Astrays and Losers

LESSON # 32 HOLY QUR’AAN

BAQARAH – 2

Astrays and Losers

Verse – 16 of 286, section -2

16.   These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.

16.   ‘Ulaaa-‘ikallazii-nashtara-wuz-zalaalata bilhudaa: famaa rabihat-tijaaratuhum ‘wa ‘maa kaanuu muhtadiin.

Lesson    ishtara-wu – (They purchase). To get exchange with the other. This word is used  for the both ‘buy’ and ‘sell’. Hypocrites have power of choice to accept the Belief. But they choose the way of infidelity and hypocrisy.             Maa rabihat – (Do not prosper).         Result of hypocrisy is stated in this lesson that these people go astray leaving the path of guidance. It means that the hypocrites extinguished the Light of humanity due to which every person can get comfort of Eternal Life and goodness. The guidance they had to get, forgot it and grew in themselves bad habits and evil manners. They thought themselves that they had tried to strike a good bargain. Saying oneness of God from their mouths, keeping infidelity in their hearts and being glad on their these deeds, how a good wonderful bargaining?          God Almighty commands that they are losers in this bargaining. They achieved casual and sensual, destroyable advantages spending their entire life. If they would have achieved the comfort of their Eternal Lives spending their these casual lives and wealth in the way of God Almighty, that was a good bargaining. But they have destroyed also their real capital.          This depravity and lose of hypocrites is the result of their deeds which have been discussed in the previous verses (lessons) that they say themselves (with their tongues) believers of God and the Day of Resurrection but have not believe in their hearts. They want to deceive the Muslims and Allah Almighty. They have disease of infidelity and hypocrisy in their hearts.          They distress mischief at the name peace-making. They consider foolish to the Believers and peace-makers and say themselves believers in front of the Muslims. But when they go towards their Hypocrite leaders and evil doer friends, become their comrades.                            Transliteration in Roman Script, English Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall (Holy Qur’aan published by Paak Company, Urdu Bazar Lahore and Paraphrase collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore, translated By Muhammad Sharif Fauji

Mocking of Hypocrites

LESSON # 31 HOLY QUR’AAN

BAQARAH – 2

Mocking of Hypocrites

Verse – 14 & 15 of 286, section -2

14. And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe; and when they go apart to their devils they declare: Lo! We are with you; verily we did but mock.    15. Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.

14. Wa ‘izaa laqul-laziina ‘aamanuu qaaluu ‘aamannaa. Wa ‘izaa khalaw ‘ilaa shayaatiini-him, qaaluu ‘innaa ma—‘akum, ‘innamaa nahnu mus-tahzi-‘uun.   15. ‘Allaahu yas-tahzi-‘u bi-him wa yamuddu-hum fii tug-yaanihim ya’-mahuun.

Lesson    Shayaatiini-him – (Their devils). The word ‘Shaitaan’ has vast meanings in Arabic language. Mischievous and contumacious are also called devils. It is applied on the human beings and demons (ghosts) who have the nature of devils. In this verse ‘Shayaatiini-him’ means the Leaders of the Hypocrites who had become devils due to their mischief and contumacy.   Mus-tahzi-‘uun – (We mock), ridicule by imitating.   Tug-yaanihim – (in their contumacies)   Ya’-mahuun – (wandering blindly). Here it means the condition of a person in which he may not see the straight path and wanders hither and thither blindly.          Another stubbornness of the Hypocrites is mentioned here that they being two faced deceived the people. When they met the Muslims, deceiving them and winning their favour said, “ We also believed”. But when they went near their leaders in solitude, said: “We are with you, we deceive the Muslims. They are follies and simpletons. They tell their secrets considering us true and inform about their intentions and plans.”          Replying them Allah Almighty turned their mock back to them. Following proverb may be applied here, “As you sow, so shall you reap”. God Almighty has left them on so much in the worst condition that they are wandering blindly in their contumacies and struggling in the dark without Light of the Holy Qur’aan.                                   Transliteration in Roman Script, English Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall (Holy Qur’aan published by Paak Company, Urdu Bazar Lahore and Paraphrase collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore, translated By Muhammad Sharif Fauji