Sura 63

Surah 63. The Hypocrites

63:1. When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witness that thou art indeed the Messenger of "I AM"." Yea, "I AM" knoweth that thou art indeed His Messenger, and "I AM" beareth witness that the Hypocrites are indeed liars (Matthew 15:8).
63:2. They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct (men) from The Way of "I AM": truly EVIL are their deeds.
63:3. That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: so a seal was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not (John 12:40).
63:4. When thou lookest at them, their exteriors please thee; and when they speak, thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless as hollow) pieces of timber propped up, (unable to stand on their own - Matthew 23:25-28). They think that every cry is against them (Matthew 23:24). They are the enemies; so beware of them. The curse of "I AM" be on them! How they are deluded (away from the Truth - Matthew 6:5-6)!
63:5. And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of "I AM" will pray for your forgiveness", they turn aside their heads, and thou wouldst see them turning away their faces in arrogance.
63:6. It is the same to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness or not. "I AM" will not forgive them. Truly "I AM" guides not rebellious transgressors (Satan does - John 8:35).
63:7. They are the ones who say, "Spend nothing on those who are with "I AM"'s Messenger, to the end that they may disperse (and quit Medina)." But to "I AM" belong the treasures of the heavens and the Earth but the Hypocrites understand not (John 8:34).
63:8. They say, "If we return to Medina, surely the more honourable (element) will expel therefrom the meaner." But honour belongs to "I AM" and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.
63:9. O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of "I AM". If any act thus, the loss is their own.
63:10. And spend something (in charity) out of the substance which We have bestowed on you, before Death should come to any of you and he should say, "O my Lord! Why didst Thou not give me respite for a little while? I should then have given (largely) in charity, and I should have been one of the doers of good".
63:11. But to no soul will "I AM" grant respite when the time appointed (for it) has come; and "I AM" is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.

JAH