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Tafsir: An-Nisa 4:142

4:142
ان المنافقين يخادعون الله وهو خادعهم واذا قاموا الى الصلاة قاموا كسالى يراءون الناس ولا يذكرون الله الا قليلا ١٤٢
إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَـٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا ١٤٢
إِنَّ
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ
يُخَٰدِعُونَ
ٱللَّهَ
وَهُوَ
خَٰدِعُهُمۡ
وَإِذَا
قَامُوٓاْ
إِلَى
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
قَامُواْ
كُسَالَىٰ
يُرَآءُونَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
وَلَا
يَذۡكُرُونَ
ٱللَّهَ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
١٤٢
Surely the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but He outwits them. When they stand up for prayer, they do it half-heartedly only to be seen by people—hardly remembering Allah at all.
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 4:142 to 4:144

Maulana Ashraf ` Ali Thanavi (رح) has, in his Tafsir Bay-an al-Qur'an, taken up the question of 'standing up lazily' in the expression: قَامُوا كُسَالَ which appears in verse 142 saying: 'The laziness censured here is doctrinal laziness, (that is, slothfulness towards observance of the articles of faith due to lack of true conviction). However, laziness which is there despite correct beliefs stands excluded from the purview of this censure. Then, should this laziness be there due to some excuse, such as, sickness, fatigue or sleepiness, it is not even blameworthy. But, when without excuse, it is.'