Astrays and Losers

 

Deriding by the Hypocrites (L–32)

وَإِذا لَقُوا الَّذينَ آمَنوا قالوا آمَنّا وَإِذا خَلَوا إِلىٰ شَياطينِهِم قالوا إِنّا مَعَكُم إِنَّما نَحنُ مُستَهزِئونَ 14.  اللَّهُ يَستَهزِئُ بِهِم وَيَمُدُّهُم في طُغيانِهِم يَعمَهونَ15.

14.  Wa  ‘izaa  laqul-laziina ‘aamanuu  qaaluu  ‘aamannaa. Wa    ‘izaa  khalaw  ‘ilaa shayaatiini-him,  qaaluu  ‘innaa ma-‘akum,  ‘innamaa nahnu mus-tahzi-‘uun. 15. ‘Allaahu  yas-tahzi-‘u  bi-him wa yamuddu-hum  fii tug-yaanihim  ya’-mahuun.

14. And when they come across those who believe, they say, “We believe”; but when they are alone with their devils, they say, “We are with you; we were only ridiculing.” 15. It is God who ridicules them, and leaves them bewildered in their transgression.

 

Shayaatiini-him – (Their Devils), the word ‘Shaytaan’ has very vast meanings in Arabic language. Mischievous and contumacious people are also called Devils. It is applied on those entire human beings and demons (ghosts) who have the nature of devils. In this verse ‘Shayaatiini-him’ means the Leaders of the Hypocrites who had become devils due to their mischief and contumacy.

Mus-tahzi-‘uun – (We mock), this word is from ‘istah-zaa’, which means to deride, to mock.

Tug-yaanihim – (in their contumacies), this word has been derived from ta-gaa. The origin of the word tug-yaani is also the same. It means “to deviate from a prescribed limit”. Here it aims “crossing the limit in insolence”.

Ya’-mahuun – (wandering blindly). This word has been made from the word ‘amah, which means “blindness”. Here it means the condition of a person, in which, he may not see the straight path and wanders hither and thither blindly.

Another stubbornness of the Hypocrites is being described in this verse that they used to practise bidirectional tricks, and deceive the people. When they used to meet the Muslims, for deceiving them and winning their favor, say, “We are believers also”. But when they used to meet their leaders in solitude, say: “We are with you, we make the Muslims foolish. They are foolish and simpletons. They tell their secrets considering us true and inform about their intentions and plans.”

Replying to them, God turned their mock back to them.

Following proverb may be applied here, “Tit for tat” or “As you sow, so you shall reap”. God has left them in so much worst condition that they have been wandering blindly in their contumacy and struggling in the darkness without Light of Holy Qur’an. 

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