RENAISSANCE DECEMBER 2020

Qur’ ā nic Exegesis 19 Monthly Renaissance December 2020 ﻠۡﻜﻢۡ ¾ ﻧﻤﺎ ﻟۡﺤﻴٰﻮة ﻟﺪﻧۡﻴﺎ ﻟﻌﺐٌ و ﻟﻬۡﻮٌ @ و نۡ ﺗﺆۡﻣﻨﻮۡ و ﺗﺘﻘﻮۡ ﻳﺆۡﺗﻜﻢۡ ﺟﻮۡرﻛﻢۡ و ﻵﻹ ﻳﺴۡـ ﻣۡﻮ ﻟﻜﻢۡ ﴿ ٣٦﴾ جۡ ﺿۡﻐﺎﻧﻜﻢۡ ﴿ Bۡº ﻠۡﻜﻤﻮۡﻫﺎ ﻓﻴﺤۡﻔﻜﻢۡ ﺗﺒۡﺨﻠﻮۡ و ﻳ ¾ نۡ ﻳﺴۡـ ٣٧﴾ ﺆﻵﻼء ﺗﺪۡﻋﻮۡن Q ﺎﻧۡﺘﻢۡ ﻫ Q ﻫ ﻔۡﺴﻪٖ @ و ﷲٰ Œ ۡ و ﻣﻦۡ ﻳﺒۡﺨﻞۡ ﻓﺎﻧﻤﺎ ﻳﺒۡﺨﻞﻋﻦ  ﻓﻤﻨۡﻜﻢۡ ﻣﻦۡ ﻳﺒۡﺨﻞ  ٰ ,ۡ ﺳﺒﻴۡﻞ ﷲ n ۡ ﻟﺘﻨۡﻔﻘﻮ ﺛﻢ ﻵﻹﻳﻜﻮۡﻧﻮۡۤ ﻣۡﺜﺎﻟﻜﻢۡ ﴿ 5 ۡ ﻢ z…ۡ† و نۡ ﺗﺘﻮﻟﻮۡ ﻳﺴۡﺘﺒۡﺪلۡ ﻗﻮۡﻣًﺎﻏ  آء ¶ و ﻧۡﺘﻢ ﻟۡﻔ PÀ ﻟۡﻐ ٣٨﴾ reduction to you in the matter of your deeds. (33-35) This life of the world is a sport and entertainment. If you profess faith and be virtuous, God will give your reward to you and will not ask you to give all your wealth 60 and if He does ask you and ask you all your wealth, [it is known that] you will show stinginess [and clearly deny] and through this He will make evident your malice [hidden in the hearts.] 61 Listen! You are people who when invited to spend [some part of your wealth] in the way of God, then there are also some among you who show stinginess [in it. Remember that] he who shows stinginess, is in fact stingy with his own self. 62 God is self-sufficient and you are dependent on Him. [If you want to disobey God, go and do it.] If you show disobedience, God will bring forth other people in your place; then they will not be like you. 63 (36-38) ـــــــــــــ ــــــــــــ 60. The actual words are: ۡ ﻠۡﻜﻢۡ ﻣۡﻮ ﻟﻜﻢ ¾ وﻵﻹﻳﺴۡـ . The word ﺣْﻔﺎءٌ is suppressed after ﻠۡﻜﻢۡ ﻣۡﻮ ﻟﻜﻢۡ ¾ و ﻵﻹ ﻳﺴۡـ as is evident from the next verse. This is the same style which has been explained earlier: when details of something are forthcoming, it is first mentioned concisely. What is understood to be present in this succinct form can be understood from the details. The implication is that God will not put them through the trial of asking them to spend all their wealth for His cause; He will only ask a part of it. 61. I.e., the veil from their weakness and hypocrisy will be lifted and the enmity they hide in their hearts for God’s messenger and His message will be exposed. Hence instead of making such statements, they should try to purify their inner selves. 62. This is because as a result of this attitude a person deprives himself of the eternal kingdom of God. 63. I.e., these people will not have malice for God like them. They will not be averse to seeking His pleasure, will not be after the life of this world and will not be ones who have hidden relationships with God’s enemies. On the other hand, they will love God, seek His pleasure and success in the Hereafter and will remain steadfast on being faithful to God and His messenger.