وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَـٰهَدَ
ٱللَّهَ لَئِنْ ءَاتَىٰنَا
مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ
وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن
فَضْلِهِۦ بَخِلُوا۟ بِهِۦ
وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِى
قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ
يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟
ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ
وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ
وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
And of them are
some who made
a covenant with
Allah (saying):
“If He bestowed
on us of His bounty,
we will verily, give
Sadaqah and will be
certainly among the
righteous.” Then
when He gave them
of His bounty, they
became stingy,
and turned away,
averse. So He
punished them by
putting hypocrisy
into their hearts till
the Day whereon
they shall meet Him,
because they broke
that (covenant) with
Allah which they had
promised Him and
because they used
to tell lies. Know
they not that Allah
knows their secret
ideas, and their
Najwa (secret counsels),
and that Allah is
the All-Knower of
things unseen.
Hypocrites seek Wealth but are Stingy with Alms
Allah says, some hypocrites give Allah their strongest oaths that if He enriches them from His bounty, they will give away alms and be among the righteous. However, they did not fulfill their vows or say the truth with their words. The consequence of this action is that hypocrisy was placed in their hearts until the Day they meet Allah the Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection. We seek refuge with Allah from such an end. Allah said,
بِمَآ أَخْلَفُواْ اللَّهَ
مَا وَعَدُوهُ
…because they broke that (covenant) with Allah which they had promised to Him
He placed hypocrisy in their hearts because they broke their promise and lied. In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah said,
آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ
ثَلَاثٌ: إِذَا حَدَّثَ
كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ
أَخْلَفَ، وَإِذَا
ائْتُمِنَ خَان
There are three signs for a hypocrite: if he speaks, he lies; if he promises, he breaks the promise; and if he is entrusted, he betrays the trust.
Allah said,
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ
اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ
وَنَجْوَاهُمْ
Know they not that Allah knows their secret ideas, and their Najwa
Allah states that He knows the secret and what is more hidden than the secret. He has full knowledge of what is in their hearts, even when they pretend that they will give away alms, if they acquire wealth, and will be grateful to Allah for it. Truly, Allah knows them better than they know themselves, for He is the All-Knower of all unseen and apparent things, every secret, every session of counsel, and all that is seen and hidden.