The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 356
CH. 5 AL-MĀ'IDAH PT. 6 وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَتْ And the Jews say, The. 65 لان hand of Allah is tied up. ' Their أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُوا بَلْ يَدُهُ own hands shall be tied up and مَبْسُوطَتَن يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ط they shall be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His hands وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ مَّا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ are wide open; He spends how b He pleases. And "what has been مِنْ رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا وَأَلْقَيْنَا sent down to thee from thy Lord بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاء إِلى يَوْم in rebellion and will most surely increase many of them disbelief. And "We have cast ة كُلَّمَا أوْقَدُوا نَارًا لِلْحَرْبِ among them enmity and hatred أَطْفَاهَا اللهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ. till the Day of Resurrection ط فَسَادًا وَاللهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ Whenever they kindle a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it. And they strive to create disorder in the earth, and Allah loves not those who create disorder. 695 a3:182; 36:48. b5:69. 3:56; 5:15. d2:18. of including a sinful utterance, is generally committed and not uttered, some commentators have suggested that the word has been used here in the sense of "doing. " But it is more probable that the word J has been joined to the word (sin) in order to express the combined idea of both "uttering" and "doing". As will be noted, the present verse is preceded both by a saying of the Jews, viz. "we believe" (5:62), which being a false utterance is a sin, and by a "deed" of theirs, viz. "hastening towards sin and transgression" (5:63), which are obviously sinful acts. Thus, by joining the word JS (uttering) to the word (sin), the Quran aims at 796 combining both sinful words and deeds. Mention of the second wicked deed of the Jews referred to in 5:63, viz. "their eating of forbidden things", is repeated in the present verse in order to point out that not only the common folk but the leaders of the Jewish community also were steeped in sin. 695. Important Words: sly (both His hands). The word w (hand or arm) is derived from (yadyun) and, besides its literal meaning, gives a number of figurative meanings e. g. , (1) favour, benefit, bounty or generosity; (2) power, dominion, control, authority or superiority (Aqrab & Lane).