The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 49
PT. 1 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللهُ In their hearts was a disease. 11 and Allah has increased their مَرَضًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا disease to them; and for them is يَكْذِبُونَ a grievous punishment because they lied. 17 "5:53; 9:125; 74:32. destroyed any attachment they had for Islam. Instead, they developed actual hostility towards it. However, as a preponderant majority of their tribesmen had already become zealous followers of Islam, they could not openly leave its fold. Thus came into being the hypocrites-a party professing Islam outwardly but hostile to it at heart. Not strong enough to oppose Islam openly, they naturally thought of entering into a secret alliance with the Jews in order to injure the cause of Islam. In the beginning they had nothing to do with the Meccans for whom they bore a long-standing tribal antipathy. After the Battle of Uḥud, however, at the instigation of the Jews and prompted by their own jealousy, they forgot their enmity and began to secretly conspire with the Quraish of Mecca, keeping up a show of attachment for Islam. Their leader 'Abdullāh continued to accompany the Holy Prophet in many of his expeditions. shock of its failure that caused, only two months later, the death of 'Abdullah bin Ubayy. The party then broke up. Some of its members entered Islam sincerely; others ended their days in obscurity. 17. Important Words: مرض disease is derived from) مرض i. e. he fell ill; he lost his health. Thus means, anything whereby a man loses his health (physical, moral or spiritual); disease or hypocrisy; doubt or darkness or loss; omission of any kind (Aqrab); any disease or any physical or moral weakness or defect of faith, in fact, anything that hinders man's physical, moral or spiritual progress (Mufradāt). كذب they lie) is derived from) يكذبون which means, he lied; he said what was untrue while he knew the truth; he gave a wrong account of something, whether intentionally or unintentionally; it (the heart or the eye) felt or perceived wrongly In the Quran this party of (Aqrab); he said what was true but hypocrites is mentioned in several said it insincerely, i. e. he himself places. Their last act of hostility believed the thing to be untrue (the towards Islam was their attempt, after Quran 63:2). (kadhdhaba) is the the Fall of Mecca, to conspire with causative or transitive form from the Byzantine Christian power. The They say 4 i. e. he accused him of occasion was the Tabūk expedition lying; he attributed falsehood to him led by the Holy Prophet in the ninth in his claim or statement; he year of Hijrah. The attempt met with pronounced him a liar. means, discomfiture. It was probably the he rejected and disbelieved it. 49.