Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 4
Ibn `Abbas said that, وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ (And who have faith in what is revealed to you and in what was revealed before you.) means, “They believe in what Allah sent you with, and in what the previous Messengers were sent with, they do not distinguish between (believing) them, […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 5
Guidance and Success are awarded to the Believers Allah said, أُوْلَـئِكَ (They are) refers to those who believe in the Unseen, establish the prayer, spend from what Allah has granted them, believe in what Allah has revealed to the Messenger and the Messengers before him, believe in the Hereafter with certainty, and prepare the necessary […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 6
Allah said, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ (Verily, those who disbelieve) meaning, covered the truth and hid it. Since Allah has written that they would do so, it does not matter if you (O Muhammad ) warn them or not, they would still have disbelieved in what you were sent with. Similarly, Allah said, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 7
Meaning of Khatama As-Suddi said that, خَتَمَ اللَّهُ (Khatama Allah) means, “Allah has sealed.” Qatadah said that this Ayah means, “Shaytan controlled them when they obeyed him. Therefore, Allah sealed their hearts, hearing and sight, and they could neither see the guidance nor hear, comprehend or understand.” Ibn Jurayj said that Mujahid said, خَتَمَ اللَّهُ […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 8
Meaning of Nifaq Nifaq means to show conformity – or agreement – and to conceal evil. Nifaq has several types: Nifaq in the creed that causes its people to reside in Hell for eternity, and Nifaq in deed, which is one of the major sins, as we will explain soon, Allah willing. Ibn Jurayj said […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 9
Meaning of Nifaq Nifaq means to show conformity – or agreement – and to conceal evil. Nifaq has several types: Nifaq in the creed that causes its people to reside in Hell for eternity, and Nifaq in deed, which is one of the major sins, as we will explain soon, Allah willing. Ibn Jurayj said […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 10
The Meaning of `Disease’ in this Ayah As-Suddi narrated from Abu Malik and (also) from Abu Salih, from Ibn `Abbas, and (also) Murrah Al-Hamdani from Ibn Mas`ud and other Companions that this Ayah, فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ (In their hearts is a disease) means, `doubt’, and, فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا (And Allah has increased their disease) also […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 11
Meaning of Mischief In his Tafsir, As-Suddi said that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented, وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ (And when it is said to them: “Do not make mischief on the earth,” they say: “We are only peacemakers.”) “They are the hypocrites. As for, لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 12
Meaning of Mischief In his Tafsir, As-Suddi said that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented, وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ (And when it is said to them: “Do not make mischief on the earth,” they say: “We are only peacemakers.”) “They are the hypocrites. As for, لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى […]
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah Al Baqarah Ayah 13
Allah said that if the hypocrites are told, ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ النَّاسُ (“Believe as the people believe,”), meaning, `Believe just as the believers believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, Resurrection after death, Paradise and Hellfire, etc. And obey Allah and His Messenger by heeding the commandments and avoiding the prohibitions.’ Yet the […]