The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 732
CH. 9 AT-TAUBAH PT. 10 يَحْلِفُوْنَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْ ضُوكُمْ وَاللهُ They swear by Allah to you. 62 لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَرَسُولُةَ اَحَقُّ اَنْ تُرْضُوهُ إِنْ كَانُوا Messenger are more worthy that مُؤْمِنِينَ to please you; but Allah and His they should please him and God, if they are believers. 1217 اَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ مَنْ يُحَادِدِ اللَّهَ Have they not known that. 63 b whoso opposes Allah and His وَرَسُولَهُ فَأَنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا فِيهَا Messenger, for him is the fire of ذلِكَ الْخِزْيُّ الْعَظِيمُ ) يَحْذَرُ الْمُنْفِقُونَ أَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمُ Hell, wherein he shall abide? That is the great humiliation. 64. The hypocrites fear lest a Sūrah should be revealed ، سُوْرَةٌ تُنَبِّتُهُمْ بِمَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ قُلِ against them, informing them of E اسْتَهْزِهُ وَأَ إِنَّ اللهَ مُخْرِجٌ مَا تَحْذَرُونَ what is in their hearts. Say, 'Mock ye! surely, Allah will bring to light what you fear. '1218 "9:96. b58:6, 21. when they proved to be true, he very often pardoned them. So, it was not right for them to taunt him for keeping himself informed of what went on around him. 1217. Commentary: The hypocrites used to try to please influential Muslims by making pious professions of good faith. The verse exposes their real motives by saying that if they were really sincere in their professions, they ought to have first tried to please the Prophet, who was their Leader and Master. As they had never done SO, their dishonesty was established; and Muslims were, therefore, warned to be ever on their guard against the wiles of the hypocrites and not to allow themselves to be deceived by their flattery. 1218. Commentary: The verse lifts the veil from the jokes the hypocrites used to indulge in at the cost of the Holy Prophet and the Muslims. When they sat together in private, they used to say jokingly to one another that they feared lest God should send down a Surah to the Prophet informing him of what lay concealed in their minds. They did not actually believe that the Holy Prophet might indeed receive revelation about their secret thoughts from God, because they did not believe him to be the recipient of Divine revelation. They only said this by way of ridicule, as the words that follow, i. e. Mock ye, indicate. 1172