Islam Guidance

verse49

(49) وَأَنِ احْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ اللّهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَن بَعْضِ مَا

أَنزَلَ اللّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ لَفَاسِقُونَ

49. " So judge between them by what Allah has sent down, and do not follow their vain desires, and beware of them lest they beguile you from part of what Allah has sent down to you. But if they turn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them for some of their sins, and surely, many of the people are evil-doers."

Occasion of Revelation
It has been narrated from Ibn-Abbas that a group of the great men of the Jews once plotted and decided to go to the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) with the hope that they might be able to change him from his creed. With this planning they came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and said: " We are the wealthy and the learned men of the Jews. If we follow you, other Jewish people also will imitate us. But, there is a conflict between us and another group (about a murder or something else). If you judge in this conflict for our benefit, we will believe in you." The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) refrained from such a judgemnt (which was not just), and the above verse was revealed.
Commentary:
In thise verse, Allah emphasizes again on the judgement of His Messenger and says:
" So judge between them by what Allah has sent down, and do not follow their vain desires, ..."
Then, He warns the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) about their plot by saying:
"...and beware of them lest they beguile you from part of what Allah has sent down to you. ..."
Then, the statement continues saying:
"... But if they turn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them for some of their sins, ..."
Finally, at the end of the verse, it implies that if they persist so much on the falsehood, he must not be worried, because:
"...and surely, many of the people are evil-doers."

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