What is the meaning of: {Indeed, the hypocrites are in the lowest depths of the Fire}?
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Q: Allah the Exalted said in His noble Book: [Al-Nisa: 145]. What is meant by the hypocrites and hypocrisy in this noble verse? I hope you will be kind enough to clarify the meaning.
A: What is meant by the hypocrites are those who display Islam outwardly while inwardly they are not upon Islam. They claim to be Muslims, but in their hearts they disbelieve in Allah and lie to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). These are the hypocrites. They are called hypocrites because they displayed Islam and concealed disbelief, as in His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) :[Al-Baqarah 2:8] They deceive Allah and those who believe, but they do not deceive except themselves, and they do not perceive. In their hearts is a disease meaning doubt and suspicion [Al-Baqarah: 8-10] and the verses following it in Surat al-Baqarah.
These are the hypocrites, and they disbelieve in Allah and lie to His messengers, as He the Glorious and Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:142] They are wavering between them, not belonging to these nor to those [Al-Nisa: 142-143]. The meaning is that they are wavering between the disbelievers and the Muslims; sometimes with the disbelievers when the disbelievers prevail and are victorious, and sometimes with the believers if they prevail and are victorious. So they have no steadfastness, no straight religion, and no firm faith. Rather, they are wavering between disbelief and faith, and between the disbelievers and the Muslims. Allah has explicitly stated their disbelief in His saying: [At-Tawbah: 54-55]. These are the hypocrites. We ask Allah for well-being and safety.
Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِA: What is meant by the hypocrites are those who display Islam outwardly while inwardly they are not upon Islam. They claim to be Muslims, but in their hearts they disbelieve in Allah and lie to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). These are the hypocrites. They are called hypocrites because they displayed Islam and concealed disbelief, as in His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) :
And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allah and the Last Day," but they are not believers.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.
فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَThese are the hypocrites, and they disbelieve in Allah and lie to His messengers, as He the Glorious and Exalted said:
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little,
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَى يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ وَلا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلا قَلِيلًا (54) And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling. (55) So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allah only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَاتُهُمْ إِلا أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلاةَ إِلا وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلا يُنْفِقُونَ إِلا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ. فَلا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلا أَوْلادُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنْفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ
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