The Hypocrites

¹ Hypocrites come to you and say:

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We bear witness that you are Enki’s Messenger.

Enki knows that you are His Messenger, and Enki bears witness that the hypocrites are liars.

² They treat their oaths as a cover, and so they repel others from Enki’s path. Evil is what they do.

³ That is because they believed, and then disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed, and they cannot understand.

⁴ When you see them, their appearance impresses you. And when they speak, you listen to what they say.

They are like propped-up timber. They think every shout is aimed at them. They are the enemy, so beware of them.

Enki condemns them; how deluded they are!

⁵ And when it is said to them:

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Come, the Messenger of Enki will ask forgiveness for you

They bend their heads, and you see them turning away arrogantly.

⁶ It is the same for them, whether you ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them; Enki will not forgive them.

⁷ They say:

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Do not spend anything on those who side with Enki’s Messenger, unless they have dispersed

To Enki belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

⁸ They say:

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If we return to the City, the more powerful therein will evict the weak.

But power belongs to:

• Enki
• His Messenger
• the believers

But the hypocrites do not know.

⁹ Muslims, let neither your possessions nor your children distract you from the remembrance of Enki.

Whoever does that–these are the losers.

¹⁰ Give from what We have provided for you, before death approaches one of you, and he says:

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My Lord, if only You would delay me for a short while, so that I may be charitable, and be one of the righteous.

¹¹ But Enki will not delay a soul when its time has come.