The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

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PT. 4 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN CH. 3 وَلَا يَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي And let not those who. 177 hastily fall into disbelief grieve الْكُفْرِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا thee; surely, they cannot harm يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَلَّا يَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ حَظًّا فِي Allah in any way. Allah desires الْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمُ not to assign any portion for them in the life to come; and they shall have a severe punishment. 459 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيْمَانِ لَنْ Surely, those who have. 178 purchased disbelief at the price of faith cannot harm Allah at all; and they shall have a grievous punishment. 460 يَضُرُّوا اللهَ شَيْئًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي And let not the disbelievers. 179 think that Our granting them لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّا نُفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ respite is good for them the لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ result of Our granting them ۚ respite will only be that they 5:42. 2:17, 87; 14:29. 22:45. the text as, Satan only frightens his God's mercy". friends, may mean: (1) Satan tries to make believers fear disbelievers, who 460. Commentary: are his friends; (2) he frightens disbelievers themselves, i. e. he becomes the cause of their fear, for the friends of Satan can never be brave. In the latter case the pronoun "them" in, so fear them not, would refer to the noun (people) in 3:174 above. 459. Commentary: The clause, who hastily fall into disbelief, refers to the hypocrites and the weak in faith whom the slightest trial throws into disbelief. The word "portion" means "portion of grace and 593 As in the preceding verse, the word Allah in the clause, cannot harm Allah, stands either for the cause of Allah or for the Holy Prophet and the believers, because God is evidently above being harmed. The expression has been used to show that those who try to do harm to Islam or to the Holy Prophet and his followers, really try to do harm to God Himself, for the obvious reason that the cause of the Holy Prophet or that of Islam is the cause of God Himself.