CHAPTER 63.  THE HYPOCRITES                                               SECTION 1.  PART XXVIII

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  THE HYPOCRITES SAY, WE ARE WITNESS BEARERS  
THAT YOU ARE INDEED GOD'S MESSENGER 
AND YES, GOD KNOWS THAT YOU ARE HIS MESSENGER 
AND GOD IS THE WITNESS BEARER 
THAT THE HYPOCRITES ARE SURELY LIARS 

2  THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OATHS A SCREEN FOR THEIR MISDEEDS
SO THEY OBSTRUCT MEN FROM GOD'S PATH INDEED
AND SINFUL AND EVIL ARE THEIR DEEDS

3  THAT IS BECAUSE THEY REJECTED BELIEVING
SO OVER THEIR HEARTS WAS SET A SEALING
SO THAT THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING

4  WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THEM
AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU LISTEN TO THEM
AS PROPPED UP PIECES OF TIMBER IS THE LIKENESS OF THEM
AND THEY THINK THAT EVERY CRY IS AGAINST THEM 
THEY ARE THE ENEMIES SO BEWARE OF THEM 
AND THE CURSE OF GOD BE ON THEM 
AND DELUSION IS UPON THEM

5  AND WHEN IT IS SAID TO THEM, COME, GOD'S APOSTLE WILL PRAY 
FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS BUT THEY TURN THEIR HEADS AWAY
AND THEY ARROGANTLY TURN THEIR FACES AWAY

6  IT IS EQUAL TO THEM
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PRAY FOR THEM
GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE THEM 
FOR TRANSGRESSORS GOD DOES NOT GUIDE THEM

7  THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SAY, SPEND NOT YOUR TREASURES
ON THOSE WHO ARE ON THE WAY WITH GOD'S MESSENGER 
TO THE END THAT THEY MAY DISPERSE 
BUT TO GOD BELONG THE TREASURES 
OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
BUT THE HYPOCRITES HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE FOR SURE

8  THEY SAY, IF WE RETURN TO MEDINA THOSE MORE HONORED 
WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE WEAKER
BUT ALL HONOR BELONGS TO GOD AND HIS MESSENGER
AND TO THE BELIEVERS
BUT THE HYPOCRITES KNOW NOT FOR SURE

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CHAPTER 63.  THE HYPOCRITES                                              SECTION 2.  PART XXVIII

9  OH YOU WHO BELIEVE, LET NOT YOUR CHILDREN DIVERT YOU 
FROM THE REMEMBRANCE OF GOD, IF ANY OF YOU DO
THE LOSS WILL SURELY BE TO YOU

10  AND SPEND SOMETHING IN CHARITY OUT OF THE BOUNTY
WHICH WE HAVE BESTOWED UPON YOU FREELY
BEFORE DEATH COMES TO YOU AND YOU WILL PLEA
OH MY LORD, WHY DID YOU NOT GIVE RESPITE TO ME
I WOULD THEN HAVE GIVEN LARGELY IN CHARITY
AND WOULD HAVE BEEN OF THOSE WHO ACTED RIGHTEOUSLY

11  GOD GRANTS TO NO SOUL RESPITE WHEN ITS TIME HAS ENDED 
AND WITH ALL THAT YOU DO GOD IS AQUATINTED

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