The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 722
CH. 9 AT-TAUBAH PT. 10 يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَتَعْلَمَ stay behind until those who الْكَذِبِينَ spoke the truth had become known to thee and until thou hadst known the liars?1202 لَا يَسْتَأْذِنُكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ Those who believe in Allah. 44 and the Last Day will not ask وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ leave of thee to be exempted وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُتَّقِينَ from striving with their property and their persons. And Allah well knows the righteous. إِنَّمَا يَسْتَأْذِنُكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ Only those will ask leave of. 45 Pageaugsvinj thee to be exempted who do not وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَارْتَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِي believe in Allah and the Last رَيْبِهِمْ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ Day, and whose hearts are full of doubt, and in their doubt they waver. which one is taken by difficulty and imply the committing of a sin on the distress; distance (Lane). 1202. Important Words: Allah remove thy cares). | for) عفا الله عنك part of a person about whom it is used, for it is also used for a person who has committed no sin and even him who is incapable of committing a sin. In fact, the expression cac is sometimes used to express love or respect; and here it implies a desire that the Prophet may be relieved of his cares and difficulties. lic means, he or it effaced, erased or obliterated a trace, etc. They say aulic de i. e. may God efface from him his sin, fault, offence, etc. Sometimes the expression aulic is used where no sin or fault has preceded and is not even conceivable. For instance, an The expression, Why didst thou Arab would say to one whom he permit them to stay behind, is holds in high esteem intended to hint that the refusal on the meaning, may God set thy affairs aright and bring honour and glory to thee (Aqrab). See also 2:110; 2:188 & 2:220. part of the Holy Prophet to give them leave would have served the useful purpose of unmasking the hypocrisy of the hypocrites. Of those who remained behind, only about half came to the Holy Prophet to ask his As shown under Important Words, leave, while the majority stayed the word does not necessarily | behind without asking his permission Commentary: 1162