Hypocrisy; a Political Term in the Glorious Qur an

The Glorious Qur’an contains unique political terms, one of which is the term ‘munafiqun’ or hypocrites. This term is peculiar to the Glorious Qur’an as a divine scripture and has not been used as a term having a political sense before the revelation of the Qur’an. It should be noted, of course, that the term ‘nifāq’ and its derivations can only be found in Medinan Suras. Some commentators as late Allāmah Tabātabāī holds that the use of this term in Medinan Suras has no peculiar implication while in this research an attempt has been made to establish the fact that the term ‘munāfiqun’, as applied in Medinan Suras, is due to the formation of the Islamic government in Medina by the Prophet Muhammad. For if such a government had not been established, such political entity as ‘munāfiqun’ would not have come into existence.