Discussion of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Those are the ones who did not believe, so Allah has rendered their deeds void”

In general, there is a difficulty with this verse, because the rendering of deeds void is a consequence of the existence of the deeds, whereas the deeds of the hypocrites are invalid from the outset. So how do we respond to this? The answer is to say that there are two types of rendering void: rendering void what has been completed, and rendering void what has not been completed. The rendering void of what has been completed is apparent; if the deed is completed, it is nullified. The rendering void of what has not been completed means that it is void from the beginning. This is similar to the statement of some jurists that if one does not say the takbir of ihram, his prayer is invalid. We say that he did not pray until it became invalid, but this invalidity is for something that was not completed and did not exist. Or, a second answer is to say that Allah rendered their deeds void because their deeds appear valid on the surface, as they are from people who claim Islam and perform them according to the outward appearance of the Shari'ah, but in reality they are invalid due to the lack of a foundation.