IZQ

063

The
Pretenders

By the Name

God

the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful

when those who
pretend to believe
come to you
they say

"We bear witness
that you are indeed
the Messenger of God"

and God knows
that you are indeed
Hu's Messenger

and God bears witness
that the pretenders
are really liars

they have taken their oaths
as a covering

and have barred from
the Way of God

what they have done
is truly evil

that is because
they have believed

then returned to being
ungrateful

so a seal has been put
upon their hearts

and they do not understand

when you see them
the look of them
pleases you

but when they speak
you hear their words
and it is as if they were
propped up planks of wood

they think every cry
is against them

they are the enemy
so beware of them

God strike them
how they are misled

and when it is said to them

"Come now
and God's Messenger
will ask for
forgiveness for you"

they turn their heads

and you see them
turn away full of pride

it is the same for them
if you ask
forgiveness for them

or you do not ask
forgiveness for them

God will never forgive them

God does not guide
people who are unjust

those are the ones who say

"Do not spend on those
who are with
God's Messenger
so that they may go away"

yet to God belong
the treasuries of
the heavens and the earth

but those who
pretend to believe
do not understand

they say

"If we go back to the city
the strong ones there
will drive off
those who are weak"

but glory belongs to God
and to Hu's Messenger
and those who believe

but those who
pretend to believe
do not know

you who believe

do not let your wealth
or your children
distract you from
remembering God

those who do that
are the losers

spend from what
We have provided for you

before death comes
upon one of you
and they say

"O my Liege
if only You would give me
a little more time

so I may give in charity
and be one of those
who do right"

but God will never
give anyone more time
once their time has come

and God is aware of
the things that you do

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