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9:67

ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ

Almunafiqoona waalmunafiqatu baAAduhum min baAAdin yamuroona bialmunkari wayanhawna AAani almaAAroofi wayaqbidoona aydiyahum nasoo Allaha fanasiyahum inna almunafiqeena humu alfasiqoona

The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.

Word by word
  1. ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَThe hypocrite men
  2. وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُand the hypocrite women
  3. بَعۡضُهُمsome of them
  4. مِّنۢ(are) of
  5. بَعۡضٖۚothers
  6. يَأۡمُرُونَThey enjoin
  7. بِٱلۡمُنكَرِthe wrong
  8. وَيَنۡهَوۡنَand forbid
  9. عَنِwhat
  10. ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ(is) the right
  11. وَيَقۡبِضُونَand they close
  12. أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚtheir hands
  13. نَسُواْThey forget
  14. ٱللَّهَAllah
  15. فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚso He has forgotten them
  16. إِنَّIndeed
  17. ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَthe hypocrites
  18. هُمُthey (are)
  19. ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَthe defiantly disobedient
At-Tawbah · 9:67Madinah

They forgot Allah, so He left them forgotten.

The habits that make up hypocrisy

The pattern described
urge the wrongpush each other toward it
block the righttalk others out of good
closed handshold back from giving
rooted in
forgetting Allahno remembrance left
How it comes back
I forget Himbusy, distracted
is met with
treated as forgottenleft to myself

Ibn Kathir explains that the hypocrites were the mirror image of the believers. They encouraged evil, discouraged good, and closed their hands from spending in Allah's cause. They forgot the remembrance of Allah, and so He treated them as if He had forgotten them.

A colleague suggests padding the expense report and you nod along. A friend wants to volunteer and you say it is a waste of a Saturday. Your phone gets your morning; Allah gets whatever is left. Forgetting rarely feels like a decision. It just happens one day at a time.

Forgetting Allah for a while is harmless. He will still be there.

The way I treat Allah's remembrance is the way I am treated.

Try this

Put one short remembrance of Allah on the first thing you do tomorrow morning.

Related45:34
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

The hypocrites, men and women, are one from another; they enjoin evil, and forbid the good, and they close their hands. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the rebellious (67)Allah has promised the hypocrites – men and women – and the disbelievers, the fire of Hell; therein shall they abide. It will suffice them. Allah has cursed them and for them is the lasting torment (68)

Other Characteristics of Hypocrites

Allah admonishes the hypocrites who, unlike the believers, who enjoin righteousness and forbid evil,

يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ

(they enjoin evil, and forbid the good, and they close their hands), from spending in Allah's cause,

نَسُوا اللَّهَ

(They have forgotten Allah), they have forgotten the remembrance of Allah,

فَنَسِيَهُمْ 

(so He has forgotten them.), by treating them as if He has forgotten them. Allah also,

وَقِيلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنسَاكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَا 

(And it will be said: "This Day We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours)[45:34]. Allah said,

إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

(Verily, the hypocrites are the rebellious) the rebellious from the way of truth who embrace the wicked way,

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ 

(Allah has promised the hypocrites – men and women – and the disbelievers, the fire of Hell), on account of their evildoing mentioned here,

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا

(therein shall they abide.), for eternity, they and the disbelievers,

هِيَ حَسْبُهُمْ

(It will suffice them.), as a torment,

وَلَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ

(Allah has cursed them), He expelled and banished them [from His mercy],

وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

(and for them is the lasting torment.)

كَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا بِخَلَاقِهِمْ فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَاقِكُمْ كَمَا اسْتَمْتَعَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَاقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذِي خَاضُوا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ