The Holy Quran 9:67 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ ۚ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

Translation

The hypocrite men and women are from each another (they are all alike in belief and deed). They command (others to do) evil, prevent good and withhold their hands (from spending in charity). They forget Allaah, and He does not bother with them (He does not bother to shower His special mercy on them). Indeed the hypocrites are the sinners (guilty of the worst crime of kufr).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Allah forgot the hypocrites: that is, the greatest transgressors are these very hypocrites with corrupt hearts, whose men and women, despite verbally professing and outwardly displaying Islam, strive day and night with every kind of trick and deceit to make people averse to good things and inclined to evil deeds, and keep their fists closed where spending…

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