(32) [2076]They want to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses ˹all˺ but only to perfect His Light[2077]; even to the acrimony of the Deniers[2078].
[2076] This reveals what malicious intentions they harboured towards Islam, God’s Light to humanity, once it had come into prominence, by weaving and fabricating lies (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Baghawī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah); all the more reason, then to fight them (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr). They did their best to prove the Messenger (ﷺ) a liar, turn people away from Islam, aiding and abetting Islam’s enemies by spreading confusion and rumours, inciting the Deniers into resisting and fighting the call. All this was done by blowing hot air from their mouths, little did they know that “light” cannot be put out by air (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Zamakhsharī, Ibn ʿĀshūr): “˹Remember˺ When ʿĪsā, son of Maryam, said: “Children of Israel! I am truly Allah’s Messenger to you, confirming the Torah which came before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger after me whose name is Aḥmad.” Yet when he came to them with clear proofs, they said: “This is pure magic!” *Who could be more unjust than someone who fabricates lies against Allah when called to submit to Him? God does not guide the unjust people: *They want to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will surely perfect His Light; even to the acrimony of the Deniers. *He is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of Truth to make it outshine all other religions; even to the acrimony of the Associators” (61: 6-9). [2077] “…today I have perfected your religion for you, finalized My Favour on you and I approve Islam as a religion for you…” (5: 3). [2078] “To establish the Truth and abolish falsehood, even to the acrimony of the criminal” (8: 8).
(33) He is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of Truth to make it outshine all ˹other˺ religions; even to the acrimony of the Associators.
(34) [2079]You who Believe, many of the rabbis and monks devour people’s money in falsehood and turn ˹others˺ away from the path of Allah. [2080]Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend them in the cause of Allah give them ˹Muhammad˺ the tidings of a painful Punishment.
[2079] This exposes the immorality of many among those whose followers take as ‘Lords’ others besides Allah, by following their laws instead of God’s laws; they are no more than greedy money-grubbers (cf. al-Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr, Tafsīr al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah). [2080] This is a timely moralizing parenthesis directed mainly at the Believers to encourage them to spend out of their money (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, al-Rāzī, al-Shinqīṭī, Aḍwā’ al-Bayān). Financial resources were much needed at that time to build the Muslim state, especially as this aya came down in the aftermath of the Tabuk Expedition, also known as the Expedition of Undersupply (al-ʿusrah), a condition which is clearly described in the coming ayas as the sura unfolds (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).
“Let not those who are miserly with what Allah has ˹bountifully˺ bestowed on them from His Grace think that this is better for them. Nay, but it is evil for them; they will be collared ˹around their necks˺ with what they withheld on the Day of Judgement…” (3: 180). Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “They are the worst losers by the Lord of the Kaʿbah!” I said: “My dearest Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! Who are they?” He said: “They are the wealthiest. Except the one who does like this, and this, and this – ˹gesturing open-handed spending˺ from his front, back, right and left – but few are these really. No owner of camels, cows and sheep who does not give out their due zakah, except them coming on the Day of Judgement as big and fat as they have ever been, butting him with their horns and trampling him with their hooves. When the last of them has finished doing so, the first comes around to do the same to him ˹again˺, until the Judgement of ˹all˺ people has finished” (al-Bukhārī: 6638, Muslim: 990); Thawbān (رضي الله عنه) narrated: “When the aya that came down regarding gold and silver was revealed, people wondered: “So what type of money shall we take?” ʿUmar ˹(رضي الله عنه)˺ said: “I shall seek knowledge of this matter for you!” He then sped his camel, while I followed him, until he caught up with the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: “Messenger of Allah, what type of money shall we take?” He (ﷺ) replied: “Let one of you take a thankful heart, a tongue which mentions ˹Allah all the time˺ and a Believing wife who helps him over matters of the Hereafter” (al-Tirmidhī: 3094, Ibn Mājah: 1856).
(35) On the Day when they are heated up in Hellfire and seared with them will be their foreheads, their sides and their backs[2081]: “This is what you hoarded for yourselves; taste then what you used to hoard!”
[2081] Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “None of the owners of gold and silver, who does not give out their due ˹charity˺, without them, on the Day of Judgement, turned into sheets of fire and heated up in Hellfire to sear his side, forehead and back by them. Whenever they cool down, they will be heated up again for him on a Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years. ˹It goes on˺ Until Allah judges between people and looks into his matter ˹and consigns him˺ either to Hellfire or Paradise” (Muslim: 987).
(36) [2082]Verily the number of months with Allah is twelve months – ˹so ordained˺ in the Book of Allah[2083] ˹from the time˺ when He created the Heavens and Earth[2084] – four of which are sacrosanct[2085]. That is the upright religion; so do not wrong yourselves during them[2086]. [2087]Fight the Associators as a whole as they fight you as a whole and know that Allah is with the Mindful.
[2082] As much as the People of the Book, the pagan Arabs also sabotaged some of God’s laws to their advantage. For this they deserved a much stronger condemnation (cf. Abū Ḥayyān). [2083] Most exegetes agree that the Book of Allah mentioned here is the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ) (cf. al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ). [2084] Ibn Rajab (Laṭā’if al-Maʿārif, p. 112, cf. also al-Saʿdī) explains this: “˹Allah Almighty˺ Glorified be He says that since He created the Heavens and Earth…and created all that is in the sky… He made the sun and the moon swim in their ˹respective˺ orbits. The darkness of night and whiteness of day are a result of that. Ever since then He made the year 12 months long, according to the crescent. The year in the ˹Divine˺ law is counted after the moon’s movement and its emergence”: “He it is Who made the sun a radiance, and the moon a light, and determined for it stations, that you might know the number of years and the reckoning ˹of time˺. God did not create these, save in Truth. He expounds the Signs for a people who know” (10: 5). [2085] al-Ashhur al-Ḥurum, lit. the sacrosanct, inviolable months, in which it was agreed that no fighting, or aggression, was permissible: namely, Rajab, Dhū al-Qiʿdah, Dhū al-Ḥijjah, al-Muḥarram (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, al-Qurṭubī). They were deemed so by God for Abraham (عليه السلام) to make pilgrimage possible and for the benefit of people (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr): “Allah made the Kaʿbah, the Sanctified House, a bastion ˹of well-being˺; as well as the sacrosanct month, gifted offerings, garlanded sacrifices ˹are instituted for good cause˺…” (5: 97). [2086] By violating them and committing misdeeds (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah): “You who Believe, do not pronounce lawful ˹violation of the sanctity of:˺ Allah’s Symbols, the sacrosanct month…” (5: 2). [2087] God gives Believers permission to fight back should the Associators initiate aggression during these months by way of taking advantage of the loophole they, themselves, created in the law (cf. al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar, Ibn ʿĀshūr): “The sacrosanct month is by way of ˹replacement for˺ the sacrosanct month; ˹violation of˺ what is prohibited is repayable. Whoever transgresses against you, transgress against them as much as they did and be Mindful of Allah and know that Allah is with the Mindful” (2: 194).
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GET / https://quranenc.com/api/v1/translation/sura/{translation_key}/{sura_number} description: get the specified translation (by its translation_key) for the speicified sura (by its number)
Parameters: translation_key: (the key of the currently selected translation) sura_number: [1-114] (Sura number in the mosshaf which should be between 1 and 114)
Returns:
json object containing array of objects, each object contains the "sura", "aya", "translation" and "footnotes".
GET / https://quranenc.com/api/v1/translation/aya/{translation_key}/{sura_number}/{aya_number} description: get the specified translation (by its translation_key) for the speicified aya (by its number sura_number and aya_number)
Parameters: translation_key: (the key of the currently selected translation) sura_number: [1-114] (Sura number in the mosshaf which should be between 1 and 114) aya_number: [1-...] (Aya number in the sura)
Returns:
json object containing the "sura", "aya", "translation" and "footnotes".