The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 702
CH. 9 AT-TAUBAH PT. 10 أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تُتْرَكُوا وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ الله Do you think that you. 16 would be left alone, while Allah الَّذِينَ جَهَدُوا مِنْكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ has not yet known those of you دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَا رَسُوْلِهِ وَلَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةً وَاللهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ intimate friend besides Allah who strive in the cause of Allah and do not take anyone for an and His Messenger and the believers? And Allah is well aware of what you do. 1179 R. 3. the Mosques of Allah in a good مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ اَنْ يَّعْمُرُوا مَسْجِدَ The idolaters cannot keep. 17 اللهِ شُهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْكُفْرِ and flourishing condition while أو لَيْكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ وَفِي النَّارِ against they bear witness themselves to disbelief. It is they "3:143, 180; 29:3-4. 3:29; 4:140, 145; 9:23. 1179. Important Words: (intimate friend) is derived from ε. They say i. e. he entered the house. at means, he caused it or him to enter; he inserted it. means, anything that is introduced or inserted into another thing; an intimate friend or associate; one whom a person takes to rely upon, not being of his family (Lane). Commentary: This verse hints that the trials of Muslims were not yet over. They had still to face more grievous dangers and greater trials, and only those who were true and sincere believers would be able to stand them. The verse thus warns believers to be prepared for still severer tests and yet greater sacrifices. Muslims had indeed been already tried at Badr and Uhud and at the Battle of the Ditch, and had stood the test. But as a new era now dawning for them with the expedition to Tabūk on the border of Syria, the verse calls upon them to make yet greater preparations. The trials and tribulations through which Muslims had already passed were indeed little as compared with the ordeals they had yet to face. The later dangers were far more terrible and grievous than anything they had experienced. yet The words, and do not take anyone for an intimate friend besides Allah and His Messenger and the believers, are also intended as a warning to Muslims to become yet more united and to allow no foreign element to split their ranks in the coming days of trial and sacrifice. 1142