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"Verily the hypocrites seek to trick Allah, but He is tricking them. And, when they stand up for prayer they stand up lazily; showing off to the people, and they do not remember Allah save a little." The purpose of 'the hypocrites seek to trick Allah', perhaps, is the same expression of Faith by them and playing with the commandments of Allah. And, as Imam Rida (as) says: since Allah gives the retribution of their trick, this divine retribution is called 'trick'.

"Verily the hypocrites seek to trick Allah, but He is tricking them. ..." However, they are far from Allah and, consequently, they do not enjoy telling Allah their secrets and praying for their needs. That is why when they stand for prayer they are thoroughly full of listlessness and laziness. It says: "...And, when they stand up for prayer they stand up lazily...." The hypocrites, in fact, do not believe in Allah and His magnificent promises.

Then if they worship or do a righteous deed, it is also for showing off to people, not for the sake of Allah. "...showing off to people ..." So, if they sometimes recite the name of Allah or remember Him, it is not done sincerely and knowingly. Supposing that it is, might be, it is very little.

"(The hypocrites are) swaying between this (infidelity and Faith) neither towards these (believers) nor towards those (infidels); and whoever Allah leaves to go astray, never then shall you find for him a way." The Arabic word /taẓabẓub/ philologically means: 'to be moved to and fro, as anything suspended in the air'.

^1 Therefore, the hypocrites do not have a firm thing to rely on, and they sway between this and that, like a thing which is suspended in the air and moves by the movement of a wind. They depend on others, so they wander without having any proper aim.