tafseer verse 135 of Surat An-Nisa Part 1
Tafseer verse 135 of Surat An-Nisa Part 1 verse 135 in Surah An-Nisa In the name of Allah, the Merciful and the Compassionate Praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Master Muhammad, the truthful, the trustworthy. O Allah, we have no knowledge except what You taught us; You are [The Omniscient] and [The All-Wise]. O Allah, teach us what is beneficial, and make what you have taught us practical for us, and increase our knowledge; and show us the truth as a truth and grant us to pursue it, and show us the falsehood as a falsehood and grant us to avoid it. Make us of those who listen to the word and do the best of it, and make us, through your mercy, amongst your righteous worshippers.O believing brothers, we are now with the lesson.59 of Surat an -Nisa’a, verse n.135. Allah, All-Mighty, said: Oh, you who believe stand firmly for justice as witnesses for Allah, even as against yourselves or your parents or your near of kin, whether it be against rich or poor, Allah can best protect them. So do not follow your lusts, lest you deviate, for if you twist or turn, then indeed Allah is- Acquainted with what you do.Surat An-Nisa’a 135Dear noble brothers, as it is known for you that every verse started with Allah All-Mighty’s saying: [O you who believe], it meant that by your covenant of faith with Allah, you should follow His commandments and you should avoid He prohibits; because when Allah Azz Waa Gal talked to all people, He spoke of the fundamentals of religion. [ O people! Worship your Lord, Who created you.] Surat Al-Baqarah 21.But when Allah talked to the believers, in particular, He spoke of the details of the religion.Because you believed in Allah as the creator of you and you thought that He is the one who raised you up and guided you because you believed in His existence, oneness and perfectness because you believed in His beautiful names and His sublime qualities,and you believed in Him as a Well-Acquainted,All-knowing, All-Wise, Merciful and Just you should submit to His commandments. You should seek to know what He, All-Mighty, wanted from you to do. Some people believe in Allah, but they do not search for what Allah wants from them. This kind of faith does not move his adopter forward or backwards.One of the necessities of faith is to believe in Allah and to believe in what He wants from you. You believe in Allah through the universe and through thinking, and you realize what He wants from you through the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).Thus, believing in Allah and His Prophet are interrelated. Believing in Allah means to believe in His existence, His perfectness and His oneness, and believing in the Prophet [p.b.u.h.] means to believe in what Allah wants you to do: Why did He create you? What do you have to do? “Oh, you who believe, stand firmly [be Quawameen] for just.” verse n.135 Quawameen is the plural of Quawaam; Quawaam is the excessive form of Qua’am.For example, if someone lies only for one time, it will be said about him that he is a liar, i.e.Kazab, but if lying is his style of life, it will be said about him that he is Kazzaab, i.e. the exaggerating form. This exaggerating form means continuity. When Allah says: be qua’aman with the just, it means for one time only.But when Allah says to be Quawaman with just, it means to be Quawaman forever.Al-Quast is Al-Adl i.e. the just, but what is the difference between them both?Actually, Quasat is the past form of the verb Aquasat and Zalama is the past form of the verb Yazlm. “And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.”Surat Al-Jinn verse n.15. It is narrated that someone visited an Emir [Al Hagaag Ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafee] and said to him: you are Quasat and Aadal. The Emir said to his guests:Do you know what does he say to me?They said: he has praised you.The Emir replied: No, but he told me you are unjust and infidel.They asked: how?He said: “and as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.”Surat Al-Jinn, verse n.15.“Yet those who disbelieve in Allah ascribe others as equals with their Lord.”Surat Al-An’aam verse n.1Quasat means Zalama, i.e. to be unjust. Aquasat means to remove injustice.Al-Adl, i.e. justice is to distribute people’s rights first. Thus, you are a just man. But if we say you are Muaq’asat, it means that you return requests back to their owners and you remove the injustice. Actually, Al-Adal is in the first stage. When you distribute your wealth among your children according to Allah’s approach, you are just. But when you are biased toward one of your children and you are unjust with the others, and someone is trying to adjust the unfair division this one is named Muaqa’sat, i.e. he removes the unjust which infected the other brothers. Allah orders us to eliminate injustice. Actually, unjust people cannot realize triumph [in their lives], even if they believe in Allah.The evidence from the Quran:“Which of the two parties deserves to feel secure, if only you knew?Only those who have believed and have not polluted their faith by associating others with Allah have security and are rightly guided.”Surat Al-Anaam, verse 82.Some people believe in Allah. However, they spoil their faith with injustice.Indeed, Allah, All-Mighty, supports the infidel just nation against the Muslim unjust nation.Dear brothers, injustice is the most significant reason behind the collapse of nations. It is narrated by Aisha [may Allah be pleased with her]:Quraish was interested in the woman from the Makhzoom tribe who had stolen. Who dares to speak about her matter with the Prophet (peace be upon him) to forgive her?They said only Usama Ibn Zaid, the most beloved one to the Prophet, can speak with the Prophet [about that woman].Usama talked to the Prophet
