إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ۞(51)
51. The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger, to judge between them , is that they say: “We hear and we obey”. And such are the successful.
52. And whosoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger, fears Allāh, and has Taqwā of Him, such are the successful
... Allāh tells us about the attributes of the believers who respond to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ and who seek no other way apart from the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ.
Allāh says:
إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ۞ (51)
The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger, to judge between them , is that they say: “We hear and we obey”.
Meaning,
to hear to obey. Allāh describes them as
having attained success, which is
achieving what one wants and being saved from what one fears. So Allāh says:
وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
And such are the successful
Concerning
the Āyah:
أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا
they say: “We hear and we obey”.
Qatādah said: “We were told
that when ‘Ubādah bin As-Sāmit,
who had been present at Al-‘Aqabah and
at Badr, and was one of the leaders of the Anṣār, was dying, he said to his nephew Junādah bin Abi
Umayyah: ‘Shall I not tell you what you
must do and what is your due?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘You have to listen and
obey when times are easy and when they are hard, when you feel energetic and
when you do not want to, and when you feel selfish. You have to train your
tongue to speak the truth. Do not go against those who are in authority, unless they openly command you to commit
acts of disobedience to Allāh. Whenever you are commanded to do something that
goes against the Book of Allāh, then follow the Book of Allāh. “(1)*
Qatādah said: We were told that Abu Ad-Dardā’ said, “There is no Islām except through obedience to Allāh, and no goodness except in Jamā’ah. Sincerity is to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ, and to the Khalīfah and all the believers.” He said: “And we were told that ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭab, may Allāh be pleased with him, used to say; ‘The bonds of Islām are Lā ilāha illallāh, establishing prayer, paying Zakāh and obeying those whom Allāh has given authority over the affairs of the Muslims.’” This was recorded by Ibn Abi Ḥātim.(2)*...
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
And whosoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger,
in what he is commanded with, and avoid what he is forbidden,
وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ
fears Allāh, means, for his past sins,
وَيَتَّقْهِ
And has Taqwā of Him, regarding sins
he may commit in the future.
فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ
Such are the successful. means, those who will attain all goodness and be saved from all evil in this world and the Hereafter.
*(1) Ibn Abi Ḥātim 8: 2623.
*(2) Ibn Abi Ḥātim 8: 2623, 2624
Selected from: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, Sūrah 24. An-Nūr (51- 52) (Part-18), page 107-111, Darussalam
Note: Edited 24/2/2024 @ 7:29 PM
