He plucks out the teeth of dog and barks himself (L-75)
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أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ
وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ44. |
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44.
‘Ata’-muruunan-naasa bil-birri wa tansawna ‘anfusakum wa
‘antum tatluunal-Kitaab. ‘Afalaa ta’-qiluun. |
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44. Enjoin you
righteousness upon mankind while you yourselves forget (to practice it)? And
you are readers of the Scripture! Have you then no sense? |
‘Al-birri – meanings of this word are goodness and favor. Politeness, worship with full sincerity, good manners and kindness; all these things are included in it. Opposite to this word are errors, evils and sins.
‘Al-Kitaab – here ‘al-Kitaab means “Torah”, in which all commandments for the Jews regarding good deeds, adoration and religious matters were narrated.
When the days for destruction of any nation come, then among them, greedy for wealth, easygoing scholars and leaders grow, who apparently; preach the people every time to correct their habits, sympathize with other people with truth and faith at the time of negotiation, tell not a lie, deceive not any person, offer prayers, keep fasting and serve the people. But the preachers do not act upon their preaching themselves. Except comfort and pleasure of this world, they have no concern with anything. They wish only the influence of their preaching over others, so that they may get maximum rewards, tributes and offering at the name of alms; so that they may get maximum chances to be addicted to pleasure.
This badness was grown in the scholars of the Children of Israel. They were seekers only of worldly wealth and property, respect and celebrity. If they had intention to make the people good-natured by their influence, then it would be certainly praise-worthy, but making others good without it that they should make good at first themselves, cannot be so. And from it they were at a long distance.
In this verse, the scholars are being ashamed in these words, “what are you going to do this? You guide the people to be good and pious by your tongues every time, whereas personally you are far away from the Truth. Do you desire only that the people should accept you as their leader and spiritual guide; and serve you always? Alas! You read Torah and still you are convinced of showiness and indolent from correction of yourselves. It is the first demand of the wisdom that a person should show himself as example for others in the truth. Against the facts, you are guilty of deceiving the people. If you are sincere in advising the people, at first, you must act also yourselves according to your sayings.”
It could not be proved more
useful to admonish and frighten the Jews; however, there is a hidden advice for
the scholars; who believe that Holy Qur’an is a true Book,
i.e. “They should arrange to correct themselves before correcting others,
because becoming a hypocrite, treacherous, in-sincere and cheat is forerunner
of destruction and ruin of the nation.
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