And one from you who does so...

And one from you who does so, so he has strayed from the Straight Path [60:1] إِنْ يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَيَبْسُطُوا إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ {2} If they were to dominate you, they would become enemies of yours and they would extend towards you their hands and their tongues with the evil, and they would love it if you were to become Kafirs [60:2] لَنْ تَنْفَعَكُمْ أَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ ۚ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ {3} Your relationships (with Kafirs) will never benefit you nor will your children on the Day of Judgment.

He will Decide between you, and Allah Sees what you are doing [60:3] علي بن إبراهيم: نزلت في حاطب بن أبي بلتعة، و لفظ الآية عام، و معناه خاص، و كان سبب ذلك أن حاطب بن أبي بلتعة كان قد أسلم و هاجر إلى المدينة، و كان عياله بمكة، و كانت قريش تخاف أن يغزوهم رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، فصاروا إلى عيال حاطب، و سألوهم أن يكتبوا إلى حاطب يسألونه عن خبر رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و هل يريد أن يغزو مكة Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) said, ‘It was Revealed regarding Hatib Bin Abu Balta’at, and the Words of the Verse are general, but their Meaning is special.

And the reason for that was that Hatib Bin Abu Balta’at had become a Muslim and migrated to Al-Medina, and his family was in Makkah, and the Quraysh were afraid that Rasool-Allah -saww would embark upon a military expedition against them. They came to the relatives of Hatib and asked them that they should write to Hatib asking him about the news of Rasool-Allah -saww , and whether he -saww intends to send a military expedition to Makkah (or not).

فكتبوا إلى حاطب يسألونه عن ذلك، فكتب إليهم حاطب: إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يريد ذلك، و دفع الكتاب إلى امرأة تسمى صفية، فوضعته في قرونها و مرت، فنزل جبرئيل (عليه السلام) على رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فأخبره بذلك They wrote to Hatib asking him about that. So Hatib wrote back to them that Rasool-Allah -saww does intend to do that, and handed over the letter to a woman called Safiya. She hid that inside her hair (in the shape of a horn) and went.

Jibraeel -as descended upon Rasool-Allah -saww and informed him -saww about that.

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