And some people there are who say “We believe in God and the last day”; but they are not believers. They stayed firm in their hypocrisy and persisted in deceiving the Muslims so God tore off their veils by His saying “but they are not believers.” Thus it is said: Whoever adorns himself with something other than what is in him the test exposes what he is only pretending. When their words were stripped of their meanings the harm they received from them was greater than the benefit they had imagined in them for God most high said Verily the hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the fire [4:145]. If it were not for their hypocrisy their punishment would not have been increased. It is said that when they lacked true sincerity in their states ṣidq al-aḥwāl the correct words ṣidq al-aqwāl were of no benefit to them. God most high said “God bears witness that the hypocrites truly are liars” [63:1] for they used to say “We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of God.” In a similar way the one who outwardly declares what he has not yet realized will immediately be exposed before the masters of realization. It has been said: O you who claim love for Sulaymā You have nothing from her not even nail clippings. You are only like a wāw43 in [your] love for her attached in spelling in the wrong place to ʿAmr.
