Nobody Can Harm Someone Save A Trifling Hurt

 

Admonition for the People of the Scripture (L-439)

وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ 110b. لَنيَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًى وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ 111.

110b.  Wa  law  ‘aamana  ‘Ahlul-Kitaabi  lakaana  khayral-lahum.  Min-humul-mu’-minuuna  wa  ‘aksaru-humul-faasiquun. 111.  Lany-yazurruukum  ‘illaaa  ‘azaa. Wa  ’iny-yuqaatiluukum  yu-walluukumul-‘adbaar. Summa  laa  yunsaruun.

110b.  Had the People of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are the believers, but most of them are sinners. 111. They will do you no harm, beyond insulting you. And if they fight you, they will turn around and flee, then they will not be helped.

 ‘Illaaa  ‘azaa – (save a trifling hurt), it means that the Jews will either abuse, or reproach with their tongues or will cause any other trifling hurt. They cannot harm you more than this.

God commanded to the People of the Scripture in this verse, “If you had believed, it was better for you, like this you also could join the khayral  ‘ummam  (the best of the communities). You would have been honored in the world and gotten reward in the Hereafter. But Alas! None of them accepted Islam besides a few persons {for example Abdullah bin Salaam or Negus (the Emperor of Abyssinia) etc}. Despite becoming the truth obvious, they stuck disobedience.

Most of the people from them are disobedient. God says, “O Muslims! You must not be afraid due to looking either their more manpower strength or materially arms and equipment”. It is promise by God that these disobedient will not be able to harm you on the condition that you prove yourself the best of nations in right meanings. These people at most can just abuse by tongue, or say to you bad things or cause trifling hurt. They neither can overcome you, nor can cause you any big trouble. Be sure that if they would fight against you, they will turn and flee away and they will not get any help. They will be disgraced by defeating.

This foretelling of Holy Qur’an became exactly true. During the times of Companions of Messenger (ﷺ) the People of the Scripture congregated like this. They tried hard for destruction of Islam and Muslims but could not harm Muslims. Wherever they competed, ran away after defeat. And at every occasion God helped the Muslims.

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