Draft:Qur'an 61:3
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| Verse's Information | |
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| Sura | al-Saff (Qur'an 61) |
| Verse | 3 |
| Juz' | 28 |
| Content Information | |
| Place of Revelation | Medina |
| About | God's wrath regarding saying what you do not do |
| Related Verses | Qur'an 61:2, Qur'an 2:44 |
Qur'an 61:3 expresses the intensity of God's wrath toward those who say something but do not act upon it.[1] According to exegetes, this verse rebukes the believers for saying something and not practicing it. Qur'an 61:3 is stated as a cause for the previous verse, indicating that God becomes angry when a human says something and does not act accordingly.[2] Shaykh al-Tusi also states that God expresses His displeasure in this regard, while performing everything one says is not obligatory for a human, and sometimes a person says words that are not necessary to fulfill.[3]
| “ | كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
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| “ | It is greatly outrageous to Allah that you should say what you do not do.
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| — Qur'an 61:3 | ||
In this verse, the term "maqt" is used to express God's wrath. "Maqt" is defined as intense hatred and displeasure[4] and is applied to someone who has committed a foul act.[5] Some have defined "maqt" as anger accompanied by belittling the other party.[6] The use of the expression "kabura" (it is great)[7] alongside "maqt" is considered to indicate the magnitude and greater intensity of wrath.[8] The expression "kabura maqtan" is also used in Qur'an 40:35 regarding individuals who dispute the signs of God without any reason or proof.[9]
Most exegetes have narrated that some Companions of the Prophet wished for Jihad, but when the opportunity for Jihad arose, they refrained from performing it. Qur'an 61:3 was revealed regarding these individuals.[10] Some believe the verse was revealed for the companions who regretted not participating in the Battle of Badr and said they would fight in the future; however, when it was time for the Battle of Uhud, they fled.[11]
Exegetes have emphasized that the verse includes all people and is in condemnation of all individuals who do not act according to their speech.[12] From the perspective of Muhammad Taqi Mudarrisī, it is not unlikely to consider the interpretation of this verse around the Event of Ghadir Khumm; because that event was the greatest covenant that God and the Prophet (s) took from the believers until the Day of Judgment.[13]
Notes
- ↑ Ṭayyib, Aṭyab al-bayān, 1378 Sh, vol. 12, p. 510.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabā'ī, al-Mīzān, 1417 AH, vol. 19, p. 249.
- ↑ Shaykh al-Ṭūsī, al-Tibyān, Beirut, vol. 9, p. 591.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabā'ī, al-Mīzān, 1417 AH, vol. 19, p. 249.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh, vol. 24, p. 62.
- ↑ Mudarrisī, Min hudā al-Qur'ān, 1419 AH, vol. 15, p. 341.
- ↑ Muṣṭafawī, al-Taḥqīq, 1360 Sh, vol. 10, p. 16.
- ↑ “Dars-i Tafsīr-i Ustād Ashrafi,” Madrisih-yi Fiqāhat.
- ↑ Ṭayyib, Aṭyab al-bayān, 1378 Sh, vol. 11, p. 376.
- ↑ Mughniyya, Tafsīr al-Kāshif, 1424 AH, vol. 7, p. 313.
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Shīrāzī, Tabyīn al-Qur'ān, 1423 AH, p. 565.
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Shāh 'Abd al-'Aẓīmī, Tafsīr-i ithnā 'asharī, 1363 Sh, vol. 13, p. 144.
- ↑ Mudarrisī, Min hudā al-Qur'ān, 1419 AH, vol. 15, p. 342.
References
- Ḥusaynī Shāh 'Abd al-'Aẓīmī, Ḥusayn b. Aḥmad, Tafsīr-i ithnā 'asharī, Tehran, Intishārāt-i Mīqāt, first edition, 1363 Sh.
- Ḥusaynī Shīrāzī, Sayyid Muḥammad, Tabyīn al-Qur'ān, Beirut, Dār al-'Ulūm, second edition, 1423 AH.
- “Dars-i Tafsīr-i Ustād Ashrafi,” Madrisih-yi Fiqāhat, accessed March 10, 2025.
- Shaykh al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan, al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qur'ān, introduction by Shaykh Āqā Buzurg Ṭihrānī, research by Aḥmad Qaṣīr 'Āmilī, Beirut, Dār Iḥyā' al-Turāth al-'Arabī, n.d.
- Ṭabāṭabā'ī, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn, al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qur'ān, Qom, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, fifth edition, 1417 AH.
- Ṭayyib, Sayyid 'Abd al-Ḥusayn, Aṭyab al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qur'ān, Tehran, Intishārāt-i Islām, second edition, 1378 Sh.
- Mudarrisī, Sayyid Muḥammad Taqi, Min hudā al-Qur'ān, Tehran, Dār Muḥibbī al-Ḥusayn, first edition, 1419 AH.
- Muṣṭafawī, Ḥasan, al-Taḥqīq fī kalimāt al-Qur'ān al-karīm, Tehran, Bungāh-i Tarjumah wa Nashr-i Kitāb, 1360 Sh.
- Mughniyya, Muḥammad Jawād, Tafsīr al-Kāshif, Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, first edition, 1424 AH.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir, Tafsīr-i nimūna, Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, first edition, 1374 Sh.