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هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ
Lo! You are
أُوْلَآءِ
those
تُحِبُّونَهُمۡ
you love them
وَلَا
but not
يُحِبُّونَكُمۡ
they love you
وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ
and you believe
بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
in the Book
كُلِّهِۦ
all of it
وَإِذَا
And when
لَقُوكُمۡ
they meet you
قَالُوٓاْ
they say
ءَامَنَّا
We believe
وَإِذَا
And when
خَلَوۡاْ
they are alone
عَضُّواْ
they bite
عَلَيۡكُمُ
at you
ٱلۡأَنَامِلَ
the finger tips
مِنَ
(out) of
ٱلۡغَيۡظِۚ
[the] rage
قُلۡ
Say
مُوتُواْ
Die
بِغَيۡظِكُمۡۗ
in your rage
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
عَلِيمُۢ
(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِ
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
(is in) the breasts
هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ
Lo! You are
أُوْلَآءِ
those
تُحِبُّونَهُمۡ
you love them
وَلَا
but not
يُحِبُّونَكُمۡ
they love you
وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ
and you believe
بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
in the Book
كُلِّهِۦ
all of it
وَإِذَا
And when
لَقُوكُمۡ
they meet you
قَالُوٓاْ
they say
ءَامَنَّا
We believe
وَإِذَا
And when
خَلَوۡاْ
they are alone
عَضُّواْ
they bite
عَلَيۡكُمُ
at you
ٱلۡأَنَامِلَ
the finger tips
مِنَ
(out) of
ٱلۡغَيۡظِۚ
[the] rage
قُلۡ
Say
مُوتُواْ
Die
بِغَيۡظِكُمۡۗ
in your rage
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
عَلِيمُۢ
(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِ
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
(is in) the breasts
Translation
Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not,- though ye believe in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, "We believe": But when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage. Say: "Perish in your rage; Allah knoweth well all the secrets of the heart."
Tafsir
Lo (haa, 'lo!', is for calling attention [to something]), there you are, O believers, you love them, on account of their kinship and their [pretence of] friendship towards you, but they love you not, since they oppose you in religion; you believe in the Book, all of it, that is to say, in the Books, all of them, but they do not believe in your Book, and when they meet you they say, 'We believe,' but when they are alone, they bite at you their fingertips, in rage, in extreme fury at what they see of your mutual affection: the biting of the fingertips is used to figuratively express the severity of rage, even if there be no biting involved. Say: 'Perish in your rage, that is, be this way until the end of your lives, for you shall not see what will please you; God knows what is in the breasts', what is in the hearts, including that which these conceal.
"The Prohibition of Taking Advisors From Among the Disbelievers
Allah said,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ امَنُواۡ لَا تَتَّخِذُواۡ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمۡ
O you who believe! Take not as (your) Bitanah those other than your own,
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as advisors, so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very best to confuse, oppose and harm the believers any way they can, and by using any wicked, evil means at their disposal. They wish the very worst and difficult conditions for the believers. Allah said,
لَا تَتَّخِذُواۡ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمۡ
(Take not as (your) Bitanah those other than your own), in reference to taking followers of other religions as consultants and advisors, for advisors of a certain person have access to his most secret affairs.
Al-Bukhari and An-Nasa'i recorded that, Abu Sa`id said that the Messenger of Allah said,
مَا بَعَثَ اللهُ مِنۡ نَبِيَ وَلَاا اسۡتَخۡلَفَ مِنۡ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلاَّ كَانَتۡ لَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأۡمُرُهُ بِالۡخَيۡرِ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَبِطَانَةٌ تَأۡمُرُهُ بِالسُّوءِ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَالۡمَعۡصُومُ مَنۡ عَصَمَ الله
Allah has not sent any Prophet nor was there any Khalifah but they have two types of advisors, one that commands him with righteousness and advises it, and another that commands him with evil and advises him with it. Only those whom Allah gives immunity are immune.
Ibn Abi Hatim reported that Ibn Abi Ad-Dahqanah said,
""Umar bin Al-Khattab was told, `There is young man here from the people of Hirah (in Iraq, who were Christians) who is a proficient scribe. Why do you not appoint him as a scribe?'
Umar said, `I would then be taking advisors from among the disbelievers.""'
This Ayah and the story about Umar testify to the fact that Muslims are not allowed to use Ahl Adh-Dhimmah to be scribes in matters that affect the affairs of Muslims and expose their secrets, for they might convey these secrets to combatant disbelievers.
This is why Allah said,
لَا يَأۡلُونَكُمۡ خَبَالااً وَدُّواۡ مَا عَنِتُّمۡ
since they will not fail to do their best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you severely.
Allah then said,
قَدۡ بَدَتِ الۡبَغۡضَاء مِنۡ أَفۡوَاهِهِمۡ وَمَا تُخۡفِي صُدُورُهُمۡ أَكۡبَرُ
Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts conceal is far worse.
meaning, enmity appears on their faces and in what they sometimes utter, as well as, the enmity they have against Islam and its people in their hearts.
Since this fact is apparent to every person who has sound comprehension, therefore,
قَدۡ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الايَاتِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
Indeed We have made plain to you the Ayat if you understand.
Allah said next
هَاأَنتُمۡ أُوۡلاء تُحِبُّونَهُمۡ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمۡ
O! You are the ones who love them but they love you not,
meaning, O believers! You like the hypocrites because you think they are believers, for they pretend to be so, but they do not like you publicly or secretly.
وَتُوۡمِنُونَ بِالۡكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ
And you believe in all the Scriptures,
meaning, you have no doubt in any part of Allah's Book, while the hypocrites have deep doubts, confusion and reservations about it.
Muhammad bin Ishaq reported that Ibn Abbas said that,
وَتُوۡمِنُونَ بِالۡكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ
(and you believe in all the Scriptures),
means, you believe in your Book, their Book, and the previous Books, while the hypocrites disbelieve in your Book, and this is why they deserve that you dislike them instead of them disliking you.
Ibn Jarir collected this statement.
وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمۡ قَالُواۡ امَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوۡاۡ عَضُّواۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ الَانَامِلَ مِنَ الۡغَيۡظِ
And when they meet you, they say, ""We believe."" But when they are alone, they bite their Anamil at you in rage.
Qatadah stated that,
Anamil, means the tips of the fingers.
This is the behavior of the hypocrites who pretend to be believers and kind when they are with the believers, all the while concealing the opposite in their hearts in every respect. This is the exact situation that Allah describes,
وَإِذَا خَلَوۡاۡ عَضُّواۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ الَانَامِلَ مِنَ الۡغَيۡظِ
(But when they are alone, they bite their Anamil at you in rage) and rage is extreme anger and fury.
Allah said to them,
قُلۡ مُوتُواۡ بِغَيۡظِكُمۡ إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
Say:""Perish in your rage. Certainly, Allah knows what is in the breasts (all the secrets).""
for no matter how much you envy the believers and feel rage towards them, know that Allah shall perfect His favor on His believing servants, complete His religion, raise high His Word and give dominance to His religion. Therefore, O hypocrites, die in rage.
إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
(Allah knows what is in the breasts),
Allah has perfect knowledge of what you conceal in your hearts and chests and in the rage, envy and hatred you have against the believers. Allah will punish you for all this in this life, and they will have the good that you dislike for them. In the Hereafter, you will suffer severe torment in the Fire where you will remain for eternity.
Thereafter, Allah said
إِن تَمۡسَسۡكُمۡ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُوۡهُمۡ وَإِن تُصِبۡكُمۡ سَيِّيَةٌ يَفۡرَحُواۡ بِهَا
If a good befalls you, it grieves them, but if some evil overtakes you, they rejoice at it.
This only emphasizes the severity of the enmity that the hypocrites feel against the believers. If the believers enjoy fertile years, victories, support and their numbers and following increase, the hypocrites become displeased. When the Muslims suffer a drought or their enemies gain the upper hand against them, by Allah's decree, just as occurred during the battle of Uhud, the hypocrites become pleased.
Allah said to His believing servants,
وَإِن تَصۡبِرُواۡ وَتَتَّقُواۡ لَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡيًا
But if you remain patient and have Taqwa, not the least harm will their cunning do to you.
Allah directs the believers to safety from the wickedness of evil people and the plots of the sinners, by recommending them to revert to patience and by having fear of Allah and trusting Him.
إِنَّ اللّهَ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ
Surely, Allah surrounds all that they do.
Allah encompasses the enemies of the believers, all the while the believers have no power or strength except from Him. Whatever Allah wills, occurs, and whatever He does not will, does not occur. Nothing happens in His Kingdom except with His decision and according to His decrees.
Verily, whoever relies on Allah, Allah shall suffice for him.
Allah then mentions the story of Uhud, the defeat that He tested the believers with, His distinguishing the believers from the hypocrites and their patience."
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