At-Tawbah 9:99
The Repentance · Juz 11 · Page 202
وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَصَلَوَٰتِ ٱلرَّسُولِۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهَا قُرۡبَةٞ لَّهُمۡۚ سَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٩٩
But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
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Commentary on 9:99
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَمِنَ الأعْرابِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ﴾ قالَ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ: وهم مَن أسْلَمَ مِنَ الأعْرابِ، مِثْلُ جُهَيْنَةَ، وأسْلَمَ، وغِفارٍ،
وَفِي قَوْلِهِ: ويَتَّخِذُ ما يُنْفِقُ قَوْلانِ.
أحَدُهُما: في الجِهادِ. والثّانِي: في الصَّدَقَةِ. فَأمّا القُرُباتُ، فَجَمْعُ قِرْبَةٍ، وهِيَ: ما يُقَرِّبُ العَبْدَ مِن رِضى اللَّهِ ومَحَبَّتِهِ: قالَ الزَّجّاجُ: وفي القُرُباتِ ثَلاثَةُ أوْجُهٍ: ضَمُّ الرّاءِ، وفَتْحُها، وإسْكانُها. وفي المُرادِ بِصَلَواتِ الرَّسُولِ قَوْلانِ.
أحَدُهُما: اسْتِغْفارُهُ، قالَهُ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ.
والثّانِي: دُعاؤُهُ، قالَهُ قَتادَةُ، وابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ، والزَّجّاجُ، وأنْشَدَ الزَّجّاجُ:
؎ عَلَيْكِ مِثْلُ الَّذِي صَلَّيْتِ فاغْتَمِضِي نُوَّمًا فَإنَّ لِجَنْبِ المَرْءِ مُضْطَجَعًا.
(p-٤٩٠)قالَ إنْ شِئْتَ قُلْتَ: مِثْلَ الَّذِي، ومِثْلُ الَّذِي؛ فالأمْرُ أمْرٌ لَها بِالدُّعاءِ، كَأنَّهُ قالَ: ادْعُ لِي مِثْلَ الَّذِي دَعَوْتُ. والثّانِي بِمَعْنى: عَلَيْكَ مِثْلُ هَذا الدُّعاءِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿ألا إنَّها قُرْبَةٌ لَهُمْ﴾ قَرَأ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ، وأبُو عَمْرٍو، وعاصِمٌ، وابْنُ عامِرٍ، وحَمْزَةُ، والكِسائِيُّ: "قِرْبَةٌ لَهُمْ" خَفِيفَةً. ورَوى ورْشٌ، وإسْماعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ نافِعٍ، وأبانَ، والمُفَضَّلُ عَنْ عاصِمٍ: "قِرُبَةٌ لَهُمْ" بِضَمِّ الرّاءِ. وفي المُشارِ إلَيْها وجْهانِ.
أحَدُهُما: أنَّ الهاءَ تَرْجِعُ إلى نَفَقَتِهِمْ وإيمانِهِمْ والثّانِي: إلى صَلَواتِ الرَّسُولِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ اللَّهُ في رَحْمَتِهِ﴾ قالَ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ: في جَنَّتِهِ.
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9:94
يَعۡتَذِرُونَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ إِذَا رَجَعۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡۚ قُل لَّا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكُمۡ قَدۡ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنۡ أَخۡبَارِكُمۡۚ وَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمۡ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٤
They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allāh has already informed us of your news [i.e., affair]. And Allāh will observe your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger; then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed,1 and He will inform you of what you used to do."
1 translator’s note
- See footnotes to 6:73. ↩
9:95
سَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لِتُعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ فَأَعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ رِجۡسٞۖ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٩٥
They will swear by Allāh to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
9:96
يَحۡلِفُونَ لَكُمۡ لِتَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ فَإِن تَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرۡضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٩٦
They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allāh is not satisfied with a defiantly disobedient people.
9:97
ٱلۡأَعۡرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفۡرٗا وَنِفَاقٗا وَأَجۡدَرُ أَلَّا يَعۡلَمُواْ حُدُودَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٩٧
The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allāh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
9:98
وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغۡرَمٗا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَۚ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٩٨
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss1 and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., a fine or penalty. ↩
9:99
وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَصَلَوَٰتِ ٱلرَّسُولِۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهَا قُرۡبَةٞ لَّهُمۡۚ سَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٩٩
But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.