The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 227
CH. 59 AL-HASHR PT. 28 to His Messenger as spoils from وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْهُمْ فَمَا And whatever Allah has given. 7 اَوْ جَفْتُمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابِ them, you urged neither horse ولَكِنَّ اللهَ يُسَلّط رُسُلَهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ nor camel for that; but Allah gives authority to His Messenger over whomsoever He pleases; and Allah has power over all things. 4193 themselves up in their fortresses in defiance of the Holy Prophet's orders to surrender. After the siege had lasted for a few days, the Holy Prophet, in order to compel them to surrender, ordered that some of their palm trees of the lina (a) kind of which the dates are of very inferior quality and are quite unfit for human consumption should be cut down. It was after only six trees had been cut down, that the Banū Naḍīr surrendered (Zurqānī). The orders of the Holy Prophet were extremely lenient and were legitimate and quite in conformity with the laws of civilized warfare. 4193. Important Words: (given as spoils) is transitive verb from which means, he returned, particularly he returned to a good state or condition. means, I b words and and are used synonymously. But whereas according to some a signifies, what is obtained from disbelievers by force during war, signifies, what is obtained from them after laying down of arms or what God has given to Muslims of the goods of disbelievers such as poll-tax and that for which peace has been made with them or which they acquire without difficulty. According to some authorities ać is more general in signification than J, is more So فيء and غنيمة than According to the lawyers everything that may be lawfully taken of the property and goods of disbelievers is is that which is غنيمة Thus. فيء acquired with or without difficulty or labour, before or after the victory and is that which is had before the division of or which is acquired without fighting, and it differs from is فيء in this respect that whereas فيء فييء means, made it to return. afternoon shade; spoil or booty, so called because it returns from one party without difficulty; such of the possessions of disbelievers as accrue to Muslims without war or such as are obtained from them after laying down of arms. Loosely, the three 3123 the applied to the spoil from disbelievers after they have made preparation for war against Muslims, this condition does not apply to J (Lane & Aqrab). ركب camels) is derived from) ركاب They say a i. e. he rode