The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 676
CH. 8 R. 7. AL-ANFĀL PT. 10 إذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنْفِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي When the hypocrites and. 50 those in whose hearts is a قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ غَرَّ هَؤُلَاءِ دِيْنُهُمْ disease said, “Their religion has deluded these men. ' And 'whoso puts his trust in Allah, then surely Allah is Mighty, Wise. 1138 وَمَنْ يَّتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمُ "when the angels take away the وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا And if thou couldst see. 51 الْمَلّكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ souls of those who disbelieve وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ backs and saying: Taste ye the smiting their faces and their punishment of burning! 1139 "33:13. 9:51; 12:68; 14:12; 33:4; 65:4. 47:28. d3:182; 22:10. Allah, not because he really feared God at that time but because he wished to find an excuse to flee from the battlefield. 1138. Commentary: The words, the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease. here refer to those men in the Meccan army who had embraced Islam in Mecca, but who, being weak, remained with disbelievers out of that the small band of Muslims faced the heavy odds not because their religion had deluded them but because they had put their trust in God Who was both Mighty and Wise and Who had promised to help them. The last words of the verse are thus also intended to reprimand the weak- hearted Muslims of Mecca and to remind them that their hypocritical policy resulted from the fact that they had no trust in the power and might of God. 1139. Commentary: fear, and had now come forth with the Meccan army in order to fight the Muslims. There were four or five such men who, when they saw the The verse signifies that angels will small band of Muslims arrayed in smite the faces and the backs of battle-order against a well-equipped disbelievers as a fitting punishment army of Meccan warriors, thought it for their evil actions. The punishment foolhardy on the part of the former to corresponded with the actions of take their stand against the disbelievers, because the latter used overwhelming odds and made the to confront the believers and meet remark mentioned in the verse. To them face to face when fighting them. this remark, the verse gives the reply | Again, they used to turn their backs 1116