Surah Baqarah Verse 19 & 20 In English

Transliteration & Translation of Al-Baqarah Verse 19, 20

Surah Baqarah Verse 19, 20 Transliteration

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ [Surah Baqarah Verse 19]

يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ  [Surah Baqarah Verse 20]

Aw kaSayyibim minas samaaai feehi Zulumaatuw wa ra’aduw wa barqun yaja’loona aSaabia’hum fee aadhaanihim minaS Sawaai’qi h’adharal maut. Wallahu muh’eeTum bil kaafireen. [Surah Baqarah Verse 19]

Yakaadul barqu yakhTafu ab`Saarahum. Kullamaaa aDuaaalahum mashau feehi wa idhaa aZlama a’laihim qaamoo. Wa lau shaa ALLAHU ladhahaba bi-sami’him wa ab`Saarihim. Innallaha a’laa kulli shayin qadeer. [Surah Baqarah Verse 20]

Surah Baqarah Verse 19 & 20 Translation

Or like a heavy rainstrom pouring from the sky, wherein is darkness and thunder and lightening. They thrust their fingers in their ears because of the thunderclaps, for fear of death and ALLAH has encompassed the disbelievers. # Al Baqarah Verse 19

It so seems that the ligthening would snatch away their sight, whenever there is some flashing, they walk therein and when it is dark, they stand still. If ALLAH willed, He would have taken away their sense of hearing and sight. Surely ALLAH has power to do everything (he wills) # Al Baqarah Verse 20

Surah Baqarah Verse 19 & 20 Explanation

Tafsir

Second example of the hypocrites

Imam Ibn Jarir Tibrani, narrates regarding these verses in his references from Ibn e A’abbas, and Ibn Mas’ood that “When two hypocrites from the people of Madina ran towards the from the Messenger of ALLAH (Peace be upon him) towards the disbelievers, they were caught by the rain which Almighty ALLAH has mentioned. There was noise, thunder and flashed lightening. And whenever lightening struck loudly, they would insert their fingers in the ear due to the fear of death. And when the lightning flashed, they would walk in the light and during the darkness, they would stand still. They used to say, “Let the morning arrive, then we will go to Mohammad (peace be upon him).” Then in the morning, they came to the Prophet with a sincere heart, they came to Islam with goodness. Almighty ALLAH narrates the example of the hypocrites of Madinah with those two hypocrites who went out from Madina.

When the hypocrites would be present at the meeting of the Prophet (peace be upon him), they used to put their fingers in their ears out of the fear that some revelation might have descended regarding them or some act of their’s might have been caught or they be ordered to be killed, just as the two hypocrites struck in the rain had put their fingers in their ears.

And when they got a lot of wealth because of the victory of Islam, and when they had children, they settled on Islam and said, “The religion of Mohammad is right.” Like the two hypocrites used to walk in the light of lightning. And when their wealth and offspring were destroyed by a calamity, they would then turn to disbelief and say, “This is because of the religion of Mohammad (peace be upon him)”, same as during thunder and darkness, the two hypocrites stood.”

Explanation of two examples

The first example is of those who were certain deniers in their hearts and had become Muslims because of their worldly necessity and benefits. And this is another example of those hypocrites who were doubtful. They used to accept the wealth and charity with great affection but they would not be ready to accept the trials of struggling in the path of Islam.

How is it to apply ruling of hypocrite after the period of the Prophet?

The ruling of the hypocrites was possible only during the (visible) life of the Prophet. It was only the position of the Prophet to declare a person as a hypocrite through the revelations. And now since the descending of revelations is stopped, it is no longer possible to declare someone a hypocrite (in his belief), because no one can tell with certainty about the state of some person’s heart except the Prophet. However, if a person is hypocrite from his deeds point of view, it can be predicted. Therefore, whoever shows his Islam is a Muslim. And whoever disbelieves will be an unbeliever. And whoever turns away from Islam after accepting it first is an apostate.

Surely ALLAH has power to do everything

This means that Allah Almighty can do whatever he likes. He is capable over everything according to his dignity. Some people try to prove a defect in Allah by saying that ALLAH can do anything, he is capable over lying as well etc,. which is totally wrong. They say, ‘Allah’ is supreme over all things and lies are also among things, so, Allah is also capable of lying but does not lie. The answer to this is, it is impossible to have defects and bad things such as lies, deception, treachery, shamelessness etc,. in Almighty Allah because he had made their presence forbidden for himself. Similarly, Almighty ALLAH has declared that there will be no Prophet after Mohammad (peace be upon him). In fact, if one says that Allah is capable of all things, and he is capable of sending another Prophet as well, then it is a corrupt belief, because that is against the will of Almighty ALLAH, he has made it impossible for another person to become a Prophet after Mohammad (peace be upon him). In short, its meaning is He is capable of everything that He wants / likes.

Surah Baqarah Ayat 19 & 20 Roman Urdu

Surah Baqarah Ayat 19, 20 Tarjuma

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ [Surah Baqarah ayat 19]

يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ  [Surah Baqarah ayat 20]

“Ya (un munafiqeen ki misaal) un logon jaisi hai jinpar aasmaan se barish horahi ho. Aur us badal mein zulmatein  (andheri) hon aur ra’ad (garaj- farishte ki awaz ko ra’ad kehte hain jo badal par muqarrar hota hai) aur baraq (chamak, bijli). Yeh ahle barish apni ungliyon ko apne kaano mein thons lete hon. Kadak (ki wajeh se) jo (ra’ad ki shiddat e aawaz se hoti hai taake woh usko sun na paayein) maut ke andeshe se (jo usko sunkar paida hota hai, yehi haal un munafiqeen ka hai keh Quran jab nazil hota hai. Aur usme kufr jisko zulumaat se tashbeeh di gayi hai aur waeed e kufr jisko ra’ad se tashbeeh di gayi hai aur dalail e waziha jinko barq se tashbeeh di gayi hai. Yeh cheezein hoti hain toh yeh apne kaan isliye band karlete hain keh usko sun na sakein aur kahi imaan ki taraf aur tark e mazhab ki taraf maayil na hojayein jo unke nazdeek maut hai) aur ALLAH ta’la ne (apne Ilm wa qudrat ke lihaz se) kafiron ko gherey mein le rakha hai.”  # Ayat 19

“Qareeb hai keh (bijli) unki binayiyon ko uchak le jahan unke liye bijli chamki (uski raushni mein) woh chalne lage aur jab unpar taariki huwi phir khade ke khade rehgaye (yeh tamseel is liye hai keh dalail e Quraniyah se unke dil kaanp jaate hain ya apne munasib khwaish cheezon ko sunkar tasdeeq karte hain. Aur na muafiq cheezon ko sunkar tawaqquf karte hain) Agar ALLAH chahta toh unke (zahiri) kaan aur aankhein bhi salab karleta (jaisa ke batini salab karli hai unke kufr ke sabab). Bila shuba, haq ta’ala har cheez par (jo uski shaan ke layaq hon) qaadir hai.” # Ayat 20

Al Baqarah Ayat 19, 20 Tashreeh

Munafiqeen ke ahwaal ki dosri misaal

Imam Ibn e Jarir Tibrani, is ayat ke shaan e nuzool mein apni asaaneed ke sath Hazrat Ibn e A’bbas, Hazrat Ibn e Maso’od waghairaha se riwayat karte hain:

Ahle Madina se do munafiq RasoolALLAH (sallallahu a’laihi wa sallam) ke paas se mushrikeen ki taraf bhaagey toh unko us baarish ne aaliya jiska ALLAH ta’ala ne zikr farmaya hai. Isme shor, garaj aur kadak thi aur bijli chamak rahi thi. Aur jab bhi bijli zor se kadakti toh woh maut ke dar se kaano mein apni ungliyan thons lete. Aur jab bijli chamakti toh woh uski roshni mein chalte aur jab andhera chaa jata toh khade rehjate. Woh kehne lage keh kaash subah hojaye toh hum phir Mohammad (sallallahu a’laihi wa sallam) ke paas chale jaayein. Phir jab subah huwi toh woh aapke paas aaye aur khuloos e dil se Islam le aaye aur inhone neiki ke sath Islam ke ahkaam par a’mal kiya, ALLAH ta’ala ne Madine ke munafiqon ki misaal un do munafiqon ke sath di hai, jo Madina se nikale the.

Munafiq jab Nabi (sallallahu a’laihi wa sallam) ki majlis mein haazir hote toh woh is khauf se apne kaano mein ungliyan thons lete keh Mubada Nabi () par unke mutalliq koi kalam nazil huwa ho ya unki koi baat pakdi gayi ho aur unko qatal karne ka hukum diya jaaye, jis tarah baarish mein ghirey huwe un do munafiqon ne apne kaano mein ungliyan thons li thin. Aur jab fatuhaat e Islam ki wajeh se unko bohat zyada maal e ghanimat mila. Aur unke yahan aulad huwi toh woh Islam par kuch qayam huwe aur kehne lagey keh Mohammad () ka deen haq hai. Jis tarah do munafiq bijli ki raushni mein chal padhte the. Aur jab kisi musibat ki wajeh se unka maal aur aulad halak hojate, phir kufr ki taraf laut jaate aur kehte keh yeh deen Mohammad () ki wajeh hai, jis tarah jab bijli chamakti aur andhera cha jata toh woh do mnafiq khade rehjaate the.

Dono misalon ka tajziyah

Pehli misaal un logon ki hai jo dil mein qatayi munkir the aur kisi dunyawi garaz aur maslihat ki wajeh se musalman ban gaye the. Aur yeh dosri misaal un munafiqeen ki hai jo shak aur takzeeb mein mubtala the. Zakat aur maal e ghanimat ko toh dili raghbat se qubool karte lekin Islam ki khatir jihaad ki aazmaaishon ko qubool karne ke liye tayyar na the.

Aaya ahad e risalat ke baad munafiq ka hukum lagana kaisa?

(Aqaaid ke aitbar se) Munafiqon ka hukum sirf RasoolALLAH ki hayat e zahiri hi mein mumkin tha. Yeh aap hi ka mansab tha keh aap wahi e Ilahi se yeh batayein keh fulan shaks munafiq hai. Aur jab jab ke wahi munqatey hochuki hai toh ab kisi shaks ke mutalliq yeh kehna mumkin nahi keh keh woh munafiq hai, kyunke RasoolALLAH ke siwa koi shaks qatayi taur par kisi ke dil ke haal par muttala’a nahi hosakta. Lihaza jo shaks Islam ko zahir karega, woh musalman hai. Aur jo kufr ko zahir karega woh kafir hai. Aur jo Islam se kufr ki taraf laut jayega woh murtad hai. Aur jo shaks apne kufriya aqaaid par Islam ka malma’a chadhayega woh zindeeq hai. Aqaaid ke taur par haqeeqi munafiq koi nahi hai, albatta jo shaks be amal ho usko amal ke a’itbar se munafiq kaha jasakta hai.

InnaLLAHa a’laa kulli shayin qadeer

Iska matlab yeh hai keh Allah ta’ala har us cheez par qadeer hai jo uski shaan ke layaq hai. Baaz log ALLAH ta’la mein aib par qudrat bhi sabit karte hain jo bilkul galat hai. Woh kehte hain keh Allah ta’ala har shay par qadir hai aur jhoot bhi ek shay hai, lihaza ALLAH kizb par bhi qaadir hai. Iska jawab yeh hai keh Allah ta’ala ke liye aib jaise jhoot, dhoka, behayayi waghaira cheezein muhaal hai kyunke ALLAH ta’la ne inhe apne liye muhaal farma liya hai. Isi tarah ALLAH ta’la ne yeh muhal qarar diya hai keh Mohammad (Sallallahu a’laihi wa sallam) ke baad koi Nabi nahi bhejega. Lihaza agar koi kehta hai keh Allah har shay par qadir hai aur Mohammad ur RasoolALLAH ke baad bhi Nabi bhejne par qadir hai toh yeh uske aqaid ki kharabi hai kyuke yeh ALLAH ta’la ki chahat ke khilaf hai. Khulasa e kalam yeh hai keh ALLAH har us shay par qaadir hai jo uski chahat mein hai.