The Holy Quran 4:142 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَـٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

Indeed the hypocrites (try to) deceive Allaah (by pretending to be Muslims) whereas He deceives them (by allowing them to maintain their identities as Muslims and then exposing them and punishing them in the Aakhirah). When they stand up for salaah, they stand up lazily (reluctantly), (they perform salaah only) to show people and they remember Allaah only a little (they perform salaah very infrequently).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The signs of the hypocrites: that is, at heart they are disbelievers and outwardly Muslims, so as to stay safe from harm and hurt from both sides and to go on benefiting from both. Almighty Allah punished this deceit of theirs thus: by disclosing all their mischief and hidden vileness to His Prophet ﷺ, He humiliated them so much that they were left with no…

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