INCREASE THEIR FAITH?  AS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, IT INCREASES THEIR FAITH AND THEY REJOICE.  AS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A DISEASE IN THEIR HEARTS, IT INCREASES THEIR WICKEDNESS AND THEY DIE DISBELIEVERS”.   (S: 9 A: 125)


Such is the result of Allah’s anger upon them because of their hypocrisy, and for trying to misguide the believers and keep people astray from the right path.  Allah the Highest leaves them blinded in their misguidance.  “LET THEM CONTINUE IN THEIR EXCESSIVE WICKEDNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE, BLINDED”.  (S: 2 A: 15)



11- AND WHEN IT IS SAID TO THEM: MAKE NO MISCHIEF ON EARTH.  THEY SAY: BUT WE ARE PUTTING THINGS RIGHT.


12- INDEED THEY ARE THE MISCHIEF MAKERS BUT THEY DO NOT REALIZE IT.


The believers will identify the hypocrites by their actions and deeds.  They do mischief and cause trouble, when they say that they are doing good.  Even when faced with the fact that they are causing mischief, they still argue that they are doing good.


It is more beneficial to us, for Allah the Highest to tell us what the Hypocrites do, rather than naming them at the time of Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, as there will always be hypocrites and the Muslims should be able to identify them by their deeds rather than names.





13- AND WHEN IT IS SAID TO THEM: BELIEVE AS PEOPLE BELIEVE.  THEY SAY: ARE WE TO BELIEVE AS THE FOOLS BELIEVE.  INDEED, THEY ARE THE FOOLS BUT THEY KNOW IT NOT.

Another mark of the Hypocrites is arrogance.  They consider it foolish to believe and to submit to Allah’s will.  Their arrogance is not just refusing to believe like others did, but their unwillingness to submit to Allah’s will.  This is because faith never entered their hearts; otherwise they would have found great honour in submitting to their Creator who said:  “THE MOST NOBEL OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH IS THE MOST PIOUS”. (S: 49 A: 13) 


The Hypocrites, consider the submitters to the Creator feeble minded, but Allah the Highest, tells them that they are the feeble minded.  Feeble minded for not seeing the utmost strength in total Submission to the Creator of the Heavens and Earth.  


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