| Page Number: | 554 |
| Number: | 63 |
| Number-3: | 063 |
| Al-Munāfiqūn | |
| Name-Ar: | المنافقون |
| Name-En: | The Hypocrites |
| Prev Sura: | Quran 62 |
| Next Sura: | Quran 64 |
| Classification: | Medinan |
| Juz: | 28 |
| Rukus: | 2 |
| Verses: | 11 |
| Audio: | Chapter 63, Al-Munafiqun (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |
The Hypocrites (Arabic: المنافقون, al-munāfiqūn) is the 63rd chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, with 11 verses.[1] Almost all of the chapter is preserved in the Ṣan‘ā’1 lower text.[2]
The chapter deals with the phenomenon of hypocrisy. It criticizes hypocrisy and condemns the hypocrites. It also exhorts the Believers to be sincere in their faith and make charity.[3] According to Muslim theologian, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, the theme of Qur'an 63 is to inform the Muslims that the Hypocrites are absolute liars. Amin Ahsan Islahi elaborates that:
This surah is a supplement to Surah Jum`ah, the previous surah. It can be divided into two sections. The first one consists of eight verses, while the last three verses constitute the second section. In the first section, the character of the hypocrites is evaluated and shown that their real ailment is their lust for worldly riches. In the second section, Muslims are warned that the love of wealth and children should not make them indifferent to the remembrance of the Almighty. If today they do not truly benefit from their wealth by not spending in the way of Allah, they will feel sorry, once their life ends and at that moment their regret will be of no use to them. In other words, in the first section the illness of hypocrisy is elaborated upon, while in the second section, Muslims are asked to guard themselves against it.[4]
1-3 The treachery of the hypocrites of Medina exposed and rebuked
4 Muhammad warned to beware of trusting the hypocrites
5-6 Hypocrites cursed and declared reprobates
7-8 They are threatened with expulsion from Medina
9-11 The duty of almsgiving enjoined [5]
Asbāb al-nuzūl (occasions or circumstances of revelation) is a secondary genre of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) directed at establishing the context in which specific verses of the Qur'an were revealed. Though of some use in reconstructing the Qur'an's historicity, asbāb is by nature an exegetical rather than a historiographical genre, and as such usually associates the verses it explicates with general situations rather than specific events. A hadith recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari which narrates the occasion of revelation of this surah is as follows.