[1041] The hypocrites live in a state of perpetual quandary and constant perplexity. They are stricken with doubt and always experiencing a state of dilemma: “In their hearts there is disease and thus ˹because of it˺ Allah has increased their disease”. (2:10) ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The example of the hypocrites is that of a sheep, which comes in the middle of two herds; this time it joins this herd and shortly after it joins the other”. (Muslim: 2784) For a fuller description of the squalid, worry-stung lives they lead see 2: 8-20.