Draft:Verse 30 of Sura al-Mutaffifin
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| Verse's Information | |
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| Sura | Sura al-Mutaffifin (Qur'an 83) |
| Verse | 30 |
| Juz' | 30 |
| Content Information | |
| Cause of Revelation | Yes |
| About | Mockery of believers by criminals |
Qur'an 83:30 expresses the attitude of criminals, that when they passed by believers, they mocked them by gesturing to one another.[1] "Yataghamazun" means fault-finding with gestures of the eyes and hands, and is sometimes used for any kind of fault-finding.[2]
| “ | وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ
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| “ | and when they passed by them, they would wink at one another,
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| — Qur'an 83:30 | ||
This verse expresses the second instance of the attitude of criminals and disbelievers which is mentioned under Qur'an 83:29 to 31.[3] In Qur'an 83:29, it speaks of criminals laughing at believers. In Qur'an 83:30, it says that when believers passed by disbelievers, they mocked the believers with gestures of their eyes and eyebrows.[4] Qur'an 83:31 mentions another instance, that when they went to their families, they rejoiced over what they had done.[5] Finally, in Qur'an 83:32, it mentions the fourth instance, that when they saw the believers, they called them astray.[6] God reminds in Qur'an 83:33 that disbelievers are not the guardians of believers to want to taunt them. Disbelievers better be busy with their own actions.[7]
Two causes of revelation have been narrated for Qur'an 83:30 and its preceding and following verses:
Some Shi'a and Sunni exegetes have narrated that Imam 'Ali (a) was passing by a place along with a number of Muslims when hypocrites saw them, laughed at them, and mocked them. Then they went to their friends and said, "We saw the bald one (asla')," and laughed. Then these verses of Sura al-Mutaffifin were revealed. Some exegetes have considered the probability of the verse's revelation due to this cause to be stronger.[8]
There were some companions of the Prophet of Islam, such as 'Ammar and Bilal, who were subjected to mockery and ridicule by polytheists such as Abu Jahl and al-Walid b. al-Mughira, for which these verses were revealed.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, 1417/1996-7, vol. 20, p. 239.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh/1995-6, vol. 26, p. 285.
- ↑ Sura al-Mutaffifin verses 29 to 36 / Sarcasms of criminals to believers, Tebyan website.
- ↑ Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1372 Sh/1993-4, vol. 10, p. 693.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh/1995-6, vol. 26, p. 285.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1374 Sh/1995-6, vol. 26, p. 286.
- ↑ Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1372 Sh/1993-4, vol. 10, p. 694.
- ↑ Mudarrisī, Min hudā l-Qurʾān, 1419/1998-9, vol. 17, p. 428.
- ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, 1403/1982-3, vol. 8, p. 115; Fakhr al-Rāzī, Mafātīḥ al-ghayb, 1420/1999-2000, vol. 31, p. 94.
References
- Fakhr al-Rāzī, Muḥammad b. ʿUmar. Mafātīḥ al-ghayb. Beirut, Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1420/1999-2000.
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir. Biḥār al-anwār al-jāmiʿa li-durar akhbār al-aʾimmat al-aṭhār. Beirut, Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403/1982-3.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. Tafsīr-i nimūna. Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1374 Sh/1995-6.
- Mudarrisī, Sayyid Muḥammad Taqī. Min hudā l-Qurʾān. Tehran, Dār Muḥibbī l-Ḥusayn, 1419/1998-9.
- Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn. Al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān. Qum, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1417/1996-7.
- Ṭabarsī, Faḍl b. Ḥasan al-. Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān. With an introduction by Muḥammad Jawād Balāghī. Tehran, Nāṣir Khusraw, 1372 Sh/1993-4.
- Sura al-Mutaffifin verses 29 to 36 / Sarcasms of criminals to believers. Tebyan website, accessed 16 Urdībihisht 1403 Sh.