Who beguiles someone, beguiles not
but himself
Surah ‘Al-‘Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 9 & 10
of 286, Section – 2 of 40 (Part - 1)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
They think to beguile
Allah and
those who believe, and
they beguile none save themselves; but they perceive not.
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Yukhaadi-‘uunAllaaha wal-laziina ‘aamanuu.
Wa maa yakhda-‘uuna ‘illaaa ‘anfusa-hum wa maa
yash-‘uruun.
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Lesson
Yukhaadi-‘uuna -
(They deceive, beguile). It means “Hiding evil thought in the heart and showing
oneself a good friend, so that the other person may be deceived, and keeping
him in delusion.
‘Anfusa-hum (Their bodies, spirits, souls)
Wa maa yash-‘uruun. (They do not perceive). This word is built
from Sha’uur, according to Arabic language;
it means “to understand, to guess”. Here it aims internal perception. The Intention
is that they have fallen in self-delusion. But they do not know their folly.
In the last lesson, it was told about the Hypocrites that: whatever they say
with their tongues, their hearts do not accept, and what they keep in their
hearts, they do not say that with their tongue. They say themselves ‘Muslim’ for
obtaining favor and benefit from the Muslims or to escape themselves from their
hold. In addition, some more detail about their act of hypocrisy has been
enlightened in this lesson. They are committed in the crimes of deception and
cheating besides the infidelity. Opposing the Truth, their courage has increased
so much that; according to their thoughts, they have been deceiving God Almighty
too. During the period of Last Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him), they used
to join and attend the conferences of Muslim and consultations, reinstate their
confidence with Muslims and keep conspiracy also with the infidels secretly, telling
them the matters of Muslims and in the form of friends, used to stab in the
backs of the Believers.
This evil act of Hypocrites is censurable particularly because they try to
deceive the Believers. Keeping someone in delusion and misleading others is
their religion. Not only the Believers, but have they thought that they will
succeed to deceive God Almighty also. How much they are senseless, that a
creature thinks to deceive his Creator. So Allah Almighty says in His Holy Word,
Al-Qur’aan: They are ignorant, do not
perceive and have not decency of the Truth. They suppose that ignorance is
intelligence and wisdom is folly.
In their hearts is a
disease, and Allah Increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs
because they lie.
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Fii quluubihim-marazun, fazaada-humUllaahu marazaa Wa
lahum ‘azaabun ‘aliimum, bimaa kaanu yakzibuun.
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Lesson
Marazun – Disease. There are two kinds of
diseases, physical and spiritual. The fault, defect or pain in the body is
produced by the bodily disease. Spiritual disease enrages the manners, and the
spirit gets ailment. Here it is the talk about spiritual diseases of infidelity
and hypocrisy which stop the human being from doing good deeds and arranging
for the next life (after death). Here meanings of diseases are ailments of the
spirit which prevents to achieve the excellence, for instance; ignorance,
jealousy, ill-will, love of property & wealth and telling a lie etc.
Fa – (So) this particle indicates toward the talk
about consequence and fruit of above mentioned diseases.
Zaada – (Increased) it means: God increased
their jealousy giving more victories and promotions to the Messenger (peace be
upon Him) and the Muslims. The disease of enmity with Islam and jealousy with
Muslims increased more in their hearts.
‘Azaabun ‘aliim – (a Painful Doom/agony), they will be
punished with a painful agony on the Doomsday.
Yakzibuun –
(They tell a lie).
In this verse, the manners of Hypocrites are being enlightened with more detail.
They have ailment of infidelity and hypocrisy in their hearts which they have
grown themselves. As the Muslims get promotions and victories, jealousy and
ill-will increases in their hearts.
Fazaada-humullaahu
marazaa - (so Allah
Increaseth their disease). It doesn’t mean that God Almighty has increased
their infidelity and hypocrisy Himself, but it aims that due to the result of
their infidelity and hypocrisy, Allah Almighty has increased their ailment. Due
to such manner, the circumstances so changed, from which they took increase in
their disease. Otherwise, If they had used their sense correctly, they had found
the guidance from the same circumstances. As result of disease lessens the physical
strength, just like this, the result of spiritual disease will be in the form
of a Painful Agony on the Doomsday.
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