Surah Ghafir ayat 25 Tafsir Quran 40:25

﴿فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُم بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا اقْتُلُوا أَبْنَاءَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُوا نِسَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ الْكَافِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ﴾
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40:25 And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error.

So when he brought them the truth from Us they said ‘Slay the sons of those who believe with him and spare keep alive their women’. But the guile of the disbelievers is ever in error in perdition.

And when he presented them with tile truth from heavens realm, the truth evincing both the truth of his mission and that of his message, they decided to take vengeance on those whom they considered deluded wretches, and so they proclaimed: Slay the progeny of those who fell with him into line and spare their women. But the plan devised by those who refuse to acknowledge Allah attains no end

The Story of Musa and Fir`awn Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of his people and gives him the glad tidings of good consequences and victory in this world and the Hereafter, as happened to Musa bin `Imran, peace be upon him, whom Allah sent with clear proof and definitive evidence.
Allah says: بِـَايَـتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ( with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority ).
Authority means proof and evidence. إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ ( to Fir`awn ), who was the king of the Copts of Egypt. وَهَـمَـنَ ( Haman ) who was his adviser. وَقَـشرُونَ ( and Qarun ) who was the richest trader among the people of his time. فَقَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ كَـذَّابٌ ( but they called (him ): "A sorcerer, liar!") means, they rejected him and thought he was a sorcerer, a madman and an illusionist who was telling lies about having been sent by Allah.
This is like the Ayah: كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ - أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ ( Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" Have they transmitted this saying to these Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds! ) ( 51:52-53 ) فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا ( Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us, ) means, with definite evidence that Allah had sent him to them, قَالُواْ اقْتُلُواْ أَبْنَآءَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُواْ نِسَآءَهُمْ ( they said: "Kill with him the sons of those who believe and let their women live; ) This was a second command from Fir`awn to kill the males of the Children of Israel.
The first command had been as a precaution against the emergence of a man like Musa, or an act intended to humiliate this people or reduce their numbers or both.
The second command was for the second reason, to humiliate the people so that they would regard Musa as a bad omen.
they said: أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ ( "We (Children of Israel ) had suffered troubles before you came to us, and since you have come to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors on the earth, so that He may see how you act") ( 7:129 ).
Qatadah said, this was one command after another. وَمَا كَـيْدُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ ( but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain! ) means, their schemes and intentions -- to reduce the numbers of the Children of Israel lest they prevail over them -- were doomed to failure. وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ ( Fir`awn said: "Leave me to kill Musa, and let him call his Lord!..." ) Fir`awn, may Allah curse him, resolved to kill Musa, peace be upon him, i.e., he said to his people, `let me kill him for you.' وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ ( and let him call his Lord! ) means, `I do not care.' This is the utmost in offensive stubbornness. إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُـمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ الْفَسَادَ ( I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land! ) means, Musa; Fir`awn was afraid that Musa would lead his people astray and change their ways and customs.
As if Fir`awn would be concerned about what Musa might do to his people! The majority understood this as meaning, `he will change your religion and cause mischief to appear in the land.' وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ( Musa said: "Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!" ) means, when he heard that Fir`awn had said, ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى ( Leave me to kill Musa, ) Musa, peace be upon him, said, "I seek refuge and protection with Allah from his evil and the evil of those like him." So he said: إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ ( Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord ) -- those who were being addressed here -- مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ ( from every arrogant ) means, from every evildoer, لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ( who believes not in the Day of Reckoning! ) It was reported in the Hadith narrated from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was afraid of some people, he would say:
«اللْهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَنَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نُحُورِهِم»
( O Allah, we seek refuge in You from their evil and we seek Your help in repulsing them. )

(40:25) When Moses brought them the Truth from Us they said: 'Kill the sons of all the believers who have joined him, but spare the women.' *39 The guile of the unbelievers always ends in vain. *40

And when he brought them the truth meaning

*39) As already mentioned in AI-A'raf: 127 above, Pharaoh's courtiers had said to him: `Will you leave Moses and his people free to spread disorder in the land?" And he himself had said: `I will have their sons slain and let their daughters live. " This verse states that this order was at last issued from Pharaoh's court.
It was, in fact, meant to so terrify the Prophet Moses himself and his supporters and followers that they should abandon him out of fear.

*40) Another meaning of this sentence can be: "Whatever the disbelievers had plotted, was aimed at deviation, tyranny and antagonism to the truth.
That is, even after being convinced of the truth in their heaps, they continued to show stubbornness and did not hesitate to adopt any mean device whatever in order to defeat and frustrate the Truth.

 

The Story of Musa and Fir`awn Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of his people and gives him the glad tidings of good consequences and victory in this world and the Hereafter, as happened to Musa bin `Imran, peace be upon him, whom Allah sent with clear proof and definitive evidence.
Allah says: بِـَايَـتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ( with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority ).
Authority means proof and evidence. إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ ( to Fir`awn ), who was the king of the Copts of Egypt. وَهَـمَـنَ ( Haman ) who was his adviser. وَقَـشرُونَ ( and Qarun ) who was the richest trader among the people of his time. فَقَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ كَـذَّابٌ ( but they called (him ): "A sorcerer, liar!") means, they rejected him and thought he was a sorcerer, a madman and an illusionist who was telling lies about having been sent by Allah.
This is like the Ayah: كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ - أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ ( Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" Have they transmitted this saying to these Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds! ) ( 51:52-53 ) فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا ( Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us, ) means, with definite evidence that Allah had sent him to them, قَالُواْ اقْتُلُواْ أَبْنَآءَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ وَاسْتَحْيُواْ نِسَآءَهُمْ ( they said: "Kill with him the sons of those who believe and let their women live; ) This was a second command from Fir`awn to kill the males of the Children of Israel.
The first command had been as a precaution against the emergence of a man like Musa, or an act intended to humiliate this people or reduce their numbers or both.
The second command was for the second reason, to humiliate the people so that they would regard Musa as a bad omen.
they said: أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ ( "We (Children of Israel ) had suffered troubles before you came to us, and since you have come to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors on the earth, so that He may see how you act") ( 7:129 ).
Qatadah said, this was one command after another. وَمَا كَـيْدُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ ( but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain! ) means, their schemes and intentions -- to reduce the numbers of the Children of Israel lest they prevail over them -- were doomed to failure. وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ ( Fir`awn said: "Leave me to kill Musa, and let him call his Lord!..." ) Fir`awn, may Allah curse him, resolved to kill Musa, peace be upon him, i.e., he said to his people, `let me kill him for you.' وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ ( and let him call his Lord! ) means, `I do not care.' This is the utmost in offensive stubbornness. إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُـمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ الْفَسَادَ ( I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land! ) means, Musa; Fir`awn was afraid that Musa would lead his people astray and change their ways and customs.
As if Fir`awn would be concerned about what Musa might do to his people! The majority understood this as meaning, `he will change your religion and cause mischief to appear in the land.' وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ( Musa said: "Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant who believes not in the Day of Reckoning!" ) means, when he heard that Fir`awn had said, ذَرُونِى أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى ( Leave me to kill Musa, ) Musa, peace be upon him, said, "I seek refuge and protection with Allah from his evil and the evil of those like him." So he said: إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُـمْ ( Verily, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord ) -- those who were being addressed here -- مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ ( from every arrogant ) means, from every evildoer, لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ( who believes not in the Day of Reckoning! ) It was reported in the Hadith narrated from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was afraid of some people, he would say: «اللْهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ، وَنَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نُحُورِهِم» ( O Allah, we seek refuge in You from their evil and we seek Your help in repulsing them. )

( And when he ) i.e. Moses ( brought them the Truth ) the Scripture ( from Our presence, they said: Slay the sons of those who believe with him ) i.e. return to killing the sons of those who believe in him, ( and spare their women ) for use as servants. ( But the plot of disbelievers ) the plot of Pharaoh and his folk (is in naught but error.

Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believe with him and let their women live", but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but errors!

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