The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 263
PT. 2 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا اَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَتِ Those who conceal what. 160 وَالْهُدَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّتُهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي and guidance after We have الْكِتَبِ أُولَبِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ اللعنون We have sent down of Signs made it clear for the people in the Book, it is these whom Allah curses; and so curse them those who curse. 166 إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَ أَصْلَحُوا وَبَيَّنُوا فَأُولَيكَ But they who repent and. 161 amend and openly declare the عمرة "2:175. 3:90; 4:147; 5:40; 24:6. obligatory on each Muslim once in a lifetime, but to (Lesser Pilgrimage) which is not obligatory but simply supererogatory. The words may also be considered to refer to any additional or Pilgrimage which a Muslim may perform, after he has performed the one obligatory Pilgrimage. As this verse mentions the subject of Pilgrimage only secondarily, we are not giving here a note on the rites and philosophy of which will be discussed when we come to the relevant verses. 166. Important Words: this, they will not only not attain the nearness of God but will be cast away from Him. If applied to Jews, and that indeed is the right application, the connection with the preceding verse may be easily seen in the reference to Aş-Şafa and Al-Marwah in that verse. It was at these places that Abraham left his wife Hagar, and his son, Ishmael, under God's command and it was here that, while building the Ka'bah, Abraham and Ishmael prayed to God for the appearance of a great Prophet among their progeny. The Quran thus refers here to the Jews who were concealing the prophecies contained in their Scriptures about the (curses them). For the meaning Holy Prophet. The Jews are warned of see note on 2:89. Commentary: The present verse has been taken to apply either to Muslims or Jews. In the former case the verse would be taken as a warning to Muslims that they should ever be careful to preach the truth of Islam and should in no circumstances hide or neglect it but should ever be ready to proclaim it, however bitter the opposition. Failing 263 that if they concealed the clear prophecies given to them about the Arabian Prophet, in spite of the fact that they have now been reminded of them through the Quran, God would cast them away, depriving them of His mercy and condemning them to punishment in Hell. They are further warned that as God is the Lord of the entire universe, His curse will not come alone but everything which is subservient to Him will then begin to