The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 245
PT. 5 AN-NISA' fought you. So, if they keep aloof from you and fight you not, and make you an offer of peace, then remember that Allah has allowed you no way of aggression against them. 559 CH. 4 فَمَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبِيلًا سَتَجِدُونَ اخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ You will find others who. 92 b يَأْمَنُوْكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوْا قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّمَا رُدُّوا إلَى الْفِتْنَةِ أَرْكِسُوا فِيهَا فَإِنْ لَّمْ desire to be secure from you and to be secure from their own people. Whenever they are made to revert to hostility, "they يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَم ,fall headlong into it. Therefore وَيَكُفُوًا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ if they do not keep aloof from you nor offer you peace nor حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأُولَيْكُمُ جَعَلْنَا restrain their hands, then seize. 559. Important Words: "33:15. 9:5. (are connected) is derived from. They say, i. e. he joined or connected this thing with that; he brought the two things together. al means, he had close and friendly relations with him. Je means, he or it arrived at, or came to, or reached him or it. means, he belonged to, or was connected with, that tribe (Aqrab). given them power) سلطهم عليكم against you). w (sallaṭa) is derived from (salata) for which see the succeeding verse. (sallata) means, he made him to overcome him or to prevail over him or to have power or force over him, etc. They also say debli. e. he set the dogs upon him (Lane). 685 Commentary: The preceding verses enjoined the taking of disciplinary action against the Bedouin hypocrites of the countryside around Medina. This verse makes exceptions in the case of: (1) those who went over to, or were connected with, some tribe having an alliance with the Muslims; and (2) those who came over to Medina and had leanings towards Islam, though their attitude was still one of hesitancy and vacillation. In fact, Islam attaches great importance to pacts, express or implied, and would in no case tolerate their breach. Incidentally, the verse also shows that (jihad) is permitted only against those who first make war upon the Muslims or their allies or from whom an attack is apprehended.