The Holy Quran 5:41 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ ۛ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦ ۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَـٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Translation

O Rasool! Let not (the behaviour and actions of) those people depress (grieve) you who race towards kufr, (they are) from among those (Munaafiqeen) who say with their mouths, "We have Imaan!" but their hearts do not contain Imaan. And (those who race towards kufr are also) from the Jews (from Banu Qurayzah), who attentively listen to lies (that their scholars tell them) and who attentively listen (spy) on behalf of another nation that have not come to you (to pass news to them). (When two married Jews committed adultery and were required to be stoned to death according to Jewish law, their tribe sent some Jews to Rasulullaah ﷺ hoping that he may pass a lighter sentence on them. Referring to this incident, Allaah says,) They (the Jews) change words (of the Torah that pass the sentence of stoning to death) from their places (so that it may not apply to them) and say (to those stating the case to Rasulullaah ﷺ), "If you receive this (a sentence by which the couple will not be stoned) then accept it and if you do not receive it, then beware (and do not accept it)." Whoever Allaah desires (wants) to test (by allowing him to be misled), you shall never be able to assist him against (the punishment of) Allaah. These are the ones whose hearts Allaah does not intend to purify (from kufr and sin). For them shall be humiliation in this world and an awful punishment in the Aakhirah.

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

يا أيها الرسول لا يحزنك الذين يسارعون في جحود نبوتك من المنافقين الذين أظهروا الإسلام وقلوبهم خالية منه، فإني ناصرك عليهم. ولا يحزنك تسرُّع اليهود إلى إنكار نبوتك، فإنهم قوم يستمعون للكذب، ويقبلون ما يَفْتَريه أحبارُهم، ويستجيبون لقوم آخرين لا يحضرون مجلسك، وهؤلاء الآخرون يُبَدِّلون كلام الله من بعد ما عَقَلوه، ويقولون: إن جاءكم من محمد ما يوافق الذي…

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