Surah Munafiqun

Surat al-Munafiqoon "The Hypocrites" is the 63rd chapter (surah) of the Qur'an.

Surat al-Munafiqun (Arabic: سورة المنافقون‎, "The Hypocrites") is the 63rd chapter (surah) of the Qur'an with 11 verses.

Hadith (hadees) about Al-Munafiqun:

The first and foremost exegesis / tafsir of the AlQuran (Al-Quran / Al-Qur'an) is found in hadith of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Although scholars including ibn Taymiyyah claim that Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) has commented on the whole of the AlQur'an (Mushaf / Koran), others including Ghazali cite the limited amount of narratives, thus indicating that he has commented only on a portion of the Qur'an (Kuran). Hadis (حديث) is literally "speech" or "report", that is a recorded saying or tradition of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) validated by isnad; with Sirah Rasul Allah these comprise the sunnah and reveal shariah. According to Aishah, the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was practical implementation of Qur'an. Therefore, mention in hadith elevates the importance of the pertinent surah from a certain perspective.

In the Friday prayer he(The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) would recite Surah Al-Jumua and Surah Al-Munafiqun.

Ibn Abi Rafi' said: Abu Hurairah led us in the Friday prayer and recited Surah Al-Jumua and "When the hypocrites come to you" (Al-Munafiqun) in the last rak'ah. He said: I met Abu Hurairah when he finished the prayer and said to him: You recited the two surah that Ali ibn Abi Talib used to recite at Kufa. Abu Hurairah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting them on Friday.

Content of the surah

The Surah 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. According to Javed Ahmad Ghamidi a Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar, exegete and educationist; The theme of Surah al-Munafiqun is to inform the Muslims that the Hypocrites are absolute liars. They must not be influenced by their talk and their style of swearing oaths on every statement because they want to stop the Muslims from spending in the way of God and, in this manner, take them away from God and His Prophet (sws). 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.

It is narrated that Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that it is required of our followers that they recite, in their prayers on Thursday nights, Surah al-Jumu’ah and Surah al-A’ala, and on Fridays, at the time of noon prayers, Surah al-Jumu’ah and Surah al-Munafiqun. Whoever does this, it will be like he has obeyed the command of the Holy Prophet (S), and his reward will be Jannah.

The Holy Prophet (S) said that by the recitation of this Surah, a person stays free from Shirk and hypocrisy.

Whoso recites this surah secures freedom from hypocrisy and doubts.

Reward of reciting Surah Munafiqoon:

1. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: One who recites it, would become absolved of polytheism and hypocrisy in religion.