Surah Al Hashr ayat 11 Tafsir Quran 59:11

﴿۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا يَقُولُونَ لِإِخْوَانِهِمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلَا نُطِيعُ فِيكُمْ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ﴾
[ الحشر: 11]

59:11 Have you not considered those who practice hypocrisy, saying to their brothers who have disbelieved among the People of the Scripture, "If you are expelled, we will surely leave with you, and we will not obey, in regard to you, anyone - ever; and if you are fought, we will surely aid you." But Allah testifies that they are liars.

Have you not considered have you not seen the hypocrites who say to their brethren who disbelieve from among the People of the Scripture namely the Banū al-Nadīr their brethren in disbelief ‘If la-in the lām is for oaths in all four instances you are expelled from Medina we will assuredly go forth with you and we will never obey anyone against you to forsake you. And if you are fought against wa-in qūtiltum the prefatory lām of la-in has been omitted we will certainly help you’. And God bears witness that they are truly liars.

Did you not ponder -O Muhammad- how the hypocrites promised aid to their fellows-in-disbelief among Ahl AL-Kitab and how they disappointed their expectations? They said to them: If you are expelled and ousted of your homes we will go with you, find never will we be influenced by anyone to fight against you and if you are attacked we will come to your aid. And Allah knows they are liars

The False Promise of Support the Hypocrites gave to the Jews Allah states that the hypocrites, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his like, sent a messenger to Bani An-Nadir promising them help.
Allah the Exalted said, أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نَـفَقُواْ يَقُولُونَ لإِخْوَانِهِمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلاَ نُطِيعُ فيكُمْ أَحَداً أَبَداً وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ ( Have you not observed the hypocrites who say to their friends among the People of the Scripture who disbelieve: "If you are expelled, we indeed will go out with you, and we shall never obey anyone against you; and if you are attacked, we shall indeed help you." ) Allah then said, وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـذِبُونَ ( But Allah is Witness that they verily are liars. ) meaning, the hypocrites lied when they issued this promise, because it was just words that they did not intend to fulfill.
Also, what they said they would do, would never have been fulfilled by them, and this is why Allah said, وَلَئِن قُوتِلُواْ لاَ يَنصُرُونَهُمْ ( and if they are attacked, they will never help them. ) meaning, the hypocrites will not fight along with the Jews, وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ ( And (even ) if they do help them, ) and even if the hypocrites did fight along their side, لَيُوَلُّنَّ الاٌّدْبَـرَ ثُمَّ لاَ يُنصَرُونَ ( they will turn their backs, and they will not be victorious. ) This Ayah contains good news, just as the good news that this following Ayah conveys, لاّنتُمْ أَشَدُّ رَهْبَةً فِى صُدُورِهِمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ ( Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah. ) meaning, the hypocrites fear you more than they fear Allah, as He says; إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً ( Behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more. )( 4:77 ) This is why Allah said, ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَفْقَهُونَ ( That is because they are a people who comprehend not. ) Allah then said, لاَ يُقَـتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعاً إِلاَّ فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍ ( They fight not against you even together, except in fortified townships, or from behind walls. ) meaning, they will not fight Muslims except from behind besieged fortified forts, because of their cowardice and fear of Muslims.
They only fight when they have to defend themselves ( even though they threaten Muslims of reprisals ).
Allah the Exalted said, بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ ( Their enmity among themselves is very great. ) meaning, the enmity they feel against each other is intense, وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ( And make you to taste the violence of one another. )( 6:65 ) Allah said in the Ayah, تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّى ( You would think they were united, but their hearts are divided. ) meaning, even though one might see them combining forces and think that these forces are harmonious, yet in reality, they are divided severely.
Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said that this Ayah refers to the hypocrites and the People of the Scriptures, ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ ( That is because they are a people who understand not. ) Allah said, كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيباً ذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ( They are like their immediate predecessors; they tasted the evil result of their conduct, and for them a painful torment. ) referring to the Jewish tribe of Bani Qaynuqa`, according to Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq. The Parable of the Hypocrites and the Jews Allah said, كَمَثَلِ الشَّيْطَـنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلإِنسَـنِ اكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىءٌ مِّنكَ ( Like Shaytan, when he says to man: "Disbelieve." But when (man ) disbelieves, Shaytan says: "I am free of you...") meaning, the example of the Jews being deceived by the promises of the hypocrites, who said that they will help them if Muslims fight them, is that of the devil.
When matters got serious and the Jews were besieged, the hypocrites betrayed them and abandoned them to taste utter defeat.
Likewise, the devil lures mankind into disbelief and when they obey him, he disowns them and declares himself free of their actions, saying, إِنِّى أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَـلَمِينَ ( I fear Allah, the Lord of all that exists! ) Allah said, فَكَانَ عَـقِبَتَهُمَآ أَنَّهُمَا فِى النَّارِ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا ( So, the end of both will be that they will be in the Fire, abiding therein. ) meaning, the end of both he, Shaytan, who commanded that dis- belief be committed, and those who accep- ted his call, was in the fire of Hell forever, وَذَلِكَ جَزَآءُ الظَّـلِمِينَ ( Such is the recompense of the wrongdoers.
) means, this is the recompense of every unjust person.

(59:11) Did *22 you not see the hypocrites say to their brethren, the unbelievers among the People of the Book: 'If you are banished we too will go with you and will not listen to anyone concerning you; and if war is waged against you, we will come to your aid.' But Allah bears witness that they are liars.

Have you not considered those who practice meaning

*22) From the style of this whole section ( vv.
11-17 ) it appears that it was revealed at the time when the Holy Prophet ( upon who n be Allah's peace ) had served a notice on the Bani an-Nadir to leave Madinah within ten days, but had not yet laid siege to their quarters.
As has been mentioned about, when the Holy Prophet save the notice to the Bani an-Nadir, 'Abdullah bin Ubayy and other leaders of the hypocrites of Madinah sent them a message to the effect that they would come to their aid with two thousand men, and that the Bani Quraizah and the Bani Ghatafan also would rise in their support; therefore, they should stand firm and should never surrender to the Muslims.
For if the Muslims waged a war against hem, they would fight them from their side; and if they expelled hem, they also would go out with them.
Thereupon Allah sent own these verses, Thus, chronologically this section is an earlier revelation and the first section a later revelation, when the Bani an-Nadir had actually been driven out of Madinah.
But in the Qur'an the order of the two passages has been reversed for the reason that the subject matter of the first section is of greater importance
 

The False Promise of Support the Hypocrites gave to the Jews Allah states that the hypocrites, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his like, sent a messenger to Bani An-Nadir promising them help.
Allah the Exalted said, أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نَـفَقُواْ يَقُولُونَ لإِخْوَانِهِمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلاَ نُطِيعُ فيكُمْ أَحَداً أَبَداً وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ ( Have you not observed the hypocrites who say to their friends among the People of the Scripture who disbelieve: "If you are expelled, we indeed will go out with you, and we shall never obey anyone against you; and if you are attacked, we shall indeed help you." ) Allah then said, وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـذِبُونَ ( But Allah is Witness that they verily are liars. ) meaning, the hypocrites lied when they issued this promise, because it was just words that they did not intend to fulfill.
Also, what they said they would do, would never have been fulfilled by them, and this is why Allah said, وَلَئِن قُوتِلُواْ لاَ يَنصُرُونَهُمْ ( and if they are attacked, they will never help them. ) meaning, the hypocrites will not fight along with the Jews, وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ ( And (even ) if they do help them, ) and even if the hypocrites did fight along their side, لَيُوَلُّنَّ الاٌّدْبَـرَ ثُمَّ لاَ يُنصَرُونَ ( they will turn their backs, and they will not be victorious. ) This Ayah contains good news, just as the good news that this following Ayah conveys, لاّنتُمْ أَشَدُّ رَهْبَةً فِى صُدُورِهِمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ ( Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah. ) meaning, the hypocrites fear you more than they fear Allah, as He says; إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً ( Behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more. )( 4:77 ) This is why Allah said, ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَفْقَهُونَ ( That is because they are a people who comprehend not. ) Allah then said, لاَ يُقَـتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعاً إِلاَّ فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍ ( They fight not against you even together, except in fortified townships, or from behind walls. ) meaning, they will not fight Muslims except from behind besieged fortified forts, because of their cowardice and fear of Muslims.
They only fight when they have to defend themselves ( even though they threaten Muslims of reprisals ).
Allah the Exalted said, بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ ( Their enmity among themselves is very great. ) meaning, the enmity they feel against each other is intense, وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ( And make you to taste the violence of one another. )( 6:65 ) Allah said in the Ayah, تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّى ( You would think they were united, but their hearts are divided. ) meaning, even though one might see them combining forces and think that these forces are harmonious, yet in reality, they are divided severely.
Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said that this Ayah refers to the hypocrites and the People of the Scriptures, ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ ( That is because they are a people who understand not. ) Allah said, كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيباً ذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ( They are like their immediate predecessors; they tasted the evil result of their conduct, and for them a painful torment. ) referring to the Jewish tribe of Bani Qaynuqa`, according to Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq. The Parable of the Hypocrites and the Jews Allah said, كَمَثَلِ الشَّيْطَـنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلإِنسَـنِ اكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىءٌ مِّنكَ ( Like Shaytan, when he says to man: "Disbelieve." But when (man ) disbelieves, Shaytan says: "I am free of you...") meaning, the example of the Jews being deceived by the promises of the hypocrites, who said that they will help them if Muslims fight them, is that of the devil.
When matters got serious and the Jews were besieged, the hypocrites betrayed them and abandoned them to taste utter defeat.
Likewise, the devil lures mankind into disbelief and when they obey him, he disowns them and declares himself free of their actions, saying, إِنِّى أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَـلَمِينَ ( I fear Allah, the Lord of all that exists! ) Allah said, فَكَانَ عَـقِبَتَهُمَآ أَنَّهُمَا فِى النَّارِ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا ( So, the end of both will be that they will be in the Fire, abiding therein. ) meaning, the end of both he, Shaytan, who commanded that dis- belief be committed, and those who accep- ted his call, was in the fire of Hell forever, وَذَلِكَ جَزَآءُ الظَّـلِمِينَ ( Such is the recompense of the wrongdoers.
) means, this is the recompense of every unjust person.

( Hast thou not observed ) O Muhammad ( those who are hypocrites ) those who are double-faced in their religion: these were a group of people from the Aws tribe who claimed to be believers in the open but were disbelievers in private, ( (how ) they tell) in private ( their brethren who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture ) i.e. Banu Qurayzah; they said to them when they were surrounded by the Prophet ( pbuh ) Remain firm in your faith inside your strongholds: ( If ye are driven out ) from Medina as were driven out the Banu’l-Nadir, ( we surely will go out with you, and we will never obey anyone against you ) and we will not help anyone in Medina against you, ( and if ye are attacked ) by the Prophet ( pbuh ) and his Companions ( we verily will help you ) against them. ( And Allah beareth witness ) and Allah knows ( that they ) i.e. the hypocrites ( verily are liars ) they lie in what they say.

Have you (O Muhammad SAW) not observed the hypocrites who say to their friends among the people of the Scripture who disbelieve: "(By Allah) If you are expelled, we (too) indeed will go out with you, and we shall never obey any one against you, and if you are attacked (in fight), we shall indeed help you." But Allah is Witness, that they verily, are liars.

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