The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 50
CH. 2 AL-BAQARAH PT. 1 وَإِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ :And when it is said to them. 12 "Create not disorder on the earth,' they say: 'We are only promoters of peace. '18 means a liar, and and habitual liar. "2:28, 221. means a great (kadhib) and (kidhdhāb) mean, falsehood, lie, untruth; also the act of uttering a lie. ✓ also means the act of accusing one of lying (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: God speaks of two diseases of the heart: (1) i. e. disbelief; and (2) i. e. hypocrisy. The former has already been referred to in verses 7 and 8. The present verse refers to the disease of hypocrisy and points out that those suffering from it do not act as normal healthy persons do. The Holy Prophet has mentioned the following signs of hypocrisy. Says he: "When a hypocrite speaks, he lies; and when he makes a promise, he does not fulfil it; and when he is entrusted with anything, he acts dishonestly and when he makes a contract, he breaks it; and when he engages in a dispute, he uses foul words" (Bukhārī). In the verse under comment the increase of hypocrisy is attributed to God, not because God increases it but because the increase results from disregard of His commands; also because it is God who finally dispenses the good and evil consequences of human actions. The Quran has only been revealed for healing diseases. Says Allah: O mankind! There has come to you an 50 قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ exhortation from your Lord and a cure for whatever disease there is in the hearts (10:58). The increasing of disease also means that the expanding power of Islam was naturally increasing the disease of the hypocrites who were all the more forced to remain, against their will, in outward friendliness with the Muslims. In the case of disbelievers the punishment mentioned is (great punishment), whereas in the عذاب الیم case of hypocrites it is (grievous punishment). This is because disbelievers express their disbelief and enmity openly, while hypocrites keep their feelings of hatred and malice concealed in their hearts, thinking that they are thereby deriving twofold pleasure one of enmity towards Islam and the other, of befooling the Muslims. So the ret- ribution in store for the hypocrites is characterized by special pain and anguish a fit recompense for their false pleasure. 18. Important Words: (create disorder) is derived from which is derived from (fasuda) or (fasada), i. e. he or it became corrupt or evil or vitiated or spoiled or tainted or in an altered state or in a disordered or disturbed condition, etc. The word is the opposite of. The transitive form means,