4. Sūrat al-Nisāʾ

٤۔ سُورَةُ النِّسَاء

4.29 People of the Book tend to take side of Satan.

٤۔٢٩ مقطع في سُورَةُ النِّسَاء

quran:4:51

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in superstition and false objects of worship and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?  

The following was revealed regarding Ka‘b b. al-Ashraf and other such scholars from among the Jews, when they came to Mecca and saw those killed at Badr, and began to incite the idolaters to avenge them ˹their dead˺ by waging war against the Prophet (s): Have you not seen those who were given a share of the Book, how they believe in al-Jibt and al-Tāghūt, two idols belonging to Quraysh, and say to the disbelievers, to Abū Sufyān and his companions, when they ˹the latter˺ said to them: ‘Are we, who are the guardians of the House, who give drink to the pilgrim, offer hospitality to the guest, set free the captive, and do such and such … not more rightly guided than Muhammad, he who has contravened the religion of his forefathers, severed the ties of kinship, and abandoned the Sanctuary?’, ‘These, in other words, you, are more rightly guided, upon a more upright way, than the believers’?
القرآن:٤:٥١

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَالطَّاغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هَٰؤُلَاءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَبِيلًا  

ونزل في كعب بن الأشرف ونحوه من علماء اليهود لما قدموا مكة وشاهدوا قتلى بدر وحرضوا المشركين على الأخذ بثأرهم ومحاربة النبي ﷺ {ألم تر إلى الذين أوتوا نصيبا من الكتاب يؤمنون بالجبت والطاغوت} صنمان لقريش {ويقولون للذين كفروا} أبي سفيان وأصاحبه حين قالوا لهم: نحن أهدى سبيلا ونحن ولاة البيت نسقي الحاج ونقري الضيف ونفك العاني ونفعل... أم محمد وقد خالف دين آبائه وقطع الرحم وفارق الحرم {هؤلاء} أي أنتم {أهدى من الذين آمنوا سبيلا} أقوم طريقا.
quran:4:52

Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses - never will you find for him a helper.  

Those are the ones whom God has cursed; and he whom God has cursed, you will never find for him any helper, anyone to protect him from His chastisement.
القرآن:٤:٥٢

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَمَنْ يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيرًا  

{أولئك الذين لعنهم الله ومن يلعنـ} ـه {الله فلن تجد له نصيرا} مانعا من عذابه.
quran:4:53

Or have they a share of dominion? Then ˹if that were so˺, they would not give the people ˹even as much as˺ the speck on a date seed.  

Or have they a share in the Kingdom?, that is to say, they have no share in it whatever, and even if they did, then they would not give the people a single date-spot, that is, ˹not even˺ something as worthless as the tiny spot on the back of a date-pit, because of the extent of their niggardliness.
القرآن:٤:٥٣

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيرًا  

{أم} بل {لهم نصيب من الملك} أي ليس لهم شيء منه ولو كان {فإذا لا يؤتون الناس نقيرا} أي شيئا تافها قدر النقرة في ظهر النواة لفرط بخلهم.
quran:4:54

Or do they envy people for what Allah has given them of His bounty? But we had already given the family of Abraham the Scripture and wisdom and conferred upon them a great kingdom.  

Or, nay, are they jealous of people, namely, of the Prophet (s), for the bounty that God has bestowed upon them, in the way of prophethood and abundance of women? In other words, they wish that he be deprived of such things, saying, ‘If he were truly a prophet, he would not be concerned with women’. For We gave the House of Abraham, his forefather, the likes of Moses, David and Solomon, the Book and wisdom, and prophethood, and We gave them a mighty kingdom: David had ninety–nine women, and Solomon had a thousand, free women and slavegirls.
القرآن:٤:٥٤

أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۖ فَقَدْ آتَيْنَا آلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مُلْكًا عَظِيمًا  

{أم} بل {يحسدون الناس} أي النبي ﷺ {على ما آتاهم الله من فضله} من النبوة وكثرة النساء، أي يتمنون زواله عنه ويقولون لو كان نبيا لاشتغل عن النساء {فقد آتينا آل إبراهيم} جده كموسى وداود وسليمان {الكتاب والحكمة} والنبوة {وآتيناهم ملكا عظيما} فكان لداود تسع وتسعون امرأة ولسليمان ألف ما بين حُرَّةِ وسرية.
quran:4:55

And some among them believed in it, and some among them were averse to it. And sufficient is Hell as a blaze.  

And there are some of them who believe in him, in Muhammad (s), and some of them who bar from him, ˹who˺ reject ˹him˺ and do not believe. Hell suffices for a blaze, as a chastisement for those who do not believe.
القرآن:٤:٥٥

فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ صَدَّ عَنْهُ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيرًا  

{فمنهم من آمن به} بمحمد ﷺ {ومنهم من صدَّ} أعرض {عنه} فلم يؤمن {وكفي بجهنم سعيرا} عذابا لمن لا يؤمن.