Islam Guidance

verse64

(64) وقاَلَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُواْ بِمَا قَالُواْ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ

يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَاء وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ

وَالْبَغْضَاء إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ كُلَّمَا أَوْقَدُواْ نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللّهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَادًا وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

64. " And the Jews have said: ' The hand of Allah is tied up! ' Be their hands tied up! and cursed be they for what they have said. Nay, both His hands (of Power) are (always) spread out. He bestows as He pleases. And what has been sent down to you from your Lord will certainly increase many of them in insolence and infidelity; and We have cast enmity and hatred between them till the Day of Resurrection. Everytime they kindle a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it. They strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief makers.

Commentary:
One of the clear examples of the vain statements and sinful words of the Jews, which were generally referred to in the previous verse, has been pointed out in this verse.
Its explanation is that: history shows that once the Jews were living in a very powerful state. They were ruling over a vast part of the inhabited world of that Age, of which the time of David and Solomon, son of Dawid, can be mentioed as an example. In the time after that, too, their authority continued to be exposed with some changes, of course.
But, with the advent of Islam, the light of the star of their power declined especially in Mecca and Medina.
The Prophet's fights against the Jewish tribes known as Bani-Nadir, Bani-Qurayzah, and the Jews of Kheybar caused them to becaome very weak. At this time, considering their past glory, authority and power, some of them mockingly said that Allah's hand was tied up with chains and would not give them anything.
Since the rest of them (those Jewish people) were content with them, too; the Qur'an has attributed this qualification to all of them, by saying:
" And the Jews have said: ' The hand of Allah is tied up! ... "
In answer to them, and in order to blame and reproach such a wrong belief, at first, Allah says:
" ... Be their hands tied up! and cursed be they for what they have said. ... "
Then, to nullify this unjust opinion, the Quran says:
" ... Nay, both His hands (of Power) are (always) spread out. He bestows as He pleases. ... "
Allah is neither forced in His affairs, nor is He obliged to the natural fenomena or the momentum of time; but His will is above every thing and effective in all affairs.
Then, it implies that even these verses, that make the secret of their statements and opinions manifest, in sted of having a positive effect on them and turning them back from the wrong path, cause many of them to become rather stubborn and also to increase their rebelliousness and faithlessness. The verse says:
" ... And what has been sent down to you from your Lord will certainly increase many of them in insolence and infidelity; ... "
But, for these unjust statements and opinions that they utter, and the obstinacy that they have in the way of disobedience and disbelief, Allah has assigned a heavy chastisement for them in this world. He (s.w.t.) in this verse says:
" ... and We have cast enmity and hatred between them till the Day of Resurrection. ... "
And, by the last part of the verse, the Qur'an points to the struggles and efforts of the Jews for kindling the flames of war; and the grace of Allah in protecting and rescuing the Muslims from these annihilating flames, where it says:
" ... Everytime they kindle a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it. ... "
And, in fact, this divine incident is one of miraculous aspects of the life of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.). Then, the Qur'an continues saying:
" ... They strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief makers. "

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