Surat An-Nisa' (151-160)

{أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الكَافِرُونَ حَقًّا وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا} [النساء: 151]

151- The disbelief of such people is ascertained and there is no consideration for the faith they claimed. Certainly, we have prepared a humiliating punishment for them and for the people of the like as a retribution for their disbelief.

{وَالَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَلَمْ يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ أُولَئِكَ سَوْفَ يُؤْتِيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَكَانَ اللهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} [النساء: 152]

152- And those who believe in Allah and in all His Messengers, such as the nation of Muhammad (peace be upon him) who have believed in all prophets and did not separate between any of them as others have done (by believing in some and denying others) those are the believers whom Allah shall give the full reward for their actions, increase His Favor to them because He is the Oft-Forgiving who forgives the sins of the repentant among His Servants, and show mercy to them by increasing their reward .

{يَسْأَلُكَ أَهْلُ الكِتَابِ أَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا مُوسَى أَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا أَرِنَا اللهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا العِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ البَيِّنَاتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَآَتَيْنَا مُوسَى سُلْطَانًا مُبِينًا} [النساء: 153]

153- The people of the Book among those who separated between the messengers asked you to send down for them a book from heavens in one volume and in a divine handwriting, as the case with the Torah. They did that as a matter of imposing hardship on you and out of haughtiness, disbelief, and atheism as they had asked the infidels of Quraysh before when they said:  "then we will put no faith in your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we would read." [Surat Al Isra':  93]. So, do not give much interest to their requests because they had asked Moses before for greater requests out of haughtiness and not for the sake of guidance. They said:  We want to see Allah with our own eyes. As a result, Allah punished them with a fire that destroyed them with their tyranny, oppression, and stubbornness. Then, they worshipped the calf despite the fact that their Prophet Moses provided them with remarkable miracles and clear signs that denote Allah's Divine power and Oneness. Finally, We pardoned them after they had repented and we gave Moses clear signs to prove the truthfulness of his prophethood:  the nine signs .

{وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا البَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا} [النساء: 154]

154- And We lifted the Mountain of Tur above their heads to accept the Torah, and when they saw it as a shade over their heads, they feared to fall on them, so they agreed and gave their pledge. And We told them on the tongue of their prophet Moses:  If you want to enter the door of Bayt Al Maqdis, you should enter prostrating and submissive, but they did not do so, moreover, they disobeyed and entered crawling on their buttocks. As a result, We commended them not to oppress themselves by breaking the command of Allah and fishing of whales on Sabbath. We already have taken from them a strong and confirmed covenant to follow these commands; otherwise they would be tortured by Allah. However, they denied, disobeyed, and fooled to commit sins .

{فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ بِآَيَاتِ اللهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا} [النساء: 155]

155- By their disobedience, breaking of promises and covenants which they were entrusted, denying the miracles and proofs that prove the truthfulness of their prophets, and killing their prophets (peace be upon them) without right, such as Zechariah and John the Baptist (peace be upon them) and their words to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that their hearts are locked and nothing of his speech they shall hear, despite the fact that they were sealed with disbelief and with fighting the truth and faith until their hearts were deprived of knowledge, such as the dark house which no light goes into because it has neither a door nor a window; they will not have but a weak faith, such as having faith in the prophethood of Moses (peace be upon him). However, believing in some prophets and refusing to believe in others is a kind of disbelief .

{وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَانًا عَظِيمًا} [النساء: 156]

156- They disbelieved in Jesus (peace be upon him) and claimed falsely against Mary, the mother of Jesus, when they cast her with adultery although she was the truthful virgin whom Allah gave preference over the women of the worlds

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{وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا المَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا} [النساء: 157]

157- They also said in pride and vaunt (may Allah curse them):  We killed that person who was called "the Christ," Jesus son of Mary. The truth is:  they neither killed nor crucified him as they claimed, but Allah made one of them look like Jesus and they thought him Jesus, therefore, they killed him. Those who killed him were in great doubt and maze about him. They were not certain of killing him, but they were in doubt, followed their whims, and did not know for sure. Certainly, they did not kill Jesus .

{بَلْ رَفَعَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ اللهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا} [النساء: 158]

158- However, Allah lifted Jesus to Him for sure and Allah is Cherished and no one can contradict Him when He wills something. When He avenges, no one can stop His avenge, and He is Wise in what He wills and controls .

{وَإِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا} [النساء: 159]

159- All the people of the Scriptures believe that Jesus was a human being and a prophet before they die because they are seen the truth. Only then, they realize the truth but how could they benefit from their faith at that time because in that case they were among the people of Barzakh (period between death and the Resurrection). Jesus (peace be upon him) shall bear witness against the People of Scriptures on the Day of Recompense of things that he witnessed them to do during his life on earth i.e., before being lifted and after his coming down again. He would bear witness that he had delivered the message, admit he was a human being, and bear witness against the Jews that they denied his message. He would bear witness also against the Christians who claimed that he was the son of god; (He may be Glorified).

{فَبِظُلْمٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَثِيرًا} [النساء: 160]

160-  Because of the Jew's oppression and their great sins, such as denying the Ayahs of Allah, worshipping the calf, inciting enemies against messengers, killing the prophets, and claiming false accusation against Mary,  We forbade some of the foods that were lawful to them because they directed themselves and others away from the religion of Allah many times .