In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. When the hypocrites come to you, they say, "We testify that you are surely the Messenger of Allah." And Allah knows that you are indeed His Messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are surely liars.

2. They have taken their oaths as a shield, thus turning others away from the path of Allah; evil indeed is what they have been doing.

3. That is because they believed, then disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed, and thus they do not understand.

4. And when you see them, their forms please you; and if they speak, you listen to their speech — as though they were propped-up timbers. They think every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how deluded they are!

5. And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside, and you see them turning away arrogantly.

6. It is the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; Allah will never forgive them. Truly, Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

7. They are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they disperse." Yet to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

8. They say, "If we return to the city, the more honored will surely expel from it the more humble." Yet honor belongs to Allah, and to His Messenger, and to the believers; but the hypocrites do not know.

9. O you who believe, let neither your wealth nor your children distract you from the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does that — it is they who are the losers.

10. And spend from what We have provided you before death comes to one of you, and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a short term, so I would give charity and be among the righteous."

11. But Allah will never delay a soul when its appointed time has come; and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.