Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating — Verse 32
83:32 · al-Mutaffifin
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وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona
Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating / al-Mutaffifin (83:32)
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and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’
Wa-itha raawhum qaloo inna haola-i ladalloona
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and when they see them that is the believers they say ‘Lo! these men are astray!’ on account of their belief in Muhammad (s).
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا في الدنيا يستهزئون بالمؤمنين، وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون سخرية بهم، وإذا رجع الذين أجرموا إلى أهلهم وذويهم تفكهوا معهم بالسخرية من المؤمنين. وإذا رأى هؤلاء الكفار أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقد اتبعوا الهدى قالوا: إن هؤلاء لتائهون في اتباعهم محمدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم، وما بُعث هؤلاء المجرمون رقباء على أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. فيوم القيامة يسخر الذين صدقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه من الكفار، كما سخر الكافرون منهم في الدنيا.
أي لكونهم على غير دينهم.
وقوله : ( وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قالوا إِنَّ هؤلاء لَضَالُّونَ ) أى : أن هؤلاء الذين أجرموا ، لا يكتفون بغمز المؤمنين ولمزهم وجعلهم مادة السخرية فى أحاديثهم مع أهليهم .بل إنهم تجاوزوا ذلك ، فهم عندما يرون المؤمنين يقولون عنهم : هؤلاء هم الضالون ، لأنهم تركوا دين آبائهم وأجدادهم ، ودخلوا فى دين آخر .فمرادهم بالضلال : فساد الرأى . وعدم البقاء على دينهم القديم .وهكذا الأشرار يرون أن أهل الحق والتقى فى ضلال .
وقوله: ( وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ لَضَالُّونَ ) يقول تعالى ذكره: وإذا رأى المجرمون المؤمنين قالوا لهم: إن هؤلاء لضالون عن محجة الحقّ، وسبيل القصد .
"وإذا رأوهم"، رأوا أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، "قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون"، يأتون محمداً صلى الله عليه وسلم يرون أنهم على شيء.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَضَالُّونَ (32) وجملة : { وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون } حكت ما يقوله الذين أجرموا في المؤمنين إذا شاهدوهم أي يجمعون بين الأذى بالإِشارات وبالهيئة وبسوء القول في غيبتهم وسوء القول إعلاناً به على مسامع المؤمنين لعلهم يرجعون عن الإِسلام إلى الكفر ، أم كان قولاً يقوله بعضهم لبعض إذا رأوا المؤمنين كما يفكهون بالحديث عن المؤمنين في خلواتهم ، وبذلك أيضاً فارق مضمون هذه الجملة مضمون الجمل التي قبلها مع ما في هذه الجملة من عموم أحوال رؤيتهم سواء كانت في حال المرور بهم أو مشاهدة في مقرهم .ومرادهم بالضلال : فساد الرأي . لأن المشركين لا يعرفون الضلال الشرعي ، أي هؤلاء سيئوا الرأي إذِ اتبعوا الإِسلام وانسلخوا عن قومهم ، وفرطوا في نعيم الحياة طمعاً في نعيم بعد الموت وأقبلوا على الصلاة والتخلّق بالأخلاق التي يراها المشركون أوهاماً وعنتاً لأنهم بمعزل عن مقدرة قَدْر الكمال النفساني وما همهم إلا التلذذ الجثماني .وكلمة { إذا } في كل جملة من الجمل الثلاث ظرف متعلّق بالفعل الموالي له في كل جملة .ولم يعرج أحد من المفسّرين على بيان مفاد جملة : { وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون } مع ما قبلها . وقال المهايمي في «تبصرة الرحمان» : «وإذا رأوهم يُؤْثِرون الكمالاتتِ الحقيقية على الحسية» فقدَّر مفعولاً محذوفاً لفعل { رأوهم } لإِبداء المغايرة بين مضمون هذه الجملة ومضمون الجُمل التي قبلها وقد علمت عدم الاحتياج إليه ولقد أحسن في التنبيه عليه .وتأكيد الخبر بحرف التأكيد ولام الابتداء لقصد تحقيق الخبر .
وهذا من أعظم ما يكون من الاغترار، أنهم جمعوا بين غاية الإساءة والأمن في الدنيا، حتى كأنهم قد جاءهم كتاب من الله وعهد، أنهم من أهل السعادة، وقد حكموا لأنفسهم أنهم أهل الهدى، وأن المؤمنين ضالون، افتراء على الله، وتجرأوا على القول عليه بلا علم.
وإذا رأوهم أي إذا رأى هؤلاء الكفار أصحاب محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون في اتباعهم محمدا - صلى الله عليه وسلم -
One who disregards his worldly considerations for the sake of the Hereafter is regarded as a fool and becomes diminished in the eyes of the worldly wise. But when the Hereafter comes, it will appear that the really wise ones were those who were considered foolish in the present world.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ (Indeed those who were guilty used to laugh at those who believed, 83:29). In these verses, Allah depicts fully the attitudes of the followers of falsehood [ non-believers ] towards the upholders of truth [ the believers ]. The non-believers used to laugh at the believers in the worldly life. In other words, they would mock at them and despise them. Whenever they would pass by the believers, they would wink at each other in contempt of them. When the non-believers returned home, they would take great pleasure in describing the mocking manner in which they treated the poor believers, saying that Muhammad has misled the simpletons.
If we review the situation today, [ it is no better ]. People, whose minds are contaminated with contemporary secular education, are careless about the religion and the Hereafter. Belief in Allah and the Holy Prophet ﷺ is nominal. They treat the [ religious ] scholars and righteous people exactly in the same manner as the non-believers used to treat the Companions ؓ in the days of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ]. May Allah salvage the Muslims from this painful scourge. There is much solace in this verse for the righteous believers. Never bother about their laughter and mockery. How well a poet puts it:
ہنسے جانے سے جب تک ہم ڈریں گے زمانہ ہم پہ ہنسا ہی رہے گا
'So long as we fear people's laughter [ at us ],
the people will continue laughing at us'
All amdulillah
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(And when they saw them) and when they saw the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) (they said) i.e. the disbelievers said: (Lo! These) the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) (have gone astray) from true guidance.
The Wicked Behavior of the Criminals and Their mocking of the Believers
Allah informs that the criminals used to laugh at the believers in the worldly life. In other words, they would mock them and despise them. Whenever they would pass by the believers, they would wink at each other about them, meaning in contempt of them.
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْ انقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
(And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting.) meaning, when these criminals turn back, or return to their homes, they go back pleased. This means that whatever they request, they find it. Yet, with this, they still are not grateful for Allah's favor upon them. Rather they busy themselves with despising and envying the believers.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُواْ إِنَّ هَـؤُلاَءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
(And when they saw them, they said: "Verily, these have indeed gone astray!") meaning, `because they are upon a religion other than their own religion.' Allah then says,
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـفِظِينَ
(But they were not sent as watchers over them.) meaning, these criminals have not been sent as guardians over the deeds and statements of these believers. These wrongdoers have not been made responsible for them. So, why are they so concerned with them, and why have they made them the focus of their attention This is as Allah says,
قَالَ اخْسَئُواْ فِيهَا وَلاَ تُكَلِّمُونِ
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَحِمِينَ - فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِيّاً حَتَّى أَنسَوْكُمْ ذِكْرِى وَكُنْتُمْ مِّنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ - إِنِّى جَزَيْتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُونَ
(He (Allah) will say: "Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me!" Verily there was a party of My servants, who used to say: "Our Lord! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of all who show mercy!" But you took them for a laughing stock, so much so that they made you forget My remembrance while you used to laugh at them! Verily, I have rewarded them this Day for their patience: they are indeed the ones that are successful.) (23:108-111) Thus, Allah says here,
فَالْيَوْمَ
(But this Day) meaning, the Day of Judgement.
الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
(those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers) meaning, as retribution for how those people laughed at them.
عَلَى الاٌّرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
(On thrones, looking.) meaning, looking at Allah as reward for bearing the false claims against them that they were misguided. They were not misguided at all. Rather they were the close Awliya' of Allah, who will be looking at their Lord in the place of His honor. Concerning Allah's statement,
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفْعَلُونَ
(Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do) meaning, `will the disbelievers be recompensed for their mockery and belittlement against the believers, or not' This means that they surely will be paid in full, completely and perfectly (for their behavior). This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Mutaffifin, and all praise and thanks are due to Allah.