The Holy Quran 47:20 — Surah Muhammad

Arabic text

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٌ ۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُّحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙ رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ ٱلْمَغْشِىِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَأَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ

Translation

(Because of their eagerness to hear more Qur'aan and practise more of the Deen,) Those who have Imaan (constantly) say, "Why is a Surah not revealed (to permit Jihaad)?" When a Surah is revealed in which mention is made of fighting (in Jihaad), you will see those with a disease (hypocrisy) in their hearts looking (gazing) at you with the look of a person who is overcome by the swoon of death (because of their cowardice and their fear of death). Their misfortune is still to come (when they suffer punishment either in this world or only in the Aakhirah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, a surah in which permission for jihad (striving in the path of Allah) would be given. That is, [a surah] containing well-measured rulings which are not abrogated and which are revealed exactly at their proper time. The terror of the hypocrites at the command of jihad: Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “The Muslims used to ask for a surah.

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