3- Surat Ali Imran/Tafseer

 

3- Surat Ali Imran/Tafseer

200 Verses  Maddani (revealed in Medina)

A'auzu Bellahi mena alshaiytani alrajeem

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan

Besmi Ellahi Alrhmani Alraheem

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Alif lam meem (1).

Alif, Lam, Meem.

Allahu la ilaha ella huwa alhayyuo alqayyuom (2).

Allah, there is no God but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence.

Nazzala alaiyka alketaba bel-haqqi musaddiqan le-ma baiyna yadaiyhi wa anzala altawrata wa-l-injeel (3).

He has sent down upon You the Book in truth, confirming what was before it, and He has sent down the Torah and the Gospel.

Men qabluo hudan lel-nasi wa anzala alfurqana inna allazina kafaruo be-ayati ellahi lahum azabun shadeedun wa Allahu Azeezun zuo enteqam (4).

Before as guidance for the people, and He has sent down the Criterion, indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah, for them there is a severe punishment, and Allah is Almighty, the Possessor of vengeance.

Inna Allaha la yakhfa alaiyhi shaiy-on fee al-ardi wa la fee alsama' (5).

Indeed, Allah is such that nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven. 

Huwa allazi yousawwerukum fee al-arhami kaiyfa yasha-uo la ilaha ella huwa Al-azeezuo Alhakeem (6).

He is the One who forms you in the wombs however He wills, there is no God but He, the Almighty, the All-Wise. 

Huwa allazi anzala alaiyka alketaba menhuo ayatun muhkamatun hunna aummuo alketabi wa akharuo mutashabehatun fa-amma allazina fee qulubehim zaiyghun fa-yattabe-uona ma tashabaha menhuo ebtegha-a alfetnati wa ebtegha-a ta'weleehi wa ma ya'lamuo ta'weelahuo ella Allahu wa alrasekhuona fee al-elmi yaquluona amanna behi kullun men endi Rabbena wa ma yazzakkaruo ella auluo al-albab (7).

He is the One who has sent down to You the Book in it precise verses, they are the foundation of the Book, and others are unspecific, then as for those in whose hearts is deviation, they follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking the discord and seeking its interpretation, and no one knows its interpretation except Allah, but those who are firm in knowledge, they say we believe in it, all is from our Lord, and no one will be reminded except those of understanding. 

Rabbana la tuzegh qulubana ba'da iz hadaiytana wa hab lana men ladunka rahmatan innaka anta alwahhab (8).

Our Lord! Do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and Grant us from Yourself mercy, indeed, You are the Oft-Giver.

Rabbana innaka jame-uo alnasa le-yawmin la raiyba feehi inna Allaha la youkhlefuo almee-ad (9).

Our Lord! Indeed, You will gather the people to a Day about which there is no doubt, indeed, Allah does not break the promise. 

Inna allazina kafaruo lan tughniya anhum amwaluhum wa la awladuhum mena Allahi shaiy-an wa aulaeka hum waquduo alnar (10).

Indeed, those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them from Allah in anything, and those are the fuel of the Fire. 

Ka-da'bi ali fer'awna wa allazina men qablehim kazzabuo be-ayatena fa-akhazahumuo Allahu be-zunubehim wa Allahu shadeeduo al-eqab (11).

Like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them, they denied our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins, and Allah is Severe in punishment.

Qul le-llazina kafaruo sa-tughlabuona wa tuhsharuona ela jahannama wa be'sa almehad (12).

Say to those who disbelieve you will be defeated and you will be gathered to Hellfire, and wretched is the resting place. 

Qad kana lakum ayatun fee fe'ataiyni eltaqata fe'atun tuqateluo fee sabeeli ellahi wa aukhra kaferatun yarawnahum methlaiyhim ra'ya al-aiyni wa Allahu you-ayyiduo be-nasrehi man yasha-uo inna fee zaleka la-ebratan le-auli al-absar (13).

Indeed, there has been for you a sign in the two companies which met, one company is fighting in the way of Allah and the other is disbeliever, they saw them twice of their number by the sight of eye, and Allah supports with His victory whom He wills, indeed, in that there is a lesson for those of insight.

Zuyyina lel-nasi hubbuo alshahawati mena alnisai wa albaneena wa alqanateeri almuqantarati mena alzahabi wa alfeddati wa alkhaiyli almusawwamati wa al-an'ami wa alharthi zaleka mata-uo alhayati alduonya wa Allahu endahuo husnuo alma-ab (14).

Beautified to the people is the love of the desire of the women and the sons, and the heaped-up amounts of gold and silver, and the branded horses, and the cattle and the tillage, that is the enjoyment of the worldly life, but Allah has with Him a good return.

Qul a-aunabbe-ukum be-khaiyrin men zalekum le-llazina ettaqaww enda rabbehim jannatun tajree men tahteha al-anharuo khaledeena feeha wa azwajun mutahharatun wa redwanun mena Allahi wa Allahu Baseerun bel-ebad (15).

Say Shall I inform you of better than that?, for those who fear there will be gardens with their Lord beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, and purified wives and pleasure from Allah, and Allah is All-Seeing of the servants.

Allazina yaquluona rabbana innana amanna fa-ghfir lana zunubana wa qena azaba alnar (16).

Those who say Our Lord! Indeed, we have believed, so Forgive us our sins and Save us from the punishment of the Fire.

Alsabereena wa alsadeqeena wa alqaneteena wa almunfeqeena wa almustaghfereena bel-as-har (17).

The patient, and the truthful, and the obedient, and those who spend, and those who seek forgiveness before Dawn.

Shaheda Allahu annahuo la ilaha ella huwa wa almalaekatuo wa auluo al-elmi qa-eman bel-qesti la ilaha ella huwa Al-azeezu Alhakeem (18).

Allah bears witness that there is no God but He, and the Angels, and the possessors of knowledge, Standing firm in justice, there is no God be He, the Almighty, the All-Wise. 

Inna aldeena enda Allahi al-islamuo wa ma ekhtalafa allazina autuo alketaba ella men ba'di ma ja-ahumuo al-elmuo baghyan baiynahum wa man yakfur be-ayati ellahi fa-inna Allaha Saree-uo alhesab (19).

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam, and those who were given the Book did not differ except after the knowledge had come to them out of tyranny between them, and whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah, then indeed, Allah is Swift in reckoning.

Fa-in hajjouka fa-qul aslamtuo wajhiya le-llahi wa mani ettaba-ani wa qul le-llazina autuo alketaba wa al-aummiyyina a-aslamtum fa-in aslamuo fa-qadi ehtadaww wa in tawallaww fa-innama alaiyka albalaghuo wa Allahu Baseerun bel-ebad (20).

So if they argue with You, then Say I have submitted My face to Allah, and those who follow Me, and Say to those who were given the Book and the illiterate Do you submit?, and if they submit, then indeed, they are guided, but if they turn away, then upon You is only the conveyance, and Allah is All-Seeing of the servants.

Inna allazina yakfuruona be-ayati ellahi wa yaqtuluona alnabiyyina be-ghaiyri haqqin wa yaqtuluona allazina ya'muruona bel-qesti mena alnasi fa-bashsherhum be-azabin aleem (21).

Indeed, those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the Prophets without right and kill those who enjoin justice from among the people, then Give them tidings of a painful punishment.

Aulaeka allazina habitat a'maluhum fee alduonya wa al-akherati wa ma lahum men nasereen (22).

Those are the ones whose deeds were nullified in the world and the Hereafter, and for them there are no helpers. 

Alam tara ela allazina autuo naseeban mena alketabi youd-awna ela ketabi ellahi le-yahkuma baiynahum thumma yatawalla fareequn menhum wa hum mu'reduon (23).

Do You not see those who were given a share of the Book?, they are called to the Book of Allah that it may arbitrate between them, then a party of them went back while they are turning away.

Zaleka be-annahum qaluo lan tamassana alnaruo ella ayyaman ma'dudatin wa gharrahum fee deneehim ma kanuo yaftaruon (24).

That is because they say the Fire will not touch us except for numbered days, and they were deluded in their religion by that which they used to invent.

Fa-kaiyfa iza jama'nahum le-yawmin la raiyba feehi wa wuffiyat kulluo nafsin ma kasabat wa hum la youzalmuon (25).

So How when We will gather them to a day about which there is no doubt?, and every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Quli ellahumma malika almulki tu'ti almulka man tasha-uo wa tanze-uo almulka memman tasha-uo wa tu-ezzuo man tasha-uo wa tuzelluo man tasha-uo be-yadika alkhaiyruo innaka ala kulli shaiy-in Qadeer (26).

Say O Allah! Owner of the kingdom, You give sovereignty to whom You will, and You take sovereignty away from whom You will, and You honor whom You will and You humiliate whom You will, in Your Hand is the good, indeed, You are All-Powerful over everything.

Tulejuo al-laila fee alnahari wa tulejuo alnahara fee al-laili wa tukhrejuo alhayya mena almayyiti wa tukhrejuo almayyita mena alhayyi wa tarzuquo man tasha-uo be-ghaiyri hesab (27).

You cause the night to enter the day and cause the day to enter the night, and You bring out the living from the dead, and bring out the dead from the living, and You provide for whom You will without account.

La yattakhezi almu'menuona alkafereena awliyaa men duoni almu'meneena wa man yaf'al zaleka fa-laysa mena Allahi fee sahiy-in ella an tattaquo menhum tuqatan wa youhazzerukumuo Allahu nafsahuo wa ela Allahi almaseer (28).

Let not the believers take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers, and whoever does that, then he has not from Allah anything, except when you take precaution against them in prudence, and Allah warns you of Himself, and to Allah is the final return.

Qul in tukhfuo ma fee sudurekum aww tubduhuo ya'lamhuo Allahu wa ya'lamuo ma fee alsamawati wa ma fee al-ardi wa Allahu ala kulli shaiy-in Qadeer (29).

Say whether you conceal what is in your breasts or declare it, Allah knows it, and He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and Allah is All-Powerful over everything.

Yawma tajeduo kulluo nafsin ma amelat men khaiyrin muhdaran wa ma amelat men su-in tawadduo law anna baiynaha wa baiynahuo amadan ba-eedan wa youhazzerukumuo Allahu nafsahuo wa Allahu Ra-ufun bel-ebad (30).

The day when every soul will find present what it has done of good, and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and it was a far distance, and Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Most Kind to the servants. 

Qul in kuntum tuhebbuona Allaha fa-ttabe-uoni youhbebkumuo Allahu wa yaghfir lakum zunubakum wa Allahu Ghafurun Raheem (31).

Say if you love Allah, then Follow Me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins and Allah is All-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Qul ate-uo Allaha wa alrasula fa-in tawallaww fa-inna Allaha la youhebbuo alkafereen (32). 

Say Obey Allah and the Messenger, but if they turn away, then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers. 

Inna Allaha estafa adama wa noohan wa ala ibrahima wa ala emrana ala al-alameen (33).

Indeed, Allah has chosen Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over the worlds.

Zurriyyatan ba'duha men ba'din wa Allahu Same-on Aleem (34).

Progeny, some of them from others, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knower. 

Iz qalati emra-atuo emrana rabbi inni nazartuo laka ma fee batni muharraran fa-taqabbal menni innaka anta Alsamee-uo Al-aleem (35).

When the wife of Imran said my Lord! Indeed, I have vowed what is in my womb to be exclusively for You, so Accept it from me, indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knower. 

Fa-lamma wada-at-ha qalat Rabbi inni wada-tuha auntha wa Allahu a'lamuo bema wada't wa laysa alzakaruo kal-auntha wa inni sammaytuha maryama wa inni au-ezuha beka wa zurriyyataha mena alshaiytani alrajeem (36).

But when she gave birth to her, she said my Lord I have given birth to her, a female, and Allah knows best of what she had given birth to, and the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her and her progeny in You from the accursed Satan.

Fa-taqabbalaha Rabbuha be-qabulin hasanin wa anbataha nabatan hasanan wa kaffalaha zakariyya kullama dakhala alaiyha zakariyya almehraba wajada endaha rezqan qala ya maryamuo anna laki haza qalat huwa men endi ellahi inna allaha yarzuquo man yasha-uo be-ghaiyri hesab (37).

So Her Lord accepted Her with good acceptance and caused Her to grow, a good growth, and put Her in the care of Zechariah, every time Zechariah entered upon Her in the prayer chamber, He found with Her provision, He said O Mary! From where is this to you?, She said it is from Allah, indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account.

Hunaleka da-a Zakariyya Rabbahuo qala Rabbi hab lee men ladunka zurriyyatan tayyibatan innaka Samee-uo aldu-a' (38).

There Zechariah called upon His Lord, He said My Lord! Grant Me from Yourself a good progeny, indeed, You are All-Hearing of the supplication. 

Fa-nadat-huo almalaekatuo wa huwa qa-emun yousalli fee almehrabi anna Allaha youbashsheruka be-yahya musaddiqan be-kalimatin mena Allahi wa sayyidan wa hasuran wa nabiyyan mena alsaleheen (39).

So the Angels called Him while He stood praying in the prayer chamber, indeed, Allah gives You glad tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and honorable, abstaining, and a Prophet from among the righteous.

Qala Rabbi anna yakunuo lee ghulamun wa qad balaghaniya alkebaruo wa-mra-ati aqerun qala ka-zaleka Allahu yaf'aluo ma yasha' (40).

He said My Lord! How can I have a boy when the old age has reached Me, and My wife is barren, He said Such is Allah, He does what He wills.

Qala Rabbi ej'al lee ayatan qala ayatuka alla tukallema alnasa thalathata ayyamin ella ramzan wa-zkur Rabbaka katheeran wa sabbih bel-ashiyyi wa al-ebkar (41).

He said My Lord Make for Me a sign, He said Your sign is that You will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture, and Remember Your Lord much and Glorify in the evening and in the morning.

Wa iz qalati almalaekatuo ya-maryamuo inna Allaha estafaki wa tahharaki wa-stafaki ala nesa-e al-alameen (42).

And when the Angels said O Mary! Indeed, Allah has chosen You and purified You and chosen You over the women of the worlds.

Ya-maryamuo auqnuti le-rabbeki wa-sjudi wa-rka'e ma-a alraki-een (43).

O Mary! Stay obedient to Your Lord, and Prostrate and Bow with those who bow.

Zaleka men anba-e alghaiybi nuhehi elaiyka wa ma kunta ladaiyhim iz youlquna aqlamahum ayyuhum yakfuluo maryama wa ma kunta ladaiyhim iz yakhtasemuon (44).

That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to You, and You were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should take care of Mary, and You were not with them when they were quarreling.

Iz qalati almalaekatuo ya-maryamuo inna Allaha youbashsheruki ba-kalematin menhuo esmuhuo almaseehuo isa ibnuo maryama wajeehan fee alduonya wa al-akherati wa mena almuqarrabeen (45).

When the Angels said O Mary! Indeed, Allah gives You glad tidings of a word from Him whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, honorable in the world and the Hereafter, and among those who are near. 

Wa youkallemuo alnasa fee almahdi wa kahlan wa mena alsaleheen (46).

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous.

Qalat Rabbi anna yakunuo lee waladun wa lam yamsasni basharun qala ka-zaleki ellahu  yakhluquo ma yasha-uo iza qada amran fa-innama yaquluo lahuo kun fa-yakuon (47).

She said My Lord How can I have a child while no human has touched Me?, He said such is Allah, He creates what He wills, when He decrees a matter, He only says to it Be, and it comes to be.

Wa you-allemuhuo alketaba wa alhekmata wa altawrata wa-l-injeel (48).

And He will teach Him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel.

Wa rasulan ela bani israela anni qad je'tukum be-ayatin men Rabbekum anni akhluquo lakum mena alteeni ka-haiy-ati altaiyri fa-anfukhuo feehi fa-yakunuo taiyran be-izni ellahi wa aubre-uo al-akmaha wa alabrasa wa auhyi almawta be-izni ellahi wa aunabbe-ukum be-ma ta'kuluona wa ma taddakheruona fee buyutekum inna fee zaleka la-ayatan lakum in kuntum mu'meneen (49).

And a Messenger to the Children of Israel, indeed, I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I create for you from the clay like the form of the bird, then I blow into it and it becomes a bird by the permission of Allah, and I heal the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead by the permission of Allah, and I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses, indeed, in that there is a sign for you if you are believers.

Wa musaddeqan le-ma baiyna yadayya mena altawrati wa le-auhella lakum ba'da allazi hurrema alaiykum wa je'tukum be-ayatin men Rabbekum fa-ttaquo Allaha wa ate-uon (50).

And confirming what was before Me of the Torah, and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so Fear Allah and Obey Me.

Inna Allaha Rabbi wa Rabbukum fa'buduhuo haza seratun mustaqeem (51).

Indeed, Allah is My Lord and your Lord, so Worship Him, this is the straight path.

Fa-lamma ahassa isa menhumuo alkufra qala man ansari ela Allahi qala alhawariyyuona nahnuo ansaruo Allahi amanna be-llahi wa-shhad be-anna muslemuon (52).

But when Jesus sensed disbelief in them, He said Who are My supporters towards Allah?, the disciples said we are the supporters of Allah, we have believed in Allah and Bear witness that indeed, we are Muslims.

Rabbana amanna be-ma anzalta wa-ttaba'na alrasula fa-ktubna ma-a alshahedeen (53).

Our Lord! We have believed in what You have sent down and we have followed the Messenger, so Write us among the witnesses.

Wa makaruo wa makara Allahu wa Allahu khaiyruo almakereen (54).

And they plotted, but Allah plotted, and Allah is the Best of plotters.

Iz qala Allahu ya-isa inni mutawaffika wa rafe-uka elayya wa mutahheruka mena allazina kafaruo wa ja-eluo allazina ettaba-uoka fawqa allazina kafaruo ela yawmi alqiyamati thumma elayya marje-ukum fa-ahkumuo baiynakum feema kuntum feehi takhtalefuon (55).

When Allah said O Jesus, indeed, I will take you and raise you to Myself, and purify You from those who disbelieve and I will make those who follow You above those who disbelieve until the day of resurrection, then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you in what you used to differ in it.

Fa-amma allazina kafaruo fa-au'azzebuhum azaban shadeedan fee alduonya wa al-akherati wa ma lahum men nasereen (56).

And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in the world and the Hereafter, and for them there is no helpers.

Wa amma allazina amanuo wa ameluo alsalehati fa-youwaffehim aujurahum wa Allahu la youhebbuo alzalemeen (57).

But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them their rewards in full, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.

Zaleka natluhuo alaiyka mena al-ayati wa alzekri alhakeem (58).

This is what We recite to You of the verses and the wise reminder.

Inna mathala isa enda Allahi ka-mathali adama khalaqahuo men turabin thumma qala lahuo kun fa-yakuon (59).

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like the example of Adam, He created Him from dust, then He said to Him Be, and He comes to be.

Alhaqquo men Rabbeka fa-la takun mena almumtareen (60).

The truth is from Your Lord, so Do not be among the doubters.

Fa-man hajjaka feehi men ba'di ma ja-aka mena al-elmi fa-qul ta'alaww nad-uo abna-ana wa abna-akum wa nesa-ana wa nesa-akum wa anfusana wa anfusakum thumma nabtahil fa-naj'al la'nata Allahi ala alkazebeen (61).

Then whoever argues with You about it after what has come to You of the knowledge, then Say Come, Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate in earnest and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars.

Inna haza la-huwa alqasasuo alhaqquo wa ma men ilahin ella Allahu wa inna Allaha la-huwa Al-azeezu Alhakeem (62).

Indeed, this is the true narration, and there is no God but Allah, and indeed, Allah is the Almighty, the All-Wise.

Fa-in tawallaww fa-inna Allaha Aleemun bel-mufsedeen (63).

But if they turn away, then Allah knows the corrupters best.

Qul ya ahla alketabi ta-alaww ela kalematin sawa-in baiynana wa baiynakum alla na'buda ella Allaha wa la nushreka behi shaiy-an wa la yattakheza ba'duna ba'dan arbaban men duoni ellahi fa-in tawallaww fa-quluo eshhaduo be-anna muslemuon (64).

Say O people of the Book! Come to a word that is equitable between us and you that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him, and not take one another as lords besides Allah, but if they turn away, then Say Bear witness that we are Muslims.

Ya-ahla alketabi lema tuhajjuona fee ibrahima wa ma aunzelati altawratuo wa-l-injeeluo ella men ba'dehi afa-la ta'qeluon (65).

O people of the Book! Why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not sent down except after Him, then Will you not understand?.

Ha-antum haulae hajajtum fee-ma lakum behi elmun fa-lema tuhajjuona fee-ma laysa lakum behi elmun wa Allahu ya'lamuo wa antum la ta'lamuon (66).

Here you are, those who have argued about that of which you have knowledge, but Why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge?, and Allah knows while you do not know.

Ma kana ibrahimu yahudiyyan wa la nasraniyyan wa laken kana haneefan musliman wa ma kana mena almushrekeen (67).

Abraham was not a Jews nor a Christian, but He was upright, a Muslim, and He was not of the polytheists.

Inna awla alnasi be-ibrahima la-llazina ettaba-uhuo wa haza alnabiyyuo wa allazina amanuo wa Allahu waliyyuo almu'meneen (68).

Indeed, the most worthy of Abraham among the people are those who followed Him, and this Prophet, and those who believed, and Allah is the Ally of the believers.

Waddat ta-efatun men ahli alketabi laww youdellunakum wa ma youdelluona ella anfusahum wa ma yash-uruon (69).

A group of the people of the Book wish they could mislead You, but they do not mislead except themselves while they do not perceive.

Ya-ahla alketabi lema takfuruona ba-ayati ellahi wa antum tashhaduon (70).

O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you bear witness?. 

Ya-ahla alketabi le-ma talbesuona alhaqqa bel-bateli wa taktumuona alhaqqa wa antum ta'lamuon (71).

O people of the Book! Why do you confuse the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know?. 

Wa qalat ta-efatum men ahli alketabi amenuo be-llazi aunzela ala allazina amanuo wajha alnahari wa-kfuruo akherahuo la-allahum yarje-uon (72).

And a group of the people of the Book say Believe in what has been sent down to those who believed at the beginning of the day and disbelieve at its end so that they may turn back.

Wa la tu'menuo ella le-man tabe-a deenakum qul inna alhuda huda Allahi an you'ta ahadun methla ma autee-tum aww youhajjukum enda Rabbekum qul inna alfadla be-yadi ellahi you'teehi man yasha-uo wa Allahu Wasee-on Aleem (73).

And Do not trust except those who follow your religion, Say indeed, the guidance is the guidance of Allah lest someone be given the like of what you have been given or that they would argue with you before your Lord?, Say indeed, the bounty is in the Hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills, and Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knower.

Yakhtassuo be-rahmatehi man yasha-uo wa Allahu zuo alfadli al-azeem (74).

He chooses for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the Possessor of the great bounty.

Wa men ahli alketabi man in ta'manhuo be-qentarin you'ddehi elaiyka wa menhum man in ta'manhuo be-deenarin la you'ddehi elaiyka ella ma dumta alaiyhi qa-eman zaleka be-annahum qaluo laiysa alaiyna fee al-aummiyyina sabeelun wa yaquluona ala Allahi alkazeba wa hum ya'lamuon (75).

And among the people of the Book is he who, if You entrust him with a great amount, he will return it to You, and among them is he who, if You entrust him with a silver coin, he will not return it to You unless you are constantly standing over him, that is because they say there is no way upon us concerning the illiterate, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know. 

Bala man awfa be-ahdehi wa-ttaqa fa-inna Allaha youhebbuo almuttaqeen (76).

But yes, whoever fulfills his covenant, and fears, then indeed, Allah loves the righteous.

Inna allazina yashtaruona be-ahdi ellahi wa aymanehim thamanan qaleelan aulaeka la khalaqa lahum fee al-akherati wa la youkallemuhumuo Allahu wa la yanzuruo elaiyhim yawma alqiyamati wa la youzakkehim wa lahum azabun aleem (77).

Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price, those will have no portion in the Hereafter and Allah will not speak to them nor will He look at them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, and for them there is a painful punishment.

Wa inna menhum la-fareeqan yalwuona alsenatahum bel-ketabi le-tahsabuhuo mena alketabi wa ma huwa mena alketabi wa yaquluona huwa men endi ellahi wa ma huwa men endi ellahi wa yaquluona ala Allahi alkazeba wa hum ya'lamuon (78).

And indeed, there is among them a party who twist their tongues in the Book, so that you may think it to be from the Book, but it is not from the Book, and they say this is from Allah, but it is not from Allah, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know.

Ma kana le-basharin an you'teyahuo Allahu alketaba wa alhukma wa alnubuwwata thumma yaqula lel-nasi kunuo ebadan lee men douni ellahi wa laken kunuo rabbaniyyina be-ma kuntum tu'allemuona alketaba wa be-ma kuntum tadrusuon (79).

It is not for a human being that Allah should give him the Book, and the judgment and the prophethood and then he would say to the people Be servants to me besides Allah, but Be scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Book and because of what you have studied.

Wa la ya'murukum an tattakhezuo almalaekata wa alnabiyyina arbaban a-ya'murukum bel-kufri ba'da iz antum muslemuon (80).

Nor would he order you to take the Angels and the Prophets as Lords, Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?.

Wa iz akhaza Allahu meethaqa alnabiyyina la-ma ataiytukum men ketabin wa hekmatin thumma ja-akum rasulun musaddequn le-ma ma-akum la-tu'menunna behi wa la-tansurunnahuo qala a-aqrartum wa akhaztum ala zalekum esri qaluo aqrarna qala fa-shhaduo wa ana ma-akum mena alshahedeen (81).

And when Allah took the covenant of the Prophets that whatever I give you of the Book and the wisdom, and then there comes to you a Messenger confirming what is with you, you must believe in Him and you must support Him, He said Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?, they said we have acknowledged it, He said then Bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.

Fa-man tawalla ba'da zaleka fa-aulaeka humuo alfasequon (82). 

And whoever turned away after that, then they are the disobedient.

Afa-ghaiyra deeni ellahi yabghuna wa lahu aslama man fee alsamawati wa al-ardi taw-an wa karhan wa elaiyhi yourja-uon (83).

Then Is it other than the religion of Allah they seek, while to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth willingly and unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned.

Qul amanna be-llahi wa ma aunzela alaiyna wa ma aunzela ala ibrahima wa ismaela wa ishaqa wa ya'quba wa al-asbati wa ma autiya musa wa isa wa alnabiyyuona men Rabbehim la nuferrequo baiyna ahadin menhum wa nahnuo lahuo muslemuon (84).

Say we have believed in Allah and in what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and to the Prophets from their Lord, we do not make distinction between any of them and to Him we are Muslims.

Wa man yabtaghi ghaiyra al-islami deednan fa-lan youqbala menhuo wa huwa fee al-akherati mena alkhasereen (85).

And whoever seeks other than Islam as religion, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.

Kaiyfa yahdi ellahuo qawman kafaruo ba'da emanehim wa shaheduo anna alrasula haqqun wa ja-ahumu albayyinatuo wa Allahu la yahdi alqawma alzalemeen (86).

How shall Allah guide a people who had disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and the clear proofs had come to them?, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Aulaeka jaza-uhum anna alaiyhim la'nata Allahi wa almalaekati wa alnasi ajma-een (87).

Those are the ones whose recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah and the Angels and the people, all together.

Khaledeena feeha la youkhaffafuo anhumuo al-azabuo wa la hum younzaruon (88).

Abiding therein, the punishment will not be lightened for them nor will they be given any respite.

Ella allazina tabuo men ba'di zaleka wa aslahuo fa-inna Allaha Ghafurun Raheem (89).

Except for those who repented after that and reformed, then indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Inna allazina kafaruo ba'da emanehim thumma ezdaduo kufran lan tuqbala tawbatuhum wa aulaeka humuo alddalluon (90).

Indeed, those who disbelieved after their belief, then increased in disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted, and those are the ones who are astray.

Inna allazina kafaruo wa matuo wa hum kuffarun fa-lan youqbala men ahadehim mel-uo al-ardi zahaban wa lawi eftada behi aulaeka lahum azabun aleemun wa ma lahum men nasereen (91).

Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, the full of the earth in gold will not be accepted from one of them if he would ransom himself thereby, for those there will be a painful punishment, and for them there will be no helpers.

Lan tanaluo albirra hatta tunfequo memma tuhebbuona wa ma tunfequo men shaiy-in fa-inna Allaha behi Aleem (92).

You will not attain the good until you spend from what you love, and whatever you spend of anything, then indeed, Allah is All-Knower of it.

Kulluo alta-ami kana hellan le-bani israela ella ma harrama israeluo ala nafsehi men qabli an tunazzala altawratuo qul fa'tuo bel-tawrati fa-tluha in kuntum sadeqeen (93).

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had forbidden to himself before the Torah was sent down, Say so Bring the Torah and Recite it if you are truthful.

Fa-mani eftara ala Allahi alkazeba men ba'di zaleka fa-aulaeka humuo alzalemuon (94).

And whoever invents a lie about Allah after that, then those are the wrongdoers.

Qul sadaqa Allahu fa-ttabe-uo mellata ibrahima haneefan wa ma kana mena almushrekeen (95).

Say Allah has told the truth, so Follow the religion of Abraham, upright, and He was not of the polytheists.

Inna awwala baiytin wude-a lel-nasi la-llazi be-bakkata mubarakan wa hudan lel-alameen (96).

Indeed, the first House established for the people was that of Mecca, blessed and guidance for the worlds.

Feehi ayatun bayyinatin maqamuo ibrahima wa man dakhalahuo kana amenan wa le-llahi ala alnasi hejjuo albaiyti mani estata-a elaiyhi sabeelan wa man kafara fa-inna Allaha Ghaniyyun ani al-alameen (97).

In it there are clear signs, the standing place of Abraham, and whoever enters it will be safe, and to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find a way to it, but whoever disbelieves, then indeed, Allah is Free of need of the worlds.

Qul ya-ahla alketabi lema takfuruna be-ayati ellahi wa Allahu shaheedun ala ma ta'maluon (98).

Say O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while Allah is a Witness over what you do?.

Qul ya-ahla alketabi lema tasudduona an sabeeli ellahi man amana tabghunaha ewajan wa antum shuhada-uo wa ma Allahu be-ghafilin amma ta'maluon (99).

Say O people of the Book! Why do you prevent from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it crookedness, while you are witnesses?, and Allah is not unaware of what you do.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo in tute-uo fareeqan mena allazina autuo alketaba yaruddukum ba'da emanekum kafereen (100).

O you who have believed! If you obey a party of those who were given the Book, they would turn you back after your belief into disbelievers.

Wa kaiyfa takfuruona wa antum tutla alaiykum ayatuo Allahi wa feekum rasuluhuo wa man ya'tasim be-llahi fa-qad hudiya ela seratin mustaqeem (101).

And How can you disbelieve while to you are recited the verses of Allah and among you is His Messenger?, and whoever holds fast to Allah, then indeed, he has been guided to a straight path.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo ettaquo Allaha haqqa tuqatehi wa la tamutunna ella wa antum muslemuon (102).

O you who have believed! Fear Allah as He should be feared and Do not die except as Muslims.

Wa'tasemuo be-habli ellahi jamee-an wa la tafarraquo wa-zkuruo ne'mata Allahi alaiykum iz kuntum a'da-an fa-allafa baiyna qulubekum fa-asbahtum be-ne'matehi ekhwanan wa kuntum ala shafa hufratin mena alnari fa-anqazakum menha ka-zaleka youbayyinuo Allahu lakum ayatehi la-allakum tahtaduon (103).

And Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and Do not become divided, and Remember the favor of Allah upon you when you were enemies and He has brought your hearts together, then you became by His favor brothers, and you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it, thus, Allah makes clear to you His verses so that you may be guided.

Wal-takun menkum aummatun yad-uona ela alkhaiyri wa ya'muruona bel-ma'rufi wa yanhawna ani almunkari wa aulaeka humuo almuflehuon (104).

And Let there be from you a community inviting to good, enjoining the right and forbidding from the wrong, and those are the successful.

Wa la takunuo ka-allazina tafarraquo wa-khtalafuo men ba'di ma ja-ahumu albayyinatuo wa aulaeka lahum azabun azeem (105).

And Do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them, and for those there will be a great punishment.

Yawma tabyadduo wujuhun wa taswadduo wujuhun fa-amma allazina eswaddat wujuhuhum a-kafartum ba'da emanekum fa-zuquo al-azaba bema kuntum takfuruon (106).

The day when faces will turn white and faces will turn black, as for those whose faces will turn black Did you disbelieve after your belief?, so Taste the punishment for what you used to disbelieve.

Wa amma allazina ebyaddat wujuhuhum fa-fee rahmati ellahi hum feeha khaleduon (107).

But as for those whose faces will turn white, within the mercy of Allah, they are abiding therein.

Telka ayatuo Allahi natluha alaiyka bel-haqqi wa ma Allahu youreduo zulman lel-alameen (108).

These are the verses of Allah, We recite them to You in truth, and Allah wants no injustice to the worlds.

Wa le-llahi ma fee alsamawati wa ma fee al-ardi wa ela Allahi turja-uo al-aumuor (109).

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and to Allah all matters will be returned.

Kuntum khaiyra aummatin aukhrejat lel-nasi ta'muruona bel-ma'rufi wa tanhawna ani almunkari wa tu'menuona be-llahi wa laww amana ahluo alketabi la-kana khaiyran lahum menhumuo almu'menuona wa aktharuhum alfasequon (110).

You are the best nation produced for mankind, you enjoin the right and forbid from the wrong and believe in Allah, and if only the people of the Book had believed, surely, it would have been better for them, among them are believers, and most of them are disobedient.

Lan yadurrulum ella azan wa in youqatelukum yuwallukumuo al-adbara thumma la younsaruon (111).

They will not harm you except a little hurt, and if they fight you, they will turn to you their backs, then they will not be helped.

Duribat alaiyhemuo al-zellatuo ayna ma thuqefuo ella be-hablin mena Allahi wa hablin mena alnasi wa ba-uo be-ghadabin mena Allahi wa durebat alaiyhemuo almaskanatuo zaleka be-annahum kanuo yakfuruona be-ayati ellahi wa yaqtuluona al-anbiyya-a be-ghaiyri haqqin zaleka bema asaww wa kanuo ya'taduon (112).

The humiliation has been cast over them wherever they are found except for a rope from Allah and a rope from the people, and they have carried wrath from Allah and the misery has been cast over them, that is because they used to disbelieve in the verses of Allah and kill the Prophets without right, that is because they disobeyed and they were transgressing.

Laysuo sawa-an men ahli alketabi aummatun qa-ematun yatluona ayati ellahi ana-a al-laili wa hum yasjuduon (113).

They are not the same, among the people of the Book is a steadfast community, reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and they prostrate.

You'menuona be-llahi wa alyawmi al-akheri wa ya'muruona bel-ma'rufi wa yanhawna ani almunkari wa yousare-uona fee alkhaiyrati wa aulaeka mena alsaleheen (114).

They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin the right and forbid from the wrong, and accelerate to the good, and those are among the righteous.

Wa ma yaf'aluo men khaiyrin fa-lan youkfaruhuo wa Allahu Aleemun bel-muttaqeen (115).

And whatever they do of good, they will not be deprived of it, and Allah is All-Knower of the righteous.

Inna allazina kafaruo lan tughniya anhum amwaluhum wa la awladuhum mena Allahi shaiy-an wa aulaeka as-habuo alnari hum feeha khaleduon (116).

Indeed, those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them from Allah in anything, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein forever.

Mathaluo ma youfequona fee hazehi alhayati alduo nya ka-mathali reehin feeha serrun asabat hartha qawmin zalamuo anfusahum fa-ahlakat-huo wa ma zalamahumuo Allahu wa laken anfusahum yazlemuon (117).

The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves and destroyed it, and Allah did not wrong them but they wrong themselves. 

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo la tattakhezuo betanatan men dunekum la ya'lunakum khabalan wadduo ma anettum qad badati albaghda-uo men afwahehim wa ma tukhfi suduruhum akbaruo qad bayyanna lakumuo al-ayati in kuntum ta'qeluon (118).

O you who have believed! Do not take as intimates other than yourselves, they will not spare any effort to cause you ruin, they wish what distresses you, indeed, the hatred became apparent from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater, indeed, We have made clear the signs to you, if you understand.

Ha-antum aula-e tuhebbunahum wa la youhebbunakum wa tu'menuona bel-katabi kullehi wa iza laqukum qaluo amanna wa iza khalaww adduo alaiykumuo alanamela mena alghaiyzi qul mutuo be-ghaiyzekum inna Allaha Aleemun be-zati alsuduor (119).

Here you are, those who love them but they do not love you, and you believe in the Book, all of it, and when they meet you, they say we believe, but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage, Say Die in your rage, indeed, Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts.

In tamsaskum hasanatun tasu'hum wa in tusebkum sayyi-atun yafrahuo beha wa in tasberuo wa tattaquo la yadurrukum kaiyduhum shaiy-an inna Allaha be-ma ya'maluona muheet (120).

If a good touches you, it distresses them, and if an evil afflicts you, they rejoice in it, and if you are patient and fear, their plan will not harm you in anything, indeed, Allah is All-Encompassing of what they do.

Wa-iz ghadawta men ahleka tubawwi-uo almu'meneena maqa-eda lel-qetali wa Allahu Samee-on Aleem (121).

And when You left Your family early to place the believers in their positions for fighting, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knower.

Iz hammat ta-efatani menkum an tafshala wa Allahu waliyyuhuma wa ala Allahi fal-yatawakkali almu'menuon (122).

When two groups among you were about to lose encourage, but Allah was their Guardian, and upon Allah let the believers put their trust.

Wa la-qad nasarakumuo Allahu be-badrin wa antum azellatun fa-ttaquo Allaha la-allakum tashkuruon (123).

And indeed, Allah has given you victory at Badr while you were few, so Fear Allah, so that you may give thanks.

Iz taquluo lel-mu'meneena a-lan yakfiyakum an youmeddakum rabbakum be-thalathati alafin mena almalaekati munzaleen (124).

When You said to the believers Is it not sufficient for you that Your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand of the Angels sent down?.

Bala in tasberuo wa tattaquo wa ya'tukum men fawrehim haza yumdedkum Rabbukum be-khamsati alafin mena almalaekati musawwemeen (125).

Yes, if you are patient and fear and they come upon you in this rage of theirs, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand of the Angels having marks.

Wa ma ja-alahuo Allahu ella bushra lakum wa le-tatma-enna qulubukum behi wa ma alnasruo ella men endi ellahi Al-azeezi Alhakeem (126).

And Allah made it not except as glad tidings for you and so that your hearts would be reassured thereby, and the victory is not but from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

Le-yaqta-a tarafan mena allazina kafaruo aww yakbetahum fa-yanqalebuo kha-ebeen (127).

So that He may cut off a section of those who disbelieve or disgrace them so that they turn back disappointed.

Laysa laka mena alamri shaiy-on aww yatuba alaiyhim aww you-azzebahum fa-innahum zalemuon (128).

Not for You is the matter in anything or He should turn to them or punish them for indeed, they are wrongdoers. 

Wa le-llahi ma fee alsamawati wa ma fee al-ardi yaghfiruo le-man yasha-uo wa you'azebbuo man yasha-uo wa Allahu Ghafurun Raheem (129).

And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo la ta'kuluo alreba ad-afan muda-afatan wa-ttaquo Allaha la-allakum tuflehuon (130).

O you who have believed! Do not eat usury, doubled and multiplied, and Fear Allah so that you may succeed.

Wa-ttaquo alnara allati au-eddat lel-kafereen (131).

And Fear the fire that has been prepared for the disbelievers.

Wa ate-uo Allaha wa alrasula la-allakum turhamuon (132).

And Obey Allah and the Messenger so that you may receive mercy.

Wa sare-uo ela maghfiratin men Rabbekum wa jannatin arduha alsamawatuo wa al-arduo au-eddat lel-muttaqeen (133).

And Hasten to forgiveness from Your Lord and a Garden, the width of which is like that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous.

Allazina younfequona fee alsarra-e wa aldarra-e wa alkazemeena alghaiyza wa al-afeena ani alnasi wa Allahu youhebbuo almuhseneen (134).

Those who spend in ease and adversity, and those who restrain rage, and those who pardon the people and Allah loves the good doers.

Wa allazina iza fa-aluo faheshatan aww zalamuo anfusahum zakaruo Allaha fa-staghfaruo le-zunubehim wa man yaghfiruo alzunuba ella Allahu wa lam youserruo ala ma fa'aluo wa hum ya'lamuon (135).

And those who, when they do an immorality or wrong themselves, they remember Allah, then ask forgiveness for their sins and Who can forgive the sins except Allah?, and they do not persist on what they have done while they know. 

Aulaeka jaza-uhum maghferatun men Rabbehim wa jannatin tajree men tahteha al-anharuo khaledeena feeha wa ne'ma ajruo al-ameleen (136).

Those are the ones whose reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, and excellent is the reward of the doers.

Qad khalat men qablekum sunanun fa-seeruo fee al-ardi fa-nzuruo kaiyfa kana aqebatuo almukazzebeen (137).

Indeed, rules have passed before you, so Travel in the land and See how was the end of the deniers.

Haza bayanun lel-nasi wa hudan wa maw-ezatun lel-muttaqeen (138).

This is a declaration for the people and a guidance and an admonition for the righteous.

Wa la tahenuo wa la tahzanuo wa antumuo al-a'lawna in kuntum mu'meneen (139).

So Do not weaken and Do not grieve and you will be the superior if you are believers. 

In yamsaskum qarhun fa-qad massa alqawma qarhun methluhuo wa telka al-ayamuo nudaweluha baiyna al-nasi wa le-ya'lama Allahu allazina amanuo wa yattakheza menkum shuhada-a wa Allahu la youhebbuo alzalemeen (140).

If a wound should touch you, then indeed, there has touched the people a wound similar to it, and these days, We rotate among the people so that Allah may know those who believe and take to Himself from among you martyrs and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.

Wa le-youmahhesa Allahau allazina amanuo wa yamhaqa alkafereen (141).

And that Allah may purify those who believed and eradicate the disbelievers. 

Am hasebtum an tadkhuluo aljannata wa lamma ya'lami ellahu allazina jahaduo menkum wa ya'lama alsabereen (142).

Or Do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet known those among you who strive and known the patient?.

Wa laqad kuntum tamannawna almawta men qabli an talqawhuo fa-qad ra-aytumuhuo wa antum tanzuruon (143).

And indeed, you had wished for death before you met it, and you have seen it while you were looking on.

Wa ma muhammadun ella rasulun qad khalat men qablehi alrusuluo afa-in mata aww qutela enqalabtum ala a'qabekum wa man yanqalib ala aqebaiyhi fa-lan yadurra Allaha shaiy-an wa sa-yajzee ellahu alshakereen (144).

And Muhammad is not but a Messenger, indeed, the Messengers had passed before Him, so if He dies or is killed, Would you turn back on your heels?, and whoever turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in anything, and Allah will reward the grateful.

Wa ma kana le-nafsin an tamuota ella be-izni ellahi ketaban mu'ajjalan wa man yourid thawaba alduonya nu'tehi menha wa man yourid thawaba al-akherati nu'tehi menha wa sa-najzee alshakereen (145).

And it is not for a soul to die except by the permission of Allah at a decree, determined, and whoever desires the reward of the world, We will give him thereof, and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We will give him thereof, and We will reward the grateful.

Wa ka-ayyin men nabiyyin qatala ma-ahuo ribbiyyuona katheerun fa-ma wahanuo le-ma asabahum fee sabeeli ellahi wa ma da-ufuo wa ma estakanuo wa Allahu youhebbuo alsabereen (146).

And how many of a Prophet along with him fought many scholars of the Lord, but they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the way of Allah, nor did they weaken or submit, and Allah loves the Patient.

Wa ma kana qawlahum ella an qaluo Rabbana eghfir lana zunubana wa esrafana fee amrena wa thabbit aqdamana wa-nsurna ala alqawmi alkafereen (147).

And their words were not except that they said our Lord Forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs and Make our feet firm, and Help us against the disbelieving people.

Fa-atahumuo Allahu thawaba alduonya wa husna thawabi al-akherati wa Allahu youhebbuo almuhseneen (148).

So Allah gave them the reward of the world and the good reward of the Hereafter, and Allah loves the good doers.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo in tute-uo allazina kafaruo yaruddukum ala a'qabekum fa-tanqalebuo khasereen (149).

O you who have believed! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, then you will turn back as losers.

Bali ellahuo mawlakum wa huwa khaiyruo alnasereen (150).

But Allah is your Protector and He is the best of the helpers.

Sa-nulqi fee qulubi allazina kafaruo alru'ba bema ashrakuo be-llahi ma lam younazzil behi sultanan wa ma'wahumuo alnaruo wa be'sa mathwa alzalemeen (151).

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of what He had not sent down any authority of it, and their abode will be the Fire, and wretched is the abode of the wrongdoers.

Wa laqad sadaqakumuo Allahu wa'dahuo iz tuhussunahum be-iznehi hatta iza fasheltum wa tanaza'tum fee al-amri wa asaiytum men ba'di ma arakum ma tuhebbuona menkum man youreduo alduonya wa menkum man youreduo al-akherata thumma sarafakum anhum le-yabtaliyakum wa laqad afa ankum wa Allahu zuo fadlin ala almu'meneen (152).

And indeed, Allah has fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them by His permission until when you showed weakness and disputed in the matter and disobeyed after He had shown you what you like, among you are some who desire the world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter, then He averted you from them, so that He may test you, and indeed, He has pardoned you, and Allah is the Possessor of bounty for the believers.

Iz tus-eduona wa la talwuona ala ahadin wa alrasuluo yad-ukum fee aukhrakum fa-athabakum ghamman be-ghammin le-kaiyla tahzanuo ala ma fatakum wa la ma asabakum wa Allahu khabeerun be-ma ta'maluon (153).

When you climbed without turning aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind, so Allah repaid you with distress upon distress, so you would not grieve over what has escaped you or what has afflicted you, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do. 

Thumma anzala alaiykum men ba'di alghammi amanatan nu-asan yaghsah ta-efatan menkum wa ta-efatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yazunnuna be-llahi ghaiyra alhaqqi zanna aljahiliyati yaquluona hal lana mena al-amri men shaiy-in qul inna al-amra kullahuo le-llahai youkhfuona fee anfusehim ma la youbduona laka yaquluona laww kana lana mena al-amri shaiy-on ma qutelna hahuna qul laww kuntum fee buyutekum la-baraza allazina kuteba alaiyhemuo alqatluo ela madaje-ehim wa le-yabtaliya Allahu ma fee sudurekum wa le-youmahhesa ma fee qulubekum wa Allahu Aleemun be-zati alsuduor (154).

Then He sent down upon you after the distress security, a drowsiness, overwhelming a group of you, while a group worried about themselves, assuming about Allah other than the truth, the assumption of Jahiliyyah, saying Is there anything for us in the matter?, Say indeed, the matter belongs entirely to Allah, they conceal within themselves what they will not declare to You, they say if there was anything for us in the matter, we would not have been killed here, Say if you were in your houses, those who were decreed to be killed would have come out to their places of death, so that Allah may test what is in your breasts, and may purify what is in your hearts, and Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts.

Inna allazina tawallaww menkum yawma eltaqa aljam-ani inamma estazallahumuo alshaiytanuo be-ba'di ma kasabuo wa la-qad afa Allahu anhum inna Allaha Ghafurun Haleem (155).

Indeed, those of you who turned away on the day when the two forces met, it was only Satan who caused them to slip because of some they had earned, but indeed, Allah has pardoned them, indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo la takunuo ka-allazina kafaruo wa qaluo le-ekhwanehim iza darabuo fee al-ardi aww kanuo ghuzzan laww kanuo endana ma matuo wa ma quteluo le-yaj'ala Allahu zaleka hasratan fee qulubehim wa Allahu yuhyi wa youmeetuo wa Allahu be-ma ta'maluona Baseer (156).

O you who have believed! Do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled throughout the earth or went out to fight, if they had been with us, they would not have died nor would they have been killed, so Allah makes that a regret within their hearts, and Allah gives life and causes death, and Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

Wala-in quteltum fee sabeeli ellahi aww muttum la-maghfiratun mena Allahi wa rahmatun khaiyrun memma yajma-uon (157).

And if you are killed in the way of Allah or die, then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than what they amass.

Wala-in muttum aww quteltum la ela Allahi tuhsharuon (158).

And whether you die or are killed, to Allah you will be gathered.

Fa-bema rahmatin mena Allahi lenta lahum wa laww kunta fazzan ghaliza alqalbi la-nfadduo men hawleka fa'fuo anhum wa-staghfir lahum wa shawerhum fee al-amri fa-iza azamta fa-tawakkal ala Allahi inna Allaha youhebbuo almutawakkeleen (159).

So by mercy from Allah You were lenient with them, and if You had been discourteous, harsh in heart, they would have dispersed from around You, so Pardon them and Ask forgiveness for them, and Consult them in the matter, and when You have determined, then Put Your trust upon Allah, indeed, Allah loves those who rely.

In yansurkumuo Allahu fa-la ghaleba lakum wa in yakhzulkum fa-man za allazi yansurukum men ba'dehi wa ala Allahi fal-yatawakkali almu'menuon (160).

If Allah supports you, so no one can overcome you, but if He abandons you, then Who is the one who can support you after Him?, and upon Allah let the believers put their trust.

Wa ma kana le-nabiyyin an yaghulla wa man yaghlul ya'ti be-ma ghalla yawma alqiyamati thumma tuwaffa kulluo nafsin ma kasabat wa hum la youzlamuon (161).

It is not for any Prophet that He would defraud, and whoever defrauds will come with what He had defrauded on the day of resurrection, then every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Af-mani ettaba-a redwana Allahi ka-man ba-a be-sakhatin mena Allahi wa ma'wahuo jahannamuo wa be'sa almaseer (162).

So Is he who pursues the pleasure of Allah like he who returned with the wrath from Allah and his abode is Hellfire, and wretched is the fate.

Hum darajatun enda Allahi wa Allahu Baseerun be-ma ya'maluon (163).

They are degrees in the sight of Allah, and Allah is All-Seeing of what they do.

La-qad manna Allahu ala almu'meneena iz ba-atha fehim rasulan men anfusehim yatluo alaiyhim ayatehi wa youzakkehim wa you'allemuhumuo alketaba wa alhekmata wa in kanuo men qabluo la-fee dalalin mubeem (164).

Indeed, Allah has bestowed favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses, and purifying them and teaching them the Book and the wisdom, although they were before in a clear error. 

Awa-lamma asabatkum museebatun qad asabtum methlaiyha qultum anna haza qul huwa men endi anfusekum inna Allaha ala kulli shaiy-in Qadeer (165).

How is it that when a calamity afflicts you, although you had afflicted with the twice of it, you said From where is this?, Say it is from yourselves, indeed, Allah is All-Powerful over everything.

Wa ma asabakum yawma eltaqa aljam-ani fa-be-izni ellahi wa leya'lama almu'meneen (166).

And what afflicted you on the day the two forces met was by the permission of Allah, and that He may know the believers.

Wa le-ya'lama allazina nafaquo wa qeela lahum ta'alaww qateluo fee sabeeli ellahi awi edfa-uo qaluo laww na'lamuo qetalan la-ttaba'nakum hum lel-kufri yawma-izin aqrabuo menhum lel-emani yaquluona be-afwahehim ma laysa fee qulubehim wa Allahu a'lamuo be-ma yaktumuon (167).

And that He may know those who are hypocrites and it was said to them Come, Fight in the way of Allah or Defend, they said if we had known fighting, we would have surely followed you, they were nearer to disbelief that day than they were to belief, they say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, and Allah knows best of what they conceal.

Allazina qaluo le-ekhwanehim wa qa-aduo laww ata-auna ma quteluo qul fadra'uo an anfusekumuo almawta in kuntum sadeqeen (168).

Those who said about their brothers while they sat, if they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed, Say then Repel death from yourselves, if you are truthful.

Wa la tahsabanna allazina quteluo fee sabeeli ellahi amwatan bal ahya-on enda Rebbehim yourzaquon (169).

And Do not think that those who have been killed in the way of Allah are dead, but rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision.

Fareheena be-ma atahumuo Allahu men fadlehi wa yastabsheruona be-llazina lam yalhaquo behim men khalfehim alla khawfun alaiyhim wa la hum yahzanuon (170).

Rejoicing in what Allah has given them of His bounty, and they receive glad tidings about those after them who have not yet joined them that there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.

Yastabsheruona be-ne'matin mena Allahi wa fadlin wa anna Allaha la youdee-uo ajra almu'meneen (171).

They receive glad tidings of favor from Allah and bounty, and that Allah does not waste the reward of the believers.

Allazina estajabuo le-llahi wa alrasuli men ba'di ma asabahumuo alqarhuo le-llazina ahsanuo menhum wa-ttaqaww ajrun azeem (172).

Those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them, for those who did good among them and feared is a great reward.

Allazina qala lahumuo alnasuo inna alnasa qad jama-uo lakum fa-khshawhum fa-zadahum emanan wa qaluo hasbuna Allahu wa ne'ma alwakeel (173).

Those to whom the people said indeed, the people have gathered against you, so Fear them, but it increased them in faith, and they said Sufficient for us is Allah, and the Best Guardian.

Fa-nqalabuo be-ne'matin mena Allahi wa fadlin lam yamsas-hum su-on wa-ttaba-uo redwana Allahi wa Allahu zuo fadlin azeem (174).

So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them and they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the Possessor of great bounty.

Innama zalekumuo alshaiytanuo youkhawwefuo awliya-ahuo fa-la takhafuhum wa khafuni in kuntum mu'meneen (175).

It is only that Satan who frightens his allies, so Do not fear them, but Fear Me if you are believers.

Wa-la yahzunka allazina yousare-uona fee alkufri innahum lan yadurruo Allaha shaiy-an youreduo Allahu alla yaja'ala lahum hazzan fee al-akherati wa lahum azabun azeem (176).

And Let not grieve You those who hasten into disbelief, indeed, they will not harm Allah in anything, Allah intends that He will not grant them any share in the Hereafter, and for them there is a great punishment.

Inna allazina eshtarawuo alkufra bel-emani lan yadurruo Allaha shaiy-an wa lahum azabun aleem (177). 

Indeed, those who purchase disbelief for faith, they will not harm Allah in anything, and for them there is a painful punishment.

Wa la yasabanna allazina kafaruo annama numli lahum khaiyrun la-anfusehim innama numli lahum le-yazdaduo ethman wa lahum azabun muheen (178).

And Let not those who disbelieve think that We give respite for them is better for themselves, We only give respite for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them there is a humiliating punishment.

Ma kana Allahu le-yazara almu'meneena ala ma antum alaiyhi hatta yameeza alkhabeetha mena altayyibi wa ma kana Allahu le-youtle-akum ala alghaiybi wa lakenna Allaha yajtabi men rusulehi man yasha-uo fa-amenuo be-llahi wa rusulehi wa in tu'menuo wa tattaquo fa-lakum ajrun azeem (179).

Allah would not leave the believers in that you are in until He distinguishes the wicked from the good, nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen, but Allah chooses of His Messengers whom He wills, so Believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe and fear, then for you there is a great reward.

Wa la yahsabanna allazina yabkhaluona be-ma atahumuo Allahu men fadlehi huwa khaiyran lahum bal huwa sharrun lahum sa-youtawwaquona ma bakheluo behi yawma alqiyamati wa le-llahi merathuo alsamawati wa al-ardi wa Allahu be-ma ta'maluona Khabeer (180).

And Let not those who are stingy with what Allah has given them of His bounty think that it is better for them, rather it is worse for them, their necks will be encircled by what they were stingy with on the day of resurrection, and to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

La-qad same-a Allahu qawla allazina qaluo inna Allaha faqeerun wa nahnuo aghniya-uo sa-naktubuo ma qaluo wa qatlahumuo al-anbiyaa be-ghaiyri haqqin wa naquluo zuquo azaba alhareeq (181).

Indeed, Allah has heard the saying of those who said indeed, Allah is poor while we are rich, We will write what they said and their killing of the Prophets without right and We will say Taste the punishment of the burning Fire.

Zaleka be-ma qaddamat aiydekum wa anna Allaha laysa be-zallamin lel-abeed (182).

That is because of what your hands have sent forth, and that Allah is not unjust to the servants.

Allazina qaluo inna Allaha aheda elaiyna alla nu'mena le-rasulin hatta ya'teiyana be-qurbanin ta'kuluhuo alnaruo qul qad ja-akum rusulun men qabli bel-bayyinayti wa be-llazi qultum fa-lema qataltumuhum in kuntum sadeqeen (183).

Those who said indeed, Allah has made a covenant with us that we should not believe any Messenger unless he brings us an offering which the fire will eat up, Say indeed, there have come to you Messengers before Me with clear proofs and that of which you have said, so Why did you kill them if you are truthful?. 

Fa-in kazzabuoka fa-qad kuzzeba rusulun men qableka ja-uo bel-bayyinati wa alzuburi wa alketabi almuneer (184).

Then if they deny You, then indeed, Messengers were denied before You, they came with the clear proofs and the Scriptures and the enlightening Book.

Kulluo nafsin za-eqatuo almawti wa innama tuwaffawna aujurakum yawma alqiyamati fa-man zuhzeha ani al-nari wa audkhela aljannata fa-qad faza wa ma alhayatuo alduonya ella mata-uo alghurur (185).

Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your reward in full on the day of resurrection, so he who is drawn away from the Fire, and admitted into Paradise, then indeed, he has succeeded, and the worldly life is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion.

La-tublawunna fee amwalekum wa anfusekum wa la-tasma-unna mena allazina autuo alketaba men qablekum wa mena allazina ashrakuo azan katheeran wa in tasberuo wa tattaquo fa-inna zaleka men azmi al-aumuor (186).

You will surely be tested in your wealth and in yourselves and you will surely hear from those who were given the Book before you and from those who associated much hurt, and if you are patient and fear, then indeed, that is of the matters of determination.

Wa-iz akhaza Allahu methaqa allazina autuo alketaba la-tubayyinunnahuo lel-nasi wa la taktumunahuo fa-nabazuhuo wara-a zuhurehim wa-shtaraww behi thamanan qaleelan fa-be'sa ma yashtaruon (187).

And when Allah took the covenant of those who were given the Book that you make it clear to the people, and do not conceal it, but they threw it behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price, and wretched is what they purchase.

La tahsabanna allazina yafrahuona be-ma ataww wa youhebbuona an youhmaduo be-ma lam yaf'aluo fa-la tahsabannahum be-mafazatin mena al-azabi wa lahum azabun aleem (188).

And Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and they like to be praised for what they have not done, so Do not think them in safety from the punishment, and for them there is a painful punishment.

Wa le-llahi mulkuo alsamawati wa al-ardi wa allahu ala kulli shaiy-in Qadeer (189).

And to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Powerful over everything.

Inna fee khalqi alsamawati wa al-ardi wa-khtelafi al-laili wa alnahari la-ayatin le-auli al-albab (190).

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day, there are signs for those of understanding.

Allazina yazkuruona Allaha qiyaman wa qu-udan wa ala junubehim wa yatafakkaruona fee khalqi alsamawati wa al-ardi Rabbana ma khalaqta haza batelan subhanaka fa-qena azaba alnar (191).

Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, or on their sides, and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, our Lord, You did not create this in vain, Glory to be You, so Save us from the punishment of the Fire.

Rabbana innaka man tudkheli alnara fa-qad akhzaiytahuo wa ma lel-zalemeena men ansar (192).

Our Lord, whoever You admit into the Fire, then indeed, You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

Rabbana innana sami'na munadiyan younadi lel-emani an amenuo be-rabbekum fa-amanna Rabbana fa-ghfir lana zunubana wa kaffir anna sayyi-atena wa tawaffana ma-a al-abrar (193).

Our Lord, indeed, we have heard a caller, calling to faith that Believe in your Lord, so we have believed, our Lord, so Forgive us our sins and Expiate from us our evil deeds and Cause us to die with the righteous.

Rabbana wa atena ma wa-adtana ala rusuleka wa la tukhzena yawma alqiyamati innaka la tukhlefuo almee-ad (194).

Our Lord and Give us what You promised us through Your Messengers, and Do not disgrace us on the day of resurrection, indeed, You do not break the promise.

Fa-stajaba lahum Rabbuhum anni la audee-uo amala amelin menkum men zakarin aww auntha ba'dukum men ba'din fa-allazina hajaruo wa aukhrejuo men diyarehim wa auzuo fee sabeeli wa qataluo wa quteluo la-aukafferanna anhum sayyi-atehim wa la-audkhelannahum jannatin tajree men tahteha al-anharuo thawaban men endi ellahi wa Allahu endahuo husnuo althawab (195).

So their Lord responded to them, I will not waste the work of any worker among you, male or female, you are of one another, so those who emigrated and were expelled from their homes and were harmed in My way and fought and were killed, I will surely expiate from them their evil deeds, and I will surely admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, as reward from Allah and Allah has with Him the good reward.

La yaghurrannaka taqalluba allazina kafaruo fee albelad (196).

Let not the movement of those who disbelieve in the lands deceive You.

Mata-on qaleelun thumma ma'wahum jahannamuo wa be'sa almehad (197).

A little enjoyment, then their abode is Hellfire, and wretched is the resting place.

Lakeni allazina ettaqaww Rabbahum lahum jannatun tajree men tahteha al-anharuo khaledeena feeha nuzulan men endi ellahi wa ma enda Allahi khaiyrun lel-abrar (198).

But those who feared their Lord, for them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, as hospitality from Allah, and what is with Allah is best for the righteous.

Wa inna men ahli alketabi la-man you'menuo be-llahi wa ma aunzela elaiykum wa ma aunzela elaiyhim khasi-eena le-llahi la yashtaruona be-ayati ellahi thamanan qaleelan aulaeka lahum ajruhum enda Rabbehim inna Allaha Saree-uo alhesab (199).

And indeed, among the people of the Book, there are those who believe in Allah and in what has been sent down to you, and what has been sent down to them, humbling to Allah, they do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price, for those there will be their reward with their Lord, indeed, Allah is Swift in reckoning.

Ya-ayyuha allazina amanuo esberuo wa saberuo wa rabetuo wa-ttaquo Allaha la-allakum tuflehuon (200).

O you who have believed! Be patient and Endure, and Remain stationed, and Fear Allah so that you may succeed.

Simplified interpretation:

 

 Surat Ali Imran begins with three letters of the Arabic language, just like 28 Surahs of the Holy Quran that start with individual letters ranging from one to five letters. It is noticeable that in all 29 Surahs the book or the Holy Quran is mentioned whether it is immediately after these letters or it is included in the Surah or even at the end of it. It was said that this is a challenge from Allah, Almighty, to the infidels of Quraish, as if Allah says to them this is the book in the letters of the language you speak, but you will not be able to produce the like of it, and He has already challenged them in Aya (88) of Surat Alisraa "Say, if mankind and the Jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants". As for the current Surah, it begins with three letters "Alif, Lam, and Meem" or "A, L, and M" in English followed by "Allah, there is no God but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence, He has sent down upon You the Book in truth, confirming what was before it, and He has sent down the Torah and the Gospel", but the knowledge of these letters remains with Allah, the Lord of the worlds. 

 And as narrated by Alnawwas bin Sam'an that he heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying: "On the day of resurrection, the Quran and its people who acted according to it will be brought with Surat Albaqarah and Ali Imran, and Allah's Messenger cited three examples for them, which I did not forget afterwards, He likened them to two clouds, or two black canopies with light between them, or like two flocks of birds in ranks pleading for he who recited them" (Sahih Muslim 805).

 Allah Almighty says in the first four verses (1-4) "Alif, Lam, Meem, Allah, there is no God but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence, He has sent down upon You the Book in truth, confirming what was before it, and He has sent down the Torah and the Gospel, before as guidance for the people, and He has sent down the Criterion, indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah, for them there is a severe punishment, and Allah is Almighty, the Possessor of vengeance", that is, Allah declares that He alone is worthy of worship as there is no God but Him, with no partner, He is the Ever-Living, the One who does not die, the Sustainer of existence, the One who is in charge of his creation by managing their affairs, directing them, and preserving them, then Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying that He has sent down the Holy Quran upon Him in truth, about which there is no doubt, confirming what was before it of the previous Scriptures, and Allah has sent down the Torah upon His Messenger Moses, peace be upon Him, and the Gospel upon His Messenger Jesus, peace be upon Him, before the Holy Quran as a guidance for the people of their times, then He has sent the Criterion (Alfurqan), which is the Holy Quran, and Allah has named it the Criterion because it distinguishes between truth and falsehood, between guidance and misguidance, and between lawful and forbidden, so the Holy Quran is a guardian over these Scriptures for the Holy Quran is a witness to whether they are true or distorted as Allah has stated in Aya (48) of Surat Alma'idah, then Allah threatens those who disbelieve in the Holy Quran and denied it that He has prepared for them a severe punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and Allah is Almighty who is Severe in His revenge on those who disbelieved in Him, His Messengers, and His Books, and He is the Possessor of vengeance.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (5,6) "Indeed, Allah is such that nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven, He is the One who forms you in the wombs however He wills, there is no God but He, the Almighty, the All-Wise", that is, Allah assures that nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven, so He knows what was, what is, and what will be till the day of resurrection, and He knows what His creation declare and what they conceal of words and deeds, and Allah is the One who forms you in the wombs of your mothers whoever He wills, so you are different in gender whether male or female, in color whether white, black, or red, in appearance whether beautiful or ugly, tall or short, healthy or sick, and in fate whether happy or miserable, so there is no God but Allah, and no Creator except Him, and He is the Almighty who is Severe in His revenge on those who disobeyed Him, the All-Wise who manages His creation with wisdom in His laws and destiny.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (7) "He is the One who has sent down to You the Book in it precise verses, they are the foundation of the Book, and others are unspecific, then as for those in whose hearts is deviation, they follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking the discord and seeking its interpretation, and no one knows its interpretation except Allah, but those who are firm in knowledge, they say we believe in it, all is from our Lord, and no one will be reminded except those of understanding", that is, Allah assures that He is the One who has sent down the Holy Quran upon His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), and that there are precise and decisive verses, which are the foundation of the Holy Quran for they are consistent in words and meaning, so they are clear proofs and clear meanings with no ambiguity among the people, and do not need to be referred to other verses in order to understand them, so no one has an interpretation for the precise verses except one interpretation. and the precise verses include the verses of obligations, legal punishment, limits, commands, prohibitions, the lawful, and the forbidden. 

 And among the precise verses, there are verses whose interpretation is not known at all, where Allah has declared decisively that He has reserved their knowledge for Himself, and it is not for humans to interpret them because they are outside the limits of their knowledge such as the matter of the soul and the arrival of they day of resurrection. And among the verses of the Holy Quran there are unspecific verses, as they are not compatible in wording and meaning, so its meaning is doubtful for many of the people, so whoever refers what is doubtful to what is decisive, so he ruled on what he considers to be ambiguous according to the foundation of the book which is returned to when there is doubt, then he will find the meaning of ambiguous verses bears agreement with the decisive ones even though they may bear something else in terms of wording not in terms of meaning. Thereupon, the verses of the Holy Quran confirmed one another, removed the falsehood, and rebelled the disbelief. 

 Allah has tested His servants regarding the unspecific verses as He tested them regarding what is lawful and what is forbidden, and as narrated by Alnu'man bin Basheer that he heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and he pointed towards his ears with his finger: "What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear, and in between them are the things doubtful which many people do not know, so he who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and honor blameless, and he who indulges in doubtful things, indulges in fact in unlawful things, just as a shepherd who pastures his animals round a preserve will soon pasture them in it, unquestionably, every king has a preserve, indeed, the things that Allah has forbidden are His preserve, and indeed, in the body there is a piece of flesh, if it is sound, then the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, then the whole body is corrupt, unquestionably, it is the heart" (Sahih Muslim 1599). 

 So whoever refers the ambiguous verses to the decisive verses whose meaning and interpretation are known, then he has been guided, but as for those in whose hearts there is deviation and departure from the truth to falsehood, they follow the unspecific verses which they can distort due to the possibility of its wording to what they distort, but they have no way to distort the decisive verses, they are seeking the discord and seeking its interpretation, so they mislead the people and interpret these verses according to their desires in order to cast doubt on the Holy Quran, and they are using the verses of the Holy Quran as evidence to their heresy, making the people believe that it is from the Holy Quran while it is not, and as narrated by Aisha: "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) recited {He is the One who has sent down to You the Book in it precise verses, they are the foundation of the Book, and others are unspecific, then as for those in whose hearts is deviation, they follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking the discord and seeking its interpretation} till His saying those of understanding, she said Allah's Messenger said if you see those who follow that of it which is unspecific, they are those whom Allah has named, so Beware of them" (Sahih Albukhari 4547). And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "The Jews were split up into seventy one or seventy two sects, and the Christians were split up into seventy one or seventy two sects, and My Ummah will be split up into seventy three sects" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4596).

 So the decisive verses are not difficult for anyone to understand as they are clear in wording and meaning and the Arabs know them from their language, but as for the unspecific verses, Allah is the only One who knows its interpretation, other than that, they are the efforts of the believers by which they increased in faith, and fabrications of the disbelievers by which they increased in disbelief. But those who are firm in knowledge who strive to interpret the unspecific verses and refer them to what is decisive, they say we believe in it, all is from our Lord, so both the precise and the unspecific verses are from Allah, so they are true and confirm one another with no contradictions, and no one will be reminded by them except those of sound minds and upright understanding who contemplate the meaning of the unspecific verses in their correct manner, as Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "controverting about the Quran is disbelief" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4603).   

  

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (8,9) "Our Lord! Do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and Grant us from Yourself mercy, indeed, You are the Oft-Giver, Our Lord! Indeed, You will gather the people to a Day about which there is no doubt, indeed, Allah does not break the promise", that is, Allah informs about those who are firm in knowledge saying that they supplicate Allah not to let their hearts deviate after He has guided them, so not to turn them away from the guidance after He has established them upon it, so no to make us like those who follow the ambiguous of the Holy Quran, but rather, Make us steadfast on Your straight path and upright religion, and Grant for us from Yourself mercy by which our hearts will be strengthened and increased in faith and certainty, indeed, You are the Oft-Giver who gives what He wills to whom He wills, and as narrated by Nawwas bin Sam'an Alkilabi that he heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) saying: "There is no heart that is not between two Fingers of the Most Gracious, if He wills, He guides it, and if He wills, He lets it go astray, the Messenger of Allah used to say Ya muthabbit alqulubi thabbit qulubana ala deenak: O You who makes hearts steadfast, Make our hearts steadfast in adhering to Your religion, and He said the balance is in the Hand of the Most Gracious, He will cause some people to rise and others to fall until the day of resurrection" (Sunan Ibn Majah 199). And Allah informs that those who are firm in knowledge believe in the resurrection unlike those in whose hearts is deviation, so they supplicate Allah saying Our Lord! You will gather the people to the day of resurrection about which there is no doubt, and it will inevitably happen, so You will judge between Your servants in what they differed about, and You will recompense each for his deeds, whether it is good or evil, indeed, You do not break the promise, so Forgive and Pardon us that day.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (10-12) "Indeed, those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them from Allah in anything, and those are the fuel of the Fire, like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them, they denied our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins, and Allah is Severe in punishment, Say to those who disbelieve you will be defeated and you will be gathered to Hellfire, and wretched is the resting place'', that is, those who disbelieve in Allah, denied His Messengers and His Books claimed that they will not be punished because they are more in wealth and children as mentioned in Aya (35) of Surat Saba', but Allah assures that their wealth and their children will not avail them in anything from Allah as they will not save them from Allah's punishment, but rather, they will be the fuel of Hellfire, so they will be its wood by which it will be kindled on the day of resurrection, then Allah confirms that those who disbelieved in Allah and denied His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) did not differ from the nations before them, where their custom was like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them who denied the signs of Allah with which He has sent His Messengers, so Allah seized them and destroyed them with a severe punishment for their sins, and Allah is Severe in punishment and revenge on those who disbelieve in Him and denied His signs with which He has sent His Messengers. Thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to those who disbelieve in Allah and opposed Him that they will be defeated in the worldly life, and they will be gathered to Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and wretched is the resting place that they paved for themselves with disbelief, denial, and stubbornness.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (13) "Indeed, there has been for you a sign in the two companies which met, one company is fighting in the way of Allah and the other is disbeliever, they saw them twice of their number by the sight of eye, and Allah supports with His victory whom He wills, indeed, in that there is a lesson for those of insight", that is, Allah addresses the Jews who denied His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying that there was for them a sign of Allah's support for His religion, His Messenger, and the believers, when Allah's Messenger and the believers met the polytheists of Quraish in the Battle of Badr, and the believers were fighting in the way of Allah, while the people of Quraish were disbelievers, and the believers saw the polytheists of Quraish twice of their number by the sight of their eyes while they were more than that, so Allah reduced the number of the polytheists in the eyes of the believers and showed them to the believers twice in number, as Allah has stated in Aya (44) of Surat Alanfal "And when He showed them to You, when you met as few in your eyes, and He made you as few in their eyes", and Allah reduced the number of the polytheists in the eyesight of the believers so that the believers dare to fight them as Allah has informed them that they can defeat the double of their number as mentioned in Aya (66) of Surat Alanfal {So if there are among you one hundred who are patient, they will overcome two hundred, and if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by the permission of Allah}, and Allah supports with His victory whom He wills, so He supported the believers despite their small number, and grant them victory over the disbelievers despite their large number, indeed, in that there is a lesson for those who have insight for they will acknowledge that Allah will support the believers in the worldly life and the Hereafter.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (14) "Beautified to the people is the love of the desire of the women and the sons, and the heaped-up amounts of gold and silver, and the branded horses, and the cattle and the tillage, that is the enjoyment of the worldly life, but Allah has with Him a good return", that is, beautified to the people is the desires of the worldly life as Allah has created it, prepared it for benefit, and created the inclination of the human hearts towards it, but Satan beautified it to the people through whispering and deception and commanded them to take it from a way other than the lawful way, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Anas bin Malik: "The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Fire is surrounded by temptations" (Sahih Muslim 2822). Each of these desires carries within good and evil, if a person obtains it in a legitimate way, and deals with it in a way that pleases Allah, then it is a great deal of good, but if the opposite is the case, then it is for the sake of Satan, and it is a great deal of evil. So it has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of women, and the love of women is a great temptation for men if they deal with them in unlawful way, where Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Usama bin Zaid: "After Me I have not left any trial more severe to men than women" (Sahih Albukhari 5096), and as narrated by Anas that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "In this world, women and perfume have been made dear to Me, and My comfort has been provided in prayer" (Sunan Alnasai 3939). But if the intention behind the love of women is chastity and having children, then it is desirable, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Women may be married for four things, her wealth, her good lineage, her beauty, and her religion, so Choose the religious, may your hand be rubbed with dust i.e. may you prosper" (Sunan Ibn Majah 1858), and as narrated by Abdullah bin Amr that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "This world is but a provision, and there is no provision in this world better than a righteous woman" (Sunan Ibn Majah 1855). 

 It has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of sons, and it is desirable if it was in a lawful way and if it was for multiplying the offspring and the Ummah of Muhammad (PBUH), not for boasting and adornment, where as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "Marry, for I will boast of your great number" (Sunan Ibn Majah 1863), and as narrated by Ma'qil bin Yasar: "A man came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said I have found a woman of good lineage and beauty, but she does not give birth to children, Should I marry her, He said no, he came again to Him, and He forbade him, then he came to Him the third time, and He said Marry women who are loving and prolific, for I shall outnumber the people by you" (Sunan Abu Dawood 2050).

 But as for the love of the desires of money and possessions including the heaped-up amounts of gold and silver, the branded horses, the cattle such as camels, cows, and sheep, and the tillage such as gardens of crops and fruits, it is desirable if it was for spending in the way of Allah, spending on oneself, one's family, and close relatives, and other acts of righteousness and obedience, but it is reprehensible if it was for the sake of pride and bullying the poor. It has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of the heaped-up amounts of gold and silver, and Allah gave those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah tidings of a painful punishment as He has stated in Aya (34) of Surat Altawbah. And Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah ''If any owner of gold or silver does not pay what is due on it, when the day of resurrection would come, plates of fire would be beaten out for him, these would then be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, his forehead, and his back would be cauterized with them. Whenever these cool down, they would be repeated during a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand years, until Judgement is pronounced among servants, and he sees whether his path is to take him to Paradise or to Hell" (Sahih Muslim 987). 

 It has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of the horses, where as narrated by Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "There is no Arabian horse but it is allowed to offer two supplications every Sahar "the end of night", O Allah! You have caused me to be owned by whoever You wanted among the sons of Adam, and You have made me belong to him, so Make me the dearest of his family and wealth to him, or among the dearest of his family and wealth to him" (Sunan Alnasai 3579), and the horses may be a reward or a burden for their owner where as narrated by Urwah bin Abi Alja'd that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the day of resurrection, reward and spoils" (Sunan Alnasai 3577). And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "The horses may be a source of reward to a man, a shelter to a man, or a burden to a man, as for the one to whom they are a reward, he is the man who keeps them in the way of Allah, and ties them by a long rope in a pasture, he will get a reward equal to what its long rope allows them to eat in the pasture or the garden, and if their rope had been cut off, and they cross one or two hills, then all their footsteps and their dung will be counted as good deeds for its owner, and if they pass by a river and drink from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner, even if he has no intention of watering them, so they are a reward to him, and a man ties them for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time, he does not forget the right of their necks and their backs, so they are for him a shelter, and a man ties them for pride, showing off, and as a means of harming the Muslims, so they are for him a burden" (Sahih Albukhari 2371).

 It has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of the cattle, and as narrated by Urwah Albariqi that Allah's Messenger said: "The camels are the pride of their owners, sheep are a blessing, and goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses till the day of resurrection" (Sunan Ibn Majah 2305), and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to Umm Hani': "Keep sheep, for in them is blessing" (Sunan Ibn Majah 2304). It has been beautified to the people the love of the desire of the tillage, and the tillage may be a burden and a source of humiliation if it distracts the people from the Hereafter, so they neglect the duties of their religion and become preoccupied with it, where when Abu Umamamh Albahili saw some agricultural equipment, he said that he heard the Prophet (PBUH) saying: "There is no house in which these equipment enters except that Allah will cause humiliation to enter it" (Sahih Albukhari 2321), and the tillage may be a charity for its people, where as narrated by Anas that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Never does a Muslim plant trees or cultivate a land, and birds or a man or a beast eat out of them, but that is a charity on his behalf" (Sahih Muslim 1553). Then Allah assures that these desires are the enjoyment of the worldly life and its adornment, but Allah has with Him a good return and a good reward in the Hereafter.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (15-17) "Say Shall I inform you of better than that?, for those who fear there will be gardens with their Lord beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, and purified wives and pleasure from Allah, and Allah is All-Seeing of the servants, those who say Our Lord! Indeed, we have believed, so Forgive us our sins and Save us from the punishment of the Fire, the patient, and the truthful, and the obedient, and those who spend, and those who seek forgiveness before Dawn", that is, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to the people Shall I inform you of better than the aforementioned desires of the worldly life that had been beautified to you?, Allah has prepared for those who fear Him and fear His punishment gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they will abide therein forever, and for them therein there will be purified wives from every filth and harm such as menstruation, puerperium, impurity, and from bad morals and characteristics, and a pleasure from Allah after which He will never be displeased with them, where Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Sa'id Alkhudri: "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, O people of Paradise! They will say Labaika Rabbana wa sa'daiyk: at Your service and pleasure our Lord, Allah will say Are you pleased?, they will say Why should we not be pleased since You have given us what You have not given to anyone of Your creation?, Allah will say I will give you something better than that, they will say O our Lord! And what is better than that?, Allah will say I will bestow upon you My pleasure, so that I will never be displeased with you after that" (Sahih Albukhari 6549). And Allah is All-Seeing of the servants, so He knows best those who fear Him, and fear His punishment, so they follow His commands and avoid His prohibitions, and those who disobey Him, so He will recompense each for His deeds, and will give each according to what he deserves in giving.

 Then Allah describes the righteous for whom He has prepared a great bliss in Paradise saying that they are those who say Our Lord! Indeed, we have believed in You, Your Messengers, and Your Books, so Forgive us our sins, and Save us from the punishment of Hellfire, and they are those who are patient over hardships and calamities, and over performing acts of obedience and avoiding acts of disobedience, those who are truthful in their words and their deeds,  those who are obedient to Allah, those who spend from their wealth in all that they are commanded to do of acts of obedience such as spending in the way of Allah, spending in Zakah or alms, and those who ask forgiveness in the hours before Dawn prayer, and Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah "Our Lord who is blessed and exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last one-third of the night remains, and says Who supplicates Me so that I may answer him?, Who asks of Me so that I may give to him?, and Who asks My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?" (Sahih Albukhari 1145). And as narrated by Aisha: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to offer prayer at night while she was laying in front of Him, and when the Witr prayer (Odd Rak'ah) was yet to be observed, He would awaken her, and she observed Witr" (Sahih Muslim 744), and Aisha reported also: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight, and in the last part of night finishing His Witr at Dawn" (Sahih Muslim 744 b).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (18,19) "Allah bears witness that there is no God but He, and the Angels, and the possessors of knowledge, Standing firm in justice, there is no God be He, the Almighty, the All-Wise, indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam, and those who were given the Book did not differ except after the knowledge had come to them out of tyranny between them, and whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah, then indeed, Allah is Swift in reckoning", that is, Allah bears witness that there is no God but Him, and He alone is worthy of worship, and the Angels and the people of knowledge bear witness that there is no God but Allah, the Most judge of the Judges who maintain justice among His creation, the Almighty who is Severe in His revenge on those who disobeyed Him, the All-Wise who manages His creation with wisdom in His laws and destiny. Then Allah assures that there is no religion that He accepts from anyone except Islam, which is believing in Allah, and believing in all of His Messengers and Books, so whoever meets Allah after the mission of His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) while He did not believe in Him, then it will not be accepted from him as will come later in Aya (85), but Allah assures that those who were given the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians did not differ among themselves except after the knowledge had come to them, as they were believing in the Mission of Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel as Allah has stated in Aya (157) of Surat Ala'raf, but when the Prophet Muhammad became present before their eyes, some of them believed in Him and followed Him, while others disbelieved in Him and opposed Him out of their stubbornness and tyranny for the sake of the worldly life, then Allah threatens those who disbelieve in His verses with which He has sent His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying that He is Swift in reckoning of His servants; Because His knowledge encompasses all of their affairs, so He will recompense them for their disbelief and opposing Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and His Book.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (20) "So if they argue with You, then Say I have submitted My face to Allah, and those who follow Me, and Say to those who were given the Book and the illiterate Do you submit?, and if they submit, then indeed, they are guided, but if they turn away, then upon You is only the conveyance, and Allah is All-Seeing of the servants", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying if the people of the Scripture argue with you regarding the monotheism with false arguments, then Say to them I have submitted Myself to Allah, so I have sincerely worship Allah alone, with no partner, and those who follow Me believe in what I believe in, and Allah commanded Him to say to those who were given the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians, and the illiterate who do not have a scripture from among the Arab polytheists Do you submit to Allah?, so you sincerely worship Him alone and single Him out of monotheism, and if they submitted to Allah and worshiped Him alone, then indeed, they are guided and followed the path of truth, thereupon, Allah has sent His Messenger to all of His creation, the Arabs and Non-Arabs, the people of the Scripture and the polytheists, and Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! No one of this nation, whether a Jew or a Christian, hears about Me, then he dies while he does not believe in that with which I have been sent except that he will be among the companions of the Fire" (Sahih Muslim 153), and as narrated by Anas: "A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet (PBUH), and he became sick, so the Prophet went to visit him, He sat near his head and asked him to embrace Islam, the boy looked at his father who was sitting there, he told him to obey Abu Alqasin (The Prophet), and the boy embraced Islam, the Prophet came out saying praise be to Allah who saved him from the fire" (Sahih Albukhari 1356). But if they turned away from what You are calling them to of Islam and monotheism of Allah, with no partner, then only upon You is the clear conveyance, so You have to convey Allah's message to them and they bear the result of their disbelief and disobedience, and Allah is All-Seeing of His servants so He guides those who deserve guidance and misleads those who deserve to be misled. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (21,22) "Indeed, those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the Prophets without right and kill those who enjoin justice from among the people, then Give them tidings of a painful punishment, those are the ones whose deeds were nullified in the world and the Hereafter, and for them there are no helpers", that is, Allah threatens the people of the Book from among the Jews and the Christians who disbelieve in the signs of Allah that He has sent His Messengers with, kill the Prophets without right, so they killed Allah's Messengers only because they called them to worship Allah alone without any sin for which they deserved to be killed, and they also kill the righteous from among the people who enjoin justice, so they killed them without right because they enjoin the right and forbid from the wrong without any sin for which they deserved to be killed. So they were arrogant in following the truth, arrogant in following their Prophets, and arrogant in following the righteous from among them, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to give them tidings of a painful torment that He has prepared for them in Hellfire on the day of resurrection. And those are the ones whose deeds were nullified and have become worthless due to their disbelief, tyranny, and arrogance, and they will not find any helper in order to save them from Allah's punishment in the Hereafter.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (23-25) "Do You not see those who were given a share of the Book?, they are called to the Book of Allah that it may arbitrate between them, then a party of them went back while they are turning away, that is because they say the Fire will not touch us except for numbered days, and they were deluded in their religion by that which they used to invent, So How when We will gather them to a day about which there is no doubt?, and every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged", that is, Allah denounces the Jews and the Christians who claim to believe and adhere to the Torah and the Gospel saying to His Messenger (PBUH) Do You not see those who were given a share of the Book?, they are called to the Book of Allah that it may arbitrate between them, then a party of them went back while they are turning away, so when Allah's Messenger called them to arbitrate between Him and them according to what is in their Scriptures of obedience to Allah and following His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) or any matter about which they disputed with the Messenger of Allah, and He called them to the rule of their Book, a party of them refused the rule of their Book, and denied it, so they went back while they are turning away from the path of truth out of their stubbornness, arrogance, and disbelief; For the denial of Muhammad (PBUH) and the truth He brought is considered a denial of their Scriptures and their Messengers as Allah assures that those who disbelieve wish to cause division between Allah and His Messengers and they say we believe in some and disbelieve in others as mentioned in Aya (150) of Surat Alnisa'.

 Then Allah assures that what motivated and emboldened them to deny the truth is their invention of what they claimed for themselves that they would only tortured in Hellfire for a few days, and they were deluded in their religion by that which they used to invent, so they remained steadfast in their false claim by what they deceived themselves with, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "When Khaibar was conquered, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) asked the Jews Who are the people of the Fire?, they replied we will remain in it for a while and then you (Muslims) will replace us in it, Allah's Messenger said to them you will abide in it with ignominy, by Allah! We shall never replace you in it at all" (Sahih Albukhari 5777). Thereupon, Allah threatens them with a severe threat saying What is the condition of these people who turned away from the Book of Allah and invented a lie against it, when Allah will gather them on the day of resurrection, about which there is no doubt and it will inevitably happen, and then every soul will be paid in full for what it earned of good and evil, and they will not be wronged, each according to his deeds, where the wrongdoers will be recompensed for their evil deeds and nothing will be added to their sins, whereas nothing will be deprived from the reward of the good doers.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (26,27) "Say O Allah! Owner of the kingdom, You give sovereignty to whom You will, and You take sovereignty away from whom You will, and You honor whom You will and You humiliate whom You will, in Your Hand is the good, indeed, You are All-Powerful over everything, You cause the night to enter the day and cause the day to enter the night, and You bring out the living from the dead, and bring out the dead from the living, and You provide for whom You will without account", that is, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to glorify Him and to put His trust upon Him by saying O Allah! You have all the kingdom, the absolute kingdom of the worldly life and the Hereafter, so You give dominion to whom You will, and take away dominion from whom You will, and You honor whom You will and You humiliate whom You will, in Your Hand is the good, so no one else gives and no one else withholds, whatever You want happens, and what you do not want does not happen, and You are All-powerful to do whatever You will, and neither impediment nor inability can prevent You from doing whatever You will. You are the One who enters the missing hours of the night into the day, so they become an increase in the hours of the day, and You enter the missing hours of the day into the night, so they become an increase in the hours of the night, therefore, sometimes the night is long and the day is short, sometimes vise versa, and sometimes they are equal. As a result, the four seasons of the year are determined which are winter, spring, summer, and autumn, You are the One who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living, where Allah brings out plants from seeds and seeds from plants, eggs from chickens and chickens from eggs, and man from semen drop and semen drop from man, and You provide for whom You will without account for You do not fear any diminution in Your treasures nor the annihilation of them.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (28) "Let not the believers take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers, and whoever does that, then he has not from Allah anything, except when you take precaution against them in prudence, and Allah warns you of Himself, and to Allah is the final return", that is, Let not the believers take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers, so Allah forbade the believers from accompanying them, befriending them, showing affection to them, or revealing the secrets of the believers to them lest they will be like the hypocrites who support the disbelievers and take them as allies instead of the believers, and then they will make for Allah against them a clear authority and argument by which they deserve His punishment as Allah has stated in Aya (144) of Surat Alnisa', and Allah threatens whoever takes the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers saying that he has not from Allah anything, so Allah disavowed him and he disavowed Allah by apostatizing from his religion and entering into disbelief, but Allah has made an exception for he who resides among the disbelievers and he fears their harm on the condition that he does not support them in the disbelief they are upon nor does he help them against the believers by any action, so he has the right to take precaution against them outwardly, not inwardly and with his intention, and he has the right to deceive them with his tongue if he is afraid for himself, while he harbors enmity towards them and his heart is full of faith, thereupon, taking precaution against the disbelievers is not permissible except with the fear of death or a great harm, then he can save himself even if he is forced to utter disbelief with his tongue while his heart is secure in faith as Allah has stated in Aya (106) of Surat Alnahl, then Allah warns the believers of Himself, so He warns them of His vengeance and punishment if they disobeyed Him and took the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers, and to Him is the final return on the day of resurrection, so He will recompense each for his deeds, whether it is good or evil. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (29,30) "Say whether you conceal what is in your breasts or declare it, Allah knows it, and He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and Allah is All-Powerful over everything, the day when every soul will find present what it has done of good, and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and it was a far distance, and Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Most Kind to the servants", that is, Allah assures that His knowledge encompasses everything in all conditions and all times, so He knows what His servants conceal in their breasts and what they declare and nothing of their affairs is hidden from Him, and He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and Allah is All-powerful to do whatever He wills, and neither impediment nor inability can prevent Him from doing whatever He wills. So Fear Allah and Fear His punishment if you disobeyed Him for He knows all of your affairs and He is All-Powerful to hasten the punishment for you, and Fear the day of resurrection when all deeds, good and evil, will be presented to the servants, so whoever finds what he has done of good deeds present before his eyes, he will be pleased with them, but as for he who finds what he has done of evil deeds present before his eyes, he will wish that he could disavow them and that there would be a far distance between him and his evil deeds. Then Allah threatens His servants and warns them of Himself if they disobeyed Him, so He will punish them with a painful punishment, but Allah is Most Kind to the servants when He warns them of Himself and of His punishment, and when He forbade them from disobedience lest they commit what displeases Him and then they deserve His punishment.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (31,32) "Say if you love Allah, then Follow Me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins and Allah is All-forgiving, Most Merciful, Say Obey Allah and the Messenger, but if they turn away, then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers", that is, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to those who claim that they love Allah if you love Allah, then Follow Me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, so whoever claims that he loves Allah and does not follow His Messenger (PBUH), then he is a liar in his claim until he follows the Muhammadan law and guidance in all matters, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Aisha: "Whoever innovates in our affairs that for which there is no validity, then it is to be rejected" (Sahih Muslim 1718), and whoever follows Allah's Messenger, Allah will love him, and will forgive him his sins, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds. And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel saying Allah loves so-and-so, so Love him, Gabriel would love him and make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the heaven, indeed, Allah loves so-and-so, so Love him, and so the inhabitants of the heaven love him, and then he is granted the approval on the earth" (Sahih Albukhari 3209), then Allah combined obedience to Him with obedience to His Messenger (PBUH) and made them one thing and made disobedience to either of them is disbelief, so whoever obeys the Messenger, then indeed, he has obeyed Allah, as mentioned in Aya (80) of Surat Alnisa', so Allah commanded His Messenger to order the people to obey Allah and obey the Messenger, but if they turned away from obeying Allah and His Messenger, and persisted on disbelief, then they are the disbelievers, and Allah does not like the disbelievers, so He will not approve their deeds, nor will He forgive them.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (33,34) "Indeed, Allah has chosen Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over the worlds, progeny, some of them from others, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knower", that is, Allah has chosen Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over the worlds, so Allah has chosen Adam when He has created Adam with His own Hand and breathed into him of His Spirit, and made him the father of mankind, Allah has chosen the Prophet Noah and the Prophet Abraham when He sent them as two Messengers to their people, and placed in their progeny the prophethood and the Book as mentioned in Aya (26) of Surat Alhadid, and from among the family of Abraham are His two sons Ishmael and Issac, His grandson Jacob and His son Joseph, till the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and Allah has chosen the family of Imran when He made His daughter Mary and Her son the Prophet Jesus as a sign for the worlds as Allah has stated in Aya (91) of Surat Alanbiyaa, then Allah assures that those whom He has chosen over the world are progeny, some of them from others as their religion is one and their word is one, so they are from one another in sincerity and monotheism, and Allah is the All-Hearing, the All-Knower of His servants, where nothing in the heavens or on the earth is hidden from Him. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (35,36) "When the wife of Imran said my Lord! Indeed, I have vowed what is in my womb to be exclusively for You, so Accept it from me, indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knower, but when she gave birth to her, she said my Lord I have given birth to her, a female, and Allah knows best of what she has given birth to, and the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her and her progeny in You from the accursed Satan", that is, Allah heard the wife of Imran when she vowed what is in her womb to be exclusively for Allah, so she has said I have vowed what is in my womb to be devoted for worship and for the service of Jerusalem (Bait Almaqdis), so Accept it from me, indeed, You are All-Hearing of my supplication, All-Knower of my intention. When the wife of Imran became pregnant, she thought that what was in her womb was a boy, so she vowed him to be exclusively for Allah, but when she had given birth to a female, she said my Lord I have given birth to a female, and Allah knows best of what she had given birth to, and the male is not like the female in strength and serving Jerusalem, and I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her and her progeny in You from the accursed Satan, so Allah responded to her supplication, and protected Mary and her son, Jesus, from the accursed Satan, and did not make any way for Satan against both of them, where as narrated by Sa'id bin Almusaiyab from Abu Hurayrah: "I heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) saying there is none born among the Children of Adam but Satan touches him at the time of his birth, so he cries loudly because of the touch of Satan except Mary and her son, then Abu Hurayrah recited {And I seek refuge for her and her progeny in You from the accursed Satan}" (Sahih Albukhari 3431), and the Prophet (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "When any child of the children of Adam is born, Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his finger except Jesus, the son of Mary, when Satan tried to touch, he touched the placenta cover instead" (Sahih Albukhari 3286).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (37,38) "So Her Lord accepted Her with good acceptance and caused Her to grow, a good growth, and put Her in the care of Zechariah, every time Zechariah entered upon Her in the prayer chamber, He found with Her provision, He said O Mary! From where is this to you?, She said it is from Allah, indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account, there Zechariah called upon His Lord, He said My Lord! Grant Me from Yourself a good progeny, indeed, You are All-Hearing of the supplication", that is, Allah has accepted Mary from Her mother with good acceptance, and caused Her to grow in a good manner, outwardly in appearance and inwardly in worship, and Allah put her in the care of Zechariah from whom she would learn goodness, knowledge, and religion, and it was said that the Prophet Zechariah was the husband of Her maternal aunt, so when Allah's Messenger said that Jesus and John were sons of maternal aunts, He may mean the broader sense of the maternal aunt, where as narrated by Malik bin Sa'sa'ah that Allah's Messenger saw the Prophet John and the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon both of them, in the second heaven in the night of His ascension to the heavens and said that they were cousins (Sahih Albukhari 3430). 

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (39-41) "So the Angels called Him while He stood praying in the prayer chamber, indeed, Allah gives You glad tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and honorable, abstaining, and a Prophet from among the righteous, He said My Lord! How can I have a boy when the old age has reached Me, and My wife is barren, He said Such is Allah, He does what He wills, He said My Lord Make for Me a sign, He said Your sign is that You will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture, and Remember Your Lord much and Glorify in the evening and in the morning", that is, the Angels called the Prophet Zechariah while He was standing in prayer in the place of His worship, and said to Him that Allah gives Him glad tidings of a boy whose name will be John (Yahya), and Allah has not assigned to any before this name, as mentioned in Aya (7) of Surat Maryam, so Allah has given glad tidings of John, confirming Jesus who is a word from Allah which He delivered to Mary as Allah has stated in Aya (171) of Surat Alnisa', honorable out of his knowledge and worship, abstaining of indulging in desires and all acts of disobedience to Allah, and a Prophet from among the righteous.

 The Prophet Zechariah marveled at the glad tidings when He has reached old age, and His wife is barren saying My Lord! How can I have a boy when the old age has reached Me, and My wife is barren, so the Angel said to Him Such is the command of Allah, nothing is impossible for Him, He does what He wills, so when He intends a thing, He only says to it Be and it comes to be. Then the Prophet Zechariah asked Allah for a sign so that His heart may be reassured by what He has promised Him, thereupon, Allah said to Him that His sign is that He will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture, so His tongue will be prevented from speaking for three nights while He is healthy without any illness as Allah has stated in Aya (10) of Surat Maryam, then Allah commanded Him to remember Him much in this situation and to glorify Him in the evening and the morning. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (42-44) "And when the Angels said O Mary! Indeed, Allah has chosen You and purified You and chosen You over the women of the worlds, O Mary! Stay obedient to Your Lord, and Prostrate and Bow with those who bow, that is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to You, and You were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should take care of Mary, and You were not with them when they were quarreling", that is, the Angels informed Mary that Allah has chosen her for worship, purified her heart from the filth and doubts, and He has chosen her again over the women of the worlds when He has chosen her for the birth of Jesus without a father, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Musa: "There are many persons amongst men who are quite perfect, but there are none perfect amongst women except Mary, daughter of Imran, Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh, and the excellence of Aisha as compared to women is that of Tharid (Arabic dish) over all other food" (Sahih Muslim 2431), and Abdullah bin Ja'far reported that he heard Ali saying in Kufa that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "The best of the women of her time was Mary, daughter of Imran, and the best of the women of her time was Khadija, daughter of Khuwailid" (Sahih Muslim 2430).

 Then the Angels commanded Mary to be devoutly obedient to Allah, and to worship Allah a lot through prostrating and bowing with those who bow. And Allah assures His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) that what He narrates to Him of the news of the wife of Imran, the Prophet Zechariah, John, and Mary is from the news of the unseen which He has revealed to Him, so neither You nor Your people knew about it before, but it is an evidence of Your Prophecy and a confirmation of Your truthfulness as You were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should take care of Mary, nor were You with them when they were quarreling as to which of them is more deserving of her, but Allah informed You of that as if you were present and witness to what happened, when they made a lottery by their pens regarding Mary as to which of them should take care of her, and the lot fell on the pen of the Prophet Zechariah, so Allah put Her in the care of Zechariah as shown above in Aya (37).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (45,46) "When the Angels said O Mary! Indeed, Allah gives You glad tidings of a word from Him whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, honorable in the world and the Hereafter, and among those who are near, He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous", that is, the Angels gave Mary glad tidings of a word from Allah whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, and He is a word from Allah which He delivered to Mary when He said to Him Be, and He comes to be as will come later in Aya (59), and the Angels assures Mary that Jesus will be honorable in the worldly life, and will be among the nearest ones in the Hereafter, so he will have honor and dignity in the worldly life, and will have a high status in the Hereafter, and He will speak to the people in the cradle, and Jesus has spoken to the people when they said to Mary How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?, saying {Indeed, I am the servant of Allah, He has given Me the Book and made Me a Prophet} as mentioned in Surat Maryam Ayat (29,30), and Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah that none spoke in cradle but three and the first to be mentioned was Jesus (Sahih Bukhari 3436), and He will speak to the people in maturity with revelation and message, calling them to worship Allah alone, and He will be among the righteous in words and deeds.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (47,48) "She said My Lord How can I have a child while no human has touched Me?, He said such is Allah, He creates what He wills, when He decrees a matter, He only says to it Be, and it comes to be, and He will teach Him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel", that is, when the Angels gave Mary the glad tidings of Jesus, She marveled at that, and said How can I have a child while I am not married and no human being has touched Me nor have I been unchaste as mentioned in Aya (20) of Surat Maryam, and then Gabriel said to her Such is the command of Allah, nothing is impossible for Him, He creates what He wills, so when He decrees a matter, He only says to it Be and it comes to be, so He will create Him without a father just as He created Adam without a father or a mother. And Allah will teach Jesus the writing, the wisdom and understanding of Allah's verses, the Torah which has been sent down upon the Prophet Moses, peace be upon Him, and the Gospel which Allah will send down upon Jesus, peace be upon Him.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (49,50) "And a Messenger to the Children of Israel, indeed, I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I create for you from the clay like the form of the bird, then I blow into it and it becomes a bird by the permission of Allah, and I heal the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead by the permission of Allah, and I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses, indeed, in that there is a sign for you if you are believers, and confirming what was before Me of the Torah, and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so Fear Allah and Obey Me", that is, the Angels gave Mary glad tidings that Allah will send her son, Jesus, as a Messenger to the Children of Israel, saying to them I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I mold and shape for you from the clay the form of the bird, then I breathe into that form, and it becomes a bird with a soul by the  permission of Allah to do that, and I cure the blind and the leper for whom there is no cure, and I give life to the dead, so I call them and they rise from their graves by the permission of Allah to do that, and I inform you of what you have eaten, and what you have stored in your houses, and in that there is a sign for you that indicates the truthfulness of My prophecy, and that I am truthful in what I call you to of Allah's commands and prohibitions, if you believe in Allah's signs and arguments. And I confirm what was before Me of the Torah, so I believe in it and that it was from Allah, and I will make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you, so the Prophet Jesus made lawful for the Children of Israel some of the good things for Allah has forbidden to them good things which had been lawful for them for their wrongdoing as He has stated in Aya (160) of Surat Alnisa', so the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon Him, believed in the Torah and did not violate any of its law except for what Allah has lightened for the Children of Israel in Gospel, so the Gospel abrogated some of the rulings of the Torah which was strict on the children of Israel. Then the Prophet Jesus said to them I have come to you with a sign from your Lord that indicates the truthfulness of what I say to you, so Fear Allah, and Fear His punishment if you disobey Him, so Obey Allah, and Obey Me.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (51-53) "Indeed, Allah is My Lord and your Lord, so Worship Him, this is the straight path, but when Jesus sensed disbelief in them, He said Who are My supporters towards Allah?, the disciples said we are the supporters of Allah, we have believed in Allah and Bear witness that indeed, we are Muslims, our Lord! We have believed in what You have sent down and we have followed the Messenger, so Write us among the witnesses", that is, Jesus, peace be upon Him, called the Children of Israel to worship Allah alone, and assured them that He is Allah's servant not as they claimed that He is Allah or the son of Allah, so they all are equal in servitude and submission to Allah, as He said to them {Indeed, Allah is My Lord and your Lord, so Worship Him, this is the straight path}, but when Jesus sensed in them a determination to disbelieve and continue to go astray, so they denied His prophecy, disbelieved in what He said, and turned away from what He called them to, He said Who are My supporters towards Allah?, the disciples (His followers) said we are the supporters of Allah, so we will support the religion Allah and the Messenger of Allah, and we have believed in Allah, and they commanded the Prophet Jesus to bear witness that they are Muslims, then they said our Lord! We have believed in what You have sent down upon Your Messenger Jesus of the Gospel, and we have followed Jesus, so we became followers of Jesus and His helpers in the truth with which You have sent Him to Your servants, so Write us with the witnesses who testified to the truth, acknowledged Your monotheism, believed in Your Messenger, and followed Your commands and prohibitions.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (54,55) "And they plotted, but Allah plotted, and Allah is the Best of plotters, when Allah said O Jesus, indeed, I will take you and raise you to Myself, and purify You from those who disbelieve and I will make those who follow You above those who disbelieve until the day of resurrection, then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you in what you used to differ in it", that is, those who denied the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon Him, and persisted on disbelief had plotted a plot against the Prophet Jesus, and their plot was collusion with each other to kill Jesus, but Allah plotted a plot and Allah is the Best of the plotters, so when they determined to kill Him, Allah made someone else to resemble the Prophet Jesus to them, so they did not kill Him, and they did not crucify Him, but they had killed and crucified the other person as Allah has stated in Aya (157) of Surat Alnisa', so Allah said to Jesus that He will take Him and raise Him to the heaven without death, and He will purify Him from those who disbelieve when He will raise Him to the heaven and save Him from their evil, and He will make those who follow Him and believe in Him above those who disbelieve until the day of resurrection, so Allah will raise the believers who believed in Jesus in His time, and those who believe in the Prophet Ahmad (Muhammad) of whom the Prophet Jesus gave them glad tidings that He will come after Him as mentioned in Aya (6) of Surat Alsaff over those who disbelieved in Jesus and denied His prophecy in His time and over those who distorted His religion after His raising to the heaven when they said that He is Allah, He is the son of Allah, or He is the third of three. 

 And the Prophet Jesus Himself will support the religion of Islam at the end of time, where as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "The Prophet (PBUH) said there is no Prophet between Me and Him, that is Jesus, He will descend, when you see Him, Recognize Him a man of medium height, reddish fair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from His head though it will not be wet, He will fight the people for the cause of Islam, He will break the Cross, kill swine, and abolish Jizya, Allah will perish all religions except Islam, He will destroy the Antichrist (Almassih Aldajjal-the false Messiah), and will live on the earth for forty years, and then He will die, and the Muslims will pray on Him (funeral prayer)" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4324). Then Allah assures that the believers and the disbelievers will return to Him on the day of resurrection, and He will judge between them in what they used to differ therein of belief and deeds in the worldly life.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (56-58) "And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in the world and the Hereafter, and for them there is no helpers, but as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them their rewards in full, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers, this is what We recite to You of the verses and the wise reminder", that is, Allah assures that He will punish those who disbelieved in the Prophet Jesus and denied Him, and those who took Him out of the position of servitude to Allah to the position of divinity with a severe punishment in the worldly life through killing, captivity, and humiliation, and will punish them with a severe punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and for them there is no helpers in order to save them from Allah's punishment. But as for those who believed in Allah and His Messenger Jesus, and did righteous deeds, Allah will give them their rewards in full without diminishing anything from it, whether in the worldly life or the Hereafter as Allah will support the believers in the worldly life, and will admit them into Paradise in the Hereafter, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers who wrong themselves with disbelief, stubbornness, and tyranny, so Allah does not wrong the people in anything, but the people are wronging themselves as Allah has stated in Aya (44) of Surat Yunus. Then Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying that the news of the Prophet Zechariah and His son John, and the wife of Imran, her daughter Mary, and her grandson Jesus are of what Allah has revealed to Him of the verses and the wise Quran whose rulings and arguments are full of wisdom and decisive,  and it is saved from deficiency or alteration, so falsehood does not reach it.

  

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (59,60) "Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like the example of Adam, He created Him from dust, then He said to Him Be, and He comes to be, the truth is from Your Lord, so Do not be among the doubters", that is, the Christians took Jesus, peace be upon Him, out of the position of servitude to Allah to the position of divinity, a group of them claimed that He is Allah, another claimed that He is the son of Allah, and a third claimed that He is the third of three, thereupon, Allah assures that Jesus is one of His servants, and the likeness of His creation in the sight of Allah is like the creation of Adam; For Allah has created Adam without a father or a mother, and He has created Him from dust, then Allah said to Him Be and He was, and Allah has created Jesus from a mother without a father, and He said to Him Be and He was in order to make Him a sign to the people as mentioned in Aya (21) of Surat Maryam, while the rest of mankind are created from a mother and a father. Then Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) assuring Him that what He has revealed to Him about Jesus is the truth from Allah and nothing is true other than it, so Do not be among the doubters after the truth has come to You, although the speech is directed to Allah's Messenger, but it is for His Ummah so that they will not be in doubt about the matter of Jesus, peace be upon Him.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (61-63) "Then whoever argues with You about it after what has come to You of the knowledge, then Say Come, Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate in earnest and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars, indeed, this is the true narration, and there is no God but Allah, and indeed, Allah is the Almighty, the All-Wise, but if they turn away, then Allah knows the corrupters best", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying whoever argues with You regarding the matter of Jesus, after what has come to You of the knowledge and after what Allah has revealed to You regarding Jesus that He is Allah's servant and Messenger as mentioned in the previous verses, then Say to them Come, Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate in earnest and humbly, and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars whether from among us or from among you, so the liar will be punished severely, and expelled from Allah's mercy, and as narrated by Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas from his father: "when this Aya was revealed {Come, Let us call our sons and your sons}, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husain and said O Allah! This is My family" (Jami' Altirmidhi 2999). A delegation from Najran (A city between Mecca and Yemen) came to Allah's Messenger and argues with Him about the Prophet Jesus, the son of Mary, and when Allah has revealed to Him the matter of Jesus in this Surah, and Allah commanded Him to call them to supplicate against the liar, they refused and reconciled with Allah's Messenger (PBUH) to money be paid to Him (Jizyah).

 It was said that the beginning of this Surah up to more than eighty verses was revealed regarding the matter of Najran delegation, where as narrated by Hudhaifa: "Alaqib and Alsayed, the rulers of Najran, came to Allah's Messenger (PBUH) with the intention of invoking the curse against each other (Mula'anah), one of them said to the other Do not do this; For by Allah! If He is a Prophet and He invokes the curse against us, neither we nor our offspring after us will be successful, then both of them said to Allah's Messenger we will give You what You should ask, but You should send a trustworthy man with us, and Do not send any person with us but an honest one, Allah's Messenger said I will send an honest man who is really trustworthy, then everyone of the companions of Allah's Messenger wished to be that one, then Allah's Messenger said Get up O Abu Ubaidah bin Aljarrah, when he got up, Allah's Messenger said this is the trustworthy man of this Ummah (Muslims)" (Sahih Albukhari 4380).

 Then Allah assures His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) that what He has narrated to Him of the news of Jesus, peace be upon Him, is the true narration, and anything else is falsehood and slander against Allah and against His Messenger Jesus, and that there is no God but Allah, so Jesus is the servant of Allah, His Messenger, and His word which He delivered to Mary, and Jesus Himself said to them Indeed, Allah is My Lord and your Lord, so Worship Him, this is the straight path as mentioned in the previous verses. And indeed, Allah is the Almighty who is Severe in His revenge on those who disobeyed Him, the All-Wise who manages His creation with wisdom in His laws and destiny. Thereupon, Allah threatens those who argue with His Messenger Muhammad regarding the Prophet Jesus saying if they turned away from the truth that has come to You from Your Lord and did not accept it, then Allah knows best the corrupters who insist on disbelief and tyranny as nothing of their affair is hidden from Him.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (64) "Say O people of the Book! Come to a word that is equitable between us and you that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him, and not take one another as lords besides Allah, but if they turn away, then Say Bear witness that we are Muslims", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), commanding Him to say to the People of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians Come to a word that is equitable between us and you, that we will not worship except Allah, not associate the false gods and idols with Him, and not take one another as lords besides Allah, so we will not obey and follow one another in the disobedience to Allah, and this equitable word is the call of all Messengers, but the Jews and the Christians have taken their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, and the Messiah, the son of Mary, and they were not commanded except to worship one God as Allah has stated in Aya (31) of Surat Altawbah, but if they turned away from the equitable word, so they refused to acknowledge the Oneness of Allah and servitude to Him alone, with no partner, then Say Bear witness that we are Muslims, so we submit to Allah alone, inwardly and outwardly. 

 Thereupon, when Allah's Messenger (PBUH) had sent a letter to Heraclius, the sovereign of Byzantine, He called Him to an equitable word between Him and Heraclius, where as narrated by Ibn Abbas from Abu Sufyan that Heraclius asked Abu Sufyan about the status of the family of  Allah's Messenger, His followers, His characteristics, and His message, then Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah's Messenger and read it, wherein was written: "In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah to Heraclius, the sovereign of Byzantine Peace be upon he who follows the guidance, now then, I call you to embrace Islam and you will be saved, Embrace Islam, and Allah will give you a double reward, but if you reject this, you will be responsible for the sins of the Arisians "his people", and {O people of the Book! Come to a word that is equitable between us and you that we will not worship except Allah}, till Allah's saying Bear witness that we are Muslims" (Sahih Albukhari 4553).

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (65-67) "O people of the Book! Why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not sent down except after Him, then Will you not understand?, here you are, those who have argued about that of which you have knowledge, but Why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge?, and Allah knows while you do not know, Abraham was not a Jews nor a Christian, but He was upright, a Muslim, and He was not of the polytheists", that is, each group of the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians claimed that the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon Him, was from among them, so Allah refuted their claim and assured that Judaism and Christianity were after the Prophet Abraham, and the Torah and the Gospel were not sent down except after Him, so How do the Jews claim that Abraham was a Jew while the Torah was sent down upon the Prophet Moses, peace be upon Him, after the Prophet Abraham?, and How do the Christians claim that Abraham was a Christians while the Gospel was sent down upon the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon Him, after the Prophet Abraham?, then Will you not understand that you are arguing and quarreling over Him falsely?.

 Then Allah addresses the people of the Scripture saying here you are those who have argued about that of which you have knowledge regarding the matter of your religion which you found in the Torah and the Gospel, so Why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge regarding the Prophet Abraham and His religion?, and Allah knows while you do not know, so Allah knows what is hidden from you from the matter of Abraham and other matters about which you are arguing. Thereupon, Allah assures that the Prophet Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but rather, He was upright as He used to teach the people their religion, enjoin good, and forbid evil, He was a Muslim who used to submit to Allah in all of His words and deeds, and He was not of the polytheists, but rather He devoted Himself to worship Allah alone with no partner.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next four verses (68-71) "Indeed, the most worthy of Abraham among the people are those who followed Him, and this Prophet, and those who believed, and Allah is the Ally of the believers, a group of the people of the Book wish they could mislead You, but they do not mislead except themselves while they do not perceive, O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you bear witness?, O people of the Book! Why do you confuse the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know?", that is, Allah assures that the most worthy of the Prophet Abraham among the people are those who followed Him in His religion, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and those who followed the Prophet Muhammad, and Allah is the Ally of the believers, so the Muslims are the closest of the people to the Prophet Abraham, not the Jews nor the Christians, as Allah has guided them to the religion of Abraham as He has stated in Aya (161) of Surat Alan'am {Say indeed, My Lord has guided Me to a straight path, straight religion, the religion of Abraham, upright, and He was not of the polytheists}. Then Allah assures that a group from among the people of the Scripture wish that they could mislead the believers and turn them away from their religion, but they do not mislead except themselves while they do not realize that they will mislead and destroy themselves by turning away from the way of Allah and preventing the people from His way. And Allah addresses the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians saying as a denunciation O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you bear witness?, so Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah which He has sent down upon you in the Torah and the Gospel while you bear witness to their truthfulness and believe that they are from your Lord, O people of the Book! Why do you confuse the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know?, so Why do you change and alternate the truth with falsehood and conceal what is in your Scriptures about the Prophecy of Muhammad (PBUH) while you know that it is the truth and that He is a sent Messenger from His Lord.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (72-74) "And a group of the people of the Book say Believe in what has been sent down to those who believed at the beginning of the day and disbelieve at its end so that they may turn back, and Do not trust except those who follow your religion, Say indeed, the guidance is the guidance of Allah lest someone be given the like of what you have been given or that they would argue with you before your Lord?, Say indeed, the bounty is in the Hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills, and Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knower, He chooses for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the Possessor of the great bounty", that is, a group of the people of the Scripture said to one another Believe in what has been sent down to those who believe at the beginning of the day and disbelieve at the end of the day, so Grant the believers the contentment with their religion at the beginning of the day, and Disbelieve at the end of it, so that the believers should believe you and know that you have seen in their religion what you hate, and then they turn away from their religion, and they would say that your return to your religion is only your exposure to a defect in the religion of the Muslims, and that you know better than them because you are a people of Scripture. And they said to one another Do not trust except those who follow your religion, so Do not reveal your secrets to the Muslims, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them that the guidance is the guidance of Allah, so He is the only One who guides the believers to His way through what He has revealed to His Messenger of clear verses and conclusive arguments, whether you reveal or conceal what you have of the Scripture. So you conceal what you have been given of the Scripture lest the Muslims learn it from you, and then they will be equal to you in it, or that the Muslims would argue with you before Allah and take it as a proof against you regarding what is in your hands of the Scripture, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them indeed, the bounty is in the Hand of Allah, so He bestows it upon whom He wills, and Allah is All-Encompassing in His bounty, Generous with His gifts, All-Knower of His creation as nothing of their affair is hidden from Him, so He knows wherever He places His bounty. And Allah chooses for His mercy whom He wills, so Allah has chosen His Messenger Muhammad for prophecy and given Him the Holy Quran, and Allah is the Possessor of the great bounty upon all mankind as He guides whom He wills to His obedience and lets go astray whom He wills.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (75,76) "And among the people of the Book is he who, if You entrust him with a great amount, he will return it to You, and among them is he who, if You entrust him with a silver coin, he will not return it to You unless you are constantly standing over him, that is because they say there is no way upon us concerning the illiterate, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know, but yes, whoever fulfills his covenant, and fears, then indeed, Allah loves the righteous", that is, Allah assures that among the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians are people of trust who fulfill it and do not betray, and among them are the traitors in their trust, so among them is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount of money, he will return it to you, but among them is he who, if yo entrust him with a single silver coin (Dinar), he will not return it to you unless you keep standing over him by demanding, and insisting on taking your money, that is because they make the wealth of the Arabs permissible and they say there is no blame or sin on us for what we have taken from the illiterate people, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know for they had claimed that Allah has made the wealth of the Arabs permissible for them while they know that they had invented a lie about Allah, thereupon, Allah has responded to their claim saying yes, there is a burden on them because He has forbidden them from consuming the wealth of the people unjustly, but whoever fulfills his covenant and fears, so he returns the trust to the one who entrusted it to him out of fear of Allah and His punishment if he betrays the trust, and Allah loves the righteous who fear Allah and fear His punishment by obeying His commands and avoiding His prohibitions.

 

 And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "An Israeli man asked another Israeli to lend him one thousands Dinars, the second man required witnesses, the former replied Allah is Sufficient as a Witness, the second said I want a surety, the former replied Allah is Sufficient as a Surety, the second said you are right, and he lent him the money for a certain period, the debtor went across the sea, when he finished his job, he searched for a conveyance so that he might reach in time for the payment of the debt, but he could not find any, so he took a piece of wood and made a whole in it, inserted in it one thousand Dinars and a letter to the lender, and then closed the whole tightly, he took the piece of wood to the sea, and said O Allah! You know well that I took a loan of one thousand Dinars from so-and-so, he demanded a surety from me, but I told him that Allah's guarantee was sufficient, and he accepted Your guarantee, then he asked for a witness, and I told him that Allah was Sufficient as a Witness, and he accepted You as a Witness, no doubt, I tried hard to find a conveyance so that I could pay his money, but could not find, so I hand over this money to You, then he threw the piece of wood into the sea till it went out far into it, and then he went away, meanwhile he started searching for a conveyance in order to reach the lender's country. One day the lender came out of his house to see whether a ship had arrived bringing his money, and all of sudden he saw the piece of wood in which his money had been deposited, he took it home to use for fire, when he sawed it, he found his money and the letter inside it, shortly after that, the debtor came bringing one thousand Dinars to him and said By Allah! I had been trying hard to get a boat so that I could bring you your money, but failed to get one before the one I have come by, the lender asked Have you sent something to me?, the debtor replied I have told you I could not get a boat other than the one I have come by, the lender said Allah has delivered on your behalf the money you sent in the piece of wood, so you may keep one thousand Dinars, and depart guided on the right path (Sahih Albukhari 2291). And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Whoever takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then Allah will spoil him" (Sahih Albukhari 2387).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (77) "Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price, those will have no portion in the Hereafter and Allah will not speak to them nor will He look at them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, and for them there is a painful punishment", that is, those who exchange the covenant of Allah for a small price by abandoning what Allah has enjoined upon them in their Scriptures with regard to following His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), and acknowledging Him and what He brought from Allah, and exchange their oaths for a small price by swearing falsely in order to make lawful what Allah has forbidden to them, and gain the fleeting pleasure of the worldly life, so they were distracted by the enjoyment of the worldly life and preferred it over the bliss of the Hereafter, thereupon, Allah assures that those will have no share in the Hereafter, and on the day of resurrection, Allah will not speak to them words of kindness, nor will He look at them with any mercy, nor will He purify them from their sins, and He has prepared for them a painful punishment in Hellfire. And as narrated by Abdullah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "Whoever takes a false oath to deprive a Muslim of his property, he will meet Allah while he is angry with him, so Alash'ath bin Qais said By Allah! This was about me, there was a dispute between me and a Jewish man who denied my right, and I complained against him to the Prophet (PBUH), so the Messenger of Allah said to me Do you have any proof?, I said no, so he said to the Jew Take an oath, I said O Messenger of Allah! If he takes an oath, then I will lose my property, so Allah, Blessed and Most High, has sent down {Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price}, till the end of the Aya" (Jami' Altirmidhi 2996). 

 And as narrated by Abdullah bin Abi Awfa: "A man displayed some merchandise in the market and took an oath that he had been offered a certain for it while in fact he had not, in order to cheat a man from the Muslims, so then was revealed {Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price}, till the end of the Aya" (Sahih Albukhari 4551), and as narrated by Ibn Abi Mulaikah: "Two women were stitching shoes in a house or a room, then one of them came out with an awl driven into her hand, and she sued the other for it, the case was brought before Ibn Abbas, Ibn Abbas said Allah's Messenger said If people were to be given what they claim, the life and property of the people will be lost, Will you remind her of Allah and recite before her {Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price}, so they reminded her and she confessed, Ibn Abbas then said the Prophet (PBUH) said the oath is to be taken by the defendant" (Sahih Albukhari 4552). And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Dharr: "There are three to whom Allah will not speak on the day of resurrection, nor will He look at them, nor will He purify them, and for them there is a painful punishment, the Messenger of Allah repeated it three times, Abu Dharr remarked they failed and they lost, Who are these persons Messenger of Allah?, He said the one who drags his garment (Out of arrogance and proud), the one who does a favor, then makes the other feel that he owed him a favor, and the seller of goods by false oath" (Sahih Muslim 106).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (78) "And indeed, there is among them a party who twist their tongues in the Book, so that you may think it to be from the Book, but it is not from the Book, and they say this is from Allah, but it is not from Allah, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know", that is, Allah assures that there is among the Jews a party who twist their tongues in the Torah, so they distort the words of Allah from their proper places so that the people may think that they are from the Book of Allah while they are not from the Book, and they attribute to Allah what He did not reveal to His Messengers, and they say this is from Allah while it is not from Allah, and they speak the lie about Allah while they know that they deliberately invented a lie about Allah, and attribute to the Book of Allah what is not from it.   

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (79,80) "It is not for a human being that Allah should give him the Book, and the judgment and the prophethood and then he would say to the people Be servants to me besides Allah, but Be scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Book and because of what you have studied, nor would he order you to take the Angels and the Prophets as Lords, Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?", that is, it is not for a human being that Allah should send down to him the Book, give him the judgment and understanding the Book and its rulings, and give him the prophethood in order to convey Allah's message to His servants, then he would say to his people Be worshipper to me besides Allah, but when Allah gave him that, he only ordered his people to be wise and pious scholars of the Lord, so he called them to know the religion of Allah and His law, to be leaders in knowledge of Allah's commands and prohibitions, and to be leaders in obeying and worshipping Him, because of what they taught of the Book and because of what they have studied of the Book, so they learn the Book and teach Book of Allah to the people and what is in it of the permissible, the forbidden, and the obligatory, and they act according to their knowledge; Because if they do not act according to their knowledge, then they are not scholars of the Lord. And it is not for any Prophet to command his people to worship anyone other than Allah, neither a close Angel nor a sent Prophet, thereupon, Allah says as a denunciation Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?, for whoever calls to the worship of other than Allah, he called to disbelief after they had submitted to Allah alone.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (81,82) "And when Allah took the covenant of the Prophets Whatever I give you of the Book and the wisdom, and then there comes to you a Messenger confirming what is with you, you must believe in Him and you must support Him, He said Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?, they said we have acknowledged it, He said then Bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses, and whoever turned away after that, then they are the disobedient", that is, Allah has taken the covenant of the Prophets to believe in one another saying to them Whatever I give you of the Book and the wisdom, and then there comes to you a Messenger confirming what is with you, you must believe in Him and you must support Him, so whatever book and wisdom He gave to one of them, then a Prophet came after him, he must believe in him and support him, and his prophecy and knowledge would not prevent him from following those who were sent after him, and Allah said to them Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My covenant?, then the Prophets said we have acknowledged your covenant, Allah said then Bear witness against yourselves and your people and I am with you among the witnesses against you and against them; For their people were also commanded to follow their Prophets, and to believe in the Prophets who came after them, thereupon, Allah assures that whoever turns away from believing in His Prophets whom He sent by confirming what was with the Prophets before them of the Book and wisdom, they are the disobedient who disobey Allah's commands, incline to falsehood, and abandon the truth.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (83-85) "Then Is it other than the religion of Allah they seek, while to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth willingly and unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned, Say we have believed in Allah and in what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and to the Prophets from their Lord, we do not make distinction between any of them and to Him we are Muslims, ", that is, the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians turned away from Allah's religion with which He has sent His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and the Holy Quran, while Allah has taken their covenant to believe in Him and support Him as shown above in Aya (81), so Allah denounces them saying Is it other than the religion of Allah they seek, while whoever is in the heavens and the earth submits to Allah, willingly and unwillingly, so all those who are in the heavens and the earth submit to Allah with servitude, even if the disbelievers were asked who created them, they would say Allah as mentioned in Aya (87) of Surat Alzukhruf, but the Angels, the Messengers, and the believers surrender to Allah inwardly and outwardly, and submitted to Him with sincerity of monotheism and divinity, while the disbelievers submit to Allah unwillingly for they are under His subjugation and great authority, and Allah made them prostrate before Him unwillingly through their shadows in the morning and the evening as Allah has stated in Aya (15) of Surat Alra'd, and to Allah they all will be returned on the day of resurrection, and He will recompense each for his deeds, whether a good deeds or evil deeds. 

 Then Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to assure those who turned away from the religion of Allah that He does not seek other than the religion of Allah, but rather, He and the believers with Him believe in Allah, there is no God but Him, they do not worship anyone but Him, and they also believe in what was sent down to them of the Holy Quran, and in what was sent down to the Prophets Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants of Scriptures and revelation, and the Descendants are the Descendants of the Prophet Jacob, and among them is the Prophet Joseph, and they believe in what was given to Moses of the Torah and Jesus of the Gospel, and in what was given to all the Prophets from their Lord, so we believe in all of them and we do not make distinction between any of them and to Him we are Muslims, so we do not disbelieve in any Prophet or any Scripture, rather we believe in what was sent down from Allah, and in every Prophet sent by Allah. And Allah confirms that whoever seeks other than Islam as religion and follows a path other than what Allah has legislated for His servants, it will not be accepted from him on the day of resurrection, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter as he will be among the companions of Hellfire.

 Allah Almighty says in the next four verses (86-89) "How shall Allah guide a people who had disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and the clear proofs had come to them?, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people, those are the ones whose recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah and the Angels and the people, all together, abiding therein, the punishment will not be lightened for them nor will they be given any respite, except for those who repented after that and reformed, then indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful", that is, How shall Allah guide a people who had disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them?, so How can these people deserve guidance after they had reverted to disbelief after their belief, and had witnessed that Muhammad (PBUH) is true, and the arguments and the clear proofs were established for them on the truth of what the Messenger of Allah had brought to them, and His matter was made clear to them, unquestionably, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people as long as they are persisting on disbelief and turning away from Islam, so their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah, and the Angels and the people, all together, and he whom Allah curses, then You will not find for him any helper as Allah has stated in Aya (52) of Surat Alnisa', so Allah will cast them into Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and they will abide therein forever, and the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be given any respite to repent and believe; Because the rule of Allah that has passed among His servants is that repentance will not be accepted at the time of death or on the day of resurrection as mentioned in Aya (85) of Surat Ghafir. 

 But Allah has made an exception for those who repented, and believed after they had disbelieved and reformed by giving up the sins they had committed, and beginning to perform acts of obedience, so Allah will accept their repentance in the worldly life, indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds. And as narrated by Ibn Abbas: "A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to polytheism, then he regretted that, and sent word to his people saying Ask the Messenger of Allah Is there any repentance for me?, his people came to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and said so-and-so has regretted, and he has told us to ask You if there any repentance for him, then the verses How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief, till Allah's saying All-Forgiving, Most Merciful, then he sent word to him, and he accepted Islam" (Sunan Alnasai 4068).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (90,91) "Indeed, those who disbelieved after their belief, then increased in disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted, and those are the ones who are astray, indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, the full of the earth in gold will not be accepted from one of them if he would ransom himself thereby, for those there will be a painful punishment, and for them there will be no helpers", that is, Allah assures that He accepts the repentance of those who apostatized then returned to Islam in the previous verse, but He threatens those who disbelieved after their belief, and they continued in their misguidance and increased in disbelief until they reached the time of death saying that their repentance will not be accepted, and those are the ones who went astray and deviated from the path of truth to the path of error, as the rule of Allah is that repentance is not for those who do evil deeds until when the death approaches one of them, he says indeed, I have repented now, or for those who die while they are disbelievers as He has stated in Aya (18) of Surat Alnisa'.

 Then Allah assures that He will not accept the repentance of those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers even if one of them would ransom himself by the full of the earth in gold, so if the disbelievers had as much as gold that would fill the earth from its east to its west, and fill its mountains, hills, land, and sea, it will not be accepted from them, and Allah has prepared for them a painful punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and for them there will be no helpers in order to save them from Allah's punishment, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Anas bin Malik: "The disbeliever will be brought on the day of resurrection, and it will be said to him Do you see if you had the full of the earth in gold, would you ransom yourself with it? He will say Yes, then it will be said to him you were asked for what is easier than that" (Sahih Albukhari 6538), and in another narration of Anas bin Malik also: "Allah will say I asked you what is easier than that, while you were in the backbone of Adam, that you should not associate anything with Me, but you refused except polytheism" (Sahih Albukhari 3334).  

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (92) "You will not attain the good until you spend from what you love, and whatever you spend of anything, then indeed, Allah is All-Knower of it", that is, Allah assures the believers that they will not attain the good, which they seek from Allah through their worship and obedience, whether in the worldly life or the Hereafter by admitting them into Paradise and saving them from Hellfire, until they spend from what they love and what is dear to their hearts of their property in charity and other acts of obedience, and whatever you spend and give in charity from your wealth, then indeed, Allah is All-Knower of it, so nothing of your affair is hidden from Him, and He will reward you with the best reward on the day of resurrection. And as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "Out of all the Ansar, living in Medina, Abu Talhah had the largest number of date palms tree (gardens), and the most beloved of his property to him was Bairuhaa garden which was standing the opposite the mosque, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) used to enter it and drink of its good water, when it was sent down {You will not attain the good until you spend from what you love}, Abu Talhah got up and said O Allah's Messenger, Allah says You will not attain the good until you spend from what you love, and the most beloved of my property is the Bairuhaa garden, so I give it in charity for the cause of Allah, and hope to receive good out of it, and to have it stored for me with Allah, so O Allah's Messenger Dispose it in the way of Allah as Allah orders You, Allah's Messenger said well-done! That is a fruitful property, that is fruitful property, I have heard what you have said and I think that you should distribute that amongst your relatives, so Abu Talhah distributed that garden amongst his relatives and his cousins" (Sahih Albukhari 4554). 

 And as narrated by Ibn Umar: "Umar acquired a land at Khaibar, he came to Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and sought His advice in regard to it, he said O Allah's Messenger! I have acquired a land in Khaibar, I have never acquired property more valuable for me than this, so What do you command me to do with it?, thereupon, Allah's Messenger said if you like, you may keep the corpus intact and give its produce in charity, so Umar gave it in charity, declaring that property must not be sold or inherited or given away as gift, and Umar devoted it to the poor, the nearest kin, the emancipation of slaves, in the way of Allah, the wayfarer, and the guests, there no blame upon he who administers it if he eats something from it in a reasonable manner, or if he feeds his friends and does not hoard up goods for himself" (Sahih Muslim 1632). And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Whoever gives two kinds (of things or property) in charity for the cause of Allah, will be called from the gates of Paradise and will be addressed O servant of Allah! This is good, so whoever was amongst the people who used to offer their prayers, will be called from the gate of the prayer, and whoever was amongst the people who used to participate in fighting in the way of Allah (Jihad), will be called from the gate of Jihad, and whoever was amongst those who used to observe fasts, will be called from the gate of Alrayyan, whoever was amongst those who used to give in charity, will be called from the gate of charity, Abu Bakr said Let my parents be sacrificed for You O Allah's Messenger! No distress or need will befall him who will be called from those gates, Will there be anyone who will be called from all these gates?, Allah's Messenger said yes, and I hope you will be one of them" (Albukhari 1897).

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (93-95) "All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had forbidden to Himself before the Torah was sent down, Say so Bring the Torah and Recite it if you are truthful, and whoever invents a lie about Allah after that, then those are the wrongdoers, Say Allah has told the truth, so Follow the religion of Abraham, upright, and He was not of the polytheists", that is, Allah did not forbid any food to the Children of Israel before the Torah was sent down, rather all food was lawful for them except for what Israel (The Prophet Jacob) had forbidden to Himself, so they followed Jacob and forbade it to themselves without any revelation from Allah, and then they attributed the prohibition of that to Allah, thereupon, Allah made clear that they had invented a lie about Him, and commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to challenge them saying Bring the Torah and Recite it if you are truthful in your claim, so that we may see whether that prohibition is in it or not, assuredly, they will not find what they have claimed in the Torah, thereupon, Allah threatens them saying that whoever invents a lie about Allah after his reciting of the Torah, then those are the wrongdoers who wronged themselves with disbelief when they speak falsehood against Allah. Then Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them that Allah has told the truth in the Holy Quran and that was not forbidden to them in the Torah, and to command them to follow the religion of Abraham, peace be upon Him, which Allah has legislated for Muslims in the Holy Quran, where the Prophet Abraham was a Muslim, and the Muslims are the most worthy of Abraham among the people as shown above in Ayat (67,68), the Prophet Abraham was upright as He used to teach the people their religion, enjoin good, and forbid evil, and He was not of the polytheists, but rather He devoted Himself to worship Allah alone with no partner. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (96,97) "Indeed, the first House established for the people was that of Mecca, blessed and guidance for the worlds, in it there are clear signs, the standing place of Abraham, and whoever enters it will be safe, and to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find a way to it, but whoever disbelieves, then indeed, Allah is Free of need of the worlds", that is, the first House that was established for the people was that of Mecca, so the Ka'bah (Sacred Mosque) was the first House established for worship and rituals, so they pray and circumambulate (Tawaf) therein, and as narrated by Abu Dharr: "I said Messenger of Allah! Which mosque was set up first on the earth?, He said Almasjid Alharam (The Sacred Mosque), I said then Which next?, He said it was the Aqsa Masjid (Jerusalem), I said How long the period of time between them?, He said it was forty years, and whenever the time comes for prayer, Pray there, for that is a mosque" (Sahih Muslim 520). 

 And Allah has made the Ka'bah a blessed place and a guidance for the worlds; For the reward is doubled therein, where as narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah: "One prayer in My mosque is better than one thousand prayers elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque, and one prayer in the Sacred Mosque is better than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhere" (Sunan Ibn Majah 1406). And Allah assures that there are clear signs in the Sacred Mosque, and among these signs is the standing place of the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon Him, which is the stone on which He stood when He was raising the foundation of the Sacred House, and on which are footprints of His feet, and its location is next to the Ka'bah, and it is now under the building behind which Muslims pray the two Rak'ahs of Tawaf, and it was attached to the Ka'bah as the Prophet Abraham used to stand on it and His son Ishmael handed Him the stones, but Umar bin Alkhattab, may Allah be pleased with him, moved it in his emirate to the east side, so that those who circumambulate would not disturb those who pray at the standing place after circumambulating, as Allah commanded His servants to take the standing place of Abraham as a place of prayer as He has stated in Aya (125) of Surat Albaqarah.

 Then Allah assures that whoever enters the Sacred Mosque will be safe from killing or any other harm, and Allah forbade the Muslims from killing the polytheists of Quraish at the Sacred Mosque until they fight them there, so if they fight them, it is permissible to kill them as Allah has stated in Aya (191) of Surat Albaqarah. And Allah has made Mecca as a secure sanctuary for the presence of the Sacred Mosque in it, where as narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "It is not permissible for anyone of you to carry weapons in Mecca" (Sahih Muslim 1356), and as narrated by Ibn Abbas that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said on the day of conquest of Mecca: "There is no emigration, but only Jihad and good intention, and when you are called to battle, then Go forth, and He said on the day of conquest of Mecca, Allah made this town sacred on the day He created the earth and the heavens, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah until the day of resurrection and fighting in it was not lawful to anyone before Me, and it was made lawful for Me only during an hour on one day, for it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by Allah until the day of resurrection, its thorns are not to be cut, its game is not to be molested, and the things dropped are to be picked up only by one who make public announcement of it, and its fresh herbage is not to be cut, Abbas said Messenger of Allah! exception may be made in case of Izkhar (rush grass), for it is useful for them as firewood and for their houses, He said except for Izkhar" (Sahih Muslim 1353). 

 The jurists have agreed that whoever takes a shelter in the Sacred Mosque (Haram) while he has committed a crime deserving of punishment must be expelled from the Haram in order to carry out the punishment on him, but there are those who said that the punishment should be carried out on him inside the Haram, for the Prophet (PBUH) had ordered the killing of Ibn Khatal when he had taken a shelter in the Ka'bah on the day of conquest of Mecca for he had killed an Ansari, stolen the charities, and fled to Mecca, as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) entered Mecca in the year of its conquest wearing an Arabian helmet on his head, and when He took it off, a person came and said Ibn Khatal is holding the covering of the Ka'bah, so He said Kill him" (Sahih Albukhari 1846), and there are those who combine the two opinions saying that whoever commits a crime in the Haram, the punishment will be carried out on him inside the Haram, and whoever commits a crime outside the Haram, then he takes a shelter in the Haram, he will be expelled, and the punishment will be carried out on him outside the Haram.

 Allah has imposed on Muslims the Hajj to the Sacred House saying {And to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find a way to it}, and the Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it is obligatory once in a lifetime for every sane adult Muslim, a male or a female, on the condition that he is able to perform the Hajj, whether financially or health-wise, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) addressed us and said O people! Allah has made Hajj obligatory for you, so Perform Hajj, thereupon, a man said Messenger of Allah! every year?, He kept quiet, the man repeated it thrice, so Allah's Messenger said if I were to say yes, it would become obligatory, and you would not be able to do it, then He said Leave Me with what I have left to you, for those before you were destroyed because of excessive questioning, and their opposition to their Prophets, so when I command you to do anything, Do it as much as it lies in your power and when I forbid you to do anything, then abandon it" (Sahih Muslim 1337). 

 If a person is unable to perform Hajj, it is permissible for someone else to perform Hajj on his behalf, whether with a fee or not, where as narrated by Abdullah Ibn Abbas: "While Alfadl bin Abbas had been riding behind Allah's Messenger (PBUH), a woman of the tribe of Khath'am came to Him, asking for a religious verdict, Alfadl looked at her, and she look at him, Allah's Messenger turned the face of Alfadl to the other side, she said Messenger of Allah! There is an obligation from Allah upon His servants in regard to Hajj, and my father is an aged man, he is incapable of riding safely, May I perform Hajj on his behalf?, He said yes, and that was during the farewell pilgrimage" (Sahih Muslim 1334). And as narrated by Ibn Abbas: "A woman from the tribe of Juhaina came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said my mother had vowed to perform Hajj but she died before performing it, May I perform Hajj on her behalf?, He said Perform Hajj on her behalf, Had there been a debt on your mother, Would you have paid it or not?, so Pay Allah's debt as He has more right of fulfillment" (Sahih Albukhari 1852). 

 

 But it is not permissible for anyone to perform Hajj on behalf of someone else until he performs Hajj for himself first, then he can perform Hajj on behalf of someone else in future years, where as narrated by Abdullah bin Abbas: "The Prophet (PBUH) heard a man says Labbayka (At Your service) on behalf of Shubrumah, He said Who is Shubrumah?, he replied a brother or relative of mine, the Prophet asked Have you performed Hajj on your own behalf?, he said no, He said Perform Hajj on your own behalf, then Perform it on behalf of Shubrumah" (Sunan Abu Dawood 1811). Although the child is not obliged to perform Hajj, but if his parents take him with them to Hajj, they will be rewarded for him, where as narrated by Ibn Abbas: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) met some riders at Alrawhaa and asked who they were, they replied that they were Muslims, they said Who are You?, He said, the Messenger of Allah, a women lifted up a boy to Him and said Would this child credited with having performed the Hajj, thereupon, He said yes, and you will have a reward" (Sahih Albukhari 1336). Then Allah assures that whoever denied the obligation of Hajj, he then has denied one of the pillars of Islam, and he has disbelieved in Allah, and whoever disbelieved in Allah and turned away from His way, then Allah is Free of need of the worlds as if all people disbelieve, they will not harm Allah at all, but He does not like disbelief for His servants as He has stated in Aya (7) of Surat Alzumar.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (98,99) "Say O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while Allah is a Witness over what you do?, Say O people of the Book! Why do you prevent from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it crookedness, while you are witnesses?, and Allah is not unaware of what you do", that is, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians as He has said to them above in Aya (70) Why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah which He has sent down upon you in the Torah and the Gospel, so you deliberately disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) despite your knowledge of His Prophecy and His truthfulness, and Allah is a Witness over what you do, so He knows what you declare and what you conceal and He will recompense you for your deeds, and Allah commanded His Messenger to say to them Why do you prevent from the way of Allah those who believe in Allah, His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and the Holy Quran, seeking the path of Allah to be crooked and be distorted in order to agree with your desires and fulfill your needs and purposes, while you are witnesses over what is written in your Scriptures with regard to the Prophecy of Muhammad?. thereupon, Allah threatens them saying Allah is not unaware of what you do as He knows what your deeds, your intentions, and your evil deception, so He will recompense you for them with the worst punishment on the day of resurrection. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (100,101) "O you who have believed! If you obey a party of those who were given the Book, they would turn you back after your belief into disbelievers, and How can you disbelieve while to you are recited the verses of Allah and among you is His Messenger?, and whoever holds fast to Allah, then indeed, he has been guided to a straight path", that is, Allah addresses the believers who believed in Allah, and believed in His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and His Book, the Holy Quran, and warns them against the People of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians, saying if you obey a party of those who were given the Book, so you accept from them what they command you to do, they would mislead you and turn you back as disbelievers after you have believed in Allah and in Allah's Messenger and acknowledged what He has brought from His Lord, so Do not trust them with your religion, and Do not accept their advice for they wish that you deny what you have believed in of the truth that has come to you from your Lord out of envy from themselves as Allah has stated in Aya (109) of Surat Albaqarah, and How can you disbelieve while the verses of Allah are recited to you on the tongue of His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), and among you is His Messenger who calls you to truth and guidance, enjoins the good, and forbids you from the wrong, then Allah assures that whoever holds fast to Allah in all of his affairs, and adheres to obedience to Him, then he has been guided to a straight path, which is the upright religion of Allah in which there is no crookedness or distortion.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (102,103) "O you who have believed! Fear Allah as He should be feared and Do not die except as Muslims, and Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and Do not become divided, and Remember the favor of Allah upon you when you were enemies and He has brought your hearts together, then you became by His favor brothers, and you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it, thus, Allah makes clear to you His verses so that you may be guided", that is, Allah commands the believers to fear Him as He should be feared, so they should act in obedience to Him in all of their deeds and words, secretly and openly, and fear His punishment if they disobey Him, then Allah commands the believers not to die except as Muslims, so Acknowledge His Divinity, Submit to Him in obedience, and Devote yourselves to His worship, and as narrated by Abdul-Rahman bin Abd Rabb Alka'bah from Abdullah bin Amr bin Alas that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "Whoever wishes to be drawn away from the Fire and enter Paradise, Let his death overtake him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and he should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them" (Sahih Muslim 1844).

 Then Allah commanded the believers to hold fast to the covenant of Allah all together, and not to become divided, so they should be one hand, united on one word, adhering to Allah's Book, adhering to the Sunnah of His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and adhering to the community of Muslims, so that they would not disperse into groups, and that would weaken the Muslim community, and lead many to Hellfire on the day of resurrection, where as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "The Children of Israel split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the Christians split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and My Ummah will split into seventy three sects" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4596), and in another narration of Anas bin Malik: "My Ummah will split into seventy-two sects, all of which will be in the Fire except one, which is the Jama'ah (Those who adhere to Holy Quran, and the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger)" (Sunan Ibn Majah 3993).   

 And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Indeed, Allah likes three things for you, and He disapproves three things for you, He is pleased with you that you worship Him and not to associate anything with Him, that you hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and Do not become divided, and He disapproves for you irrelevant talk, persistent questioning, and the wasting of wealth" (Sahih Muslim 1715). Then Allah commanded the believers to remember the favor of Allah upon them when they were enemies and Allah has brought their hearts together, then they became by His favor brothers, as there were many wars, enmity, and grudges between the Aws and the Khazraj in Pre-Islamic era (Aljahiliyah), and their fighting and conflicts lasted for a long time, and Allah has guided them to Islam so they became brothers in the religion, cooperating in righteousness and piety by the favor of Allah, and as narrated by Abdullah bin Zaid bin Asim that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to the Ansar (Awas and Khazraj) on the day of Hunain: "O Assembly of Ansar! Did not I find you astray, and then Allah guided you through Me, you were divided and Allah brought you together through Me, and you were poor and Allah made you rich through Me?, whatever the Prophet (PBUH) said, they said Allah and His Messenger have more favors to do" (Sahih Albukhari 4330), and they were on the edge of a pit of the Fire because of their disbelief, but Allah has saved them from it by guiding them to Islam, and thus, Allah makes clear to you His verses so that you may be guided to the straight path and adhere to it.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (104,105) "And Let there be from you a community inviting to good, enjoining the right and forbidding from the wrong, and those are the successful, and Do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them, and for those there will be a great punishment", that is, Let there be from among the believers a community inviting the people to good and teaching them their religion, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abdullah bin Amr: "Convey on My behalf even if it were a single verse" (Sahih Albukhari 3461), enjoining the right as they invite the people to worship Allah alone and to act in obedience to Him, and forbidding from the wrong as they forbid associating partners with Allah, and acting in disobedience to Him, and as narrated by Abu Sa'id Alkhudri that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Whoever amongst you sees a wrong, Let him change it with his hand, and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue, and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart, and that is the least of faith" (Sahih Muslim 49), then Allah assures that those who invite to good, enjoin the right, and forbid from the wrong are the successful ones for they will be saved from Hellfire and will enter Paradise, enjoying its constant bliss, and Allah urges the believers not to abandon inviting the people to good, enjoining the right, and forbidding from the wrong, so He forbids the believers from being like those before them from among the Jews and the Christians who became divided into sects and differed after the clear proofs had come to them, so they followed their desires and deliberately invented a lie about Allah despite the fact that they knew the truth about what they differed therein, and Allah has prepared for them a great punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (106,107) "The day when faces will turn white and faces will turn black, as for those whose faces will turn black Did you disbelieve after your belief?, so Taste the punishment for what you used to disbelieve, but as for those whose faces will turn white, within the mercy of Allah, they are abiding therein", that is, on the day of resurrection, the faces of the believers who adhere to Allah's religion and did not differ therein will turn white, while the faces of the disbelievers and the hypocrites will turn black for they altered the religion of Allah and innovated in it what Allah has not permitted, so it will be said to them on the day of resurrection Did you disbelieve after your belief?, so Taste the punishment for what you used to disbelieve, and as narrated by Abu Hazim from Sahl bin Sa'd: "I heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) as saying I shall go to the Cistern before you and he who comes would drink and he who drinks would never feel thirsty, and there would come to Me people whom I would know and who would know Me, there would be intervention between Me and them, Abu Hazim said that Nu'man bin Abu Ayyash heard it while I narrated to them this Hadith, and said Is it this that you heard Sahl saying?, I said yes, so he said and I bear witness to the fact that I heard it from Abu Sa'id Alkhudri, and he added that Allah's Messenger will say they are My followers, and it will be said to Him You do not know what they did after You, and I will say to them woe woe to he who changes (his religion) after Me" (Sahih Muslim 2290). But as for those who remain steadfast in the covenant of Allah, did not change their religion, and did not turn away after acknowledging the monotheism of Allah, then they will be in the mercy of Allah, so Allah will admit them into Paradise, and they will abide therein forever.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (108,109) "These are the verses of Allah, We recite them to You in truth, and Allah wants no injustice to the worlds, to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and to Allah all matters will be returned", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying These are the verses of Allah, We recite them to You in truth, and Allah wants no injustice to the worlds, so Allah has sent Gabriel with the revelation and the clear argument to His Messenger Muhammad in truth, so that there will be no argument for the people against Allah after the Messengers as He has stated in Aya (165) of Surat Alnisa', so Allah does not punish His creation except after sending a Messenger, conveying to them Allah's message, and thus Allah will establish His argument against those who disobey Him, thereupon, Allah is not unjust to His servants, and He does not wrong them, and if all those on the earth disbelieved, they would not harm Allah in anything, nor would they diminish His kingdom in anything as to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, so He is the Creator of everything, and the Disposer of all affairs, and to Him all matters will returned on the day of resurrection, and He will judge between His creation with truth and justice.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (110) "You are the best nation produced for mankind, you enjoin the right and forbid from the wrong and believe in Allah, and if only the people of the Book had believed, surely, it would have been better for them, among them are believers, and most of them are disobedient", that is, Allah assures that Muhammadan nation (Ummah) is the best nation that Allah has produced for mankind, so they enjoin the right as they invite the people to worship Allah alone and to act in obedience to Him, they forbid from the wrong as they forbid associating partners with Allah, and acting in disobedience to Him, and they believe in Allah, so they act in obedience to Him, and enjoin upon themselves what they enjoin upon the people, so the Muslims enjoin good and forbid from evil as long as people respond to that, but when corruption spreads on the earth, then upon them are themselves, those who have gone astray will not harm them when they have been guided as Allah has stated in Aya (105) of Surat Alma'idah, and the best of people for the people are those who bring them out of the darknesses of disbelief to the light of belief, where  as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "The verse You are the best nation produced for mankind, means the best of people for the people as you bring them with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam" (Sahih Albukhari 4557).

 Although this verse is general to the entire Ummah of Muhammad (PBUH), but there is no doubt that the best century of Muslims is the century in which Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was, so the companions of Allah's Messenger are the best generation of Muslims for they were contemporaries with Allah's Messenger, and He explained to them the matter of their religion, then after them in rank are those who come after them, then those after them, where as narrated by Imran bin Hussain that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "The best of you is My generation, and the second best will be those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the second generation, Imran added I do not remember whether He mentioned two or three after His generation, He added, then will come some people who will make vows but will not fulfill them, and they will be dishonest and will not be trustworthy, and they will witness but they are not worthy of testimony, and fatness will appear among them" (Sahih Albukhari 6695).

 Allah has honored the Ummah of Muhammad with His grace and mercy, and He will admit seventy thousand of them into Paradise without reckoning as narrated by Abdullah bin Abbas that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "Nations were displayed before Me, one or two Prophets pass by along with followers ranged from three to nine men, a Prophet would pass by accompanied by nobody, then a big crowd of people passed in front of Me and I asked Who are they, Are they My Ummah?, it was said no, it is Moses and His followers, it was said to Me Look at the horizon, behold! There was a multitude of people filling the horizon, then it was said to Me Look there and there about the stretching sky! There was a multitude filling the horizon, it was said to Me this is Your Ummah out of whom seventy thousand shall enter Paradise without reckoning. Then the Prophet (PBUH) entered His house without telling His companions who they were, so the people started talking about the issue and said it is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Messenger, therefore, those people are either ourselves or our children who are born in the Islamic era for we were born in Pre-Islamic era (Aljahiliyah), when the Prophet heard of that, He came out and said those people are those who do not treat themselves with Ruqya, nor do they believe in bad or good omen, nor do they get themselves cauterized, but they put their trust in their Lord. On that Ukasha bin Muhsin said Am I one of them O Allah's Messenger?, He said yes, then another person got up and said Am I one of them?, He said Ukasha has anticipated you" (Sahih Albukhari 5705). Then Allah assures that if the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians had believed in Allah, and in His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and His Book, surely, it would have been better for them for they will be saved from Allah's punishment, but few of them believe in Allah, and in His Messenger Muhammad and what has been sent down to Him, and most of them are upon disbelief, misguidance, and disobedience.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (111,112) "They will not harm you except a little hurt, and if they fight you, they will turn to you their backs, then they will not be helped, the humiliation has been cast over them wherever they are found except for a rope from Allah and a rope from the people, and they have carried wrath from Allah and the misery has been cast over them, that is because they used to disbelieve in the verses of Allah and kill the Prophets without right, that is because they disobeyed and used to transgress", that is, Allah assures the believers that the disobedient from among the Jews and the Christians will not harm the believers in anything except a little harm they hear from them with regard to inventing a lie about Allah when they attributed a son to Him, and their denial of Muhammad (PBUH), and if they fight the believers, they will turn to them their backs and will flee from the battlefield, then they will not be helped for Allah will not help them against the believers, but rather, Allah has humiliated them and the humiliation has been cast over them wherever they are found, so they will not be safe except for those who have a covenant from Allah and a covenant from the people when they pay the Jizyah (Tax), and they have wrath from Allah, and whoever upon whom Allah's anger and wrath descend, he has perished and fallen in destruction as Allah has stated in Aya (81) of Surat Ta Ha, and the misery also has been cast over them. So Allah replaced His honor with humiliation, His pleasure with wrath, and His blessings with misery, and they deserved humiliation, wrath, and misery because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah, and killed the Prophets without right, so they killed Allah's Messengers only because they called them to worship Allah alone without any sin for which they deserved to be killed, and that is because they disobeyed Allah and violated His commands, and they used to transgress Allah's limit. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (113-115) "They are not the same, among the people of the Book is a steadfast community, reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and they prostrate, they believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin the right and forbid from the wrong, and accelerate to the good, and those are among the righteous, and whatever they do of good, they will not be deprived of it, and Allah is All-Knower of the righteous", that is, Allah assures that the people of the Scripture are not the same, but there is a community is not like the aforementioned community, and that community adheres to Allah's religion, adheres to His commands and prohibitions, recites the verses of Allah during the hours of the night in their prayer, they prostrate before Allah, they believe in Allah, and believe in the Last Day (The day of resurrection) and that Allah will resurrect them from their graves, they enjoin the right as they invite the people to worship Allah alone and to act in obedience to Him, they forbid from the wrong as they forbid associating partners with Allah, and acting in disobedience to Him, and they hasten to do good deeds, and those are the righteous for they did not change their religion after the Prophet Moses and believed in Allah's Messengers after Him, so they adhered to their religion before the mission of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), but when Allah's Prophet came to them with the clear proofs from Allah, they believed in Him and followed Him such as Abdullah bin Salam, Asad bin Ubaid, tha'labah bin Sa'iyah, and Usaid bin Sa'iyah. 

 Then Allah assures that whatever they do of good deeds, they will not be deprived of it, so they will not lost their reward, but rather, Allah will reward them for it with the best reward, and Allah is All-Knower of the righteous as nothing of their deeds is hidden from Him, and Allah does not waste the reward of the good doers. And as narrated by Abdullah bin Mas'ud: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) delayed Ishaa prayer (Evening prayer), then He came out to the mosque, and saw the people waiting for the prayer, He said Verily, none of the followers of these other religions is remembering Allah at this moment except you, then these verses were revealed {They are not the same, among the people of the Book is a steadfast community} till And Allah is All-Knower of the righteous" (Musnad Ahmed 3760).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (116,117) "Indeed, those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them from Allah in anything, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein forever, the example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves and destroyed it, and Allah did not wrong them but they wrong themselves", that is, Allah assures again as in Aya (10) that the wealth and the children of the disbelievers will not avail them in anything from Allah as they will not save them from Allah's punishment, but rather, they will be the companions of Hellfire on the day of resurrection, abiding therein forever; Because disbelief and denial are of the unforgivable sins. Their wealth will not benefit them even if they spend it in charitable causes, for it will be in vain and no benefit will be gained from it, so the example of their expenditures in the worldly life is like the example of a harvest on which its people spent their money, and they were awaiting for its harvest and benefit, but it was struck by an extreme cold wind that burns crops and fruits just as anything is burned by fire, so it burned and destroyed it as a recompense for the sins of its people that they had committed, then its people did not benefit from anything after they hoped for its benefit, and they were in dire need of it. Likewise, Allah will nullify the reward of the good deeds of the disbelievers which they had done in the worldly life for their disbelief and tyranny as He had destroyed the harvest for the sins of its people, and Allah did not wrong them but they were wronging themselves with disbelief, stubbornness, and tyranny.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (118) "O you who have believed! Do not take as intimates other than yourselves, they will not spare any effort to cause you ruin, they wish what distresses you, indeed, the hatred became apparent from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater, indeed, We have made clear the signs to you, if you understand", that is, Allah forbade the believers from taking insiders other than the Muslims, so they will privy to information and secrets unavailable to others, for they strive to harm them in every possible way, so they will not spare any effort to destroy them with whatever deception they can, and they wish what distresses the believers, so Allah forbade the believers from taking intimates from among the people of the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, entrusting their affairs to them and negotiating with them about their matters, so that they do not divulge the secrets of Muslims to their enemies, so Beware of the intimates who exhort you to do evil even if they are from among you, where Allah's Messengers (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Sa'id Alkhudri "Allah never sends a Prophet or gives the Caliphate to a Caliph but that he has two groups of advisors, a group advises him to do good and exhorts him to do it, and the other group advises him to do evil and exhorts him to do it, but the protected person is the one protected by Allah, Almighty" (Sahih Albukhari 7198). Then Allah assures that the hatred towards the believers became apparent from their mouths, so animosity was on their faces and on the slips of their tongues, and that what they harbor in their hearts of hatred is greater than what appears to the believers, so they harbor more hatred than they express with their mouths, then Allah assures the believers that He has made clear the signs to them so that they understand that the people of the Book from among the Jews and the Christians are allies of one another not allies of the believers as Allah has stated in Aya (51) of Surat Alma'idah {O you who have believed! Do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies, some of them are allies to others}. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (119,120) "Here you are, those who love them but they do not love you, and you believe in the Book, all of it, and when they meet you, they say we believe, but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage, Say Die in your rage, indeed, Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts, if a good touches you, it distresses them, and if an evil afflicts you, they rejoice in it, and if you are patient and fear Allah, their plan will not harm you in anything, indeed, Allah is All-Encompassing of what they do", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying Here you are, you love the disbelievers whom I have forbidden you from taking them as intimates other than the believers, while they do not love you, but rather, they harbor enmity towards you, and you believe in the Book of Allah, all of it, so you believe in their Scriptures and believe in your Book, and every Book that Allah has revealed to any of His Messengers, but they disbelieve in your Book, the Holy Quran, and when they meet you, they show you faith and affection saying we believe in Muhammad (PBUH) and in the Holy Quran, but inwardly they are contrary to that as when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at the believers out of their intense rage, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them Die in your rage, so no matter how much your rage is, Allah will complete His blessings upon the believers, indeed, Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts, so He knows what you harbor in your hearts of rage, hatred, and envy towards the believers, and He will recompense you for it on the day of resurrection. Then Allah informs the believers of their intense hatred towards them saying If a good touches you, it distresses them, and if an evil afflicts you, they rejoice in it, so if a bounty from Allah befalls the believers, so they defeated their enemy and gained spoils, it distresses and grieves them greatly, and when a calamity such as killing or defeat afflicts the believers, they rejoice in and be pleased with it out of great hostility towards them, so Do not take them as insiders other than the believers for they are not worthy of being taken as insiders, and if you are patient with their harm, and fear Allah and fear His punishment if you disobey His commands, their plot will not harm you in anything, and Allah is All-Encompassing of what they do, so Allah knows their secret and their loudness, and He will suffice you their plot.   

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (121-123) "And when You left Your family early to place the believers in their positions for fighting, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knower, when two groups among you were about to lose encourage, but Allah was their Guardian, and upon Allah let the believers put their trust, and indeed, Allah has given you victory at Badr while you were few, so Fear Allah, so that you may give thanks", that is, Allah tells about the Battle of Uhud when the polytheists of Quraish headed to Medina in the third year of Hijra to take revenge on the Muslims for what afflicted them on the day of the Battle of Badr when the Muslims killed seventy men and captured seventy men from among them as mentioned in Surat Alanfal Ayat (5-19), so the polytheists of Quraish had gone to Medina in an army of three thousand men, and they camped at Uhud on the edge of the valley facing Medina, then Allah's Messenger (PBUH) consulted with His companions about the place at which they will meet their enemy, some of them said Take us out until we meet them outside Medina, while others said Do not go out and Stay in Medina till they enter it, for no enemy has ever entered Medina except that we defeated it, and that was the opinion of the hypocrite Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloul, but Allah's Messenger marched to them with a thousand of His companions, and Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloul returned to Medina with a third of the army because Allah's Messenger (PBUH) disagreed with his opinion, and went out to meet the enemy outside Medina, and the believers then were divided into two groups with regard the hypocrites when they departed from Allah's Messenger and the believers, a group said that we should kill them, and a group said no, thereupon, Allah has revealed Aya (88) of Surat Alnisa' {So What is with you that you are two companies concerning the hypocrites, while Allah has made them fall back for what they earned}.

 And as narrated by Abu Musa that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "I saw in a dream that I moved a sword and its blade got broken, and that symbolized the casualties which the believers suffered on the day of Uhud, then I moved it again, and it became as perfect as it had been, and that symbolized the conquest which Allah helped us to achieve, and the union of all the believers, I saw cows in the dream, and what Allah does is always beneficial, those cows appeared to symbolize the believers (martyrs) on the day of Uhud" (Sahih Albukhari 4081). Allah's Messenger prepared to fight with seven hundred of His companions, so Allah addresses Him saying And when You left Your family early to place the believers in their positions for fighting, so You place them on the right, on the left, or wherever You commanded them, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knower of what you say, and what you declare and conceal.

 Then Allah assures that there were two groups from among the Muslims who were about to lose encourage, and they determined to return to Medina with Abdullah bin Saloul, but Allah was their Guardian and protected them from being like the hypocrites who remained behind Allah's Messenger and His companions, and as narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah: "The verse When two groups among you were about to lose encourage, was revealed in our connection, Banu Salamah and Banu Harithah, and I would not have liked that for Allah says But Allah was their Guardian" (Sahih Albukhari 4051). And upon Allah let the believers put their trust and submit all their affairs to Him alone. Then Allah reminds the believers of His favor upon them when He has given them victory over the infidels of Quraish in the Battle of Badr in the second year of Hijra, when they were few in number, as they were three hundred and nineteen, while the infidels were one thousand, and Allah reinforced the Muslims with thousand Angels in succession, a thousand followed another till they were three thousand Angels as will come in the next Aya, so the Angels fought along with the Muslims, and they defeated them and killed seventy men and captured seventy men from among Quraish as mentioned in Surat Alanfal, then Allah commanded the believers to fear Him and fear His punishment if they disobey His commands, so that they may give thanks to Allah for what He will bestow upon them of victory over their enemies when they fear Him and obey His commands and the commands of His Messenger (PBUH).

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (124-126) "When You said to the believers Is it not sufficient for you that Your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand of the Angels sent down?, Yes, if you are patient and fear and they come upon you in this rage of theirs, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand of the Angels having marks, and Allah made it not except as glad tidings for you and so that your hearts would be reassured thereby, and the victory is not but from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying when You said to the believers Is it not sufficient for you that Your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand of the Angels sent down?, as Allah's Messenger called for help from Allah on the day of the Battle of Badr, and Allah answered His supplication and reinforced Him with a thousand from the Angels in succession as mentioned in Aya (9) of Surat Alanfal, so the current Aya indicates that the Angels were three thousand on the day of Badr, and they descended in succession, a thousand after a thousand. And Allah assures the believers that if they are patient in meeting their enemy, and they fear Allah and fear His punishment if they disobeyed His command and the command of His Messenger, and then their enemy came upon them in their rage as they had come on the day of Badr in their rage for the Caravan of Quraish, He will not reinforce them with only three thousand Angels, but with five thousand of marked Angels. And Allah did not make the Angels descend thousand after the other except as glad tidings to the believers of Allah's victory over their enemy and that their hearts may be reassured by their arrival so they would be certain of Allah's support, and the victory is only from Allah not through their strength and might, and Allah is the Almighty who is Severe in His revenge on those who disobeyed Him, the All-Wise who manages His creation with wisdom in His laws and destiny. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (127-129) "So that He may cut off a section of those who disbelieve or disgrace them so that they turn back disappointed, not for You is the matter in anything or He should turn to them or punish them for indeed, they are wrongdoers, and to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful", that is, Allah has given the believers victory at Badr and supported them with the Angels so that He may cut off a group of those who disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger (PBUH) through killing, so Allah has cut off the root of the worst enemy of Islam in the Battle of Badr such as Shaiba bin Rabi'a, Utba bin Rabi'a, Alwalid bin Utba, and Abu Jahl bin Hisham as mentioned in Surat Alanfal, or that Allah may disgrace them by disappointing them in the victory they aspires to, so whoever remains was either a captive or turning back to his people disappointed, having not attained anything of what he hoped to attain from the believers.

 Then Allah assures His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) that the matter and the judgment in the worldly life and the Hereafter are to Him alone saying not for You is the matter of my servant in anything, rather, their matter is Mine, and the judgment regarding them is in My Hand, so I judge them as I will, whether I turn to them in mercy and forgiveness and accept their repentance, or I punish them in the worldly life through killing or in Hellfire on the day of resurrection for indeed, they are wrongdoers, so they deserve My punishment for they wronged themselves with disbelief and disobedience to Me. And as narrated by Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar from His father: "He heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) on raising His head from the bowing in the last Rak'ah in the Dawn prayer (Fajr) saying O Allah! Curse so-and-do, so-and-so, and so-and-so, after saying Same'a Allahu le-man hamedah Rabbana wa laka alhamd: Allah hears he who sends his praise to Him, our Lord! All praise is for You, so Allah revealed {Not for You is the matter in anything} till His saying for indeed, they are wrongdoers" (Sahih Albukhari 4559), and in another narration of Salim also: "On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said O Allah! Curse Abu Sufyan, O Allah! Curse Alharith bin Hisham, O Allah! Curse Safwan bin Umayyah, he said so it was revealed {Not for You is the matter in anything or He should turn to them or punish them}, so Allah turned in mercy towards them, they accepted Islam, and their Islam was good" (Jami' Altirmidhi 3004).

 And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) called against the polytheists on the day of Uhud when they broke His tooth and wounded Him as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "The Messenger of Allah pointed to His broken tooth saying Allah's wrath has become severe on the people who harmed His Prophet, Allah's wrath has become severe on the man who is killed by the Messenger of Allah in the way of Allah" (Sahih Albukhari 4073), and as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) had his front tooth damaged on the day of the Battle of Uhud, and got a wound on His head, He was wiping the blood and saying How can a nation succeed while they have wounded their Prophet and broken His tooth while He called them to Allah?, so Allah has revealed Not for You is the matter in anything" (Sahih Muslim 1791). Then Allah assures that to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, so He is the Creator of everything, and the Disposer of all affairs, and He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (130-132) "O you who have believed! Do not eat usury, doubled and multiplied, and Fear Allah so that you may succeed, and Fear the fire that has been prepared for the disbelievers, and Obey Allah and the Messenger so that you may receive mercy", that is, Allah forbade His servants from consuming the usury (Riba), doubled and multiplied, because in Pre-Islamic era, the Arabs used to lend one another with interest, so they take more than they give, and the longer the period, the greater the usury, so when the debt comes due, either they pay it off, or the lender will increase them in time, and increase the debt beyond the amount agreed upon, and so on every time the debt comes due, and year after year till the small amount of debt be doubled and multiplied, thereupon, Allah commanded His servants to fear Him and fear His punishment if they disobeyed His command, so Do not eat up your wealth unjustly between you so that you may succeed in the worldly life and the Hereafter, and you will win the bliss that Allah has prepared for the righteous in Paradise. Then Allah threatens them with Hellfire on the day of resurrection if they make lawful what He has forbidden saying And Fear the Fire that has been prepared for the disbelievers, and Obey Allah and the Messenger so that you may receive mercy, so Act according to Allah's commands and prohibitions and Obey His Messenger in what He commands you and what He forbids you from, so that you may receive Allah's mercy, and be saved from His punishment on the day of resurrection.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next four verses (133-136) "And Hasten to forgiveness from Your Lord and a Garden, the width of which is like that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous, those who spend in ease and adversity, and those who restrain anger, and those who pardon the people and Allah loves the good doers, and those who, when they do an immorality or wrong themselves, they remember Allah, then ask forgiveness for their sins and Who can forgive the sins except Allah?, and they do not persist on what they have done while they know, those are the ones whose reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, and excellent is the reward of the doers", that is, Allah commanded the believers to hasten to His forgiveness and His Paradise, so Hasten to all acts of obedience to Allah, and Seek Allah's forgiveness for your sins, so Allah will admit you into a garden, the width of which is like the width of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has prepared it for the righteous who follow Allah commands and avoid His prohibitions. Paradise is located above the heavens and the earth, under the Throne of the Most Gracious, where as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and His Messengers, performs the prayers, and fasts the month of Ramadan, it is incumbent upon Allah that He will admit him into Paradise, whether he fights in the way of Allah (Jihad) or remains in the land where he is born, the people said O Allah's Messenger! Shall we give the people this glad tidings?, He said Paradise has one hundred degrees which Allah has prepared for those who fight in His way, and the distance between each of two degrees is like the distance between the heaven and the earth, so when you ask Allah, then Ask Him for Alfirdaws which is the best and highest part of Paradise, above it is the Throne of the Most Gracious, and from it the rivers of Paradise overflow" (Sahih Albukhari 2790).

 Then Allah describes the righteous for whom He has prepared Paradise saying Those who spend in ease and adversity, and those who restrain rage, and those who pardon the people, so they spend from what Allah has provided them of good provision whether on their families, in the way of Allah, or for alms, and they spend in the state of ease and hardship, health and illness, and prosperity and poverty, they restrain rage, so when anger arose in them they repressed it, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "The strong man is not the one who wrestles well but the strong man is the one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage" (Sahih Muslim 2609), and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah also: "A man said to the Prophet (PBUH) Advice me! He said Do not become angry, the man asked again and again, and the Prophet said Do not become angry" (Sahih Albukhari 6116). And as narrated by Abu Dharr: "The Messenger of Allah said to us when one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down, if the anger leaves him well, otherwise, he should lay down" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4782).

 And as narrated by Sulaiman bin Surad: "Two men reviled each other in the presence of the Prophet (PBUH), then the eyes of one of them became red and his jugular veins swelled, the Messenger of Allah said I know a phrase, if this said, he could get rid of the angry he finds A'auzu be-llahi mena alshaiytani alrajeem: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, the man said Do you see insanity in me" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4781). The righteous also pardon those who wronged them when they are able to take revenge on them, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH): "Charity does not decrease wealth, no one pardons another except that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status" (Sahih Muslim 2588). And Allah loves the good doers who worship Allah as if they see Him, and if they can not see Him, then Allah sees them, so they act according to Allah's commands and prohibitions.

 Allah assures that when the righteous for whom He has prepared Paradise commit a sin, they followed it with repentance and seeking forgiveness of Allah, so when they do an immorality such as bad behavior or wronged themselves with a sin for which they deserve Allah's punishment, they remember Allah and ask His forgiveness for their sins, and Who can forgive the sins except Allah?, assuredly, Allah is the only One who forgives and pardons His creation, and whenever they committed a sin, they repented and asked Allah's forgiveness, so they do not persist on what they have done of evil deeds while they know that Allah has forbidden these deeds, and promised to punish those who committed them, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (PBUH) that His lord, Almighty thus said: "A servant committed a sin, and he said O Allah! Forgive me my sin, and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said My servant committed a sin and then he came to realize that he has a Lord who forgives the sins and takes to account for the sin, he then again committed a sin and said My Lord! Forgive me my sin, and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said My servant committed a sin and then he came to realize that he has a Lord who forgives the sins and takes to account for the sin, he then again committed a sin and said My Lord! Forgive me my sin, and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said My servant committed a sin and then he came to realize that he has a Lord who forgives the sins and takes to account for the sin, so Do whatever you like, I have granted you forgiveness, Abd-A'la said I do not know whether He said after the third or the fourth times Do whatever you like" (Sahih Muslim 2758). 

 And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger said: "By the One in whose Hand is My soul! If you were not to commit sin, Allah would do away with you and will bring those people who would commit sin, then ask forgiveness of Allah, and He would forgive them" (Sahih Muslim 2749). And as narrated by Asma' bint Alhakam Alfazari: "I heard Ali saying I was a man, when I heard a statement from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), Allah benefited me with it as much as He willed, but when some one of His companions narrated a statement to me, I adjured him, when he took an oath, I testified him, Abu Bakr narrated to me a statement, and Abu Bakr has told the truth, He said I heard Allah's Messenger saying when a servant commits a  sin, and he performs ablution well, and then stands and prays two Rak'ahs, and asks forgiveness of Allah, Allah will forgive him, then he recited this Aya {And those who, when they do an immorality or wrong themselves, they remember Allah}" (Sunan Abu Dawood 1521). Then Allah assures that the righteous are the ones whose reward is forgiveness from Allah and gardens beneath which rivers flow in Paradise, and they will abide therein forever, and excellent is the reward of the doers who act in obedience and submission to Allah.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (137-139) "Indeed, rules have passed before you, so Travel in the land and See how was the end of the deniers, this is a declaration for the people and a guidance and an admonition for the righteous, so Do not weaken and Do not grieve and you will be the superior if you are believers", that is, Allah reassures the believers who were defeated on the day of the Battle of Uhud saying that His rules have passed in the nations before them, and the rule of Allah is that He supports His Messengers and the believers, and destroys the disbelievers, so He commanded the believers to travel in the land in order to see the end of the deniers such as Ad, Thamud, and the people of Lot, who disbelieved in Allah and denied His Messengers and His Books, and what befell them of torment and destruction, then Allah assures that what He has sent down to them in the Holy Quran of the rules of those before them is a declaration to the people of the behavior of the former ones, and it is a guidance to the path of those who obey Allah, and an admonition for the righteous of Allah's punishment and vengeance on those who disobey Him, so they will be admonished by it, obey Allah's commands, and avoid His prohibitions. Then Allah urged the believers to fight their enemies saying Do not weaken in fighting your enemies, and Do not grieve over what befalls you of injuries and killing, and you will be the superior if you believe in Me and in My promise, so Allah will grant you victory over your enemies as He has granted victory to the believers before you.   

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (140,141) "If a wound should touch you, then indeed, there has touched the people a wound similar to it, and these days, We rotate among the people so that Allah may know those who believe and take to Himself from among you martyrs and Allah does not like the wrongdoers, and that Allah may purify those who believed and eradicate the disbelievers", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying if you have been afflicted with wounds, and a group of you have been killed on the Battle of Uhud, then your enemies have been afflicted with close to that in terms of wounds and killing in the Battle of Badr, and Allah alternates the days between the people, so sometimes the believers are the victorious so that Allah may grant victory to His religion, and sometimes the disbelievers are the victorious if the believers disobey His command and the command of His Messenger (PBUH), so Allah has tested the believers with the disbelievers so that He may distinguish those who obey Him from those who disobey Him, distinguish the believers from the hypocrites, and distinguish those who are patient in confrontation of their enemies from those who are not, and so that Allah may take martyrs from among the believers to Himself, and from among the martyrs on the Day of Uhud were Mus'ab bin Umair, Hamzah bin Abdul-Muttalib, and Anas bin Alnadr (Sahih Albukhari 4045,2805), and Allah does not like the wrongdoers who disobey His command and the command of His Messenger, and Allah has tested the believers on the day of Uhud so that He may purify the believers, and expiate from them their sins, and eradicate the disbelievers even if He granted them victory over the believers, but it is a trial that will be the cause of their destruction and annihilation.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verse (142,143) "Or Do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet known those among you who strive and known the patient?, and indeed, you had wished for death before you met it, and you have seen it while you were looking on", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying Do you think that you will enter Paradise without a test of fighting and adversity by which Allah will distinguish those who strive in His way from those who neglect Jihad in His way, and those who are patient in confrontation of their enemies from those who are impatient, so you will not enter Paradise until you are afflicted by adversity and fighting, and Allah will see those who fight in His way and those who are patient despite the wounds, pain, and misfortune that befell them in the sake of Allah. Many of those who did not attend the Battle of Badr were hoping for a day in which there would be fighting, but when it was the day of Uhud, they were not patient, and they did not obey Allah's Messenger (PBUH), so they were defeated, and Allah addresses them saying you were longing for fighting and martyrdom in the way of Allah before you met them in the battlefield, here you are, you have seen it for real at the time of flashing of swords and clashing of spears while you are looking on, so Why didn't you strive in the way of Allah with true striving for Him?, and Allah's Messenger said in narration of Abdullah bin Abi Awfa: "O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and Ask Allah for safety, but when you face the enemy, so Be patient, and Remember that Paradise is under the shades of swords" (Sahih Albukhari 3024).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (144) "And Muhammad is not but a Messenger, indeed, the Messengers had passed before Him, so if He dies or is killed, Would you turn back on your heels?, and whoever turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in anything, and Allah will reward the grateful", that is, there was weakness and delay in fighting among the believers on the day of Uhud because they were terrified when they were told that Muhammad (PBUH) was killed, so Allah assures the believers that Muhammad is not but a Messenger like the Messengers whom Allah has sent to His creation, indeed, the Messengers had passed before Him, and among them were those who died when their lives ended and those who were killed by the disbelievers as those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah had killed the Prophet without right as shown above in Aya (21), so Allah blames the believers for the anxiety they had felt when they were told that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was killed saying So if He dies because His life ended or the polytheists killed Him, Would you turn back on your heels?, so Would you turn away from your religion after Allah has guided you to faith?, and whoever turns back on his heels and turns away from his religion, then he will not harm Allah in anything, but rather, he will harm himself and expose it to punishment for obedience does not benefit Allah nor does disobedience harm Him as Allah is Free of need of His creation, and Allah will reward the grateful who obey Allah in His commands and prohibitions and hasten to please Him; For gratitude does not occur through tongue, but rather through actions and obedience, while praising Allah occurs through the tongue, therefore, Allah says in Aya (13) of Surat Saba' "O family of David! Work in gratitude".

 So Allah will reward those who strive in His way and are patient when they met their enemy, whether they defeat their enemy or were martyred in the way of Allah. And Abu Bakr recited this Aya before the people when Allah's Messenger has died, where as narrated by Aisha: "Abu Bakr praised and glorified Allah and said unquestionably, whoever worshipped Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead, but whoever worshipped Allah, then Allah is Ever-Living, and shall never die, then he recited {Indeed You are to die, and indeed, they are to die} Surat Alzumar Aya (30). He also recited {And Muhammad is not but a Messenger, indeed, the Messengers had passed before Him, so if He dies or is killed, Would you turn back on your heels?, and whoever turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in anything, and Allah will reward the grateful}" (Sahih Albukhari 3667).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (145) "And it is not for a soul to die except by the permission of Allah at a decree, determined, and whoever desires the reward of the world, We will give him thereof, and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We will give him thereof, and We will reward the grateful", that is, Allah urges the believers to fight in His way, informing that death is inevitable, and that every human being will die when his appointed term in the worldly life ends, whether he is killed or not, so courage or reluctance to fight does not increase one's lifespan or decrease it, and it is not for a soul to die except by the permission of Allah at a determined term, so no one dies until he fulfills the term that Allah has decreed for him, and when their term comes, they will not remain behind an hour nor will they precede as Allah has stated in Aya (34) of Surat Ala'raf. Then Allah assures that whoever desires the reward of the worldly life, Allah will give him thereof, so whoever desires the worldly life and its adornment and forgets the Hereafter, Allah will give him the enjoyment of the worldly life, and there is no share for him in the Hereafter as He has stated in Aya (20) of Surat Alshura, and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, Allah will give him thereof, and will multiply his reward as mentioned in Aya (40) of Surat Alnisa' {Indeed, Allah does not wrong as much as an atom's weight, and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Him a great reward}, and Allah will reward the grateful who obey His commands and prohibitions and hasten to please Him with the best reward in the Hereafter.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (146-148) "And how many of a Prophet along with him fought many scholars of the Lord, but they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the way of Allah, nor did they weaken or submit, and Allah loves the Patient, and their words were not except that they said our Lord Forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs and Make our feet firm, and Help us against the disbelieving people, so Allah gave them the reward of the world and the good reward of the Hereafter, and Allah loves the good doers", that is, Allah blames the believers who were too weak to fight on the day of Uhud saying there were many righteous scholars and possessors of knowledge of Allah who had fought along with their Prophets in the way of Allah, but they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the way of Allah, so they did not weaken as a result of the killing of those who were killed from among them, nor did they weaken in fighting their enemies, nor did they submit to their enemies in humiliation, but they were patient in fighting their enemies until Allah judges between them and their enemies, and Allah loves the Patient, so they did not flee from the battlefield, but rather, their words were not except that they said our Lord Forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs and Make our feet firm, and Help us against the disbelieving people, so they prepared themselves for martyrdom in the way of Allah, asked forgiveness of Allah for their sins and for their excesses in their affairs, supplicated Allah for steadfastness and firmness of their feet in the battlefield so that they would not be defeated, and supplicated Allah for victory over their enemies, so Allah responded to their supplication, and gave them the reward of the worldly life when He granted them victory over their enemies and the good reward of the Hereafter as He will forgive them their sins and admit them into Paradise, and Allah loves the good doers who worship Allah as if they see Him, and if they can not see Him, then Allah sees them, so they act according to Allah's commands and prohibitions.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (149-151) "O you who have believed! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, then you will turn back as losers, but Allah is your Protector and He is the best of the helpers, We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of what He had not sent down any authority of it, and their abode will be the Fire, and wretched is the abode of the wrongdoers", that is, Allah warns the believers against those who disbelieved in Him and in His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) as He has warned them against the people of the Scripture as shown above in Aya (100), and assures them that if they obey those who disbelieve, so they accept from them what they command them to do, they would mislead them and turn them back on their heels as disbelievers after they have believed in Allah and His Messenger and acknowledged what He has brought from His Lord, so Do not trust them with your religion, and Do not accept their advice for they wish that you deny what you have believed in of the truth that has come to you from your Lord, and then you will be disbelievers like them, and thus, you will turn back as losers in the worldly life and the Hereafter by abandoning Allah's command, and then you will deserve His punishment, so Obey Allah and Put your trust upon Him in all of your affairs for Allah is your Protector, and then He will help you against your enemy, and Allah is the best of helpers.

 Then Allah gave the believers glad tidings that He will cast terror and humiliation into the hearts of the disbelievers because they have associated partners with Allah, and worshipped that for which He has not sent down any authority or proof of them that would make them worthy of worship, and that their abode will be Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and how wretched is the abode in which there is humiliation and severe punishment for the wrongdoers who wronged themselves with disbelief, tyranny, and stubbornness. And Allah singled out His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) apart from the rest of the Prophets, in that He would cast terror into the hearts of His enemies at a distance of a month's journey between Him and them, where Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Jabir bin Abdullah: "I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before Me, Allah made Me victorious by terror (By His frightening My enemies) for a distance of one month's journey, the earth has been made for Me a place for praying, and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore, anyone of My followers can pray wherever the time of the prayer is due, the booty has been made lawful for Me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before Me, I have been given the right of intercession (on the day of resurrection), and every Prophet used to be sent to His nation only, but I have been sent to all mankind" (Sahih Albukhari 335). 

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (152) "And indeed, Allah has fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them by His permission until when you showed weakness and disputed in the matter and disobeyed after He had shown you what you like, among you are some who desire the world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter, then He averted you from them, so that He may test you, and indeed, He has pardoned you, and Allah is the Possessor of bounty for the believers", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying that He has fulfilled His promise to them at the beginning of the Battle of Uhud when they were killing the polytheists of Quraish by His permission, until when they showed weakness and the archers disputed in the order of Allah's Messenger (PBUH), and disobeyed His order after Allah has shown them victory over their enemy, and Allah assures that there were among them those who desire the worldly life such as the archers who disobeyed the order of Allah's Messenger and left their places to collect the spoils and that was the reason of the defeat of the believers, and among them there were those who desire the Hereafter such as those who fought in the Battlefield until they were killed in the way of Allah, and as narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah: "On the day of the Battle of Uhud, a man came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said Can You tell me where I will be if I should get martyred?, the Prophet replied in Paradise, the man threw away some dates he was carrying in his hand, and fought till he was martyred" (Sahih Albukhari 4046). 

 And as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "His uncle (Anas bin Alnadr) was absent from the battle of Badr, and he said I was absent from the first battle of the Prophet (PBUH), and if Allah should let me participate with the Prophet (in a battle), Allah will see how strongly I will fight, so he encountered the day of the battle of Uhud, the Muslims fled, and he said O Allah! I appeal to You to excuse me for what these people have done, and I disavow what the polytheists have done, then he went forward with his sword and met Sa'd bin Mu'adh, and asked him Where are you going, O Sa'd?, I detect a smell of Paradise before Uhud, then he proceeded on and was martyred, no one was able to recognize him till his sister recognized him by a mole on his body or by the tips of his finger, he had over 80 wounds caused by stabbing, striking, or shooting with arrows" (Sahih Albukhari 4048). Allah has promised the believers that He will reinforce them with five thousand Angels if they are patient and fear Him as mentioned above in Aya (125), but when the archers disobeyed the command of Allah's Messenger (PBUH), and some believers also fled from the Battlefield, Allah averted them from the polytheists and gave the polytheists victory over the believers, and they killed seventy Muslims, so that He may test the believers, and Allah has pardoned them and did not eradicate them after their disobedience, and Allah is the Possessor of bounty for the believes as He punished them for their disobedience but He did not destroy them out of His mercy and generosity.

 As narrated by Albara' bin Azib: "The Prophet (PBUH) appointed Abdullah bin Jabair as the commander of the archers who were fifty on the day of Uhud, He instructed them Stick to your place, and Do not leave it even if you see birds snatching us, till I send for you, then the infidels were defeated, and if you see that we have defeated the infidels and made them flee, even then you should not leave your place till I send for you. Then the infidels were defeated, By Allah! I saw the women fleeing lifting up their clothes revealing their legs bangles and their legs, so the companions of Abdullah bin Jubair said the booty, O people, the booty! Your companions have become victorious, What are you waiting for now?, Abdullah bin Jubair said Have you forgotten what Allah's Messenger said to you?, they replied By Allah! We will go to the people and collect our share from the war booty, but when they went to them, they were forced to turn back defeated, at that time Allah's Messenger in their rear was calling them back, only twelve men remained with the Prophet (PBUH) and the infidels killed seventy men from us, on the day of Badr, the Prophet and His companions had caused the pagans to lose one hundred and forty men, seventy of whom were captured, and seventy were killed, then Abu Sufyan asked thrice Is Muhammad present amongst the people?, the Prophet ordered them not to answer him, then he asked thrice Is the son of Abu Quhafa present amongst the people?, then he asked thrice Is the son of Alkhattab amongst the people?, then he returned to his companions and said as for these, the have been killed, Umar could not control himself and said you told a lie, By Allah, O enemy of Allah! All those you have mentioned are alive, and the thing which will make you unhappy is still there, abu Sufyan said this day compensates the day of Badr, and the battle is in rotation (a day for us and a day for you), and you will see some of your dead men mutilated, but neither did I urge this action, nor am I sorry for it, after that he started reciting O Hubal! Be high, on that the Prophet said Why don't you answer him back?, they said O Allah's Messenger What shall we say?, He said Say Allah is More High and More Majestic, then he said we have Al-Uzza (Idol), whereas you have no Uzza! The Prophet said Why don't you answer him back?, they said O Allah's Messenger What shall we say?, He said Say Allah is our Protector and you have no protector (Sahih Albukhari 3039). 

 When the archers came down from the mountain and went to collect the spoils, Satan shouted deceitfully at the Muslims saying Your behind O servants of Allah, so he deceived them and made them think that the polytheists attacked them from behind, so the Muslims mixed with each other, and the front Muslims fought with those behind them by mistake without distinguishing one from the other, so they killed Alyaman, the father of Hudhaifa, by mistake, where as narrated by Aisha: "When it was the day of Uhud, the pagans were defeated, then Satan, Allah's curse be upon him, cried loudly O Allah's servant Beware of what is behind! On that, the front rows of the forces turned their backs and started fighting with the back rows, Hudhaifa looked, and on seeing his father Alyaman, he shouted O Allah's servants! MY father, my father, but By Allah, they did not stop till they killed him, Hudhaifa said May Allah forgive you, Urwa said By Allah! Goodness remains in Hudhaifa until he departed to Allah" (Sahih Albukhari 4065).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (153) "When you climbed without turning aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind, so Allah repaid you with distress upon distress, so you would not grieve over what has escaped you or what has afflicted you, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying when you ascended the mountain fleeing from your enemy, and you did not turn to one another out of fear and terror, while the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (PBUH) was calling you from behind to turn back to the battlefield when you left Him behind your backs in the battlefield. Only twelve men remained with Allah's Messenger as mentioned in the previous verse, so His canine tooth got broken on that day, His face was wounded, and His helmet was broken on His head (Sahih Albukhari 4075), and in narration of Anas bin Malik, only nine men remained with Allah's Messenger in the battlefield. Although Allah did not support the believers with the Angels as a recompense of their disobedience, but He has saved His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) by sending two Angels to fight on His behalf as narrated by Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas: "I saw Allah's Messenger (PBUH) on the day of the Battle of Uhud accompanied by two men fighting on His behalf, they were dressed in white and were fighting as bravely as possible, I had never seen them before, nor did I see them later on" (Sahih Albukhari 4054), also, Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas was fighting instead of Allah's Messenger as He said: "The Prophet (PBUH) took out a quiver (of arrows) for me on the day of Uhud, and said Throw, Let My father and My mother be sacrificed for you" (Sahih Albukhari 4055).

 And as narrated by Anas bin Malik: "On the day of the Battle of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah was left with only seven men from the Ansar, and two men from Quraish, when the enemy advanced towards Him and overwhelmed Him, He said Whoever turns them away from us will attain Paradise or will be my companion in Paradise, a man from the Ansar came forward and fought until he was killed, the enemy advanced and overwhelmed Him again, and He repeated the words Whoever turns them away from us will attain Paradise or will be My companion in Paradise, a man from the Ansar came forward and fought until he was killed, this state continued until the seven Ansar were killed, and the Messenger of Allah said to His two companions, we have not done justice to our companions; i.e. those who fled from the battlefield" (Sahih Muslim 1789). Thereupon, Allah has recompensed the believers for their disobedience and repaid them with distress by depriving them from the spoils of the polytheists and giving victory to their enemies, upon distress by the killing and the wounds that befell them, so they would not grieve over what has escaped them of victory and spoils or what has afflicted them of killing and wounds, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do, so He knows those who obey Him and obey His Messenger, and those who disobey Him and disobey His Messenger as nothing of your affairs is hidden from Him. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (154) "Then He sent down upon you after the distress security, a drowsiness, overwhelming a group of you, while a group worried about themselves, assuming about Allah other than the truth, the assumption of Jahiliyyah, saying Is there anything for us in the matter?, Say indeed, the matter belongs entirely to Allah, they conceal within themselves what they will not declare to You, they say if there was anything for us in the matter, we would not have been killed here, Say if you were in your houses, those who were decreed to be killed would have come out to their places of death, so that Allah may test what is in your breasts, and may purify what is in your hearts, and Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts", that is, Allah has favored the believers after the distress they had on the day of Uhud with sleepiness, overwhelming a group of them as a protection from the fear that they had felt, and it was a security from Allah for the one who is safe sleeps, but the one who is afraid does not sleep, and as narrated by Anas bin Malik that Abu Talhah said: "We were overcome, and we were in our positions on the day of Uhud, and he narrated that he was among those who were overcome with drowsiness on that day, he said my sword kept falling from my hand and I would pick it up, and it would fall from my hand and I would pick it up again, the other party was that of the hypocrites, they had no concern but themselves, the most cowardly of people, the most frightened, fleeing from the truth" (Jami' Altirmidhi 3008).

 And there was a group of the hypocrites who were worrying about themselves because they had participated in the Battle out of greed for the spoils and out of fear of the believers, so they did not feel sleepy out of their anxiety and fear, and they began to feel sorry for their participation in the battle, and they thought about Allah other than the truth, the thinking of Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic era) as they thought that what they are upon is falsehood, and that Allah will not support His Messenger (PBUH) and the believers, and they said Is there anything for us in the matter?, so we have nothing to do with the matter of going out to fight, but we went out unwillingly, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to assure them that the matter belongs entirely to Allah as destiny, good and evil, is in the Hand of Allah, and when Allah intends evil for a people, there is no repelling for it as He has stated in Aya (11) of Surat Alra'd, and they concealed within themselves what they did not declare to Allah's Messenger of doubt and hypocrisy, when they said if there was anything for us in the matter, we would not have gone out to fight the people of Mecca, so our people would not have been killed here in Uhud, so Allah responded to their saying and commanded His Messenger (PBUH) to assure them that this is a decree that Allah has decreed for them, so if you were in your houses, those who were decreed to be killed would have come out to their places of death, so whoever was destined to be killed would come out to the place where he was destined to be killed, so it is a definite fate from which there is no escape so that Allah may test what is in your breasts of doubt and hypocrisy, and may purify what is in your hearts of your sins if you repented, and Allah is All-Knower of what is in the breasts, so nothing of your affair is hidden from Him, whether you conceal or declare it.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (155) "Indeed, those of you who turned away on the day when the two forces met, it was only Satan who caused them to slip because of some they had earned, but indeed, Allah has pardoned them, indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing", that is, Allah assures that those who turned away from the battlefield on the day of Uhud when the two forces of Muslims and the polytheists of Quraish met in the battlefield, it was only Satan who caused them to slip because of what they have committed of some sins, but Allah has pardoned them and forgave their sins, and Allah is All-Forgiving who forgives those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds, Most Forbearing for those who disobey him by not hastening His punishment.

 And as narrated by Uthman bin Muwahab: "A man came to perform Hajj to the House, seeing some people sitting, he said Who are these sitting people?, they said they are the people of Quraish, he said Who is the old man?, they said Ibn Umar, he went to him and said I want to ask you about something, Will you tell me about it?, I ask you with the respect due to the sanctity of this House, Do you know that Uthman bin Affan fled on the day of Uhud?, Ibn Umar said yes, he said Do you know that he was absent from Badr (battle) and did not join it?, Ibn Umar said yes, he said Do you know that he failed to be present at Ridwan pledge of allegiance (Alhudaiybeyah) and did not witness it?, Ibn Umar said yes, he then said Allahu Akbar: Allah is the Greatest, Ibn Umar said Come, I will inform you and explain to you what you have asked, as for his fleeing on the day of Uhud, I testify that Allah has pardoned him, as for his absence from Badr, he was married to the daughter of Allah's Messenger (PBUH), and she was ill, so the Prophet said to him you will have such reward as a man who has fought in Badr and his share of booty, and as for his absence from Ridwan pledge of allegiance, if there has been anybody more respected by the Meccans than Uthman bin Affan, the Prophet would have sent him instead of Uthman, so the Prophet sent him, and Ridwan pledge of allegiance took place after Uthman had gone to Mecca, the Prophet raised His right hand saying this is the hand of Uthman, Ibn Umar then said Go now after taking this information" (Sahih Albukhari 4066).   

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (156-158) "O you who have believed! Do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled throughout the earth or went out to fight, if they had been with us, they would not have died nor would they have been killed, so Allah makes that a regret within their hearts, and Allah gives life and causes death, and Allah is All-Seeing of what you do, and if you are killed in the way of Allah or die, then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than what they amass, and whether you die or are killed, to Allah you will be gathered", that is, Allah forbids the believers from being like the disbelievers, and from imitating them in their false belief when they said about their brothers who died on travels for trades or other than that, or died in wars if they had been with us, they would not have died on travels, nor would they have been killed in wars, so if they had not departed from us, and had resided in their country, they would not have died or been killed, and Allah has placed this false belief in their hearts so that they may increase in regret and grief over their death or killing, so they are ignorant that their destiny is in the Hand of Allah, and if they were in their homes, what befell them would have befallen them. Thereupon, Allah responded to their false belief saying that He gives life and causes death, so no one lives and no one dies except by His permission and destiny, and no one will die or be killed except after the expiration of his term of life that was written for him with Allah, and Allah is All-Seeing of what you do, and nothing of your affair is hidden from him, so Do not grieve over those who were killed in the way of Allah. And then Allah assures the believers that if they are killed in the way of Allah or die on faith and monotheism, then that is a means to attain Allah's Forgiveness and mercy and that is better than what the disbelievers accumulate of wealth and enjoyment of the worldly life, and Allah assures them that whether they die or are killed, they will be gathered to Allah on the day of resurrection, and He will recompense each for his deeds, so Do not flee from fighting in the way of Allah, but rather, Flee from His punishment on the day of resurrection by following His commands and avoiding His prohibitions.  

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (159,160) "So by mercy from Allah You were lenient with them, and if You had been discourteous, harsh in heart, they would have dispersed from around You, so Pardon them and Ask forgiveness for them, and Consult them in the matter, and when You have determined, then Put Your trust upon Allah, indeed, Allah loves those who rely, if Allah supports you, so no one can overcome you, but if He abandons you, then Who is the one who can support you after Him?, and upon Allah let the believers put their trust", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying so by mercy from Allah upon You and upon the believers, Allah made you lenient with them, and kind to them, and if You had been rude and hard-hearted, so You speak harshly to them, they would have dispersed from around You and left You, but out of Allah's mercy on the believers is that His Messenger (PBUH) is kind and merciful to the believers as He has stated in Aya (128) of Surat Altawbah, and that He is not discourteous nor harsh, and this is His description in the Torah, where as narrated by Ata' bin Yasar: "I met Abdullah bin Amr bin Alas and asked Him Tell me about the description of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) in the Torah, he said yes, By Allah! He is described in the Torah by some of His description in the Quran, O Prophet! Indeed, We have sent You as a witness and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner, and the Guardian of the illiterate, You are My servant and My Messenger, I have named you Almutawakkil (who puts His trust upon Allah), He is not discourteous, nor harsh, nor does He speak loudly in the markets, and He does not repel evil with evil, but rather, He pardons and forgives, and Allah will not let Him die until He makes straight the crooked religion through Him by making them say there is no God but Allah, by which He will open blind eyes, and deaf ears and enveloped hearts" (Sahih Albukhari 2125).

 Then Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to pardon His companions, to ask forgiveness of Allah for them, and to consult with them in the matter, although Allah has made His Messenger independent of their opinion through His revelation, but He commanded His Messenger to consult with them in some matters in order to strengthen their souls and raised their status, and Allah's Messenger used to consult His companions about wars, when He consulted with them about the Battle of Badr and the caravan of Quraish as mentioned in Ayat (5-8) of Surat Alanfal, and consulted with His companions about the Battle of Uhud as shown above in Ayat (121-123), then if You consulted with them in the matter and are determined to do so, then Put Your trust upon Allah regarding it, indeed, Allah loves those who put their trust upon Him in all of their affairs, and if Allah supports you against your enemies, so no one will defeat you as long as He supports you, but if He abandons you because you disobey His commands and abandon obedience to Him and to His Messenger, then Who is the one who can support you after Him?, assuredly, you will not find any helper after Allah has abandoned you, and let the believers put their trust upon Allah in all of their affairs, so He will suffice you with His help, and grant you His victory.  

 

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (161) "It is not for any Prophet that He would defraud, and whoever defrauds will come with what He had defrauded on the day of resurrection, then every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged", that is, Allah assures those who disobeyed Allah's Messenger on the day of Uhud and went to collect their share of the war booty that it is not for any Prophet that He would defraud, so Allah's Messenger will not defraud, whether in dividing the booty or anything else, and He will distribute the booty among them according to Allah's division that he has stipulated in Aya (41) of Surat Alanfal, then Allah assures that whoever defrauds will come with what He had defrauded on the day of resurrection, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "The Prophet (PBUH) got up amongst us and mentioned fraud (Ghulul), emphasized its magnitude and declared that it was a great sin saying I do not like to see anyone amongst you on the day of resurrection, carrying over his neck a sheep that will be bleating, or carrying over his neck a horse that will be neighing, and he will say O Allah's Messenger! Help me, and I will say I can't help you, for I have conveyed to you (Allah's message), or carrying over his neck a camel that will be grunting, and he will say O Allah's Messenger! Help me, and I will say I can't help you, for I have conveyed to you, or carrying over his neck gold and silver, and he will say O Allah's Messenger! Help me, and I will say I can't help you, for I have conveyed to you, or carrying clothes that will be fluttering, and he will say O Allah's Messenger! Help me, and I will say I can't help you, for I have conveyed to you (Sahih Albukhari 3073).

 And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Adi bin Amirah Alkindi: "Whoever whom we appointed from among you for a work, then he concealed from us a needle, or something smaller than that, it will be fraud (Ghulul) with which he will come on the day of resurrection, the narrator said a black man from the Ansar stood up, as if I was looking at him, and said Messenger of Allah! Take back form me your assignment, He said What has happened to you, he said I have heard You saying such-and such, and such-and-such, He said and I say that now whoever whom we appointed from among you for a work, so Let him bring everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom, he should take, and he should restrain himself from taking what is forbidden" (Sahih Muslim 1833), and as narrated by Abu Humaid Alsa'idi: "The Prophet (PBUH) appointed Ibn Al-Lutbiyya, a man from Azd tribe, to collect charity (Sadaqah), he came with the charities, gave it to the Prophet, and said this wealth is for you, and this is a gift presented to me, the Prophet said Why didn't you remain in the house of your father and mother to see whether gifts were presented to you or not, then He stood up to deliver a sermon" (Sahih Muslim 1832).

 And as narrated by Abu Hurayrah: "We went to Khaibar along with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), and Allah granted us victory, we plundered neither gold nor silver but laid our hands on goods, corn, and clothes, and then bent our stops to a valley along with Allah's Messenger, there was a slave who was presented to Him by a man from Judham called Refa'ah bin Zaid from the tribe of Dubaiyb. When we got down into the valley, the slave of Allah's Messenger stood up and began to unpack the saddle-bag and was suddenly struck by an arrow which proved fatal, we said there is a greeting for him as he is a martyr O Allah's Messenger, upon this the Messenger of Allah said nay By the One in whose Hand is soul of Muhammad, the small garment which he stole from the booty on the day of Khaibar but which did not fall to his lot is burning on him, the people were greatly perturbed, a person came there with a lace or two laces and said Messenger of Allah! I took them on the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger said this is a lace of fire or two laces of fire" (Sahih Muslim 115).

 And as narrated by Umar bin Alkhattab: "When it was the day of Khaibar, a party of the companions of Allah's Messenger came and said so-and-so is a martyr, so-and-so is a martyr, till they passed by a man and said so-and-so is a martyr, upon this the Messenger of Allah said nay, indeed, I have seen him in the Fire for the garment or cloak that he had stolen from the booty, then the Messenger of Allah said Umar bin Alkhattab! Go and Announce to the people that indeed, none will enter Paradise except the believers, Umar said then I went out and announced that indeed, none will enter Paradise except the believers" (Sahih Muslim 114). Thereupon, whoever frauds for himself anything from the wealth of Muslims such as spoils, charities, or anything else, will come with it on the day of resurrection, and will be punished for it in Hellfire, and Allah assures that every soul will be paid in full for what it earned of good and evil, and they will not be wronged, each according to his deeds, where the wrongdoers will be recompensed for their evil deeds and nothing will be added to their sins, whereas nothing will be deprived from the reward of the good doers.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (162,163) "So Is he who pursues the pleasure of Allah like he who returned with the wrath from Allah and his abode is Hellfire, and wretched is the fate, they are degrees in the sight of Allah, and Allah is All-Seeing of what they do", that is, Allah assures that the one who follows Allah's pleasure in what he legislated, so he acts according to what pleases Allah, and avoids what displeases Him, is not like the one who returned with the wrath of Allah when He disobeyed His commands and transgressed His limits, the first one deserves Allah's pleasure and His abundant reward in Paradise on the day of resurrection, but the other deserves humiliation and Allah's punishment, and his abode will be Hellfire on the day of resurrection, and wretched is a miserable fate. They are degrees in the sight of Allah, so those who act in obedience to Allah are not equal to those who act in disobedience to Allah, and their degrees are determined according to what they have done of evil and good in the worldly life as Allah has stated in Aya (132) of Surat Alan'am "And for all there are degrees for what they have done", and Allah is All-Seeing of what they do of good and evil deeds, and nothing is hidden from Him, so He will recompense each for his deeds.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (164) "Indeed, Allah has bestowed favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses, and purifying them and teaching them the Book and the wisdom, although they were before in a clear error", that is, Allah has bestowed His favor upon the believers when He sent from among the Arabs His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) in the language they understand, and they know His honest, His truthfulness, and His lineage, which is the most honorable lineage, where as narrated by Wathilah bin Alasqa': "I heard Allah's Messenger as saying verily Allah has granted eminence to Kinana from among the descendants of Ismail, and He granted eminence to Quraish from among Kinana, and He granted eminence to Banu Hashim from among Quraish, and He granted Me eminence from Banu Hashim" (Sahih Muslim 2276). And Allah has bestowed His favor upon the believers when sent His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) from among themselves in order to recite to them the Holy Quran, to purify them from the filth of disbelief and sins, and to teach them the Holy Quran and the jurisprudence in religion and clarification of everything they need in the matter of their religion and their worldly life. Perhaps this verse was a response from Allah to His Prophet Abraham when He supplicated Allah to send a Messenger to the people of Mecca from among themselves as mentioned in Surat Albaqarah Aya (129). Before the message of the Prophet Muhammad, they were in a clear error as they worshiped idols except for a very few of the people of the scripture such as Waraqah Bin Naufil as mentioned in the interpretation of Surat Almuddaththir. 

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (165,166) "How is it that when a calamity afflicts you, although you had afflicted with the twice of it, you said From where is this?, Say it is from yourselves, indeed, Allah is All-Powerful over everything, and what afflicted you on the day the two forces met was by the permission of Allah, and that He may know the believers", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying How is that when a calamity afflicts you on the day of Uhud when seventy men were killed from among you, although you had afflicted your enemy with the twice of it on the day of Badr when you killed seventy men and captured seventy men from among them, you said From where is this?, so How did this defeat happen to us?, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to assure them that the defeat is from themselves for the archers disobeyed the command of Allah's Messenger when they left their places and went to collect the spoils as shown above in Aya (152), and Allah is All-powerful to do whatever He wills, and neither impediment nor inability can prevent Him from doing whatever He wills. Then Allah assures that what afflicted the believers when they met the polytheists of Quraish in the Battle of Uhud was by the permission of Allah, so their fleeing from their enemy, killing of seventy of them, and wounding of others were by Allah's decree and destiny, and Allah has tested the believers with the disbelievers so that He may distinguish those who obey Him from those who disobey Him, distinguish the believers from the hypocrites, and distinguish those who are patient in confrontation of their enemies from those who are not.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (167,168) "And that He may know those who are hypocrites and it was said to them Come, Fight in the way of Allah or Defend, they said if we had known fighting, we would have surely followed you, they were nearer to disbelief that day than they were to belief, they say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, and Allah knows best of what they conceal, those who said about their brothers while they sat, if they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed, Say then Repel death from yourselves, if you are truthful", that is, Allah has tested the believers on the day of Uhud in order to distinguish the believers from the hypocrites who departed from the believers, where Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloul returned to Medina with a third of the army, and when the believers followed them and urged them to return and fight in the way of Allah, or at least to repel by their presence on the battlefield so that the rows of Muslims would not be exposed due to their small numbers compared to their enemies, the hypocrites made a false excuse saying if we had known fighting, we would have surely followed you, so if we know that you would fight your enemies, we would have joined you, but you will not fight, thereupon, Allah assures that they were nearer to disbelief that day than they were to belief due to their hypocrisy, they say with their mouths what is not in their hearts; Because they know that the polytheists of Quraish had come from a distant land in order to fight the Muslims because of what afflicted them on the Day of Badr, and that there will inevitably be a fight between them, but they turned away from the believers, used false excuse, and harbored hypocrisy within themselves. And Allah knows best of what they conceal of hypocrisy and hatred towards the believers. The hypocrites said about their brothers who were martyred on the day of Uhud while they sat and did not participate in fighting if they had obeyed us and listened to our advice regarding staying and not going out for fighting Quraish, they would not have been killed, thereupon, Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them then Repel death from yourselves, if you are truthful that sitting in your homes saves you from killing or death, so you remained behind and abandoned Jihad in the way of Allah, but you will inevitably die.

 Allah Almighty says in the next four verses (169-172) "And Do not think that those who have been killed in the way of Allah are dead, but rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision, rejoicing in what Allah has given them of His bounty, and they receive glad tidings about those after them who have not yet joined them that there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve, they receive glad tidings of favor from Allah and bounty, and that Allah does not waste the reward of the believers, those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them, for those who did good among them and feared is a great reward", that is, Allah assures that those who have been killed in the way of Allah are not dead, but rather, their souls are alive with Allah, receiving provision in Paradise, undoubtedly, they died and their bodies are in the dust, but their souls are alive in Paradise, where as narrated by Masruq: "We asked Abdullah about this verse {And Do not think that those who have been killed in the way of Allah are dead, but rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision}, he said we asked about it, and He (The Prophet) said the souls of the martyrs live in the bodies of green birds who have their nests in chandeliers hung from the Throne, they eat in Paradise from wherever they like and then nestle in their chandeliers, once their Lord cast a glance at them and said Do you want anything?, they said What more shall we desire?, we eat in Paradise from wherever we like, their Lord asked them the same question thrice, when they saw that they will continue to be asked and not left, they said O Lord! We wish that our souls will be returned to our bodies so that we will be killed in Your way again, when He see that they had no need, they were left" (Sahih Muslim 1887). 

 Thereupon, Allah assures the hypocrites, who said about their brothers who have been killed in the Battle of Uhud {If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed}, that martyrdom in the way of Allah is a great way to Allah's forgiveness, pleasure, and bounty, and as narrated by Amr bin Al-as that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "All the sins of the martyr will be forgiven except debt" (Sahih Muslim 1886 a). And Allah's Messenger said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "By the One in whose Hand My soul is! No one will be wounded in the way of Allah, and Allah knows best who gets wounded in His way, except that he will come on the day of resurrection with his wound bleeding, the color will be the color of blood, and the smell will be the smell of musk (Sahih Muslim 1876 d). Therefore, Allah's Messenger ordered that the martyrs of Uhud to be buried with their blood on their bodies, where as narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah: "The Prophet (PBUH) brought together every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece of cloth, then He would ask Which of them had more of the Quran?, when one of them was pointed out for him, He would put that one first in the grave, and say I will be a witness on these on the day of resurrection, and He ordered that they be buried with their blood, and they neither washed (Ghusl) nor was a funeral prayer offered for them" (Sahih Albukhari 1343).

 So the martyrs who were killed in the way of Allah are alive with Allah, and Allah assures that they are rejoicing in what Allah has given them of His bounty, so their souls are blessed with provision in Paradise and happy with the blessings they are in, and as narrated by Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Nobody who dies and has something good with Allah, he would be pleased to return to this world even though he were offered the whole world and all that is in it, except the martyr who desires to return and be killed in the world for the merit of martyrdom that he has seen" (Sahih Muslim 1877 a). And the martyrs receive glad tidings about their brothers who will be killed in the way of Allah after them, but they have not yet joined them, that there will be no fear for them for what they will face later and they will not grieve for what they missed before. And the martyrs receive glad tidings of favor from Allah and bounty, so they receive glad tidings of Allah's forgiveness and great reward on the day of resurrection when their bodies will be resurrected from the graves, and that Allah does not waste the reward of the believers, but rather, He will reward them with the best reward. 

 Allah does not waste the reward of the believers who responded to Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them in the Battle of Uhud, where when the polytheists of Quraish inflicted what they inflicted on Muslims of killing and wounding, they returned to Mecca, but they wanted to return to the Muslims again, and when Allah's Messenger heard that, He asked His companions for going out in pursuit of them to terrify them, and show them that they have strength and endurance to fight them lest they return to the Muslims while they would not be prepared to fight, thereupon, seventy men from among the companions of Allah's Messenger responded to Him and went out in pursuit the polytheists, and they gave up the idea of returning to the Muslims again, and as narrated by Aisha: "Regarding the verse {Those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them, for those who did good among them and feared is a great reward}, she said to Urwa O my nephew! Your father Alzubair and Abu Bakr were amongst them, when Allah's Messenger (PBUH) suffered what He suffered on the day of Uhud and the polytheists left Him, He was afraid that they might return, so He said Who will go on their track, then He selected seventy men from among them, he said (Sub-narrator) Abu Bakr and Alzubair were amongst them" (Sahih Albukhari 4077), then Allah gave glad tidings of a great reward in Paradise to those who did good among the companions of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) who responded to Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them, and feared Allah and feared His punishment if they disobey His commands.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (173-175) "Those to whom the people said indeed, the people have gathered against you, so Fear them, but it increased them in faith, and they said Sufficient for us is Allah, and the Best Guardian, so they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them and they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the Possessor of great bounty, it is only that Satan who frightens his allies, so Do not fear them, but Fear Me if you are believers", that is, Allah also does not waste the reward of the believers whom the people threatened with crowds and frightened them with the large number of their enemies saying indeed, the people have gathered against you, so Fear them, but they did not care about that, and they put their trust upon Allah and sought help from Him, and the people's words increased their faith, their certainty in their religion, and their strength and courage, so they said Sufficient for us is Allah, and the Best Guardian, so Sufficient is Allah as a Guardian for us, we have not any guardian or any helper besides Him, and as narrated by Ibn Abbas: "Hasbuna Allahu wa ne'ma alwakeel: Sufficient for us is Allah, and the Best Guardian, was said by Abraham, peace be upon Him, when He was thrown into the fire, and it was said by Muhammad (PBUH) when they said {Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so Fear them, but it increased them in faith, and they said Sufficient for us is Allah, and the Best Guardian}" (Sahih Albukhari 4563). So when they put their trust upon Allah, He sufficed them and repelled from them the harm of those who wanted to plot against them, and they returned to Medina with favor and bounty from Allah, and no harm had touched them, so they returned safely and did not encounter any enemy there, so they pleased Allah as they acted according to what pleases Allah, and avoided what displeases Him, and Allah is the Possessor of great bounty, so He turned away their enemy who had intended to attack them out of His kindness and generosity towards them, then Allah assures that it is only that Satan who frightens the believers with his allies from among the polytheists and makes them think that they are strong and powerful, thereupon, Allah addresses the believers saying Do not fear them, but Fear Me if you are believers, so Put your trust upon Me, and Seek help from Me if you are believers in reality, and I will suffice you and support you against them.

 Allah Almighty says i the next three verses (176-178) "And Let not grieve You those who hasten into disbelief, indeed, they will not harm Allah in anything, Allah intends that He will not grant them any share in the Hereafter, and for them there is a great punishment, indeed, those who purchase disbelief for faith, they will not harm Allah in anything, and for them there is a painful punishment, and Let not those who disbelieve think that We give respite for them is better for themselves, We only give respite for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them there is a humiliating punishment", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying Do not grieve for those who hasten to disbelief and disobey Allah and disobey You, whether they are the hypocrites who declare belief and conceal disbelief, or the people of the Scripture who oppose you while they know the truthfulness of what You brought them from Allah, for they will not harm Allah in anything, but rather, they will harm themselves and expose it to punishment for obedience does not benefit Allah nor does disobedience harm Him as Allah is Free of need of His creation, where as narrated by Abu Dharr that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said that Allah Almighty said: "O My servants! You will not attain harming Me, so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me, O My servants! Were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the Jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in anything, O My servants! Were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the Jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything" (Sahih Muslim 2577). 

 Then Allah assures that He intends that He will not grant those who hasten into disbelief any share in the reward of the Hereafter, so He will not guide them to any path of guidance, and He has prepared for them a great punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection. And Allah assures that the hypocrites who purchase disbelief for faith will not harm Allah in anything, but rather, they will harm themselves and expose it to punishment for obedience does not benefit Allah nor does disobedience harm Him as Allah is Free of need of His creation, so Allah has prepared for them a painful punishment in Hellfire. And Let not those who disbelieve think that Allah gave them respite and enjoyment of the worldly life is better for themselves, We only give respite for them so that they may increase in sin, so they postpone repentance and commit more sins, thinking that they are right, so Allah has prepared for them a humiliating punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (179) "Allah would not leave the believers in that you are in until He separates the wicked from the good, nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen, but Allah chooses of His Messengers whom He wills, so Believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe and fear, then for you there is a great reward", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying that He would not leave them in the state they are in until He distinguishes the wicked from the good, so He made a trial on the day of Uhud in order to distinguish the believers from the hypocrites, and the believers showed faith, patience, steadfastness, and obedience to Allah and His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), while the hypocrites showed impatience, disobedience, refusal to fight in the way of Allah, and betrayal of Allah and His Messenger, and Allah assures the believers that He would not reveal the unseen and what the hypocrites conceal in their hearts to them, so He would not have appointed the hypocrites to them so that they would know them, but they will know them through the trial and the misfortune that afflicted them on the day of Uhud, but Allah chooses of His Messengers whom He wills, and He informs them what He wills of the unseen, so Do not doubt what His Messengers brought you of the unseen, but Believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe in Allah and His Messenger, and in what He has brought you from your Lord, and you fear Allah and fear His Punishment if you disobey Him and His Messenger, then for you there is a great reward in Paradise on the day of resurrection.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (180) "And Let not those who are stingy with what Allah has given them of His bounty think that it is better for them, rather it is worse for them, their necks will be encircled by what they were stingy with on the day of resurrection, and to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do", that is, Let no those who are stingy with the wealth that Allah has given them of His bounty think that is better for them, so they do not give the right that Allah has imposed on them, but rather, it is worse for them, their necks will be encircled by what they were stingy with on the day of resurrection, where the wealth of anyone of them (Money, silver, or gold on which Zakah is not paid) will appear in the form of bald-headed poisonous snake on the day of resurrection, where Allah's Messenger said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Anyone whom Allah has given wealth but he does not pay its Zakah (Obligatory charity), then on the day of resurrection, his wealth will be presented to him in the form of bald-headed poisonous snake with two poisonous glands in its mouth, and it will encircled itself round his neck, bite him over his cheeks and say I am your wealth, I am you treasure, then the Prophet (PBUH) recited {And Let not those who are stingy with what Allah has given them of His bounty} till the end of the Aya" (Sahih Albukhari 4565). Then Allah assures that to Him belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, so Spend from what Allah has given you of His bounty before all matters will return to Allah on the day of resurrection lest you will deprive yourselves from a great reward and expose yourselves to a severe punishment on the day of resurrection, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do as nothing of your affairs is hidden from Him, and He will recompense you for what you have neglected of His commands.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (181,182) "Indeed, Allah has heard the saying of those who said indeed, Allah is poor while we are rich, We will write what they said and their killing of the Prophets without right and We will say Taste the punishment of the burning Fire, that is because of what your hands have sent forth, and that Allah is not unjust to the servants", that is, the Jews claimed that Allah is poor while they are rich, thereupon, Allah threatens them saying that He has heard their saying, so He will record what they said, in addition to their killing of the Prophets without right, so they killed Allah's Messengers only because they called them to worship Allah alone without any sin for which they deserved to be killed, so it will be said to them on the day of resurrection as a reprimand Taste the punishment of the burning fire in Hellfire, and it will be said to them when they enter Hellfire as a reprimand this is because of what your hands have sent forth of disbelief, transgression, and disobedience, and Allah is not unjust to the servants; Because He does not punish anyone except for a sin, and He does not punish anyone except after the proof has been established against him.

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (183,184) "Those who said indeed, Allah has made a covenant with us that we should not believe any Messenger unless he brings us an offering which the fire will eat up, Say indeed, there have come to you Messengers before Me with clear proofs and that of which you have said, so Why did you kill them if you are truthful?, then if they deny You, then indeed, Messengers were denied before You, they came with the clear proofs and the Scriptures and the enlightening Book", that is, the Jews claimed that Allah has made a covenant with them in their Scripture and on the tongues of their Messengers that they should not believe any Messenger unless He brings them an offering, whether a sacrifice or a charity, which the fire will consume, and that was an evidence that Allah has accepted the offering, so Allah responded to their saying and refuted their claim and commanded His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) to say to them that there have come to them Messengers before Him with the clear proofs that indicate the truthfulness of what they came with from their Lord, and they came with that of which they have said with regard to the offering, so they offered an offering and the fire consumed it, so Why did you kill them when they fulfilled what you say if you are truthful in following the Messengers of Allah when they came with that of which Allah has made a covenant with you?, then Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad saying Then if they deny You, then indeed, Messengers were denied before You, so Let not the denial of these people grieve or weaken You for they have denied Messengers before You despite what they brought them of clear proofs, arguments, scriptures, and an enlightening book from Allah that clarifies the truth and proves the truthfulness of what they say.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (185) "Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your reward in full on the day of resurrection, so he who is drawn away from the Fire, and admitted into Paradise, then indeed, he has succeeded, and the worldly life is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion", that is, Allah assures that every soul will taste death, so no one will remain on the surface of the earth except that he will pass away, and all mankind will return to Allah on the day of resurrection, then they will only be given their reward in full, so every soul will be paid in full for what it earned of good and evil, and they will not be wronged as shown above in Aya (25), so he who is drawn away from the Fire, and admitted into Paradise, then indeed, he has succeeded, and as narrated by Abdul-Rahman bin Abd Rabb Alka'bah that Abdullah bin Amr bin Alas that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Whoever wishes to be drawn away from the Fire and enter Paradise, Let his death overtake him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and he should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them" (Sahih Muslim 1844). Then Allah assures that the worldly life is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion, so it deceives man with its fleeting adornment and pleasure, and what Allah has prepared for the righteous in the Hereafter is better and everlasting, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Sahl bin Sa'd Alsa'di: "A place in Paradise as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you is better than the world and whatever is on its surface" (Sahih Albukhari 2892). 

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (186) "You will surely be tested in your wealth and in yourselves and you will surely hear from those who were given the Book before you and from those who associated much hurt, and if you are patient and fear, then indeed, that is of the matters of determination", that is, Allah addresses the believers saying that they will be tested in their wealth by calamities and misfortunes and in themselves by illness, death, loss of their loved ones, and that they will hear much hurt from the people of the Scripture from among the Jews, and from the polytheists, then Allah urges the believers to be patient with what afflicts them of misfortunes and with the hurt of the people of the Scripture and the polytheists, so they forgive and pardon them, and to fear Allah and fear His punishment if they disobeyed His command, then that is from the matters of determination and great resolve.

 

 And as narrated by Usamah bin Zaid: "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) rode a donkey, equipped with a thick cloth-covering made in Fadak, and I was riding behind Him, He was going to visit Sa'd bin Ubadah in Banu Alharith bin Alkhazraj, and this incident happened before the Battle of Badr, the Prophet passed by a gathering in which Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloul was present, and that was before Abdullah bin Ubai embraced Islam, behold in that gathering there were people of different religions, there were Muslims, polytheists, idol-worshippers, and Jews, and in that gathering Abdullah bin Rawaha was also present, when a cloud of dust raised by the donkey reached that gathering, Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his garment and then said Do not cover us with dust, then Allah's Messenger greeted them and stopped and dismounted and invited them to Allah, and recited to them the Holy Quran, on that Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloul said O man! There is nothing better than what you say, if it is the truth, then Do not trouble us with it in our gathering, Return to Your mount, and if somebody comes to You, then Narrate to him, on that Abdullah bin Rawaha said yes O Allah's Messenger! Bring it to us in our gathering for we love that, so the Muslims, the polytheists, and the Jews started abusing one another till they were on the point of fighting with one another, the Prophet (PBUH) kept on quietening them till they became quiet.

 Whereupon, the Prophet rode His animal and proceeded till He entered upon Sa'd bin Ubada, the Prophet said to Sa'd Did you not hear what Abu Hubab said?, He meant Abdullah bin Ubai, he said such-and-such, on that Sa'd bin Ubada said O Allah's Messenger! Excuse and Forgive him, for By the One who has sent down the Book to You, Allah brought the truth which was sent to You at the time when the people of this town had decided unanimously to crown him and tie a turban on his head, but when Allah opposed that through the truth which Allah gave to You, he was grieved with jealously, and that caused him to do what You have seen, so Allah's Messenger excused him for the Prophet and His companions used to forgive the polytheists and the people of the Scripture as Allah has ordered them, and they used to put up with their mischief with patience, Allah said {And you will surely hear from those who were given the Book before you and from those who associated much hurt}, and Allah also said {Many of the people of the Book wish they could turn you back disbelief after you have believed out of envy from themselves} Surat Albaqarah Aya (109), so the prophet used to stick to the principle of forgiveness for them as long as Allah ordered Him to do so till Allah permitted fighting them, so when Allah's Messenger (PBUH) fought the Battle and Allah killed the nobles of Quraish infidels through Him, Ibn Ubai bin Saloul, the polytheists and idolaters who were with him said this matter has appeared, so they gave the pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam to Allah's Messenger and became Muslims" (Sahih Albukhari 4566).

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (187) "And when Allah took the covenant of those who were given the Book that you make it clear to the people, and do not conceal it, but they threw it behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price, and wretched is what they purchase", that is, Allah has taken a covenant from the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians who were given the Torah and the Gospel that they should make it clear to the people and not concealing it, so they were commanded to make clear the description of Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) whom they find written in the Torah and the Gospel, and not to conceal it from the people, and they were commanded to follow Him, but they denied Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and concealed Allah's judgment regarding stoning of the married adulterers and retaliation for murder as mentioned in Ayat (41-43) of Surat Alma'idah, so they threw Allah's covenant behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price in order to gain the fleeting pleasure of the worldly life, so they were distracted by the enjoyment of the worldly life and preferred it over the bliss of the Hereafter, thereupon, Allah threatens them saying wretched is what they purchase for those will have no portion in the Hereafter and Allah will not speak to them nor will He look at them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, and for them there is a painful punishment as shown above in Aya (77).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (188,189) "And Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and they like to be praised for what they have not done, so Do not think them in safety from the punishment, and for them there is a painful punishment, and to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Powerful over everything", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) saying And Do not think that the people of the Scripture and the hypocrites who rejoice in what they have done, and they like to be praised for what they have not done will be safe from Allah's punishment, but rather, Allah has prepared for them a painful punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection, where as narrated by Alqama bin Waqqas: "Marwan said to his gatekeeper Go to Ibn Abbas O Rafi', and Say if everybody who rejoices in what he has done, and likes to be praised for what he has not done will be punished, then all of us will be punished, Ibn Abbas said What connection have you with this case?, it was only that the Prophet (PBUH) called the Jews and asked them about something, and they hid the truth and told Him something else, and showed Him that they deserved praise for the favor of telling Him the answer of His question, and they became happy with what they had concealed, then Ibn Abbas recited {And when Allah took the covenant of those who were given the Book} till His saying {rejoice in what they have done, and they like to be praised for what they have not done}" (Sahih Albukhari 4568), and as narrated by Abu Sa'id Alkhudri: "During the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) some men among the hypocrites used to remain behind Him, and they would be pleased to stay at home behind Allah's Messenger, when Allah's Messenger returned (from the Battle), they would put forward excuses to Him and take oaths, wishing to be praised for what they had not done, so there was revealed {And Do not think that those who rejoice} (Sahih Albukhari 4567). Then Allah assures that the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him alone, and He disposes them as He wills, so all beings are His creation, He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allah is All-powerful to do whatever He wills, and neither impediment nor inability can prevent Him from doing whatever He wills.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (190-192) "Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day, there are signs for those of understanding, those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, or on their sides, and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, our Lord, You did not create this in vain, Glory to be You, so Save us from the punishment of the Fire, our Lord indeed, whoever You admit into the Fire, then indeed, You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers", that is, Allah assures that there are signs for those of understanding in the creation of the heavens and the earth in their height and breadth and what is in both of them of the sun, moon, stars, planets, mountains, valleys, seas, rivers, animals, and trees, likewise, there are signs in the alternation of the night and the day for the people, where He is the One who has made the night and the day in succession, if one of them comes, the other goes, one of them brings light and the other brings darkness, and it is not permissible for the night to overtake the day, nor is permissible for the day to overtake the night, so those of understanding will acknowledge the favors that Allah has bestowed upon them, and the greatness of His creation as He is the One who has created the heavens and the earth in truth and subjected for them whatever is in both of them.

 Then Allah describes those of understanding saying that they are those who remember Allah in all circumstances, while standing, sitting, or lying on your sides, and as narrated by Aisha: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to remember Allah at all moments" (Sahih Muslim 373), and as narrated by Imran bin Husain: "I had piles, so I asked the Prophet (PBUH) about the prayer, He said Pray while standing and if you can't, Pray while sitting and if you cant, Pray while lying on your side" (Sahih Albukhari 1117), and those of understanding give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth saying our Lord, You did not create this in vain, Glory to be You that You create anything in vain, so Save us from the punishment of the Fire, thereupon, they acknowledge that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth and subjected them to mankind so that they worship Allah alone, and that He will gather them on the day of resurrection in order to recompense each for his deeds, so they asked Allah to save them from Hellfire, and said our Lord, whoever You admit into the Fire, then indeed, You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers in order to save them from Your punishment.

 Allah's Messenger (PBUH) used to recite the last ten verses of the current Surah when He got up at night to perform the night prayer (Tahajud), where as narrated by Ibn Abbas that once he stayed overnight in the house of his aunt, the wife of the Prophet (PBUH), he added: "I laid on the cushion transversely while Allah's Messenger (PBUH) laid along with His wife in the lengthwise direction of cushion, Allah's Messenger slept till the middle of the night, either a bit before or a bit after it, and then woke up rubbing the traces of sleep of His face with His hands, and then recited the last ten verses of Surat Ali Imran, then He got up and went to a hanging water skin, performed ablution from it, and performed it perfectly, then He stood up to perform the prayer, I also did the same as He had done, and then went to stand besides Him, Allah's Messenger put His right hand on my head, and held and twisted my right ear, He then offered two Rak'ahs, then two Rak'ahs, then two Rak'ahs, then two Rak'ahs, then two Rak'ahs, then two Rak'ahs, and finally one Rak'ah (Witr), then laid down again till the Mu'adhdhin (the caller of prayer) came to Him, whereupon, He got up and offered a light two Rak'ahs and went out and offered Dawn (Fajr) prayer" (Sahih Albukhari 4572).

 Allah Almighty says in the next two verses (193,194) "Our Lord, indeed, we have heard a caller, calling to faith that Believe in your Lord, so we have believed, our Lord, so Forgive us our sins and Expiate from us our evil deeds and Cause us to die with the righteous, our Lord and Give us what You promised us through Your Messengers, and Do not disgrace us on the day of resurrection, indeed, You do not break the promise", that is, those of understanding whom Allah described in the two previous verses say our Lord, indeed, we have heard Your Messenger (PBUH), calling to faith and commanding us to believe in You, so we responded to Him and believed in You, our Lord Forgive us our sins and Expiate from us our evil deeds, so Do not hold us accountable for them, and cause us to die along with the righteous, and they asked Allah to place them among those whom Allah promised victory, bliss, and dignity through His Messengers, and not to disgrace them in Hellfire on the day of resurrection for whoever Allah admits into the Fire, then indeed, He has disgraced him as mentioned above in Aya (192), indeed, You do not break the promise, so Your promise is true and will inevitably happen.   

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (195) "So their Lord responded to them, I will not waste the work of any worker among you, male or female, you are of one another, so those who emigrated and were expelled from their homes and were harmed in My way and fought and were killed, I will surely expiate from them their evil deeds, and I will surely admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, as reward from Allah and Allah has with Him the good reward", that is, Allah answered the aforementioned supplication of those of understanding saying I will not waste the work of any worker among you, male or female, you are of one another, so whoever does a good deed will be rewarded for it, no difference between male and female, they are equal in reward. Then Allah gave glad tidings to those who emigrated, were expelled from their homes, were harmed in the way of Allah, fought, and were killed, so they left their homelands, families, and friends, and the polytheists harassed them with harm until they were forced to leave their homes, and they were harmed in the way of Allah for no sin they committed except that they believed in Allah and followed His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), then they fought the disbelievers and were killed in the way of Allah, so Allah will expiate from them their evil deeds and will not hold them accountable for them, and He will admit them into gardens beneath which river flow in Paradise on the day of resurrection as a reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the good reward.

 Allah Almighty says in the next three verses (196-198) "Let not the movement of those who disbelieve in the lands deceive You, a little enjoyment, then their abode is Hellfire, and wretched is the resting place, but those who feared their Lord, for them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, as hospitality from Allah, and what is with Allah is best for the righteous", that is, Allah addresses His Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) commanding Him not to be deceived by the movement of the disbelievers in the lands and their enjoyment in its blessings and wealth for they will enjoy a little in the worldly life, and for them there is a painful punishment in the Hereafter as their abode will be Hellfire, abiding therein forever, so how wretched is the fate and the place of residence that they paved for themselves with disbelief, denial, and stubbornness. But as for those who feared Allah and feared His punishment, so they act in obedience to Him, Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow in Paradise, and they will abide therein forever, a hospitality from Allah, and what is with Allah for the righteous is better than the enjoyment of the worldly life and its fleeting pleasure.

 Allah Almighty says in the next verse (199) "And indeed, among the people of the Book, there are those who believe in Allah and in what has been sent down to you, and what has been sent down to them, humbling to Allah, they do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price, for those there will be their reward with their Lord, indeed, Allah is Swift in reckoning", that is, the people of the Scripture are not the same as mentioned above in Aya (113), so Allah tells about a group of the people of the Scripture from among the Jews and the Christians saying that they believe in Allah and believe in the Holy Quran that has been sent down upon Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) along with what has been sent down to them of the Torah and the Gospel, and they are submissive, humble, obedient to Allah, and do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price, so they do not conceal what Allah has sent down to them with regard to the description of Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) in their Scriptures, nor do they conceal Allah's rulings for the gain of the worldly life, so Allah gave them glad tidings of a great reward saying {For those there will be their reward with their Lord} as those will be given their reward twice as Allah has stated in Ayat (52-54) of Surat Alqasas {Those to whom We gave the Book before it, they believe in it, and when it is recited to them, they say We believe in it, indeed, it is the truth from our Lord, indeed, we were before it Muslims, those will be given their reward twice for what they have been patient with, and they repel the evil with the good, and they spend from what We have provided them}, and Allah is Swift in reckoning of His servants; Because His knowledge encompasses all of their affairs.

 Allah Almighty says in the last verse (200) " O you who have believed! Be patient and Endure, and Remain stationed, and Fear Allah so that you may succeed", that is, Allah commanded the believers to be patient in obedience and adhering to their religion, to endure the harm of their enemies, to stand firm in the way of Allah, and to fear Allah and fear His punishment if they disobeyed Him, so that they may succeed in the worldly life and the Hereafter, and they will win the bliss that Allah has prepared for the righteous in Paradise. Thereupon, Allah urges the believers to be steadfast, whether in the acts of worship or with their enemy in war, so not to show weakness or cowardice when meeting their enemy, but rather to remain stationed and to guard their rows, and as narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Shall I not guide you to that by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates the ranks?, they said yes Allah's Messenger, He said performing the ablution perfectly despite difficulty, taking many steps towards the mosques, and waiting for the next prayer after performing the prayer, and that is steadfastness" (Sahih Muslim 251). And Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said in narration of Sahl bin Alsa'di: "To remain stationed in the way of Allah for one day is better than the world and what is on its surface" (Sahih Albukhari 2892), and as narrated by Salman: "I heard the Messenger of Allah saying remaining stationed for a day and a night is better than fasting for a whole month and standing in prayer every night of it, and if he dies, his activity will continue and he will go on receiving a reward for it, and will be saved from the trial of grave" (Sahih Muslim 1913), and in another narration of Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) added: "And he will be resurrected on the day of resurrection free of fright" (Sunan Ibn Majah 2767).

 

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