This sentence contains all the devine merits...

This sentence contains all the devine merits, (the material and spiritual merits of body and soul) yet, as an emphasis and statement of expansion after epitome, it adds: “…and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow…” Among the privileges of this Divine bounty is that it is eternal, as the verse itself says: “…wherein shall they abide forever…” This condition is a great triumph for a person.

The holy verse continues saying: “…That is the great success.” What a success can be better than this that man, a mortal, feels that his Lord, the Exalted, his worshiped, and his Master is well-pleased with him and has accepted the whole deeds he has done? Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 101 وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُم مِنَ الاَعْرَابِ مُنَافِقُونَ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُوا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ لا تَعْلَمُهُمْ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍ 101 ***.

“And among the Bedouins around you there are hypocrites, and from among the people of Medina (there are also some who) have grown bold in hypocrisy. You do not know them, (but) We know them. Soon We will punish them twice, then they will be turned back to a grievous chastisement.”*** The Qur’ān turns the discussion again unto the deeds of the hypocrites and their mischievous groups.

It says: “And among the Bedouins around you there are hypocrites…” This phrase means that you should be aware and watch the hypocrites who are outside your city and be careful of their dangerous activities. Then, it adds that, in Medina itself, and from among the people of this city, there are also some persons who have stretched hypocrisy as far as the limit of disobedience, and they are severely steadfast unto it so that they are experienced in it.

The verse says: “…and from among the people of Medina (there are also some who) have grown bold in hypocrisy…” This meaning, which is seen in the abovementioned verse about the hypocrites of ‘inside’ and those of ‘outside’, maybe refers to this aspect that the inside hypocrites are more experienced, and naturally more dangerous, in their job than the outside hypocrites. Therefore, the Muslims must intensively be careful of them, although they should not neglect the outside hypocrites either.

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