Lesson
# 569 From Holy Qur’aan
Shutting Out the Congregation of Disbelievers, When
They Mock the Revelations
Surah Nisaaa’ (Women)
– Chapter – 4
Verse
–140 of 176, Section – 20/24 (Part – 5)
And He hath already revealed unto you in the
Scripture that, when ye hear the Revelations of Allah are being rejected and
derided, (ye) sit not with them (who disbelieve and mock) until they engage
in some other conversation; lo! In that case (if ye stayed) ye would be like
unto them. Lo! Allah will gather hypocrites and disbelievers, all together,
into Hell-
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Wa qad
nazzala ‘alaykum fil-Kitaabi
‘an ‘izaa sami’-tum
‘Aayaa-TIllaahi yukfaru bihaa
wa yustah-za-‘u bihaa
falaa taq-‘uduu ma-‘ahum
hattaa yakhuuzuu fii
hadiisin gayrih. ‘Innakum
‘izam- misluhum. ‘InnAllaaha jaami-‘ul-Munaa-fiqiina wal-kaafiriina fii
Jahannama jamii-‘aa.
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Lesson
Yustah-za-‘u -
(derided), its origin is ‘istih-zaa-‘un,
which means to mock, to taunt, to laugh
at. Particularly in this form that if the aim is to disgrace someone or
something.
Yakhuuzuu – (they engage), it is
from khawz, which means to be busy,
to reflect, to think, to go inside anything. Here it signifies ‘to engage in
some other conversation’. This Chapter (Surah)
was revealed in Madinah. This verse
was revealed about the behavior of the hypocrites of Madinah that they used to deride and jest the verses of the Word of
Allaah Almighty i.e. Holy Qur’aan. A command was also revealed on
the same subject during the life before it i.e. during the period in Makkah, because behavior of the people
of Makkah was the same as of the
hypocrites of Madinah. For reference
you can see also Surah ‘Al-‘An-‘aam
(Chapter: Cattle), verse # 68 (6:68), (“And when thou seest those who meddle
with Our Revelations, withdraw from them until they meddle with another topic.
And if the devil causes thee to forget, sit not, after the remembrance, with
the wrongdoing people”.
It has been mentioned,
“We have already revealed this command in the Holy Qur’aan. Entire Muslims should act upon that. That Order is not
only for the Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him), but
that is for all the Muslims. The assembly in which you listen that the
Revelations of Allaah Almighty are
being done insolence, Those are being derided and the faults are being found
into Them, being criticized and the people of the assembly are laughing at
Them, then you should go away from that assembly. If you stayed there, listened
to their fault-finding and jest, then you would also be like unto them and
would be included in the disrespectful.
However, when they
engage in some other conversation and do not discourse impudently about the
verses of Allaah Almighty, then it is
no sin to sit with them. Allaah
Almighty will gather the hypocrites and the disbelievers, all together, into
the Hell. They entire will suffer very severe torment there. Therefore, you
should not attend such assemblies, in which the Revelations, Verses and
Commands of Holy Qur’aan are being
derided and rejected. And if you are already sitting there, then you should not
sit there more at that time, lest you are also included in the Anguish.
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