Thought Of Hypocrites

 

Hypocrites conceal their thought (L-475) 

يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَٰهُنَا  154c.

154c.  Yukhfuuna  fiii  ‘anfusihim  -maa  laa  yub- duuna  lak.  Yaquuluuna  law    kaana  lanaa  minal-‘amri  shay-‘um-maa  qutilnaa  haa-hunaa.

154c.  They conceal within themselves what they do not reveal to you. And they say, “If it was up to us, none of us would have been killed here.

It is being described continuously that the Muslims suffered from a temporary defeat, extreme distress and anxiety after getting victory in the Battle of ‘Uhud, because of the carelessness of the archers. The venturesome Muslims remained in the battlefield and put a bold front, but the coward Hypocrites ran away leaving the battlefield behind. They began to say after this incident for removing their disgrace, “Such was the Will of God, what is our power in this matter”? Their actual aim from this saying was, “Our counsel was not complied in connection with the battle. We advised the Messenger (ﷺ) that the enemies should be encountered by remaining in the Township, but he (ﷺ) went out of Madinah for war; to fulfill the instructions of the passionate young men. If we had some power and we would not be ignored then the Muslims would not have gotten so much loss”.

Maa  qutilnaa  haa-hunaa – (then we should not have been slain here), the Hypocrites determined the slaughter of Ansaar (real habitants of Madinah) as slaughter of their own. It can also be meant that ‘why so many people should have been slain; if the victory and superiority were to be in accord with the Sayings of Muhammad (ﷺ) and why this misfortune would have fallen upon us?’ It is obvious from the word haa-hunaa (here) that the Hypocrites used these words in Madinah, because Abdullah bin ‘Ubayy had returned to Madinah along with his companions before starting of the Battle. It has come in notice from some historians that a Hypocrite had used these words in the battlefield. It can be so that some Hypocrites would not have been returned due to some convenience.     

Although, it was opinion of the Messenger of God (ﷺ) also that the battle must be fought by staying in Madinah as well as, it was advice of the Hypocrites, but most of the young companions (May God be pleased with them) opined that they should fight going out from the Township. God’s Messenger (ﷺ) wore the chain armor for this purpose. In this form, the Hypocrites had no right to bring their men back from the Army of Islam. Entire decisions are in the Power of God. He gives victory if He wishes and gives defeat whenever He desires. It does not differ to fight with the enemy by remaining in the Township or going out of it. 

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