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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

• Indeed those who disbelieve and have the potential of disbelieving it is the same whether you warn them or do not warn them they will never believe
• Those who have doubt in this book
• It is not talking about all non muslims
• Those who buried the seed of truth deep in the ground
• You will not find a better speaker than the Prophet
• You will not find a better book than the Quran
• Yet they still disbelieved
• They turned away

 

 خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰ أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

• Allah has placed a seal upon their hearts, upon their hearing and even over their vision is a veil and for them is a great punishment
• Allah sealed the heart first because this surah talks about the states of the heart
• Taqwa is in the heart
• Iman is in the heart
• Doubt lies in the heart
• All of these were discussed before in the surah
• The complete sealing
• When the heart is sealed whatever they hear is no good anymore
• And even over their eyes there is a covering
• But they cannot see the example of the Prophet or muslims anymore

 

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

• There are three kinds of people
• Those who believe and have the potential of believing
• Those who disbelieve and have the potential of disbelieving
• The hypocrites
• And from amongst the people are some who say we believe in Allah and even in the last day
• But they are not true believers
• These are the hypocrites who try to blend in with the believers
• Hypocrites are guilty and this is their guilty conscience speaking

 

يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

• They think to deceive Allah and the believers
• How can you deceive Allah
• The hypocrites are actually trying to deceive the Messenger
• Allah is saying deceiving the Messenger is the same as deceiving Allah
• Hypocrisy is a big deal in the Quran
• Hypocrisy can destroy the guidance in you
• No one is safe from hypocrisy except a hypocrite
• We cannot call anyone a hypocrite
• There are two kinds of hypocrites
• Those who know who is a hypocrite
• The one who does not know he or she is a hypocrite
• Hypocrisy will always be there
• They try to deceive Allah’s cause
• They have no realization whatsoever

 

فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ

• In their hearts is a disease then Allah increased the disease
• For them is a great punishment for what they habitually used to lie about
• Hypocrites try to protect themselves too
• Danger comes from one side they get out from the other side
• They have friends on believers side and disbelievers side
• Either your heart is diseased or you fill it with imaan
• They spread lies about the Prophet his family and Islam and Allah
• Lies about the other Muslims

 

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

• When it is said do not cause corruption on the earth they say we are only peacemakers
• Anything you do that is not genuine or sincere is spreading corruption
• If you build a masjid with the wrong intention it is corruption
• It is genuine and beautiful on the outside
• But ugly and corrupt on the inside
• Hypocrites have no shame in declaring their self righteousness

 

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

• So listen up it is they who are the real causes of corruption
• They create corruption
• They perceive it not
• They have no realization
• The are the root cause of the problem

 

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

• And when it is said to them believe as the people have believed
• They say shall we believe as these fools have believed
• So listen up It is they who are the fools and they know it not
• The hypocrites call those who make these sacrifices stupid
• Entering Islam in Makkah is more difficult than entering Islam in Madinah
• Hypocrites did not want to make such sacrifices
• Sahaba gave up everything they had for Allah and His Messenger
• They insulted the Sahaba and Allah insulted them back
• Insulting Allah’s companions is like insulting Allah

 

وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ

• And when they meet with the believers they say we believe
• In private they call them fools
• In public they say we are with you
• But when they are with their devils they say we are with you
• We were only mocking them

 

اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

• Allah throws their mockery back at them
• And prolongs them in their transgression
• As they wander blindly
• Its like a dog pulling at a leash
• You give a dog a 300 feet leash
• It runs until it is choked to death
• So Allah extended their leash until they choke themselves
• They have no clarity in direction
• They don’t know where to go
• Because there is a veil over their eyes

 

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ

• Those are the people who have purchased misguidance in place of guidance
• Trade is a powerful example in the Quran
• Humans prefer cash as a salesperson, because the rewards are immediate
• Allah offers us Jannah on credit we will earn after we die
• Shaytan offers us a deal on cash and right now
• There is a level of trust involved in a credit transaction
• Allah offers us a credit deal and we just have His word
• Hypocrites were given a credit deal
• But they gave it up for misguidance and cash deal
• Their trade did not have any profit
• Their trade did not materialize at all
• And they were never committed to guidance at all

 

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

• Their example is like the one who lit a fire
• In the middle of the night it is dark and a fire is lit
• Then there is light around you
• This is the likeness of the light of the Quran
• This light has heat in it
• The dark of the desert is cold
• Revelation is warm, soft, and comforting
• Allah took away their noor
• So they could not see
• What good is a fire when you cannot see
• Revelation came but they did not appreciate it
• Allah took away guidance from their heart
• They can no longer accept guidance
• The heart is a muscle that has to practice accepting guidance
• If you do not exercise a muscle then it gets weaker and weaker
• Until it finally dies
• Every time you reject guidance you will eventually lose it

 

صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

• Deaf, Mute, and Blind so they will not return
• They cannot listen to the guidance
• They cannot ask for the guidance
• They cannot see the guidance
• They are completely abandoned
• They will never return to guidance to that fire they lit

 

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالْكَافِرِينَ

• Or is it like dark clouds and really heavy rain from the sky
• Revelation can also be hard and scary
• There is thunder and lightening
• They stick their fingers in their ears out of fear of death
• It is a heavy sound from the sky
• It is a deafening sound a really loud explosion
• It happens continually
• When the hypocrites hear the warning in the Quran it is depressing for them
• They cannot hear it
• Allah has completely encircled the disbelievers
• They will be raised blind on the day of judgement
• Just as they turn a blind eye to revelation

 

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

• The lightening almost snatches away their eyesight
• The light of revelation is so strong that they are blinded by it
• When it lights the way for them they walk a little
• But when its dark they stand still
• They follow the revelation when it is convenient for them
• If Allah had willed He could have taken away their hearing and seeing
• Allah is able to do anything He wills
• In the previous example Allah did take away their eyesight
• In this example He did not so they still have a chance to return back to guidance