The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 414
CH. 2 AL-BAQARAH PT. 3 النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ wealth to be seen of men, and he believes not in Allah and the فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَاب Last Day. His case is like the b case of a smooth rock covered فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا with earth, on which heavy rain لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا falls, leaving it bare, smooth وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْكَفِرِيْنَ and hard. "They shall not secure aught of what they earn. And Allah guides not the disbelieving people. 271 "14:19. kind word would) قول معروف ,needs mean expression of good opinion, i. e. if one cannot spend without following it up with injury, i. e. without criticizing those responsible for national expenditure, one had better refrain from spending at all. 271. Important Words: (to be seen) is derived from i. e. he saw with his physical or mental eyes. means, to make a show of goodness or virtue without there being any sincere or genuine feeling behind it, simply to be seen of men (Aqrab & Mufradāt). (smooth rock) is in the measure of being derived from lei. e. it became clear or pure and was free from dirt, etc. besides being used in the singular number is also the plural of meaning, a smooth and hard rock (Aqrab). و (heavy rain) is derived from U. They say lab, i. e. he beat or battered him with a rod continuously. means, the sky poured forth heavy rain (Aqrab). 414 a (bare, smooth and hard) is from ao. They say i. e. the material, meant for producing fire gave out a sound but no Spark. means, the earth became hard. l who means, he turned away the beggar without giving him anything. who is, therefore, spoken of such rock or piece of ground as is hard and smooth and grows nothing (Aqrab). Commentary: The verse makes it clear that a Muslim who follows up his charity with taunt and injury, undoes his own good act and will have no reward with God. He is like a disbeliever who spends merely to be seen of and praised by men. The words, ‘and he believes not in Allah and the Last Day' have been added because sometimes even a believer does a deed to be seen of men, and that act of his has a useful purpose. For instance, it is on record that once a Companion of the Holy Prophet was seen strutting before the hostile Quraish of Mecca. When the Prophet