Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 127
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 { صَرَفَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوْبَهُمْ:} "Allah has turned their hearts away" because they do not understand what is in their own welfare and benefit, or it is a supplication against them that they are deserving that it be said about them that Allah turn their hearts away.
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
127. 2. That is, due to not reflecting and pondering over the verses of Allah, Allah has turned their hearts away from goodness and guidance.
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[146]
After the Revelation (Wahi), the Prophet ﷺ Gathering the Companions in the Mosque to Recite the Revelation:
When a surah would be revealed, sometimes the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would call the Muslims to Masjid Nabawi and recite this surah to them as a sermon. Now, the predicament of the hypocrites was that they had to go to the mosque upon such an announcement, and in order to remove suspicion of hypocrisy from themselves, they had to mark their attendance in such gatherings. However, they could not bear this forced labor for long and wished that after marking their attendance, they could immediately slip away from the Muslims unnoticed, and most of them would do exactly this. So, when these people began to flee from the gathering of guidance and righteousness in this manner, Allah made their hearts just like that.
[147] That is, despite being disgraced once or twice every year, they could not understand how they could be saved from this disgrace and instead attain honor, nor in what lies the well-being of their religion and worldly life.
