The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 662
CH. 8 AL-ANFĀL PT. 9 imprison thee or kill thee or expel thee. And "they planned and Allah also planned, and Allah is the best planners. 1119 of b وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللهُ * وَاللهُ "3:55; 27:51. خَيْرُ الْمُكِرِينَ hardships and there dawns upon them refers to a sign which was like the the day of happiness and bliss. 1119. Important Words: (imprison thee) is derived a signs of Jonah and Jesus. At Mecca, the Quraish had council-room called Dārun-Nadwah. There they ثبت which is derived from اثبت from which means, it continued or subsisted or endured; or it remained fixed or stationary; or it was or became constant, fast or established. means, he made it to continue or subsist or endure; or he made it to remain fixed or stationary. They say i. e. wound rendered him unable to move. means, they beat him so as to render him motionless. means, he made him fast with a bond so that he could not move. So (liyuthbituka) or (liyuthabbitūka), which is another reading of the word, means, that they might inflict upon thee a wound by reason of which thou shouldst not be able to rise or move about; or that they might confine thee to thy place, i. e. imprison thee and prevent thy moving about (Lane). Commentary: The Holy Prophet bore resemblance to all Prophets of God. At the Battle of Badr, God showed a miracle, similar to the miracle of Moses (see 8:18 above), while the present verse used to hold their consultations against the Holy Prophet. When they learnt that Islam had spread to Medina, where converts to the new Faith were fleeing for refuge, Abū Jahl and other leaders of the Quraish held a meeting at Dārun-Nadwah in order to consider some decisive step to put an end to the new Movement. Various proposals were made at the meeting. One was that the Holy Prophet should be put under confinement, i. e. imprisoned; another was that he should be expelled from the city; yet another was that suitable men belonging to all the different tribes of the Quraish should be selected, and these should make a joint attack on the Holy Prophet and slay him. This last proposal was finally agreed upon, and the Holy Prophet's house was surrounded one dark night with the object of attacking him as soon as he came forth. But, being apprised by God of the coming danger, the Holy Prophet had already made arrangements with Abu Bakr to flee from Mecca that very night. He, therefore, caused his 1102