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Surah al-Munafiqoon is the 63rd chapter of the Quran. | Surah al-Munafiqoon is the 63rd chapter of the Quran. | ||
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===Place of Revelation=== | ===Place of Revelation=== | ||
All of the scholars are in agreement that this chapter is Madani. <ref name=":3">Zamakhshari, al-Kashshaf an Haqaiq Ghawamid al-Tanzil, Page 538.</ref> <ref name=":4">Ibn Kathir Damishqi, Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim, Volume 8 (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya (1998), Page 150</ref> <ref name=":5">Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 291</ref> <ref name=":6">Tabrisi, Majma al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 16</ref> | All of the scholars are in agreement that this chapter is Madani. <ref name=":3">Zamakhshari, al-Kashshaf an Haqaiq Ghawamid al-Tanzil, Page 538.</ref> <ref name=":4">Ibn Kathir Damishqi, Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim, Volume 8 (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya (1998), Page 150</ref> <ref name=":5">Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 291</ref> <ref name=":6">Tabrisi, Majma al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 16</ref> | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
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====Verses 9-11==== | ====Verses 9-11==== | ||
Warns the believers to not neglect Allah due to the blessings of this world and urges them to spend in the way of Allah. | Warns the believers to not neglect Allah due to the blessings of this world and urges them to spend in the way of Allah. | ||
Verse 9 cautions the believers that being busy with the things of this world should not distract them from the remembrance of Allah. <ref name=":11">Ibid., Page 544</ref> Afterwards, the believers are reminded that all of their opportunities will come to an end upon death, and they are therefore advised to spend in the way of Allah and give what is obligatory upon them. <ref name=":12">Ibid., Page 545</ref> <ref name=":13">Tabataba’i, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 25</ref> | Verse 9 cautions the believers that being busy with the things of this world should not distract them from the remembrance of Allah. <ref name=":11">Ibid., Page 544</ref> Afterwards, the believers are reminded that all of their opportunities will come to an end upon death, and they are therefore advised to spend in the way of Allah and give what is obligatory upon them. <ref name=":12">Ibid., Page 545</ref> <ref name=":13">Tabataba’i, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Page 25</ref> | ||
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Verse 4: “When you see them, their bodies impress you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. Yet they are like dry logs set reclining [against a wall]. They suppose every cry is directed against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah assail them, where do they stray?!” | Verse 4: “When you see them, their bodies impress you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. Yet they are like dry logs set reclining [against a wall]. They suppose every cry is directed against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah assail them, where do they stray?!” | ||
<span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">۞وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡۖ كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبٞ مُّسَنَّدَةٞۖ يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٤</span> | <span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">۞وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ تُعۡجِبُكَ أَجۡسَامُهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَقُولُواْ تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِهِمۡۖ كَأَنَّهُمۡ خُشُبٞ مُّسَنَّدَةٞۖ يَحۡسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيۡحَةٍ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ هُمُ ٱلۡعَدُوُّ فَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٤</span> | ||
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===According to the Shia Traditions=== | ===According to the Shia Traditions=== | ||
Verse 8: “They say, ‘When we return to the city, the mighty will surely expel the weak from it.’ Yet all might belongs to Allah and His Apostle and the faithful, but the hypocrites do not know.” | Verse 8: “They say, ‘When we return to the city, the mighty will surely expel the weak from it.’ Yet all might belongs to Allah and His Apostle and the faithful, but the hypocrites do not know.” | ||
<span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَيُخۡرِجَنَّ ٱلۡأَعَزُّ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡأَذَلَّۚ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨</span> | <span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">يَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعۡنَآ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَيُخۡرِجَنَّ ٱلۡأَعَزُّ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡأَذَلَّۚ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨</span> | ||
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It has been narrated in the book Al-Kafi, with his chain of narrations to Samaah, from Abu Abdullah to have said: “Allah has handed over to a believer the control over all of one’s actions, but has not handed him the right to weaken himself. Has one not heard what Allah said: ‘Yet all might belongs to Allah and His Apostle and the faithful.’ The believer deserves to be mighty and not weak.” <ref name=":16">Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Volume 19, Page 299</ref> | It has been narrated in the book Al-Kafi, with his chain of narrations to Samaah, from Abu Abdullah to have said: “Allah has handed over to a believer the control over all of one’s actions, but has not handed him the right to weaken himself. Has one not heard what Allah said: ‘Yet all might belongs to Allah and His Apostle and the faithful.’ The believer deserves to be mighty and not weak.” <ref name=":16">Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran, Volume 19, Page 299</ref> | ||
Verse 11: “But Allah will never respite anyone when his time has come, and Allah is well aware of what you do.” | Verse 11: “But Allah will never respite anyone when his time has come, and Allah is well aware of what you do.” | ||
<span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١١</span> | <span lang="ar" dir="rtl" class="block">وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١١</span> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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