Translation of the meanings Surah Āl-‘Imrān - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary (in progress) - Page Number 73 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

174 : 3

فَٱنقَلَبُواْ بِنِعۡمَةٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضۡلٖ لَّمۡ يَمۡسَسۡهُمۡ سُوٓءٞ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ رِضۡوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضۡلٍ عَظِيمٍ

(174) They returned with Grace and Bounty from Allah^[752], touched not by harm; they followed Allah’s Pleasure^[753]—Allah is of a Great Bounty.

[752] Their obedience to God and His Messenger (ﷺ) and their pursuit of the enemy won them great rewards upon their return.
[753] They did what leads to the Pleasure of God and won it. (al-Ṭabarī)

175 : 3

إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوۡلِيَآءَهُۥ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمۡ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

(175) It is indeed Satan sowing fear of his allies^[754]. Do not fear them but fear Me, if you are ˹true˺ Believers.

[754] The allies of the Devil are the warring Deniers. Satan uses them to intimidate Believers. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)

176 : 3

وَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡكُفۡرِۚ إِنَّهُمۡ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَلَّا يَجۡعَلَ لَهُمۡ حَظّٗا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

(176) Let not ˹Muhammad˺ those who rush forth towards Denial grieve you^[755]; they would not harm Allah in the least. Allah wants not a share for them in the Hereafter and theirs is a great Punishment.

[755] The adversity that overcame the Believers showed the real mettle of the hypocrites, who found the time opportune to lay bare their true colours. This is in stark contrast to the stance of the real Believers who did not loiter in responding to the Prophet’s (ﷺ) bidding.

177 : 3

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ

(177) Those who exchanged Belief for Denial would not harm Allah in the least and theirs is a painful Punishment.

178 : 3

وَلَا يَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ إِنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِثۡمٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ

(178) Let not those who Deny think that the rein We give them^[756] is better for them. We only give them allowance so that they would accumulate sins; theirs is a humiliating Punishment.

[756] The fact that God does not quicken their punishment and seize them for their misdeeds (cf. Ayas 196-197 below).

179 : 3

مَّا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُطۡلِعَكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡتَبِي مِن رُّسُلِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۖ فَـَٔامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ وَإِن تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ فَلَكُمۡ أَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ

(179) Allah would not have left the Believers as you were, until He sorted out the bad from the good^[757]. Allah would have not revealed the Unseen to you, but He chooses from His Messengers whoever He wishes^[758], so Believe in Allah and His Messengers. If you Believe and are Mindful then yours is a great reward.

[757] In its formative days, the early Believing community was not as clearly differentiated as one might think; hypocrites were living in its midst pretending to be Believers and lying low wishing for the worst to come upon the real Believers. In order to separate the wheat from the chaff, God decreed the calamity that befell the Believers in the Battle of Uḥud; this, so the hypocrites could be told apart (cf. al-Rāzī).
[758] God chooses from among His Messengers those whom He entrusts with some knowledge of the Unseen (al-Ghayb). In this instance, He told Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) who the hypocrites really were so that he may be on guard against them. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Wajīz)

180 : 3

وَلَا يَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ هُوَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۖ بَلۡ هُوَ شَرّٞ لَّهُمۡۖ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مَا بَخِلُواْ بِهِۦ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَٰثُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ

(180) Let not those who are miserly^[759] with what Allah has ˹bountifully˺ bestowed on them from His Grace think that this is better for them. Nay, but it is evil for them; they will be collared ˹around their necks˺ with what they withheld on the Day of Judgement. For Allah is the inheritance of the Heavens and Earth—Allah is Knowledgeable of what you do.

[759] Believers are encouraged to spend out of their wealth as much as they are encouraged to put their own lives on the line in God’s cause.