يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ
لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ
وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ
أَن يُرْضُوهُ
إِن كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ
مَن يُحَادِدِ ٱللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَأَنَّ لَهُۥ
نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدًا
فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخِزْىُ
ٱلْعَظِيمُ
They swear by Allah
to you (Muslims) in
order to please you,
but it is more
fitting that they
should please Allah
and His Messenger,
if they are believers.
Know they not that
whoever opposes
and shows hostility
to Allah and His
Messenger, certainly
for him will be the
fire of Hell to abide
therein. That is the
extreme disgrace.
Hypocrites revert to Lies to please People
Qatadah said about Allah’s statement,
يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ
لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ
They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) in order to please you
“A hypocrite man said, `By Allah! They (hypocrites) are our chiefs and masters. If what Muhammad says is true, they are worse than donkeys.’ A Muslim man heard him and declared, `By Allah! What Muhammad says is true and you are worse than a donkey!’ The Muslim man conveyed what happened to the Prophet who summoned the hypocrite and asked him,
مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى
الَّذِي قُلْتَ؟
What made you say what you said
That man invoked curses on himself and swore by Allah that he never said that. Meanwhile, the Muslim man said, `O Allah! Assert the truth of the truthful and expose the lies of the liar.’ Allah revealed this Verse.”’ Allah’s statement,
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّهُ
مَن يُحَادِدِ اللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُ
Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allah and His Messenger
means, have they not come to know and realize that those who defy, oppose, wage war and reject Allah, thus becoming on one side while Allah and His Messenger on another side,
فَأَنَّ لَهُ نَارَ
جَهَنَّمَ خَالِداً فِيهَا
certainly for him will be the fire of Hell to abide therein
in a humiliating torment,
ذَلِكَ الْخِزْىُ الْعَظِيمُ
That is the extreme disgrace
that is the greatest disgrace and the tremendous misery.