Quran Chapter
4- 114 (Pt-5, Stg-1) (L-598) - درس قرآن
Secret counsels
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’
(Women) – Chapter – 4)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
لَّا خَيْرَ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّن نَّجْوَىٰهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَبِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَٰحٍۭ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا (114)
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114. There is no good in much of their secret counsels
save (in) him who enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among
the people. And whoso doeth that, seeking the good Pleasure of Allah, We
shall bestow on him a vast reward.
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114. Laa khayra fii
kasiirim-min-naj-waahum ‘illaa man ‘amara
bi-sadaqatin ‘aw ma’-ruufin ‘aw ‘is-laahim-bay-nan-naas.
Wa many-yaf-‘al zaali-kab-tigaaa-‘a marzaa-Tillaahi
fa-sawfa Nu’-tiihi ‘ajran ‘aziimaa.
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Commentary
Naj-waa – (secretly consultation), it aims secret
counsels and whispering. It has been disliked and prevented in the Holy Qur’an that
some persons begin whispering with one another, while they are attending any
multitude or congregation.
‘Is-laahun – (peace-making), to make peace among the
two persons, who are quarreling with each other, it is from sulah, which means friendship,
combination, agreement. It aims ‘to remove mutual wrangling’.
It was habit of some people
that they used to say the Messenger of Allah Almighty
(grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) something in a low, hissing
sound in the meeting (multitude). Their intention was that the people should
consider them frank and close friends of the Messenger (grace, glory, blessings
and peace be upon Him) and respect them. In this verse, they have been exposed
to view and the people have been educated about human nature in the best
manner. If they act upon this advice then mutual suspicion, bad thoughts and
doubts can never be born. The Commands of Holy Qur’an are Rules and
Regulations of the highest grades for mutual friendship and good treatment.
Those people will remain surely in superior positions in the world, who will
abide by these instructions.
It has been described in this
verse that the people who associate secretly
and whisper in the meetings should not consider that they are saying something
good. There is no goodness in this type of conversation. This method of chit
chat has a defect in itself that due to conspiring between some persons only,
while nobody else is permitted to participate in this speech of a low tone and
other people are sitting around, will produce suspicion in their hearts.
Particularly in the multitude, if one comes and talks in a low, hissing sound
with someone sitting in the meeting, that other members of the multitude may
take it that he is hiding something from them, then surely their thought will
go worse from his side. And usually it will be considered that certainly he is
talking against them. Therefore, such secret counsels are hurtful. There are
only three forms when such type of whispering is suitable:
1. If you want to give something to any needy, then it is better to
be quiet instead of saying someone else, so that the needy might not be
blushing and disgraced.
2. If you wish to guide towards the goodness or tell any person
about any particular matter, it is also better to speak with him in a low tone,
so that he would not be ashamed before the people.
3. Making peace among the two quarrelsome persons, if this way is adopted to please Allah Almighty and to get His Willingness,
then He Commands, “We shall bestow on him a vast reward”.
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