Transliteration:( Innal lazeena yujaadi loona feee Aayaatil laahi bighairi sultaanin ataahum in fee sudoorihim illaa kibrum maa hum bibaaligheeh; fasta'iz billaahi innahoo Huwas Samee'ul Baseer )
142. This means the infidels Quraish who try their best to falsify the verses of the Holy QURAN. Thus, from these the true commentaries of the Holy QURAN by the learned Ulama and their religious services are excluded, because these do not create mischief, out instead they eradicate mischief.
143. Those who had been deprived of the obedience of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسله were saying that since we are the leaders of the people, why should we obey anyone?
It should be remembered that engaging hemselves in holy war against the infidels with pride by the believers is an act of worship. To express arrogance in opposition to your Muslim brother is forbidden, while arrogance in opposition to the Prophet of Allah is infidelity. The devil's arrogance was in the third category, as a result of which he was destroyed.
144. In fact, they will be disgraced. This is exactly what had happened to them.
145. This tells us that we should seek refuge from the evil of the envious. Says Allah Almighty: "And from the evil of the envier when he envies me "(S113:V5).
The tafsir of Surah Muminun verse 56 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muminun ayat 51 which provides the complete commentary from verse 51 through 56.
(40:56) Verily those who dispute regarding the Signs of Allah without any evidence that might have come to them, nothing but vain pride fills their hearts. Yet they shall never be able to satisfy the pride[75] with which they are puffed up.[76] So seek refuge with Allah.[77] Verily He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
75. That is, the real cause for their opposition without any argument and their irrational crooked argumentation is not that they do not understand the thruth and the themes of goodness and reform being presented before them in the form of the revelations of Allah; therefore, they dispute about them in good faith in order to understand them. But the actual reason for their wrong attitude is that their selfconceit does not permit any tolerance. They do not want that in Arabia the guidance and leadership of Muhammad (peace be upon him) should be accepted and acknowledged. And ultimately one day they themselves should have to accept the leadership of the person against whom they think they have a greater right to be the chiefs and leaders. That is why they are straining every nerve not to let Muhammad (peace be upon him) have his way, and they do not hesitate to use any mean device whatsoever for the purpose.
76. In other words it means: He whom Allah has made great, will remain great, and the efforts of the small people who are trying to establish their superiority will ultimately end in failure.
77. That is, just as Moses (peace be upon him) had become free from fear and anxiety after invoking Allah Almighty’s help and refuge against Pharaoh’s threats, so should you also seek His help and refuge against the threats and conspiracies of the chiefs of the Quraish, then should busy yourself in raising His word being free from every anxiety.
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