The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 751
PT. 11 AT-TAUBAH CH. 9 قف عَلَى النِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْ نَحْنُ Medina also. They persist in hypocrisy. Thou knowest them نَعْلَمُهُمُ سَنُعَذِّبُهُمْ مَّرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ not; We know them. We will يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَذَابٍ عَظِيمِن punish them twice; then shall they be given over to a great punishment. 1250 وَاخَرُونَ اعْتَرَفُوا بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطوا And there are others who. 102 have acknowledged their faults. عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَ أَخَرَسَيْئًا عَسَى اللهُ أَنْ They mixed a good work with another that was evil. It may be يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمُ that Allah will turn to them with compassion. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. 1251 accusations against the first three Successors of the Holy Prophet and his prominent Companions. 1250. Important Words: (persist) is from (marada) which means, he exalted himself; he was insolent and audacious in pride and in acts of disobedience; he was excessively proud or disobedient or rebellious; he was refractory; or he outstripped others in pride or disobedience. They sayi. e. he became accustomed or inured to a thing and persisted in it. The expression means, they have become accustomed or inured to hypocrisy and persist in it; or they have become insolent and audacious in hypocrisy. has about the same meaning. (marida) with different vowel point at the central letter, means, it (a tree, etc. ) was or became destitute of leaves (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The reference in the opening part of this verse is particularly to the five tribes of the desert living near Medina, viz. Juhainah, Muzainah, Ashja, Aslam and Ghifar (Ma'ānī, vol. iii. p. 361). After the death of the Holy Prophet, the hypocrites from among the neighbouring tribes gathered together and made a raid on Medina (Khaldun, ii. 66). 1191 The word "twice" occurring in the sentence, We will punish them twice, does not refer to the form of punishment, but to the period thereof which is explained in 9:126 below, where the Quran says, do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice? Thus, the word "twice" occurring in the present verse signifies that the hypocrites would be punished in a period ranging from one to two years, i. e. if the punishment comes twice a year, they will have it in one year; if it comes once, they will have it in two years. 1251. Commentary: The verse refers to those Muslims