The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 765
PT. 11 AT-TAUBAH CH. 9 فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ Why, then, does not a party from every section of them go ليَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا forth that they may become well رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ may warn their people when versed in religion, and that they they return to them, so that they may guard against evil?1269 R. 16. يَا يُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم O ye who believe! fight. 123 مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً and let them find وَاعْلَمُوا اَنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ ल such of the disbelievers as are near to you hardness in you; and know that Allah is with the righteous. 1270 وَإِذَا مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُوْرَةٌ فَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ يَقُولُ And whenever a surah is. 124 E sent down, there are some of اَيُّكُمْ زَادَتْهُ هُذِةٍ اِيْمَانًا فَأَمَّا them who say: “Which of you 1269. Commentary: "2:191. 48:30. As weakness of faith and works resulted from lack of knowledge and training, the present verse speaks of the way in which such a weakness could be removed. The Arabs of the desert were quite ignorant of the teachings of Islam (9:97). The verse suggests a practical method of instructing them in the tenets and principles of the Faith. A certain number from every tribe or section were required to come to Medina for instruction in the teachings of Islam, and then go back to their respective people and teach them what they had themselves learned. It was indeed the easiest, the most effective and practical method of learning the principles and teachings of the new Faith and imparting them to others. 1270. Commentary: The words, such of the disbelievers as are near to you, signify those hypocrites who lived among the Muslims and intermixed with them. Muslims were enjoined to fight them as a class and not each and every one of them individually. They were to fight them by exposing their malpractices and hypocritical deeds and by bringing these to the notice of the Holy Prophet. 1205 The words, and let them find hardness in you, mean that, like a hard thing which refuses to receive impressions, a Muslim should not allow himself to be influenced by his evil desires and the evil persons who surround him.