An-Nisaa 4:142 ان المنافقين يخادعون الله وهو خادعهم واذا قاموا الى الصلاة قاموا كسالى يراءون الناس ولا يذكرون الله الا قليلا ١٤٢
إِنَّ
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ
يُخَٰدِعُونَ
ٱللَّهَ
وَهُوَ
خَٰدِعُهُمۡ
وَإِذَا
قَامُوٓاْ
إِلَى
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
قَامُواْ
كُسَالَىٰ
يُرَآءُونَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
وَلَا
يَذۡكُرُونَ
ٱللَّهَ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
١٤٢
Surely the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but He outwits them. When they stand up for prayer, they do it half-heartedly only to be seen by people—hardly remembering Allah at all.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allāh, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allāh except a little,
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Hypocrites Try to Deceive Allah and Sway Between Believers and Disbelievers
In the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah 2, we mentioned Allah's statement,
يُخَدِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا
(They (think to) deceive Allah and those who believe). Here, Allah states,
إِنَّ الْمُنَفِقِينَ يُخَدِعُونَ ال
…The Hypocrites Try to Deceive Allah and Sway Between Believers and Disbelievers
In the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah 2, we mentioned Allah's statement,
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