Hypocrisy: Qur’an Verses

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الْمَلَاِ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓاء۪يلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسٰىۢ اِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِيٍّ لَهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُقَاتِلْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ اَلَّا تُقَاتِلُواۜ قَالُوا وَمَا لَنَٓا اَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَدْ اُخْرِجْنَا مِنْ دِيَارِنَا وَاَبْنَٓائِنَاۜ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا اِلَّا قَل۪يلًا مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ

Art thou not aware of those elders of the children of Israel, after the time of Moses, how they said unto a prophet of theirs, "Raise up a king for us, [and] we shall fight in Allah's cause"? Said he: "Would you, perchance, refrain from fighting if fighting is ordained for you?" They answered: "And why should we not fight in Allah's cause when we and our children have been driven from our homelands?" Yet, when fighting was ordained for them, they did turn back, save for a few of them; but Allah had full knowledge of the evildoers.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْاَذٰىۙ كَالَّذ۪ي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَاَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًاۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

O you who have attained to faith! Do not deprive your charitable deeds of all worth by stressing your own benevolence and hurting [the feelings of the needy], as does he who spends his wealth only to be seen and praised by men, and believes not in Allah and the Last Day: for his parable is that of a smooth rock with [a little] earth upon it – and then a rainstorm smites it and leaves it hard and bare. Such as these shall have no gain whatever from all their [good] works: for Allah does not guide people who refuse to acknowledge the truth.

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Would any of you like to have a garden of date-palms and vines, through which running waters flow, and have all manner of fruit therein – and then be overtaken by old age, with only weak children to [look after] him-and then [see] it smitten by a fiery whirlwind and utterly scorched? In this way Allah makes clear His messages unto you, so that you might take thought.

وَمَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ اَوْ نَذَرْتُمْ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُهُۜ وَمَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ مِنْ اَنْصَارٍ

For, whatever you may spend on others, or whatever you may vow [to spend], verily, Allah knows it; and those who do wrong [by withholding charity] shall have none to succour them.

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدٰيهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِاَنْفُسِكُمْۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُونَ اِلَّا ابْتِغَٓاءَ وَجْهِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ اِلَيْكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

It is not for thee [O Prophet] to make people follow the right path, since it is Allah [alone] who guides whom He wills. And whatever good you may spend on others is for your own good, provided that you spend only out of a longing for Allah's countenance: for, whatever good you may spend will be repaid unto you in full, and you shall not be wronged.

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَٓا اَتَوْا وَيُحِبُّونَ اَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Think not that those who exult in what they have thus contrived, and who love to be praised for what they have not done – think not that they will escape suffering: for grievous suffering does await them [in the life to come].

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَمَنْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ قَر۪ينًا فَسَٓاءَ قَر۪ينًا

And [Allah does not love] those who spend their possessions on others [only] to be seen and praised by men, the while they believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day; and he who has Satan for a soul-mate, how evil a soul-mate has he!

وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ اٰمَنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَاَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِهِمْ عَل۪يمًا

And what would they have to fear if they would but believe in Allah and the Last Day, and spend [in His way] out of what Allah has granted them as sustenance – since Allah has indeed full knowledge of them?

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ اِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضٰى مِنَ الْقَوْلِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطًا

They would conceal their doings from men; but from Allah they cannot conceal them – for He is with them whenever they devise, in the dark of night, all manner of beliefs which He does not approve. And Allah indeed encompasses [with His knowledge] whatever they do.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ يُرَٓاؤُ۫نَۙ

those who want only to be seen and praised,