Draft:Ayah 149 of Surah Al-Imran
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| Verse's Information | |
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| Sura | Al-Imran (3) |
| Verse | 149 |
| Juz' | 4 |
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| Cause of Revelation | Related to the Battle of Uhud |
| Place of Revelation | Medina |
| Topic | Warning against obeying disbelievers |
Qur'an 3:149 serves as a stern admonition to Muslims, warning that obedience to disbelievers will precipitate a reversion to disbelief, resulting in ultimate and profound loss.[1]
| “ | يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ
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| “ | O you who have faith! If you obey the faithless, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will become losers.
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| — Qur'an 3:149 | ||
Exegetes widely associate Qur'an 3:149 with the events surrounding the Battle of Uhud.[2] According to Allama Tabataba'i, following the Muslim defeat in this engagement, disbelievers argued that the conflict with the Quraysh tribe was a strategic error that should be abandoned. These assertions fomented discord and division within the ranks of the believers.[3] Furthermore, al-Tabarsi, citing Imam Ali (a), posits that the verse addresses the hypocrites who, in the aftermath of the defeat at Uhud, urged Muslims to revert to their ancestral faith.[4]
Scholarly opinion also suggests that the verse alludes to Jewish and Christian factions[5] who collaborated with the hypocrites to undermine Muslim morale.[6] In Tafsir al-Qummi, the term "disbeliever" in this context is identified as Abd Allah b. Ubayy, a chieftain of the Khazraj tribe. Although he initially marched to war alongside the Prophet (s), he retreated midway, attempting to dissuade his companions from participating in the Battle of Uhud through intimidation.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh, vol. 3, p. 123.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, 1352 Sh, vol. 4, p. 42; Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh, vol. 3, p. 123.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, 1352 Sh, vol. 4, p. 42.
- ↑ Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1408 AH, vol. 2, p. 856; Ṭabarsī, Tafsīr jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ, 1412 AH, vol. 1, p. 210.
- ↑ Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1408 AH, vol. 2, p. 856.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān, 1352 Sh, vol. 4, p. 42.
- ↑ Qummī, Tafsīr al-Qummī, 1404 AH, vol. 1, p. 120.
References
- Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn, al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān, Beirut, Muʾassasat al-Aʿlamī li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1352 Sh/1393 AH.
- Ṭabarsī, Faḍl b. Ḥasan, Tafsīr jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ, Qom, Management Center of Qom Seminary, 1412 AH.
- Ṭabarsī, Faḍl b. Ḥasan, Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān, Beirut, Dār al-Maʿrifa, 1408 AH.
- Qummī, ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm, Tafsīr al-Qummī, Qom, Dār al-Kitāb, 1404 AH.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir, Tafsīr-i nimūna, Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 32nd ed., 1374 Sh.