فَغَضِبَ ابْنُ أُبَيِّ [بْنِ] سَلُولٍ وَ قَالَ لَوْ...
فَغَضِبَ ابْنُ أُبَيِّ [بْنِ] سَلُولٍ وَ قَالَ لَوْ كَفَفْتُمْ إِطْعَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ لَتَفَرَقُّوا عَنْهُ يَعْنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا مِنْ غَزَوْتِنَا هَذِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ وَ النَّبِيَّ ص Ibn Ubay Bin Saloul was angered and he said, ‘If you were to refrain from feeding them, they would disperse away from him -saww !’ – meaning away from the Prophet -saww . ‘By Allah -azwj !
If we were to return from this battle of ours to Al-Medina, the honourable one would expel the humiliated one from it’ – meaning himself and the Prophet -saww . فَأَخْبَرَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ النَّبِيَّ ص بِمَقَالِهِ فَأَتَى ابْنُ أُبَيِّ [بْنِ] سَلُولٍ فِي أَشْرَافِ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص يَعْذُرُونَهُ وَ يُكَذِّبُونَ زَيْداً فَاسْتَحْيَا زَيْدٌ فَكَفَّ عَنْ إِتْيَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص Zayd Bin Arqam informed the Prophet -saww with his words.
Ibn Ubay Bin Saloul came among nobles of the Helpers, to the Prophet -saww . They offered his excuses and belying Zayd. Zayd was embarrassed, so he refrained from going to Rasool-Allah -saww .
فَنَزَلَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لا تُنْفِقُوا عَلى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا وَ لِلَّهِ خَزائِنُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لكِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ لا يَفْقَهُونَ يَقُولُونَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ وَ لِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَعْنِي وَ الْقُوَّةُ وَ الْقُدْرَةُ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ So, it was Revealed: They are those who are saying, ‘Do not spend upon ones in the presence of Rasool-Allah until they disband’.
And for Allah are the treasures of the skies and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand [63:7] They are saying, ‘When we return to Al-Medina, the honourable ones will expel the humble from it’. And for Allah is the Honour, and for His Rasool, and for the Momineen, [63:8] – meaning, and the strength and the power is for Amir Al-Momineen -asws and his -asws companions against the hypocrites.
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