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114 : 4

۞ لَّا خَيۡرَ فِي كَثِيرٖ مِّن نَّجۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوۡ مَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ إِصۡلَٰحِۭ بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَسَوۡفَ نُؤۡتِيهِ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا

(114) There is no good in much of their secret talk^[988], except for him who bids for charity^[989], or virtue^[990], or reconciliation between people. Whoever does this seeking ˹only˺ the Pleasure of Allah, then We will grant him a great reward.

[988] Such stratagems are a direct result of confidential counsels (najwā) carried out behind closed doors at the dead of night. Plotting and scheming in private is a characteristic of the insincere of Faith and who never express such evil thoughts in public (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[989] Ṣadaqah is giving out, extending to people useful things such as money, knowledge, kindness (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī).
[990] al-Maʿrūf is all that is good and encouraged by God (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī).

115 : 4

وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعۡ غَيۡرَ سَبِيلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِۦ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصۡلِهِۦ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَسَآءَتۡ مَصِيرًا

(115) Whoever takes sides against the Messenger, only after guidance was made clear to him, and follows a path different to that of the Believers, We will lead him ˹all alone˺ towards what he headed for^[991] and We will scorch him in Hellfire—awful indeed is the destination.

[991] If he chooses to follow that path, then God will abandon him and leave him out there all on his own. “We turn their hearts and eyes away ˹from the truth˺ as they refused to Believe at first, leaving them to wander blindly in their defiance”. (6: 110); “When they went astray, God left their hearts to stray.” (61: 5)

116 : 4

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغۡفِرُ أَن يُشۡرَكَ بِهِۦ وَيَغۡفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلَۢا بَعِيدًا

(116) Allah does not forgive that He is Associated with, but He forgives what is lesser than that for whoever He wills. Whoever Associates with Allah has indeed strayed far away ˹from the right path˺.

117 : 4

إِن يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثٗا وَإِن يَدۡعُونَ إِلَّا شَيۡطَٰنٗا مَّرِيدٗا

(117) They invoke none besides Him but females^[992]; they only pray to a rebelliously defiant Devil^[993];

[992] The most well-known idols the Arabs worshipped in the age of ignorance were goddesses with female names, like: al-Lāt, al-ʿUzzā, Manāt (53: 19-20), which is curious given that female inferiority was engrained in the then Arab psyche (16: 58-59). This contradiction is pointed out here, using their own logic against them.
[993] They only worship false idols because Satan has tricked them into this (cf. 71: 23; al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).

118 : 4

لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُۘ وَقَالَ لَأَتَّخِذَنَّ مِنۡ عِبَادِكَ نَصِيبٗا مَّفۡرُوضٗا

(118) Allah Damned^[994] him, and he retorted: “I shall surely take to myself from Your servants my due share^[995]!”

[994] Laʿanahu expelled and shut him off from His Mercy. “He said: “Be gone from it ˹Paradise˺; you are truly an outcast. *My Damnation is upon you until the Day of Reckoning”.” (38: 77-78)
[995] Take to himself followers from among Adam’s offspring. He will make them do his bidding spreading corruption and deviation from the Godly path in this worldly life, but which will eventually lead them to Hellfire in the Hereafter (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). This was his vow in the wake of God’s Damnation of him: “He ˹Satan˺ said: “Then, by Your Glory, I shall lead them all astray, *except the ˹truly˺ devoted servants of Yours among them””. (38: 82-83)

119 : 4

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمۡ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمۡ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلۡقَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ وَلِيّٗا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ خَسِرَ خُسۡرَانٗا مُّبِينٗا

(119) “I shall surely mislead them, make them ever vainly wishful^[996], and I shall command them to cut off the ears of livestock^[997], and I shall command them to alter the creation of Allah!^[998]” Whoever takes Satan as a patron instead of Allah, has indeed suffered a tremendous loss.

[996] Satan whispers hollow promises to his followers. He engages them in an everlasting chase of illusory mirages of hope for better things to come and realization of wishes. He never intends to fulfill his promises even if he has the means to, because this would mean losing his power over them: “As for the Deniers, their deeds are like a mirage in a barren desert, which the thirsty perceive as water, but when he comes upon it, he finds it to be nothing.” (24: 39)
[997] It was a custom of Arab idolaters to cut off the ears of cattle as a sign that such were dedicated to their gods, making them unlawful to eat; they called such cattle baḥīrah. All of which is contrary to God’s commandment that made the eating of cattle lawful (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Saʿdī). So doing, they followed the path of Satan not that of God.
[998] This could be outwardly with regards to appearance, and inwardly with regards to the innate state of creation (fiṭrah, cf. 30: 30, 91: 10): from serving God alone to Association, from certitude to doubt and from following God’s guidance to turning away from it (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī).

120 : 4

يَعِدُهُمۡ وَيُمَنِّيهِمۡۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

(120) He promises them and makes them ever vainly wishful; Satan promises them nothing but delusion^[999].

[999] “Satan will say ˹to his followers on the Day or Judgement˺ after the matter has been settled: “Indeed Allah has made you a true promise and I too made you a promise, but I broke my promise. I did not have any authority over you. I only called you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me but blame yourselves. I cannot salvage you, nor can you salvage me. Indeed, I denounce your previous Association of me with Allah ˹in worship˺. Surely the wrongdoers will suffer a painful punishment.” (14: 22)

121 : 4

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ عَنۡهَا مَحِيصٗا

(121) The resort of those is Hellfire; they will find no escape therefrom.