Surah Anfal ayat 35 Tafsir Quran 8:35

﴿وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ﴾
[ الأنفال: 35]

8:35 And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved.

And their prayer at the Sacred House is nothing but whistling and hand-clapping in other words they do this in place of the prayer which they were ordered to perform — therefore taste now at Badr the chastisement for your unbelief!

Their prayer at the Sacrosanct House was simply featured in whistling and applause. Therefore, you infidels have well deserved to be put to the torment in requital of infidelity

The Idolators deserved Allah's Torment after Their Atrocities Allah states that the idolators deserved the torment, but He did not torment them in honor of the Prophet residing among them.
After Allah allowed the Prophet to migrate away from them, He sent His torment upon them on the day of Badr.
During that battle, the chief pagans were killed, or captured.
Allah also directed them to seek forgiveness for the sins, Shirk and wickedness they indulged in.
If it was not for the fact that there were some weak Muslims living among the Makkan pagans, those Muslims who invoked Allah for His forgiveness, Allah would have sent down to them the torment that could never be averted.
Allah did not do that on account of the weak, ill-treated, and oppressed believers living among them, as He reiterated about the day at Al-Hudaybiyyah, هُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْىَ مَعْكُوفاً أَن يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُ وَلَوْلاَ رِجَالٌ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٌ مُّؤْمِنَـتٌ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَئُوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكمْ مِّنْهُمْ مَّعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لِّيُدْخِلَ اللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُواْ لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً ( They are the ones who disbelieved and hindered you from Al-Masjid Al-Haram (at Makkah ) and detained the sacrificial animals from reaching their place of sacrifice.
Had there not been believing men and believing women whom you did not know, that you may kill them and on whose account a sin would have been committed by you without ( your ) knowledge, that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He wills if they ( the believers and the disbelievers ) had been apart, We verily, would have punished those of them who disbelieved with painful torment.) 48:25 Allah said here, وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلاَّ يُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُواْ أَوْلِيَآءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( And why should not Allah punish them while they hinder (men ) from Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and they are not its guardians None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, but most of them know not.) Allah asks, `why would not He torment them while they are stopping Muslims from going to Al-Masjid Al-Haram, thus hindering the believers, its own people, from praying and performing Tawaf in it' Allah said, وَمَا كَانُواْ أَوْلِيَآءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ T( And they are not its guardians None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, ) meaning, the Prophet and his Companions are the true dwellers ( or worthy maintainers ) of Al-Masjid Al-Haram, not the pagans.
Allah said in other Ayah, مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُواْ مَسَاجِدَ الله شَـهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِم بِالْكُفْرِ أُوْلَـئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ وَفِى النَّارِ هُمْ خَـلِدُونَ - إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَـجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَوةَ وَءاتَى الزَّكَوةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ فَعَسَى أُوْلَـئِكَ أَن يَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ ( It is not for the polytheists, to maintain the Masjids of Allah, while they witness disbelief against themselves.
The works of such are in vain and in the Fire shall they abide.
The Masjids of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day; perform the Salah, and give the Zakah and fear none but Allah.
It is they who are on true guidance. ) 9:17-18, and, وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِهِ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِندَ اللَّهِ ( But a greater (transgression ) with Allah is to prevent mankind from following the way of Allah, to disbelieve in Him, to prevent access to Al-Masjid Al-Haram ( at Makkah ), and to drive out its inhabitants,) 2:217. `Urwah, As-Suddi and Muhammad bin Ishaq said that Allah's statement, إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ ( None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, ) refers to Muhammad and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Mujahid explained that this Ayah is about the Mujahidin in Allah's cause, whomever and wherever they may be. Allah then mentioned the practice of the pagans next to Al-Masjid Al-Haram and the respect they observed in its vicinity, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salah (prayer ) at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah.
) `Abdullah bin `Umar, Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Raja' Al-Utardi, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Hujr bin `Anbas, Nubayt bin Sharit, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that this part of the Ayah refers to whistling.
Mujahid added that the pagans used to place their fingers in their mouth ( while whistling ).
Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salat at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah. ) "The Quraysh used to perform Tawaf ( encircling the Ka`bah ) while naked, whistling and clapping their hands, for Muka' means `whistling', while, Tasdiyah means `clapping the hands."' This meaning was also reported from Ibn `Abbas, by `Ali bin Abi Talhah and Al-`Awfi.
Similar was recorded from Ibn `Umar, Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ka`b, Abu Salamah bin `Abdur-Rahman, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Atiyyah Al-`Awfi, Hujr bin `Anbas and Ibn Abza.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn `Umar explained the Ayah, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salat at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah. ) "Muka' means `whistling', while, `Tasdiyah' means `clapping the hands."' Sa`id bin Jubayr and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd said that, وَتَصْدِيَةً ( and Tasdiyah ), means, they hindered from the path of Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored.
Allah said, فَذُوقُواْ الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ( Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve. ) This refers to the death and capture that they suffered during the battle of Badr, according to Ad-Dahhak, Ibn Jurayj and Muhammad bin Ishaq.

(8:35) Their Prayer at the House is nothing but whistling and handclapping. *28 Taste, then, this chastisement for your denying the truth. *29

And their prayer at the House was meaning

*28).
This is to dispel a misconception common among the Arabs of those days.
They were generally inclined to assume that since the Quraysh were the guardians and keepers of the Ka'bah and were also engaged in worship at that holy spot, they were recipients of God's special favours.
Here people are told that the defacto guardianship of the Ka'bah should not be confused with its de jure guardianship.
For only the God-fearing and pious are the rightful guardians of the Ka,bah.
As for the Quraysh, far from behaving in a manner becoming of the guardians of the Ka'bah, they had virtually installed themselves as its masters, and were guilty of preventing people from worshipping there at will.
This attitude blatantly betrayed their impiety, and un righteousness.
As for their worship in the Ka'bah.
it was altogether devoid of religious devotion and sincerity.
They neither turned earnestly to God, nor displayed any genuine submission or humility, nor engaged in worshipfully remembering Him.
Their worship consisted of meaningless noise and clamour, of acts which seemed closer to play and jest than acts of religious devotion.
How could such a guardianship of the Ka'bah and such non-serious acts in the name of worship win God's favour for them, or secure for them immunity from God's scourge?
*29).
The Quraysh believed that God's punishment necessarily takes the form of some natural calamity or a rain of stones from the sky.
They are, however, told that their decisive defeat in the Battle of Badr, which ensured the survival of Islam and spelled death for their much-cherished Jahiliyah was a form of God's punishment for them.

 

The Idolators deserved Allah's Torment after Their Atrocities Allah states that the idolators deserved the torment, but He did not torment them in honor of the Prophet residing among them.
After Allah allowed the Prophet to migrate away from them, He sent His torment upon them on the day of Badr.
During that battle, the chief pagans were killed, or captured.
Allah also directed them to seek forgiveness for the sins, Shirk and wickedness they indulged in.
If it was not for the fact that there were some weak Muslims living among the Makkan pagans, those Muslims who invoked Allah for His forgiveness, Allah would have sent down to them the torment that could never be averted.
Allah did not do that on account of the weak, ill-treated, and oppressed believers living among them, as He reiterated about the day at Al-Hudaybiyyah, هُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْىَ مَعْكُوفاً أَن يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُ وَلَوْلاَ رِجَالٌ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٌ مُّؤْمِنَـتٌ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَئُوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكمْ مِّنْهُمْ مَّعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لِّيُدْخِلَ اللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُواْ لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً ( They are the ones who disbelieved and hindered you from Al-Masjid Al-Haram (at Makkah ) and detained the sacrificial animals from reaching their place of sacrifice.
Had there not been believing men and believing women whom you did not know, that you may kill them and on whose account a sin would have been committed by you without ( your ) knowledge, that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He wills if they ( the believers and the disbelievers ) had been apart, We verily, would have punished those of them who disbelieved with painful torment.) 48:25 Allah said here, وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلاَّ يُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُواْ أَوْلِيَآءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( And why should not Allah punish them while they hinder (men ) from Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and they are not its guardians None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, but most of them know not.) Allah asks, `why would not He torment them while they are stopping Muslims from going to Al-Masjid Al-Haram, thus hindering the believers, its own people, from praying and performing Tawaf in it' Allah said, وَمَا كَانُواْ أَوْلِيَآءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ T( And they are not its guardians None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, ) meaning, the Prophet and his Companions are the true dwellers ( or worthy maintainers ) of Al-Masjid Al-Haram, not the pagans.
Allah said in other Ayah, مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُواْ مَسَاجِدَ الله شَـهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِم بِالْكُفْرِ أُوْلَـئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ وَفِى النَّارِ هُمْ خَـلِدُونَ - إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَـجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَوةَ وَءاتَى الزَّكَوةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ فَعَسَى أُوْلَـئِكَ أَن يَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ ( It is not for the polytheists, to maintain the Masjids of Allah, while they witness disbelief against themselves.
The works of such are in vain and in the Fire shall they abide.
The Masjids of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day; perform the Salah, and give the Zakah and fear none but Allah.
It is they who are on true guidance. ) 9:17-18, and, وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِهِ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِندَ اللَّهِ ( But a greater (transgression ) with Allah is to prevent mankind from following the way of Allah, to disbelieve in Him, to prevent access to Al-Masjid Al-Haram ( at Makkah ), and to drive out its inhabitants,) 2:217. `Urwah, As-Suddi and Muhammad bin Ishaq said that Allah's statement, إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ ( None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa, ) refers to Muhammad and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Mujahid explained that this Ayah is about the Mujahidin in Allah's cause, whomever and wherever they may be. Allah then mentioned the practice of the pagans next to Al-Masjid Al-Haram and the respect they observed in its vicinity, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salah (prayer ) at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah.
) `Abdullah bin `Umar, Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Raja' Al-Utardi, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Hujr bin `Anbas, Nubayt bin Sharit, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that this part of the Ayah refers to whistling.
Mujahid added that the pagans used to place their fingers in their mouth ( while whistling ).
Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salat at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah. ) "The Quraysh used to perform Tawaf ( encircling the Ka`bah ) while naked, whistling and clapping their hands, for Muka' means `whistling', while, Tasdiyah means `clapping the hands."' This meaning was also reported from Ibn `Abbas, by `Ali bin Abi Talhah and Al-`Awfi.
Similar was recorded from Ibn `Umar, Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ka`b, Abu Salamah bin `Abdur-Rahman, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Atiyyah Al-`Awfi, Hujr bin `Anbas and Ibn Abza.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn `Umar explained the Ayah, وَمَا كَانَ صَلاَتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلاَّ مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ( Their Salat at the House was nothing but Muka' and Tasdiyah. ) "Muka' means `whistling', while, `Tasdiyah' means `clapping the hands."' Sa`id bin Jubayr and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd said that, وَتَصْدِيَةً ( and Tasdiyah ), means, they hindered from the path of Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored.
Allah said, فَذُوقُواْ الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ( Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve. ) This refers to the death and capture that they suffered during the battle of Badr, according to Ad-Dahhak, Ibn Jurayj and Muhammad bin Ishaq.

( And their worship at the (holy ) House is naught but whistling) like the whistling of a bird ( and hand clapping. Therefore (it is said unto them ): Taste of the doom) on the Day of Badr ( because you disbelieve ) in Muhammad ( pbuh ) and the Qur’an.

Their Salat (prayer) at the House (of Allah, i.e. the Ka'bah at Makkah) was nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve.

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