The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 724
PT. 10 CH. 9 AT-TAUBAH 48. They sought to create disorder even before this, and لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُا الْفِتْنَةَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوْا لَكَ الْأُمُورَ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ امْرُ اللهِ they devised plots against thee وَهُمْ كُرِهُونَ till the truth came and the purpose of Allah prevailed, though they did not like it. 1205 from (khabila), i. e. he was or became corrupt, unsound or disordered in his reason or intellect. als (khabala-hu) of which the infinitive is (khablun) means, it rendered him insane or it corrupted or disordered his reason or intellect. J means, corruptness or unsoundness; or a disordered state in an absolute sense, or in reason or intellect; an affection in the heart resembling insanity or egregious stupidity; loss or a state of diminution; a state of perdition or destruction; distress, embarrassment, trouble or difficulty (Lane). See also 3:119. it proved a blessing in disguise. For, if the hypocrites had gone forth with the Muslim army, they would only have caused trouble and mischief and tried to create discord and dissension. The latter portion of the verse shows that some hypocrites or those weak of faith had actually gone forth with the Muslim army. These were ever ready to lend ear to the leaders among the hypocrites who generally remained behind. So if the latter too had accompanied the army, both would have joined hands to injure the cause of Islam. 1205. Important Words: خلال to and fro in your midst) خلالكم خل الشيء is derived from They say devised plots against) قلبو الك الامور i. e. he or it perforated or pierced the خلال. thing through which is both singular and plural, means, inter- space or intervening space or a break or breach or gap between two things; looseness or want of compactness. I entered. . . دخلت بين خلال القوم They say among the inter-spaces of the party. means, he is amid them. means, we went to and fro, or went about amid the houses of the people (Lane). Commentary: The verse declares that the defection of the hypocrites did no harm to the Muslims. On the contrary, 1164 thee). (qallabū) is the intensified form of (qalaba). They say a i. e. he turned it over or upside down; he altered or changed its or his mode or -qallabtu) قلبته بیدی. manner of being with my hand. means, he hu) means, I turned it over and over turned over and over or revolved repeatedly in his mind, thoughts or considerations with a view to the attainment of some object in relation to means, he قلب الامور. an affair investigated, scrutinized or examined affairs and turned them over and over in his mind, meditating what he should do. So means, they turned over and over in their minds