Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, those who have committed crimes"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: In Surat al-Mutaffifin, regarding the saying of the Righteous, Blessed and Exalted is He: I seek refuge[An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Mutaffifin 83:29-30]. What is the interpretation of these two verses?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted informs us about the criminals among the disbelievers, the hypocrites, and those weak in faith that they used to look down upon those who believed. The sincere believers, the men of faith, they used to look down upon them.[Al-Mutaffifin 83:29] looking down upon them, making caricatures of their status. [Al-Mutaffifin 83:30], also pointing at one another, gesturing with their hands or with their lips, looking down upon them as well. And when they turned back, meaning these criminals, when they turned back, meaning they returned to their families, their homes, and their households, they turned back joking, amused by the reputations of the people of faith and what they said about them. So when they turned back to their families, Abu [the presenter] said: joking.
And when they see them, they see the people of faith, and they say, "Indeed, these are the misguided ones." That is, misguided from the path, not on a correct path.[Al-Mutaffifin 83:32]. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mutaffifin 83:33] We did not send these [angels] to be guardians over our awliya (close friends of Allah) and the people of faith, watching over their deeds and their conditions, until their state reached this harsh criticism.
Then He, Glorious and Exalted is He, clarified the end of these people: "Today, the believers, today meaning the Day of Resurrection, the believers who were looked down upon in this world. Today, the believers among the disbelievers. These are the ones they looked down upon in this world. They will laugh when they see them in the Fire being punished.
That is, they are laughing at the bad state they are in, as a recompense for what they did in this world of belittling the people of faith and mocking them. It is a just recompense from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) on the couches, in the gatherings in Paradise.[Al-Mutaffifin 83:35] They look down upon them in the Fire, and may Allah protect us from that. They look down upon them in the Fire, on the couches, watching their enemies while they are being tormented in the Fire and humiliated in the Fire. Then He the Exalted said: "Have the disbelievers been recompensed?"
I mean, it means the disbelievers have been recompensed. Is this a question of confirmation?[Al-Mutaffifin 83:36] In this world, regarding the people of faith? Yes, the disbelievers have been recompensed for what they did in this world with punishment and humiliation, and the people of faith have come to laugh at them, belittling them and taking revenge on them, by way of retaliation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: In Surat al-Mutaffifin, regarding the saying of the Righteous, Blessed and Exalted is He: I seek refuge
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ(29) Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed. (30) And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah the Exalted informs us about the criminals among the disbelievers, the hypocrites, and those weak in faith that they used to look down upon those who believed. The sincere believers, the men of faith, they used to look down upon them.
used to laugh at those who believed.
كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَAnd when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَAnd when they see them, they see the people of faith, and they say, "Indeed, these are the misguided ones." That is, misguided from the path, not on a correct path.
Indeed, those are truly lost."
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَBut they had not been sent as guardians over them.
وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَThen He, Glorious and Exalted is He, clarified the end of these people: "Today, the believers, today meaning the Day of Resurrection, the believers who were looked down upon in this world. Today, the believers among the disbelievers. These are the ones they looked down upon in this world. They will laugh when they see them in the Fire being punished.
That is, they are laughing at the bad state they are in, as a recompense for what they did in this world of belittling the people of faith and mocking them. It is a just recompense from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) on the couches, in the gatherings in Paradise.
On adorned couches, observing.
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَI mean, it means the disbelievers have been recompensed. Is this a question of confirmation?
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/081 — archive.org (0:50)
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