Astrays and Losers

LESSON # 32 HOLY QUR’AAN

BAQARAH - 2

Astrays and Losers

Verse – 16 of 286, section -2

16.   These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.

16.   ‘Ulaaa-‘ikallazii-nashtara-wuz-zalaalata bilhudaa: famaa rabihat-tijaaratuhum ‘wa ‘maa kaanuu muhtadiin.

Lesson  ishtara-wu – (They purchase). To get exchange with the other. This word is used  for the both ‘buy’ and ‘sell’. Hypocrites have power of choice to accept the Belief. But they choose the way of infidelity and hypocrisy.           Maa rabihat – (Do not prosper).       Result of hypocrisy is stated in this lesson that these people go astray leaving the path of guidance. It means that the hypocrites extinguish the Light of humanity due to which every person can get comfort of Eternal Life and goodness. The guidance they had to get, forgot it and grew in themselves bad habits and evil manners. They thought themselves that they had tried to strike a good bargain. Saying oneness of God from their mouths, keeping infidelity in their hearts and being glad on their these deeds, how a good wonderful bargaining?        God Almighty commands that they are losers in this bargaining. They achieved casual and sensual, destroyable advantages spending their entire life. If they would have achieved the comfort of their Eternal Lives spending their these casual lives and wealth in the way of God Almighty, that was a good bargaining. But they have destroyed also their real capital.        This depravity and loss of hypocrites is the result of their deeds which have been discussed in the previous verses (lessons) that they say themselves (with their tongues) believers of God and the Day of Resurrection but have not believe in their hearts. They want to deceive the Muslims and Allah Almighty. They have disease of infidelity and hypocrisy in their hearts.          They distress mischief at the name peace-making. They consider foolish to the Believers and peace-makers and say themselves believers in front of the Muslims. But when they go towards their Hypocrite leaders and evil doer friends, become their comrades.                            Transliteration in Roman Script, English Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall (Holy Qur’aan published by Paak Company, Urdu Bazar Lahore and Paraphrase collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore, translated By Muhammad Sharif Fauji