The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 204
CH. 2 could turn AL-BAQARAH disbelievers after the truth has PT. 1 حَسَدًا مِّنْ عِنْدِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِّنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ you again into لَهُمُ الْحَقُّ فَاعْفُوا وَاصْفَحُوا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ become manifest to them. But اللهُ بِأَمْرِهِ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ till Allah brings about His "forgive and turn away from them, b decree. Surely, Allah has the power to do all that He wills. 116 5:14. 5:53; 16:34. Allah openly. ' then a destructive punishment overtook them because of their transgression. Then they took the calf for worship after clear Signs had come to them, but We pardoned even that. And We gave Moses manifest authority. This verse gives us an indication as to the nature of the questions that were put to Moses, and Muslims are forbidden to put such questions to their Prophet. 116. Important Words: order; a decree; a judgement; an affair; a thing; a condition or state; an event. means, the promised or the decreed punishment of God (Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: some of By manifold devices, which have been referred to above, the Jews wished to lead the Muslims astray, and their designs had their basis in jealousy. Muslims are exhorted not to quarrel with them but to wait patiently in a spirit of. عفا forgive is derived from) فاعفوا forbearance, till God Himself should | عفا or عفا ذنبه or عفا له or عفا عنه They say meaning, he forgave and pardoned him and did not resort to punishment; he connived at his fault or offence. die al lec means, God obliterated the traces of his sin. lic الشيء means, he withheld restrained himself from it (Aqrab). or (turn away) is derived from. They say demeaning, he turned his face from it, he avoided it and left it alone; he pardoned him his sin. means, the side of a thing; or the side of a face, i. e. the cheek, etc. (Aqrab). (decree). The verb means, he commanded or he enjoined or he asked. So means, a command; an 204 finally decide the matter. As explained under Important Words above, there is a subtle distinction between the meanings of. (turn away صفح forgive) and) عفو Whereas the former means, abstaining from punishment, the latter signifies, turning one's face away or leaving a thing alone. By using the words together, God exhorts Muslims not only to forgive the Jews and refrain from punishing them for their overt hostile acts and covert machinations, but to leave them alone and remain aloof from them till God Himself opened out a way for them, which He eventually did, as soon