4 And when thou seest them, their persons please thee; and if they speak, thou listenest to their speech. They are like pieces of wood, clad with garments. They think every cry to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them! How they are turned back!

5 And when it is said to them: Come, the Messenger of Allāh will ask forgiveness for you, they turn away their heads and thou seest them hindering (others), and they are big with pride.

6 It is alike to them whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them — Allāh will never forgive them. Surely Allāh guides not the transgressing people.

7 They it is who say: Spend not on those who are with the Messenger of Allāh that they may disperse. And Allāh’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites understand not.

8 They say: If we return to Madīnah, the mightier will surely drive out the meaner therefrom. And might belongs to Allāh and His Messenger and the believers, but the hypocrites know not.

9 O you who believe, let not your wealth nor your children divert you from the remembrance of Allāh; and whoever does that, these are the losers.

10 And spend out of that which We have given you before death comes to one of you, and he says: My Lord, why didst Thou not respite me to a near term, so that I should have given alms and been of the doers of good deeds?

11 But Allāh respites not a soul, when its term comes. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.

Chapter 64 Al-Taghābun: The Manifestation of Losses

1 Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allāh. His is the kingdom, and His the praise; and He is Possessor of power over all things.