Surah At-Tawbah 9:96

Exposing the Deceitful Ways of Hypocrites

Allah said that when the believers go back to Al-Madinah, the hypocrites will begin apologizing to them.

(Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you."), we shall not believe what you say,

(Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you.) Allah has exposed your news to us,

(Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds.) your actions will be made public to people in this life,

(In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do.) Allah will inform you of your deeds, whether they were good or evil, and will recompense you for them. Allah said that the hypocrites will swear to the believers in apology, so that the believers turn away from them without admonishing them. Therefore, Allah ordered disgracing them by turning away from them, for they are,

(Rijs) meaning, impure inwardly and in their creed. Their destination in the end will be Jahannam,

(a recompense for that which they used to earn.) of sins and evil deeds. Allah said that if the believers forgive the hypocrites when they swear to them,

(certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin.) who rebel against the obedience of Allah and His Messenger . `Fisq', means, `deviation'.

Ayat ini menegaskan sekali lagi bahwa kaum munafik itu akan bersumpah dengan nama Allah untuk meminta maaf kepada Rasulullah dan kaum Muslimin agar beliau dan kaum Muslimin rida (senang) kepada mereka serta memaafkan segala kesalahan mereka. Sesudah itu Allah menegaskan, bahwa tidak sepatutnya Rasulullah dan kaum Muslimin senang dan rida kepada kaum munafik, karena Allah sendiri tidak senang kepada kaum yang fasik.

Kemurkaan Allah kepada kaum munafik adalah disebabkan karena keingkaran dan sifat-sifat jelek mereka. Andaikata ada di antara orang-orang mukmin itu orang yang bersimpati, kepada kaum munafik maka orang itu pun akan ditimpa kemurkaan Allah.

Akan tetapi, bila kaum munafik itu bertobat dan memohon ampun kepada Allah serta meninggalkan kemunafikan dan sifat-sifat jelek mereka sebelum ajal mereka tiba, maka Allah akan menerima tobat mereka dan memberikan ampunan atas dosa-dosa yang telah mereka perbuat.