The word · Belief
النِّفَاق
Nifaq
Hypocrisy: showing belief outwardly while concealing disbelief, or acting against the faith one claims.
Also written · Nifaaq · Nifak · Nefaq · Munafiq · Munaafiq · Munafiqun · Hypocrisy · Hypocrite · Munafiqeen
The meaning
What Nifaq means in Islam
The Qur'an gives the munafiqun a surah of their own and says the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth of the Fire (Qur'an 4:145). Scholars distinguish nifaq of belief, which is disbelief in disguise, from nifaq of conduct: the well known signs of lying, breaking a promise, and betraying a trust, reported in Bukhari and Muslim. The second kind was taught as a mirror for the believer to check himself, not as a label to hand to others.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- KufrDisbelief: rejecting or refusing what a person knows Allah has revealed.الكُفْر
- ImanFaith: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree.الإِيمَان
- Shirk AsgharMinor shirk: acts like showing off in worship, which damage sincerity without putting a person outside Islam.الشِّرْكُ الأَصْغَر
- TakfirDeclaring a specific Muslim to be a disbeliever, a ruling classical scholars fenced with heavy conditions.التَّكْفِير
More from Belief
- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- AthariThe Sunni creed school that keeps to the wording of the texts and avoids theological speculation.الأَثَرِيَّة
- IslamSubmission to Allah: outwardly the five pillars, inwardly the handing over of the whole self.الإِسْلَام
- Lawh MahfuzThe Preserved Tablet, in which everything decreed was written down before it happened.اللَّوْحُ المَحْفُوظ
- QadrAllah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.القَدَر
- SiratThe bridge laid over Hell that everyone must cross, at speeds matching their deeds.الصِّرَاط