“Satan has gained mastery over them and made them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the party of Satan. Indeed, it is the party of Satan who are the losers.”

Allah Most High also says:

“On the Day We gather them all together, We will say to those who associated partners with Us, ‘Where are those partners you used to claim?’”

“Then their only excuse will be to say, ‘By Allah, our Lord, we never associated partners with Him.’”

“See how they lie against themselves, and how whatever they used to invent has deserted them.”

Hadiths relate that a person will deny his deeds on the Day of Resurrection until his hearing, sight, and limbs testify against him. Allah Most High says:

“You did not conceal yourselves for fear that your hearing, your sight, or your skins would testify against you; rather, you thought that Allah did not know much of what you did.”

It is the habit of the hypocrites to argue in their own defense with lies and false oaths. Allah has described them in this way in several places.

“In the account of Tabūk, when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, returned, the hypocrites came to offer him their excuses. He accepted their outward statements and left their inner secrets to Allah. When Kaʿb came, he said:

‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, had I sat before any king on earth, I could have escaped his displeasure, for I have been gifted with eloquence in argument. But I fear that if I tell you a lie that makes you pleased with me, Allah will soon make you displeased with me. Yet if I tell you the truth and thereby incur your displeasure, I hope for Allah’s pardon because of it. No, by Allah, I had no excuse. By Allah, I had never been stronger or better off than when I stayed behind instead of accompanying you.’

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then said: