The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 261
CH. 63 ۱۲ ركوعاتها ٢ سُورَةُ الْمُنْفِقُونَ مَدَنِيَّةٌ ٦٣ (AL-MUNAFIQÜN) بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ PT. 28 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنْفِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ When the Hypocrites come to. 2 thee, they say, 'We bear witness that thou art indeed اِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللهِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ the Messenger of Allah. ' And Allah لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنْفِقِينَ knows that thou art indeed His لكُذِبُونَ اِتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَنْ Messenger, but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are certainly liars. 4244 3. They have made their oaths a shield; thus they turn men away b evil is that which they have سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا from the way of Allah. Surely يَعْمَلُونَ been doing. 4245 ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ أَمَنُوْا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطِيعَ That is because they first. 4 عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ ) believed (and), then disbelieved. So a seal was set upon their hearts and consequently they understand not. 4246 4244. Commentary: "See 1:1. 9:9. 3:91; 4:138; 16:107. It is characteristic of a hypocrite that he makes loud profession of his faith and thus seeks to conceal the treachery and infidelity of his heart. 4245. Commentary: The hypocrites make loud professions of their faith and repeatedly declare on solemn oaths that they are sincere believers. This they do in order to hoodwink honest and unsuspecting believers into thinking that they are sincere and faithful followers of Islam like themselves, and thus by winning the believers' confidence they seek to create mischief among them. This is how they make their oaths a screen for their wicked designs. 4246. Commentary: 3157 The hypocrites, the verse purports