At-Tawbah 9:57 لو يجدون ملجا او مغارات او مدخلا لولوا اليه وهم يجمحون ٥٧

9:57

لَوۡ

يَجِدُونَ

مَلۡجَـًٔا

أَوۡ

مَغَٰرَٰتٍ

أَوۡ

مُدَّخَلٗا

لَّوَلَّوۡاْ

إِلَيۡهِ

وَهُمۡ

يَجۡمَحُونَ

٥٧

If they find a place of refuge or caves or any place to enter, they will turn towards it running (as) unbridled (horses).

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Exposing Hypocrites' Fright and Fear

Allah describes to His Prophet the fright, fear, anxiety and nervousness of the hypocrites,

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِإِنَّهُمْ لَمِنكُمْ

(They swear by Allah that they are truly of you), swearing a sure oath,

وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمْ

(while they are not of you), in reality,

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Exposing Hypocrites' Fright and Fear

Allah describes to His Prophet the fright, fear, anxiety and nervousness of the hypocrites,

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِإ

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Chapter 9, Page 196, Juz 10

49. And among them there is one who says, “Allow me (to stay behind) and do not expose me to an ordeal.”Look! They have already fallen into an ordeal, and certainly Jahannam (the Hell) has the disbelievers encircled. 50. If some good comes to you, it annoys them, and if hardship befalls you, they say, “We had already taken care of our problem”, and they go their way delighted. 51. Say, “Nothing can ever reach us except what Allah has destined for us. He is our Master. And in Allah alone the believers must place their trust.” 52. Say, “What you are expecting for us is nothing but one of the two good things (martyrdom or victory). And we are expecting for you that Allah sends to you a punishment from Himself or at our hands. So, wait. Of course, we are waiting with you.” 53. Say, “Spend, willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you. You have been a sinning people.” 54. Nothing has prevented their spending from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and they do not come to the Salāh but lazily, and do not spend but without volition. 55. So, their wealth and their children should not attract you. In fact, Allah intends to punish them with these in this lowly life and that their souls should depart while they are disbelievers. 56. They swear by Allah that they are from among you, whereas they are not from among you, but they are a people in fear. 57. If they find a place of refuge or caves or any place to enter, they will turn towards it running (as) unbridled (horses). 58. And among them there are those who find fault with you in (the distribution of) Sadaqāt (alms). So, if they are given something out of it, they are quite happy, and if they are given nothing from it, they at once get annoyed. 59. Would that they were content with what Allah and His Messenger had given to them, and were to say, “Allah is sufficient for us; Allah and His Messenger will give us (more) out of His grace (when they so will). Indeed, we crave for (the pleasure of) Allah alone.”

- T. Usmani