Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 89

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خَالَفَهُ، فَهُوَ فِي غَايَةِ الْبُعْدِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَالْمُنَازَعَةِ وَالْمُخَاصَمَةِ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. 177

(from previous page) ⟵ These verses contained a warning to those who conceal what Allah has revealed, preferring the fleeting gains of this world over it, with torment and wrath, and that Allah will not purify them with guidance or forgiveness. He mentioned the reason for this as their preference for error over guidance, which resulted in their choice of torment over forgiveness. Then He expressed sorrow for them due to their extreme endurance of the Fire, because of their actions based on causes they know lead to it, and that the Book contains the truth that necessitates agreement upon it and not division, and that everyone who opposes it is extremely far from the truth, contention, and dispute. And Allah knows best.

{لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوا وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ}

{Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but true righteousness is in one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets, and who gives wealth, despite his love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask for help, and for freeing slaves; who establishes prayer and gives zakah; who fulfills their promise when they promise; and who is patient in poverty, hardship, and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.}

يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: {لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ} أَيْ: لَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ الْبِرَّ الْمَقْصُودَ مِنَ الْعِبَادِ، فَيَكُونُ كَثْرَةُ الْبَحْثِ فِيهِ وَالْجِدَالِ مِنَ الْعَنَاءِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ تَحْتَهُ إِلَّا الشِّقَاقُ وَالْخِلَافُ وَهَذَا نَظِيرُ قَوْلِهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ. {

Allah Almighty says: {Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west}, meaning: this is not the righteousness expected of servants, so excessive debate over it is a hardship that leads only to discord and disagreement. This is similar to the Prophet's saying—may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him: "The strong one is not the one who overcomes people in wrestling; the strong one is he who controls himself when he is angry," and so on.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (32 verbs · 83 nouns)

• خَالَفَ — to oppose
• تَوَلَّى — to turn
• آمَنَ — to believe
• غَايَة — utmost, extreme
• بُعْد — distance
• حَقّ — truth, right