Ayah 61 to 70: Allah
speaks about the hypocrites in the People of Book, when they came to you, they
say, “We have accepted your faith. “ However, they entered as unbelievers and
left it as unbeliever. Many of them compete with each other in sin, in
hostility and in accepting usury. Next He is reminding the rabbis and priests
that why they are not stopping the sinners. Moreover, it is not restricted to
the People of the Book but also applicable Muslim leaders. The Gateway of Knowledge, Imam Ali (a.s.) said in his Sermon of
“Qa’siya” 190: “In the past, Allah kept them away from His Blessings because
they had discontinued the Amre bil Maroof and Nahi anil Munkar.” He had
cursed the people for committing sins and the scholars for forgetting Nahi anil
Munkar. In the next Ayah, Allah condemned the Jews for saying that Allah’s
hands are bound. His hands are free and grants favors to His creatures as He
likes. With the rise of Islam, the Jewish power declined specially in the
Heja’az, hence one of Jewish man sarcastically uttered these words and the
others shared his feelings, hence Allah condemned all Jews. In the next Ayah,
Allah addresses the People of Book, Allah assures redemption of their bad deeds
and admits them in the Paradise if they would have accepted the faith, observe
piety. And also promises worldly benefits had they followed the laws of Old and
New Testament (in original form).
The Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.s.) was returning from Makkah after performing Hajj with over 100,000 companions when the Ayah of Coronation of the Commander of the Faithful was revealed
which read: “O Messenger, proclaim
what is revealed to you from your Lord. If you did not do so, it will be as
though you have not conveyed His message. Allah protects you from men. He does
not guide the unbelieving people.”The Noble Prophet said the historical phrase as:
“Man Kuntu Maula
Fa Haza Aliun Maula”
Later, Allah addressing the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.s.) reminds
the People of Book to follow the Old Testament and the New Testament and the
Noble Qur’an and that they will rebel against him (the Prophet). And He further
addresses the believers, Jews, Sabeans, and the Christians to believe in Allah,
the Day of Judgment and do right deeds then they need no fear nor they will be
grieved.
Ayah 71 to 80: Allah
says that in spite of their covenant, Israelites rejected the Messengers and
even killed some of them. Because of their misunderstanding, they thought
themselves to be chosen ones of Allah and hence they became blind of seeing the
realities and deaf of hearing the message. Allah forgave them but they returned
to old habits. Those who said that
Hazrat Eisa was God had become disbelievers. Hazrat Eisa himself had said:
“Worship Allah, my lord and yours. Allah will deprive of Paradise anyone who
considers anything equal to Allah, and his dwelling will be fire.” Even those
who say Allah is the third of the three were also disbelievers. There is no
Lord but Allah, the only one Lord. If they do not give up this belief, they will suffer painful torment. They
should repent and ask for forgiveness. Hazrat Eisa was just a Messenger like many
other Messengers. His mother was a truthful woman and that both of them ate
earthly food. It means they were
human beings. He is addressing the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.s) to ask the
disbelievers why they worship those who can neither harm nor benefit them.
Advising the People of Book not to exceed the limits of devotion to their
religion or follow the erroneous ones.
Hazrat Dawood and Hazrat Eisa condemned the disobedient and
transgressors among the Israelites. They did not prevent each other from
committing sins nor would they abstain.
Many of them became friendly with the disbelievers. They have invoked the
Wrath of Allah.
Sources used:
Translation of the Glorious Qur’an By:S.V.Mir Ahmad Ali &
Ayatullah Agha Pooya Yazdi
By:
Muhammad Sarwar
Tafsir-e-Namoona By:
Ayatulla Nasir Makaram Shirazi
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