Muhammad

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1. Those who reject Allah and turn people away from Allah’s religion, Allah will nullify their deeds.

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2. Those who have faith in Allah and do righteous deeds, and have faith in what Allah has revealed to His Messenger Muhammad - and what He has revealed to His Messenger Muhammad is the truth from their Lord - He will remit from them their wrongdoings and wont take them to task, and He will set right their affairs in this world and the Hereafter.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ereafter; [but] they are requited for them in this world [purely] out of His bounty, exalted be He. [47:2] But those who believe, namely, the Helpers ( al-Ansdr ) and others [like them], and perform right¬ eous deeds and believe in what has been revealed to Muhammad, namely, the Qur’an — and it is the truth from their Lord — He will absolve them of He will forgive them, their misdeeds and rightly dis¬ pose their mind, their Plate, so that they do not disobey Him.

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3. That mentioned recompense for the two groups is because those who reject Allah followed falsehood, and those who have faith in Allah and His Messenger followed the truth from their Lord. Thus, their recompense differs just as their efforts differed. Just as Allah showed His decision about the two groups, the group of the believers and the group of the disbelievers, Allah gives people their examples, so that similar things are linked.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

hem, their misdeeds and rightly dis¬ pose their mind, their Plate, so that they do not disobey Him. [47:3] That, rendering void of their works and the absolution of evil deeds, is because those who dis¬ believe follow falsehood, Satan, and because those who believe follow the truth, the Qur’an, from their Lord. Thus, in the same manner of clarification, does God Strike for mankind similitudes of themselves, [that is how] He clarifies for them their states, in other words, the disbeliever has his work rendered void while the believer is forgiven.

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4. When you, O believers, face those disbelievers who wage war against you then strike their necks with your swords, and persist in fighting them until you subdue them and eradicate their power. Once you have subdue them, tie the chains of the captives. When you capture them you have the option, as per the demand of interests, of being graceful to them by releasing them for no ransom, ransoming them for wealth or something else, killing them, or enslaving them.…

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

states, in other words, the disbeliever has his work rendered void while the believer is forgiven. [47:4] So whenyou encounter [in battle] those who disbelieve, then [attack them with] a Striking of the necks (fa-darba’l-riqabi is a verbal noun in place of the [full] verbal conptrucftion, that is to say, fa’dribu riqabahum, ‘then strike their necks’), in other words, slay them — reference is made to the ‘Striking of the necks’ because the predominant cause of being slayed is to be struck in the neck.…

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5. He will enable them to follow the truth in their worldly life and He will set right their affairs.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ims — in the way of God, He will not let their works go to waSte, He will [not] render [them] void. [47:5] He will guide them, in this world and in the Hereafter to what benefits them, and rightly dispose their minds, their condition in both, with that [guidance and disposal] in this world being for those who were not slain, but who have been included in [the statement] ‘and those who were slain’ ( qutilu ) because of [the] predominance therein [of those who were slain]. [47:6] And He will admit them into Paradise, which He has made known, [which] He has pointed out, to them, so that the…

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6. He will enter them into Paradise on the day of resurrection, whose description He gave them in the world so they recognised it and He showed them their places in it in the Hereafter.

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7. O you who have faith in Allah, and who acted on what He ordained for them, if you help Allah by helping His prophet and his religion, and by fighting the disbelievers, He will help you by granting you dominance over them and He will keep your feet firm in battle when you face them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ided to their dwellings in it, and to their Rouses and servants without asking to be shown the way. [47:7] O you who believe! If you help God, that is to say, His religion and His Messenger, He will help you, against your enemy, and make your foothold firm, He will make you stand firm [while you fight] 1 This sura is also known as surat al-Qital, ‘Fighting’, because of its principal theme, and especially because of verses 4, 20, and 35.

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8. For those who disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger there is loss and destruction and Allah will nullify the reward of their deeds.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

l-Qital, ‘Fighting’, because of its principal theme, and especially because of verses 4, 20, and 35. [47:8] And as for those who disbelieve, from among the people of Mecca ( wa’lladhina kafaru is the sub¬ ject, the predicate of which is [an implicit] ta’isu, ‘they shall be wretched’, as indicated [by what follows]) wretchedness shall be their lot, that is, destruction and defeat from God.…

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9. That punishment that will befall them is because they detested the Qur’ān that Allah revealed to His prophet because it contained the mention of Allah’s Oneness, so Allah destroyed their deeds and they were losers in the world and the Hereafter.

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10. Have these deniers not travelled the earth and reflected over what was the end of those who had denied before them. It was a painful end. Allah destroyed their homes above them and destroyed them as well as their children and wealth. Disbelievers in every time and place will receive similar punishment.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

an with all that it includes of religious obligations ( takalif ), so He has made their works fail. [47:10] Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were be¬ fore them? God destroyed them — He destroyed them, their children and their possessions; and [a fate] the like thereof will be for the disbelievers, that is to say, the like of the fate of those before them. [47:11] That, granting of vicftory to the believers and the vanquishing of the disbelievers, is because God is Patron, Ally and Helper, of those who believe and because the disbelieve…

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11. That mentioned recompense is for the two groups, because Allah helps those who have faith in Him and because the disbelievers have no one to help them.

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12. Allah will enter those who have faith in Allah and His Messenger and who do righteous deeds into gardens under whose palaces and trees rivers will flow. Those who reject Allah and His Messenger enjoy in the world by pursuing their desires and they eat like how cattle eat. They have no concern other than their stomachs and private parts. On the day of resurrection, the Fire will be their home to which they will go.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

e God is Patron, Ally and Helper, of those who believe and because the disbelievers have no patron. [47:12] God will surely admit those who believe and perform righteous deeds into gardens underneath which rivers flow. As for those who disbelieve, they take their enjoyment, in this world, and eat as the cattle eat, that is to say, they are only concerned with [filling] their bellies and [satisfying] their private parts, without giving any thought to the Hereafter; and the Fire will be their habitation, their home, their station and their [final] destination.

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13. How many a town from the towns of the previous nations had more strength, wealth and children than that of Makkah, whose people evicted you from it! I destroyed them when they denied their messengers, and they had no helper to rescue them from Allah’s punishment when it came to them. Thus we are not unable to destroy the people of Makkah if I intend to do so.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

er; and the Fire will be their habitation, their home, their station and their [final] destination. [47:13] And how many (ka-ayyin means kam ) a town, by which is meant the inhabitants thereof, might¬ ier in power than your town, Mecca, that is to say, its inhabitants, which expelled you ( akhrajatka [is feminine deSJiite the plural sense of inhabitants meant is because it] takes into account the [feminine] form of qarya, ‘town’), have We destroyed ( ahlaknahum takes into account the former [plural] import of qarya, ‘town’), and they had none to help them, against Our destruction [of them…

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14. Are those who have clear proof and glaring evidence from their Lord, and therefore worship Him with insight, like those for whom Satan has beautified their evil action, and they followed what their desires dictated to them by the worship of idols, the commission of sin and denial of the messengers?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

lural] import of qarya, ‘town’), and they had none to help them, against Our destruction [of them], [47:14] Is he who follows a clear sign, a definitive argument and proof, from his Lord, and these are the believers, like those whose evil deeds have been adorned for them, so that they see them as fair [deeds], and these are the disbelievers of Mecca, and who follow their desires?, by worshipping graven images. In other words, there is no similarity between the two.

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15. The description of Paradise, which Allah has promised those who are mindful of Him, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, that He will make them enter is as follows: In it there are rivers of water whose smell and taste have not changed due to standing for long. In it there are rivers of milk whose taste has not changed. In it there are rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey that has been purified from all impurities. Therein they will get all types of fruit that they wish for.…

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

eir desires?, by worshipping graven images. In other words, there is no similarity between the two. [47:15] A similitude, a description, of the Garden promised to the God-fearing: [the Garden] that is shared equally by all those who enter it (this firSt clause is the subject, of which the predicate [follows:]) therein are rivers of unftaling water (read asin or asin, similar [in form] to darib, ‘Striker’, and hadhir, ‘cautious’), that is to say, one that does not change, in contrast to the water of this world, which may change due to some faCtor; and rivers of milk unchanging in flavour,…

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16. Some of the hypocrites listen to you, O Messenger, but without acceptance and instead turn away, until when they leave your presence they say to those whom Allah had given knowledge: ‘What did he say in his talk just now?’ pretending to be ignorant and turning away. They are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed, and thus no good reaches it, and they follow their desires, which have made them blind to the truth.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

n, its alif being derived from theya’of their saying mi’yan [as an alternative singular to mi’an]). [47:16] And there are some among them, namely, the disbelievers, who listen to you, during the Friday sermon — and these are the hypocrites; until, when they go forth from you, they say to those who have been given knowledge, that is to say, to the knowledgeable ones among the Companions [of the Prophet], such as [ ! Abd Allah] Ibn Mas'Cid and [‘Abd Allah] Ibn ‘Abbas, in derision and mockery: ‘What was he saying juft now?’ (read anifan or anifan, meaning al-saa, ‘just now’).…

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17. Those who are guided to the path of truth and to follow what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought, their Lord increases them in guidance and direction to the truth, and He inspires them to do that which will protect them from the fire.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ts God has set a seal, of disbelief, and who follow their own desires, in [acfting with] hypocrisy. [47:17] But those who are [rightly] guided, namely, the believers, He, God, enhances their guidance and invefts them with fear [of Him], He inspires them to [do] that by which they can be wary of [ending up in] the Fire.

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18. Are the disbelievers waiting for anything but the hour to come on them suddenly without their having any prior knowledge of it? Its signs have already come, such as the mission of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the splitting of the moon. How will they then take heed when the hour comes? It is unlikely that the reminder will be of benefit to them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

fear [of Him], He inspires them to [do] that by which they can be wary of [ending up in] the Fire. [47:18] Do they, then, await, they do not await, namely, the disbelievers of Mecca, anything except that the Hour should come upon them (an ta’tiyahum is an inclusive substitution for al-saata, ‘the Hour’; in other words, it cannot be other than that it will come upon them [...]) suddenly? For already its por¬ tents, the signs thereof, have come, among which are the sending of the Prophet (s), the Splitting of the Moon [Q. 54:1] and the Smoke [Q. 44:10].…

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19. Be certain, O Messenger, that there is no being deserving of worship besides Allah and seek from Allah forgiveness for your sins. Seek forgiveness from Him for the sins of the believing men and women. Allah knows your movements in the day and your resting place at night. Nothing is hidden from Him.

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efit] will their reminder be?, their remembering; in other words, it will be of no benefit to them. [47:19] Know, then, that there is no god except God, that is to say, adhere, O Muhammad (s), to knowl¬ edge of this [facft] that will benefit you at the Resurrection, and ask forgiveness for your sin — this was said to him, deSJiite his infallibility (' isma ), so that his community might emulate him [in this reSJied:]. Indeed he did do this.…

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20. Those who have faith in Allah say, longing for Allah to reveal to His Messenger a sūrah containing the instruction for fighting: ‘Why does not Allah reveal a sūrah in which fighting is mentioned.’ When Allah reveals a decisive unabrogated sūrah containing the mention of fighting, you, O Messenger, will see those hypocrites in whose hearts there is doubt looking at you like one who is unconscious on account of extreme fear and terror. So woe to them for withdrawing from fighting and being afraid of it.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

m Him, so be mindful of Him — the address [in this verse] is meant for believers as well as others. [47:20] And those who believe say, seeking to take part in the struggle: ‘Why has a sura not been re¬ vealed?’, [one] in which there is mention of the [command to participate in the] struggle. But when a definitive sura is revealed, one in which nothing is abrogated ( naskh ), and fighting, that is to say, re¬ quirement for it, is mentioned in it, you see those in whose hearts is a sickness, that is, doubt — and they are the hypocrites — looking at you with the look of someone fainting at […

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21. To follow Allah’s instruction and to utter fitting words that are not unseemly is better for them. When fighting is imposed and the matter becomes serious, if they are true to Allah, in their having faith in Him and following Him, it would be better for them than hypocrisy and going against Allah’s instructions.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

-awla lahum is a subjecft, the predicate of which [is the following, taatun wa-qawlun ma’rufun ]) 2 [47:21] would be [to offer] obedience and honourable words, that is, [words] that are kind to you. Then, when the matter has been resolved upon, that is to say, [when] fighting has been prescribed, if they are loyal to God, in faith and obedience, it will be better for them (the sentence beginning with law, ‘if’, constitutes the response to idha, ‘when’).

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22. It is most probable that if you turn away from having faith in Allah and following Him, you will make mischief on earth by disbelief and sins, and you will cut family ties, just as you used to do in the period of ignorance.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

better for them (the sentence beginning with law, ‘if’, constitutes the response to idha, ‘when’). [47:22] May it not be [the case] with you, (read ‘asitum or ‘ asaytum ; there is a shift here from the third person to the second person address), that if you were to turn away, [if] you were to shun faith, you would then cause corruption in the land and sever your kinship ties?, in other words, [that] you would then return to the ways of pagandom such as belligerence and fighting. [47:23] Those, that is, the agents of corruption, are the ones whom God has cursed, so made them deaf, to hear…

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23. Those who are described as making mischief on earth and cutting family ties are the ones whom Allah has distanced from His mercy, whose ears He has made deaf to hearing the truth with acceptance and submission, and whose sight He has blinded from seeing it with reflection.

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24. Will these people who turn away not ponder over the Qur’ān and reflect over what is in it? If they pondered over it, it will guide them to every good and will distance them from every evil. Or are there locks on the hearts of these people that are tightly closed, so that no advice reaches them and no reminder benefits them?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

s cursed, so made them deaf, to hearing the truth, and blinded their eyes, to the path of guidance. [47:24] Do they not contemplate the Qur’an?, and so recognise the truth. Or (am here is like bal, ‘nay, but’) is it that there are locks on, their, hearts?, so they are unable to comprehend it. [47:25] Truly those who have turned, by way of hypocrisy, their backs after the guidance has become

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25. Those who turn back from their belief towards disbelief and hypocrisy, after the proof has been established for them and the truth of the Prophet (peace be upon him) has become clear to them, Satan is the one who has beautified for them disbelief and hypocrisy and has raised distant hopes in them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

[47:25] Truly those who have turned, by way of hypocrisy, their backs after the guidance has become 2 This is a less frequent way of reading the verse, as most commentators (including Tabari and Baydawi) understand aw Id lahum as a variation on waylun lahum, ‘woe to them’, denoting God’s threat to them. This was clearly brought about by the division of the text (not uncommon in the Qur’an) where the subject and predicate are separated by the verse division; for otherwise, it would have been more natural to read it simply as it Stands aw/d, ‘more appropriate’ or ‘more worthy’ or ‘better’.

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26. Such deviation occurred to them because they secretly said to the idolaters who hate the revelation that He had sent down to His messenger: We will follow you in some matters such as impeding the fighting. Allah knows what they keep hidden and what they make public. Nothing is hidden from Him and He will make apparent whatever He wishes to His messenger.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

s Satan, [but only] by God’s will, exalted be He, for he [Satan] is the one who leads them astray). [47:26] That, leading of them astray, is because they said to those who were averse to what God revealed, namely, to the idolaters: ‘We will obey you in some matters’, that is to say, by cooperating to maintain enmity against the Prophet (s) and preventing people from participating in the struggle alongside him: they had said as much secretly, but God, exalted be He, exposed it; and God knows their secrets (read asrarahum, as the plural of sirr, ‘a secret’, or israrahum, ‘their keeping [of…

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27. What will you think of the punishment and the gruesome state they will be in when the angels assigned to remove their souls will remove them, striking their faces and backs with steel hammers.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

plural of sirr, ‘a secret’, or israrahum, ‘their keeping [of things] secret’, as the verbal noun). [47:27] Then how will it be, their predicament, when the angels take them away, beating (yadribuna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the angels) their faces and their backs?, with hooked iron rods. [47:28] That, taking of them away in the State mentioned, is because they followed what angers God, and [because] they were averse to what pleases Him, that is to say, [they were averse to] doing what pleases Him.…

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28. That severe punishment that will occur when their souls are removed is because they followed everything that brought Allah’s wrath on them, such as disbelief, hypocrisy, opposition to Allah and His messenger, and they hated what brings them close to their Lord and draws down on them His pleasure, such as faith in Allah and following His messenger. Thus Allah nullified their deeds.

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29. Do those hypocrites in whose hearts there is doubt think that Allah will not bring out and expose their malice? He will certainly bring it out by testing them with trials to distinguish the person who is true in faith from the one who is false, and so that the believer becomes apparent and the hypocrite is exposed.

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30. If I wished to point out the hypocrites to you, O Messenger, I would have shown them to you and you would have recognised them by their marks. You will soon recognise them by their manner of speech. Allah knows your deeds. Nothing of them is hidden from Him and He will recompense you for the same.

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31. I will test you, O believers, with striving in Allah’s path and fighting and killing the enemy until I know - in a manner that makes it apparent to the servants - those of you who strive in Allah’s path, and those of you who are steadfast in fighting the enemy. I will test you so that I know those of you who are sincere and those who are false.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ing [as they do] to what amounts to a scathing attack upon the Mus¬ lims; and God knows your deeds. [47:31] And We will assuredly try you. We will assuredly teSt you by way of [commanding you to par¬ ticipate in] the Struggle and in other ways, until We know, with knowledge outwardly manifested, those of you who struggle [for God’s cause] and those who are fteadfaft, in [adhering to] the Struggle and in other ways, and We will appraise.…

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32. Those who reject Allah and His messenger, who abstain from Allah’s religion themselves and also prevent others from it, and who go against the Messenger and oppose him after it has become clear that he is a prophet, they do not harm Allah. They only harm themselves, and Allah will nullify their deeds.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

verbs may be read with the [third person singular] ya or with the [firSt person plural] nun ). 3 4 [47:32] Indeed those who disbelieve and bar from the way of God, the path of truth, and defy the Mes¬ senger, opposing him, after the guidance (this is the meaning of ‘the way of God’) has become clear to them, they will not hurt God in any way, and He will make their works fail.…

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33. O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He ordained, follow Allah and follow the Messenger by fulfilling their instructions and avoiding their prohibitions, and do not nullify your deeds by disbelief and ostentation.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

] Badr who provided food [for the needy], or regarding [the Jewish tribes of] Qurayza and al-Nadlr. [47:33] Oyou who believe! Obey God and obey the Messenger, and do not render your own works void, by [engaging in] acfts of disobedience, for example. [47:34] Indeed those who disbelieve and bar from the way of God, His path, namely, guidance, and then die as disbelievers, God will never forgive them — this was revealed regarding the men of the Well ( al-qalib).' 3 In other words, ‘He will assuredly try you’, ‘[until] He knows’, and ‘He will appraise’, or ‘We will assuredly try you’, ‘[unt…

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34. Those who disbelieved in Allah and turned themselves as well as people away from Allah’s religion, and then passed away as disbelievers without repenting, Allah will not overlook their sins by covering them, rather He will take them to task for it and He will enter them into the Fire to remain there forever.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

believe! Obey God and obey the Messenger, and do not render your own works void, by [engaging in] acfts of disobedience, for example. [47:34] Indeed those who disbelieve and bar from the way of God, His path, namely, guidance, and then die as disbelievers, God will never forgive them — this was revealed regarding the men of the Well ( al-qalib).' 3 In other words, ‘He will assuredly try you’, ‘[until] He knows’, and ‘He will appraise’, or ‘We will assuredly try you’, ‘[until] We know’, and ‘We will appraise’.

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35. So do not become weak, O believers, in confronting your enemy, and call them to peace before they call you to it, when you are dominant and have the upper hand over them. Allah is with you with His help and support. He will not reduce the reward of your deeds at all. Instead, He will give you an increase in it out of His bounty.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

36. The life of the world is only play and amusement. An intelligent person should not become occupied by it instead of working for his Hereafter. If you have faith in Allah and His messenger, and you are mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, He will give you the reward of your deeds in full without any reduction, and He will not ask you for all of your wealth. He will only ask you for the Zakat.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

not Hint you, diminish you, in [the reward for] your works, that is to say, of the reward for them. [47:36] The life of this world, that is to say, preoccupation [solely] with it, is merely play and diversion; but if you believe and are wary, of God, [both of] which pertain to [the goal of] the Hereafter, He will give you your rewards, and will not ask you your wealth [in return], all of it, rather, only the alms that are required from it. [ 47 : 37 ] If He were to ask you for it, and press you, demand it persistently, you woidd be niggardly, and this, niggardliness, woidd expose your ra…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

37. If He had to ask you for all of your wealth and insist in this request from you, you will become miserly with it, and He will bring out the greed and miserliness in your hearts. Thus that fact He is not asking it from you is out of kindness.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

38. Here you are being called to spend a part of your wealth in Allah’s path, and you are not asked to spend all your wealth. Some of you desist from the required spending out of miserliness. Whoever is too miserly to spend a portion of his wealth in Allah’s path, is actually being miserly to his own detriment, as he is depriving himself of the reward of spending. Allah is the Self-sufficient Who is not in need of your spending. You are the ones in need of Him. If you turn back from Islam to disbelief, He will destroy you and bring a people besides you.…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

dd be niggardly, and this, niggardliness, woidd expose your rancour, towards the religion of Islam. [47:38] Lo! there you are, O, those who are being called to expend in the way of God, that which has been prescribed for you; yet among you there are those who are niggardly; and whoever is niggardly is niggardly only to his own soul (one may say bakhila ‘alayhi or [bakhila] ‘anhu [to mean, ‘he was nig¬ gardly to someone]). For God is the Independent One, [without need] of your expending; while you are the needy, of Him.…