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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (48)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (109-110)


{ وَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُم مِّن بَعْدِ إِيمَانِكُمْ كُفَّاراً حَسَداً مِّنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِهِم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْحَقُّ فَاعْفُواْ وَاصْفَحُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ } [البقرة: 109]

109- Verily, most Jews and Christians wished to get you back to disbelief as you were and to take away this goodness to which you were guided out of envy and hatred from their selves. That is because they do not like goodness for the people and after they knew that Muhammad is truly the Messenger of Allah whom they found written in the Torah and the Gospel. However, they disbelieved in him out of envy and oppression that he was not one of them.
Do not treat them with bad manners but be of good manners; do not punish or even rebuke them, but rather, forgive and pardon them until the command of Allah comes; which is the permission to fight or killing Banu Quraydhah, the evacuation of Banu An-Nadir or humiliating them by imposing taxes upon them. Verily, Allah is All-Able on everything and Able to take revenge of them whenever He wants.

{ وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُواْ لأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللّهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ } [البقرة: 110]

110- Offer Salah to Allah, keep to worshipping Him, pay Zakah (obligatory charity) of your properties and engage yourselves in what is beneficial to you so that you may attain goodness on the Day of Recompense. Whatever good or evil you do, whether secretly or publicly, He knows it well and saves it for you then holds you accountable for it.