Quran Chapter
5- 64a (Pt-6, Stg-2) (L-709) - درس قرآن
Arrogance of the Jews
Surah
MAAA-‘IDAH (The
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
‘A-‘uu-zu
Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
64. وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ غُلَّتْ
أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ ۘ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ
كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن
رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًا وَكُفْرًا ۚ
64a. The Jews say: Allah’s Hand is fettered. Their hands
be fettered and they may be accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His Hands
are spread out wide in Bounty. He bestoweth as He will. That which hath been
revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and
disbelief of many of them,
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64a. Wa qaalatil-Yahuudu YadUllaahi
magluulah. Gullat ‘ay-diihim wa lu-‘inuu
bimaa qaaluu. Bal Yadaahu mab-suuta-taani,
yunfiqu kayfa yashaaa’. Wa la-yaziidanna
kasiiram-minhum-maaa ‘unzila ‘ilayka
mir-Rabbika tug-yaananw-wa kufraa.
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Commentary
Magluulatun –
(fettered, chained), it is from gullun, which means “to tie, to
fasten”. It aims that Allah Almighty (Let us flee to God, Na-‘uuzu
Billaah) is ‘a miser’.
Gullat –
(are fettered), this word is also from gullun and it is a
curse for them. It means that their hands should be fettered. It is like a
proverb that “showing one’s displeasure to that person, who displeased the
one”. Any sign of curse is not necessary if any person is cursed by any human
being, but if Allah Almighty say “Kun” that is, without any delay “Fayakuun”.
Lu-‘inuu –
(they may be accursed), it is from la’-nat, which means ‘a curse’.
It is affect of above mentioned both curses that the Jews are miser as well as
cursed too.
The Jews had lost their wits so
much that they used to begin speaking the arrogantly words in the Grace of
Allah Almighty. Such a matter was described also in Surah ‘Aali-‘Imraan.
It was described there that when they are said, “Spend your property for the
Sake of God, pay the poor-due and give the alms, and consider it as you are
lending Allah Almighty. He will return you twofold, threefold or more in its
retaliation. These people are so outspoken that they begin to say, “Allah is
(let us flee to God) a beggar and we are rich, hence He begs from us to borrow
Him”.
In this verse, it has been
explained that they begin to talk nonsense, by observing the Muslims that they
have been improving and increasing, but their own condition decreasing day by
day, so they say, “(Na-‘uuzu Billaah) Allah’s Hand is fettered and He is
a niggard (let is flee to God) in giving us”. Allah Almighty commands, “Talking
so, you are cursed and you irritate Him. Actually you are misers. Both His
Hands are spread out wide. One Hand is of Bounty and the other of His wrath.
Your ancestors were under His Hand of Bounty due to their obedience and
abstinence, whereas you have been under His other Hand of wrath due to your
wickedness and disobedience, and collecting His curses due to wicked deeds and
tricks”.