سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ

Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 13

The Spoils of War · Medinan · Juz 9 · Page 178

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَآقُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚ وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿13﴾
This is because they defied and disobeyed Allâh and His Messenger. And whoever defies and disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, then verily, Allâh is Severe in punishment.
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum (is) because they
شَآقُّوا۟ shāqqū opposed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚ warasūlahu and His Messenger
وَمَن waman And whoever
يُشَاقِقِ yushāqiqi opposes
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ warasūlahu and His Messenger
فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
شَدِيدُ shadīdu (is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi in [the] penalty

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(Ayah 13){ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ شَآقُّوا اللّٰهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهٗ:} That is, the humiliating defeat suffered by the disbelievers on the day of Badr was because they opposed Allah and His Messenger in such a way that they came out in open confrontation. {’’ شَآقُّوا ‘‘} This is derived from {’’ شِقٌّ ‘‘} in the form of "mufa'alah," meaning that one is on one side and the other is on the opposite side in confrontation, that is, opposition, coming face to face.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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13. This is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allah and His Messenger, then surely Allah is severe in punishment [14] against such people.

[14]
The Disbelievers of Makkah Inflicting Harm Upon Youﷺ and Your Supplication Against Them:

Observe an example of the kinds of harm that were inflicted upon the Messenger of Allahﷺ in the following hadith: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'udؓ says that once youﷺ were praying near the Ka'bah and Abu Jahl and his companions were sitting there. They said among themselves, "Who among you will go and bring the placenta of the she-camel that so-and-so people slaughtered, and when Muhammadﷺ goes into prostration, place it on his back?" Upon hearing this, the most wretched among them (Uqbah bin Abi Mu'it) got up, brought the placenta, and kept watching. When youﷺ went into prostration, he placed the placenta between yourﷺ shoulders on your back. I myself was watching this, but I could do nothing. I wish (on that day) I had some power. The disbelievers laughed and fell over each other. Youﷺ remained in prostration and could not raise your head until (yourﷺ daughter) Fatimahؓ came and removed the placenta from your back and threw it away. Then youﷺ raised your head and supplicated: "O Allah, deal with the Quraysh." Youﷺ repeated these words three times. When youﷺ were supplicating against them, it was hard on the disbelievers, because they believed that supplications are accepted in this city. Then youﷺ supplicated against them by name: "O Allah! Deal with Abu Jahl, and Utbah bin Rabi'ah, Shaybah bin Rabi'ah, Walid bin Utbah, Umayyah bin Khalaf, and Uqbah bin Abi Mu'it." And Amr bin Maymun mentioned the name of a seventh person (Amarah bin Walid), which we do not remember. Ibn Mas'udؓ says, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I saw that all those whom youﷺ named in supplication, their corpses were thrown into the well of Badr."
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