A Comparative Study on the Meaning of “Hypocrite” and “Sick-Hearted” in Holy Quran

“Hypocrisy” is amongst most sophisticated political and religious concepts. In some verse of the holy Quran, concurrent with hypocrites, one more group is mentioned known as “sick-hearted” with both of whom some behaviors are associated. The current research, in addition to lexical, terminological and Quranic investigation of “hypocrisy”, “hypocrites” and “sick-hearted”, have delved into their characteristics in three dimensions of root, method and objective and concluded that in Quranic discourse hypocrite is a person that employs double-dealing and worldly desires to subvert Islamic government however, “sick-hearted” is a person that suffers from double-dealing and his carnal desires incites him to oppose the commands of the God’s successor. In spite of that he is not still dead in heart and he is not intended to subvert the government but to acquire material and carnal interests.