Surah Al-Munafiqun
۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَـٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
Wa iżā ra'aitahum tu‘jibuka ajsāmuhum, wa iy yaqūlū tasma‘ liqaulihim, ka'annahum khusyubum musannadah(tun), yaḥsabūna kulla ṣaiḥatin ‘alaihim, humul-‘aduwwu faḥżarhum, qātalahumullāh(u), annā yu'fakūn(a).
And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?
📝 Footnotes
718) The hypocrites are like propped-up pieces of wood—devoid of life, lacking a firm foundation, and bearing no useful fruit.