At-Tawbah 9:67
The Repentance · Juz 10 · Page 197
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٦٧
The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands.1 They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., refuse to spend in the way of Allāh. ↩
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Commentary on 9:67
﴿المُنافِقُونَ والمُنافِقاتُ﴾ الرِجالُ المُنافِقُونَ كانُوا ثَلَثَمِائَةٍ، والنِساءُ (p-٦٩٢)المُنافِقاتُ مِائَةً وسَبْعِينَ ﴿بَعْضُهم مِن بَعْضٍ﴾ أيْ:كَأنَّهم نَفْسٌ واحِدَةٌ، وفِيهِ نَفْيٌ أنْ يَكُونُوا مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ، وتَكْذِيبُهم في قَوْلِهِمْ: ﴿وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللهِ إنَّهم لَمِنكُمْ﴾ وتَقْرِيرٌ لِقَوْلِهِ: ﴿وَما هم مِنكُمْ﴾ وصَفَهم بِما يَدُلُّ عَلى مُضادَّةِ حالِهِمْ لِحالِ المُؤْمِنِينَ فَقالَ: ﴿يَأْمُرُونَ بِالمُنْكَرِ﴾ بِالكُفْرِ، والعِصْيانِ.
﴿وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ المَعْرُوفِ﴾ عَنِ الطاعَةِ، والإيمانِ ﴿وَيَقْبِضُونَ أيْدِيَهُمْ﴾ شُحًّا بِالمَبارِّ، والصَدَقاتِ، والإنْفاقِ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ.
﴿نَسُوا اللهَ﴾ تَرَكُوا أمْرَهُ، أوْ أغْفَلُوا ذِكْرَهُ ﴿فَنَسِيَهُمْ﴾ فَتَرَكَهم مَن رَحْمَتِهِ، وفَضْلِهِ.
﴿إنَّ المُنافِقِينَ هُمُ الفاسِقُونَ﴾ هُمُ الكامِلُونَ في الفِسْقِ، الَّذِي هو التَمَرُّدُ في الكُفْرِ، والِانْسِلاخُ عَنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ. وكَفى المُسْلِمَ زاجِرًا أنْ يُلِمَّ بِما يُكْسِبُهُ هَذا الِاسْمُ الفاحِشُ، الَّذِي وُصِفَ بِهِ المُنافِقُونَ حِينَ بالَغَ في ذَمِّهِمْ.
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9:62
يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ لِيُرۡضُوكُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرۡضُوهُ إِن كَانُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٢
They swear by Allāh to you [Muslims] to satisfy you. But Allāh and His Messenger are more worthy for them to satisfy,1 if they were to be believers.
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "to satisfy Him," meaning that Allāh would be satisfied by obedience to the Messenger (ﷺ). ↩
9:63
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ مَن يُحَادِدِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَأَنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدٗا فِيهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخِزۡيُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٦٣
Do they not know that whoever opposes Allāh and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.
9:64
يَحۡذَرُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ أَن تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُورَةٞ تُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ قُلِ ٱسۡتَهۡزِءُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡرِجٞ مَّا تَحۡذَرُونَ ٦٤
The hypocrites are apprehensive lest a sūrah be revealed about them, informing them of1 what is in their hearts. Say, "Mock [as you wish]; indeed, Allāh will expose that which you fear."
1 translator’s note
- i.e., exposing the truth about. ↩
9:65
وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلۡعَبُۚ قُلۡ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٦٥
And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
9:66
لَا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ قَدۡ كَفَرۡتُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡۚ إِن نَّعۡفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٖ مِّنكُمۡ نُعَذِّبۡ طَآئِفَةَۢ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٦٦
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e., rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
9:67
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٦٧
The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands.1 They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., refuse to spend in the way of Allāh. ↩
9:68
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ هِيَ حَسۡبُهُمۡۚ وَلَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّقِيمٞ ٦٨
Allāh has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allāh has cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.