Torment for wicked scholars (L-199)
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إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَكتُمونَ ما أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ مِنَ الكِتابِ وَيَشتَرونَ بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَليلًا ۙ أُولٰئِكَ ما
يَأكُلونَ في بُطونِهِم إِلَّا النّارَ 174a. |
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174a.
‘Innallaziina yaktu-muuna maaa ‘anzalAllaahu minal-Kitaabi
wa yashta-ruuna bihii samanan-qaliilan,
‘ulaaa-‘ika maa ya’-kuluuna fii butuuni-him
‘illan-Naara |
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174a. Those who
conceal what God revealed in the Book, and exchange it for a small
price—those swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. |
‘Samanan-qaliilan – (a small gain), the worldly benefits whether those are more comparatively to the gains and rewards of the Doomsday, even then, those are very lesser and unreal. This is the actual meaning of samanan-qaliilan.
God had also included the orders and instructions regarding lawful and forbidden things in the Divine’s laws of the Children of Israel, so that; the nation may recognize the Straight Path. But of that nation, a group of individuals monopolized the religion and this group was considered as the scholars of the religion and the monks. They began to explain and comment on the Scripture revealed heavenly. Then, due to worldly temptation, they used to tell the people those points, which favored them and purchased a small gain therewith explaining of confusion and exchanging according to the will of the people. Hence the purpose of God’s commands finished. So like this; the class of scholars went astray as well as they misled also the other people.
In this verse, their punishment is being mentioned that; due to such error, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire, as if; the poison has been mixed in a very delicious food, even then, apparently that food will be much tasty but after reaching into belly, it will ignite. Like this, these individuals are ruining their Hereafter due to worldly greed. Although, apparently, they are passing their lives with pomp and show, and comfortably, the people respect them, but in fact, their consequence will be much horrible.
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