47. Surah Muhammad

محمدMuhammad · 38 ayahsتفہیم القرآن انگلش

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Ayahs 47:22–23

فَهَلْ عَسَیْتُمْ اِنْ تَوَلَّیْتُمْ اَنْ تُفْسِدُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ تُقَطِّعُوْۤا اَرْحَامَكُمْ Open ayah 47:22 in the Quran reader

Now, what else can be expected of you than this that if you turned about, 33 you would again spread mischief in the land and break asunder the ties of blood? 34

اُولٰٓئِكَ الَّذِیْنَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَصَمَّهُمْ وَ اَعْمٰۤى اَبْصَارَهُمْ Open ayah 47:23 in the Quran reader

These are they whom Allah has cursed and made them deaf and blind.

33 Another translation of the words in the original can be; "If you became rulers over the people, " 34 Its one meaning is; 'If at this time you shirk supporting and defending Islam and refrain from fighting with your life and wealth for the cause of me great reformist revolution which the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) and his Companions are struggling to bring about, there will be no other consequence of this than that you would return to the same system of ignorance in which you have been cutting each other's throat since centuries, burying your children alive and filling God's earth with injustice and wickedness." Its other meaning is: 'You are a people of depraved character. You are not at aII sincere in your claim of having affirmed the Faith, because you are not prepared to make any sacrifice in its cause. Now, is AIIah gives you power in the land and entrusts the affairs of the world to you when morally you are unsound and unreliable, what else can be expected of you than that you would commit tyranny and mischief and resort to killing of your own near and dear ones. This verse clearly points out that Islam forbids severing of relations with the kindred. On the other hand, in positive terms also, at several places in the Qur'an, treating the relatives kindly and well has been enjoined and counted among the major virtues. (For instance, see AI-Baqarah: 83, 177: An-Nisa': 8, 36; An-Nahl: 90. Bani Isra'il: 26; An-Nur: 22). The word rahm in Arabic is used far kinship and relationship by blood metaphorically. AII the relations of a person, whether near or distant, are his kinsmen (dhwil-arham). The nearer the relationship the greater the right one has upon the other and graver the sin of severing the ties of blood. To treat the kindred well implies that one should do one's utmost in doing whatever good one possibly can to one's relative, should avoid doing any iII or harm to him. Reasoning from this very verse Hadrat 'Umar had forbidden as unlawful selling of the slave girl who had given birth to a child from her master, and the Companions had concurred with him in this. Hakim in his Musradrik has related on the authority of Hadrat Buraidah that one day when he was sitting among the audience of Hadrat 'Umar, suddenly a clamour arose in the street. On inquiring it was known that a slave girl was being sold and her daughter was crying, Hadrat 'Umar immediately got the Ansar and the Muhajirin together and put before them the question: °Do you find in the Religion that Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) has brought any room for severing of relations between the blood relationships?" Everybody replied in the negative. Thereupon, Hadrat 'Umar said: Then, how is it that in your houses a mother is being separated from her daughter? Could there be a greater and more serious instance of the cutting of these relationships? Then he recited this verse. The people said: You may adopt whatever measure you deem fit to stop this practice. At this Hadrat 'Umar issued this decree for enforcement in all the Islamic territories: "No slave-girl who has given birth to a child from her master is to be sold because this is breaking of kinship ties which is not lawful."
Ayahs 47:24–25

اَفَلَا یَتَدَبَّرُوْنَ الْقُرْاٰنَ اَمْ عَلٰى قُلُوْبٍ اَقْفَالُهَا Open ayah 47:24 in the Quran reader

Have they not pondered over the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts? 35

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ ارْتَدُّوْا عَلٰۤى اَدْبَارِهِمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَى١ۙ الشَّیْطٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ١ؕ وَ اَمْلٰى لَهُمْ Open ayah 47:25 in the Quran reader

The fact is that those who turned back, after guidance had become clear to them, for them Satan has made this way easy and prolonged for them the prospects of false hopes.

35 That is, 'Either these people do not ponder over the Qur'an at all, or if they try to ponder over it, its teachings and meaning do not enter their hearts, because they have put locks on them." As for this that "there are their locks upon the hearts," it means this: "There are such locks on them as are specially meant for the hearts which are not susceptible to the truth."
Ayah 47:26

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ كَرِهُوْا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ سَنُطِیْعُكُمْ فِیْ بَعْضِ الْاَمْرِ١ۖۚ وَ اللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ اِسْرَارَهُمْ Open ayah 47:26 in the Quran reader

That is why they said to those who showed aversion to what Allah had revealed, "We shall obey you in some matters. " 36 Allah knows their secret affairs too well.

36 That is, "In spite of professing the Faith and being counted among the Muslims, they went on conspiring secretly with the enemies of Islam and even pledged to support them in certain matters. "
Ayah 47:27

فَكَیْفَ اِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ یَضْرِبُوْنَ وُجُوْهَهُمْ وَ اَدْبَارَهُمْ Open ayah 47:27 in the Quran reader

Then, how shall it be when the angels take their souls, and take them away, smiting their faces and their backs ? 37

37 That is, "In the world they adopted this attitude so that they may safeguard their interests and may protect themselves from the dangers of the conflict between Islam and infidelity, but how will they escape Allah's wrath after death? At that time no device of theirs will prove helpful for them to remain safe from the punishment by the angels. " This verse also is one of those verses that point to the torment of barzakh (i.e. torment 'of the grave). It clearly shows that the unbelievers and hypocrites start being afflicted with the torment right from the time of death, and this torment is different from the punishment which they will get on Resurrection after their cases will have been decided by Allah. (For further explanation, see An-Nisa': 97: AI-An'am: 93-94; AI-Anfal: 50: An-Nahl: 28, 32; AI-Mu'minun: 99-100; Ya Sin: 26-27 and E.N.'s 22, 23; AI-Mu'min: 4b and E. N. 63) .
Ayahs 47:28–31

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوْا مَاۤ اَسْخَطَ اللّٰهَ وَ كَرِهُوْا رِضْوَانَهٗ فَاَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالَهُمْ۠ Open ayah 47:28 in the Quran reader

that made Allah angry, and hated to adopt the way of His pleasure. So, He rendered all their works fruitless. 38

اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِیْنَ فِیْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ اَنْ لَّنْ یُّخْرِجَ اللّٰهُ اَضْغَانَهُمْ Open ayah 47:29 in the Quran reader

Do those in whose hearts is a disease think that Allah will not expose the impurity of their hearts?

وَ لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَاَرَیْنٰكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِسِیْمٰىهُمْ١ؕ وَ لَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِیْ لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ١ؕ وَ اللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ اَعْمَالَكُمْ Open ayah 47:30 in the Quran reader

If We will, We can show them to you and then you may recognize them by their faces. But you will certainly know them from the manner of their speech. Allah is fully aware of all your actions.

وَ لَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتّٰى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجٰهِدِیْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَ الصّٰبِرِیْنَ١ۙ وَ نَبْلُوَاۡ اَخْبَارَكُمْ Open ayah 47:31 in the Quran reader

We shall certainly put you to the test in order to appraise your state and to see who among you are struggling strenuously and enduring patiently.

38 This refers to alI those works that they performed as "Muslims." Their Prayers, their fasting, their payments of the zakat, and all other acts of worship and virtue, which in appearance and form are counted among good works. were rendered void, for they failed to adopt the attitude of sincerity and loyalty towards AIIah and Islam and the Muslim community even though they professed to be Muslims; but, on the contrary, they went on conspiring with the enemies of Islam for the sake of small worldly gains, and started devising schemes to save themselves from any possible risks as soon as time came for Jihad in the cause of AIIah. These verses are absolutely decisive and conclusive in this regard that in the conflict between Islam and un-Islam the faith of the person whose sympathies are not with Islam and the Muslims, or are with disbelief and the disbelievers, cannot at aII be reliable, not to speak of any of his works being acceptable before AIIah.
Ayah 47:32

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ صَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ شَآقُّوا الرَّسُوْلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدٰى١ۙ لَنْ یَّضُرُّوا اللّٰهَ شَیْئًا١ؕ وَ سَیُحْبِطُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ Open ayah 47:32 in the Quran reader

Those who disbelieved and hindered (others) from Allah's way and disputed with the Messenger, after the Right Way had become clear to them, can in no way harm Allah, but Allah indeed will render all their works vain. 39

39 This sentence has two meanings: (1) That Allah will render vain and fruitless all those works which they had performed as "good works", and they will get no reward whatever for them in the Hereafter; and (2) that all the devices that they are adopting to obstruct the way of Allah and His Messenger's Religion will prove ineffective and fruitless.
Ayahs 47:33–34

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوا الرَّسُوْلَ وَ لَا تُبْطِلُوْۤا اَعْمَالَكُمْ Open ayah 47:33 in the Quran reader

O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and let not your works end in futility 40 .

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ صَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُوْا وَ هُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ یَّغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْ Open ayah 47:34 in the Quran reader

As for those who have disbelieved, and hindered (others) from Allah's Way and have died disbelieving, Allah will never pardon them.

40 In other words, the deeds' being beneficial and yielding of good results depends wholly on one's obedience to Allah and His Messenger. After one has turned away from obedience, no deed remains a good deed so that one may deserve any reward for it.
Ayah 47:35

فَلَا تَهِنُوْا وَ تَدْعُوْۤا اِلَى السَّلْمِ١ۖۗ وَ اَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَ١ۖۗ وَ اللّٰهُ مَعَكُمْ وَ لَنْ یَّتِرَكُمْ اَعْمَالَكُمْ Open ayah 47:35 in the Quran reader

Therefore, do not be faint-hearted, and do not beg for peace, 41 for you will surely gain the upper hand. Allah is with you and will never let your works be wasted.

41 Here, one should bear in mind the fact that when this discourse was revealed only a handful of the Muslims consisting of a couple of hundreds of the Muhajirin and Ansar living in the small town of Madinah were upholding the standard of Islam and they were not only faced by the powerful Quraish but also by the whole of pagan Arabia. Such were the conditions when they were exhorted 'not to be faint-hearted and not to beg (the enemy) for peace", but to make preparations for the decisive conflict. This does not mean that the Muslims should never negotiate for peace, but it means that in a state like this it is not right to initiate peace negotiations when it shows the Muslims' weakness, for it will still further embolden the enemy. The Muslims should first establish their superiority in power and strength; then if they negotiate peace there will be no harm.
Ayah 47:36

اِنَّمَا الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَا لَعِبٌ وَّ لَهْوٌ١ؕ وَ اِنْ تُؤْمِنُوْا وَ تَتَّقُوْا یُؤْتِكُمْ اُجُوْرَكُمْ وَ لَا یَسْئَلْكُمْ اَمْوَالَكُمْ Open ayah 47:36 in the Quran reader

The life of this world is only a sport and a pastime.' 42 If you believe and follow the way of piety, Allah will give you your rewards, and will not ask of you your possessions. 43

42 That is, "As against the Hereafter, this world is no more than a means of temporary entertainment. The success or failure here is not anything real and enduring, which might in any way be important. The real life is life hereafter success in which should be man's main concern. (For further explanation, see E.N. 102 of Surah AI-`Ankabut). 43 That is, "Allah is Self-Sufficient: He dces not need taking anything from you for His own Self. If He tells you to expend something in His way, He dces so not for Himself but only for your own good."
Ayahs 47:37–38

اِنْ یَّسْئَلْكُمُوْهَا فَیُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُوْا وَ یُخْرِجْ اَضْغَانَكُمْ Open ayah 47:37 in the Quran reader

If ever He asks of you your possessions, and demands all of them, you would be niggardly, and He would bring your malice out. 44

هٰۤاَنْتُمْ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنْفِقُوْا فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ١ۚ فَمِنْكُمْ مَّنْ یَّبْخَلُ١ۚ وَ مَنْ یَّبْخَلْ فَاِنَّمَا یَبْخَلُ عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ١ؕ وَ اللّٰهُ الْغَنِیُّ وَ اَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ١ۚ وَ اِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا یَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَیْرَكُمْ١ۙ ثُمَّ لَا یَكُوْنُوْۤا اَمْثَالَكُمْ۠ Open ayah 47:38 in the Quran reader

Look, you are being called upon to expend in Allah's Way, yet some of you are being niggardly, whereas the one who is niggardly is, in fact, being niggardly only to himself. Allah is Self-Sufficient: it is you who are the needy. If you turn away, Allah will replace you by another people, and they will not be like you.

44 That is; "He dces not put you to any severe trial that may bring out your weaknesses. "