Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 51
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ When the Jews opposed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they established contact with the polytheists of Makkah and began to say to them that your religion is better than the religion of the Muslims. All this was due to the jealousy that prophethood and religious leadership had been given to others besides themselves. Allah Almighty blamed them in these verses.
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[83] Jibt and Taghut
Jibt is, in fact, a comprehensive term for superstitions and false beliefs, which includes magic, charms, amulets, incantations, the effects of planets on human life, fortune-telling, talismans, inscriptions, and amulets, etc. Taghut is every false power and system to whose obedience people are compelled, and in opposition to obedience to Allah, they are forced or made to obey that individual, institution, or government, and people accept them in defiance of divine commands. These can be village chiefs, spiritual leaders and elders, false systems like socialism or democracy, or tyrannical kings like Pharaoh and Nimrod.
The Jews Considered the Polytheists Better Than the Muslims:
That is, the majority of these Jews and Christians are engrossed in superstitions and charms, and instead of believing in Allah, they submit to Taghut. Despite being in such a misguided state themselves, they say to other disbelievers (such as polytheists) that you are better than these believers (Muslims) and more rightly guided than them. That is, while they themselves are completely immersed in misguidance, they are giving certificates of being more rightly guided to the polytheists than to the Muslims. Remember that whenever the polytheists of Makkah attacked Madinah, the Jews always supported them verbally and practically. On such an occasion, the polytheists asked the Jews, "Tell us truthfully, are these Muslims better or are we?" And they were asked this because the Jews had an intellectual reputation throughout Arabia. But these faithless ones, merely to please the polytheists, would give such an answer. Whereas, in reality, they knew very well that shirk is an unforgivable crime in the sight of Allah, and Muslims, being monotheists, are a thousand times better than the polytheists.
