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At-Tawbah 9:90

Word by word

وَجَآءَ ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allāh and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ(and those who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat at home), and did not ask for permission for it; and Allah warned them of painful punishment, سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ(a painful torment will seize those of them who disbelieve.)

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Commentary

The details given in the verse tell us that there were two kinds of people among the Bedouins of the desert. First, there were those who visited the Holy Prophet ﷺ and requested that they might be excused from Jihad and allowed to stay behind. Then, there were the arrogant and rebellious among them who did not even bother to take the trouble of excusing themselves out of it. They just stayed behind.

When the Holy Prophet ﷺ allowed Jadd ibn Qays that he may not go on Jihad,' says Sayyidna Jabir ibn ` Abdullah ؓ ، ` some hypocrites also came to him, offered their excuses and sought his permission to stay out of Jihad. As for the permission, he let them have it, but he did realize that they were making false excuses, therefore, he turned away from them. Thereupon, this verse was revealed.'It made it clear that their excuse was unacceptable. Therefore, they were served with the warning of a painful punishment. However, by saying: اَلَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنھُم (those of them who disbelieve), a hint was given that the excuse given by some of them was not because of their disbelief or hypocrisy, rather, it was because of their natural laziness. So, they were not to be affected by the punishment to fall upon those disbelievers.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وجاء جماعة من أحياء العرب حول (المدينة) يعتذرون إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ويبينون له ما هم فيه من الضعف وعدم القدرة على الخروج للغزو، وقعد قوم بغير عذر أظهروه جرأة على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. سيصيب الذين كفروا من هؤلاء عذاب أليم في الدنيا بالقتل وغيره، وفي الآخرة بالنار.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

ثم بين تعالى حال ذوي الأعذار في ترك الجهاد الذين جاءوا رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يعتذرون إليه ، ويبينون له ما هم فيه من الضعف ، وعدم القدرة على الخروج ، وهم من أحياء العرب ممن حول المدينة .قال الضحاك ، عن ابن عباس : إنه كان يقرأ : " وجاء المعذرون " بالتخفيف ، ويقول : هم أهل العذر .وكذا روى ابن عيينة ، عن حميد ، عن مجاهد سواء .قال ابن إسحاق : وبلغني أنهم نفر من بني غفار منهم : خفاف بن إيماء بن رحضة .وهذا القول هو الأظهر في معنى الآية ؛ لأنه قال بعد هذا : ( وقعد الذين كذبوا الله ورسوله ) أي : لم يأتوا فيعتذروا .وقال ابن جريج عن مجاهد : ( وجاء المعذرون من الأعراب ) قال : نفر من بني غفار ، جاءوا فاعتذروا ، فلم يعذرهم الله . وكذا قال الحسن ، وقتادة ، ومحمد بن إسحاق ، والقول الأول أظهر والله أعلم ، لما قدمنا من قوله بعده : ( وقعد الذين كذبوا الله ورسوله ) أي : وقعد آخرون من الأعراب عن المجيء للاعتذار ، ثم أوعدهم بالعذاب الأليم ، فقال : ( سيصيب الذين كفروا منهم عذاب أليم ) .

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