The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 280
CH. 4 AN-NISA' PT. 5 إِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ تَابُوا وَأَصْلَحُوا وَاعْتَصَمُوا Except those who repent. 147 and amend and hold fast to بِاللهِ وَ اَخْلَصُوا دِينَهُمُ لِلَّهِ فَأُوكَ Allah and are sincere in their obedience to Allah. These are مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَسَوْفَ يُؤْتِ الله among the believers. And Allah الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا will soon bestow a great reward upon the believers. 610 مَا يَفْعَلُ اللهُ بِعَذَابِكُمُ اِن Why should Allah punish. 148 شَكَرْتُمْ وَامَنْتُمْ وَكَانَ الله you, if you are thankful and if you believe? And Allah is Appreciating, All-Knowing. 611 "See 2:161. 3:102. 2:159. شَاكِرًا عَلِيْمًا Aqrab). Commentary: 610. Important Words: For the meaning of & see note on 4:70. The Quran's strong denunciation of the hypocrites is a clear refutation of Commentary: the charge brought against it that it exhorts its followers to spread Islam by means of the sword. If a man is forced to accept Islam against his will, he can never make a sincere believer. In other words, such a one will be a hypocrite and the last thing that can be alleged against the Quran is that it enjoins its followers to augment their numbers by admitting hypocrites into their fold. The hypocrites will be placed in the lowest depth of Hell, because they combine the sin of disbelief with that of hypocrisy. The lowest depth does not necessarily signify a depth which is the physically lowest, but a depth which is the hardest in torment and is meant for offenders of the lowest type. The verse is important inasmuch as it helps definitely to determine the meaning of the word & (among) which does not, and indeed cannot, convey here the sense of "with", for the obvious reason that the penitent from among the hypocrites are not only to be reckoned "with the believers as mere companions" but are to become members and, as it were, part and parcel, of the Muslim community, being definitely reckoned among them. The verse also hints that the door of repentance is open even for the hypocrites who have been so strongly condemned in the foregoing verse. 611. Commentary: (gratitude) on the part of man is to have a due sense of the favours of 720