Reprinted from the August 22,1969 edition of Muhammad Speaks Newspaper
By Messenger Elijah Muhammad
"In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful."
| "When the hypocrites come to thee, they say : We bear witness that thou art indeed Allah's Messenger. And Allah knows thou art indeed His Messenger. And Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are surely liars." ( Holy Qur'an 63:1) |
The sayings of the hypocrites that they are true believers in the Messenger of Allah by calling him the Messenger and claiming that they believe that most surely he is the Messenger of Allah, so that he ( the Messenger ) will take them for True Believers, but Allah knows that they are most surely liars. They only want to use a false oath as a shelter for the Apostle to accept them as True Believers while they are not.
A HYPOCRITE is not liked by anyone, regardless of what kind of hypocrite he may be. It does not have to be a religion. Any person who declares he is something that he is not is a hypocrite of that thing. In religion, a hypocrite is one who claims a belief in a religion and the teaching of that religion. He is not really a believer in that religion. In the third verse of the same chapter of the Holy Qur'an, it teaches that the hypocrites believed then disbelieved, and after disbelieving their hearts are sealed so that the understand not. This means that Allah ( God ) Withdraws His Guidance from the hypocrites after they disbelieve. This is the meaning of "their hearts are sealed." Allah ( God ) does not Guide them of the Right Path anymore, so the Holy Qur'an teaches. But, He ( Allah ) allows them to go onto the path of hell after they claim that they accept the path of Heaven and then turn away from it. In the fourth verse of the above chapter of the Holy Qur'an is a warning to us that when we see them ( hypocrites and disbelievers), their persons please us. And if they speak, we will listen to their speech, because we like their persons. They are like a piece of wood clad with garments. They are the enemy, so beware of them. There are many Muslims in America, following me, who fall victim to hypocrites and disbelievers because they look at the outer appearance of the disbelievers and hypocrites They like them. Some of the weak Muslims go out and marry such people wit the thought of trying to reconvert them or with the thought of converting them for the first time, which is a miserable mistake. They take the Muslims out of the Temple instead. The fifth verse of this chapter reads as follows:
" And when it is said to them : Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you, they turn away their heads and thou seest them hindering (others), and they are big with pride." (Holy Qur'an 63:5) |
They do not accept the Messenger asking for forgiveness for them because they do not believe in the Messenger. Their greatest desire is to hinder others from believing in the Messenger. And, the sixth verse reads :
| "It is alike to them whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them-Allah will never forgive them. Surely Allah guides not the transgressing people." ( Holy Qur'an 63:1) |
The seventh verse of this chapter goes so far as to charge the hypocrites with trying to keep away those who did spend money or give their property to help the Cause of Allah and His Messenger in converting the people.This is the way of one who comes in saying, "most surely thou art the Messenger of Allah," while he is only lying to get your confidence. The hypocrites deceive all of the weak Muslims with their personalities. The weak Muslims love the hypocrites' outer appearance while in the heart of the hypocrites, they are against Islam, Allah, and His Messenger. I warn you, do not try to play with Islam as you have played with Christianity, for Allah most certainly is quick to take restribution says the Holy Qur'an.
--By Elijah Muhammad
Messenger of Allah
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