explain, to justify, to make an excuse, to link or connect or join or hang or hold or catch or latch onto, to bring together, to assemble, to put together, to form a community network, to bring about a communication network, to build a road and transport network, to harvest, to reap the fruits of one?s labour, to face consequences of one?s thoughts or actions, to act as an authority, to be powerful or strong or tough or hard or solid or firm, to take away by stealth or by force what rightfully belongs to others, to not to hand over to others what rightfully belongs to them, to be a usurper, to be an oppressor or transgressor or a tyrant, to manage or handle or take care of, to stick or glue together, to keep together, to assemble or bring together or put together, to adhere to, to join or stick with, to follow closely, to unite or form a union or be one, to bring about a network of people community network, to be strong or tough or solid or firm, to act as authority, to urge or encourage or push or drive or move or inspire or exhort or motivate or energise or activate, to make or have or use tools or weapons or instruments or equipments or appliances or machines or mechanisms, to be courageous or brave or strong hearted, to be man of standing or influential, to be an expert or fully trained or skilled person in something, to blow or blow up or inflate or explode or blow whistle or expand or extend or stretch or detail or explain or elaborate or elucidate or rationalise or theorise, to grow or increase or accumulate or become bigger or significant or noticeable, to add or insert, to omit, to throw or flung out or exclude or reject or eject, to act as fuel on a fire, to ignite or fuel the fire, to use bellow to heat up the fire, to blow on a fire to make it fierce, to have faith in God or in laws of God, to be a believer in God, to abase oneself or address oneself with earnest supplication to God in the hope that prayer will be answered or complaint will be listen to or addressed by God, to celebrate praises of God greatly, to wish or pray for something bad happening to someone or something, to imprecate evil upon someone or something, to utter loudly a word expressive of pain or grief or sorrow or lamentation or complaint or moaning or impatience or regret, to prolong voice of complaint, to utter a moan, to say ah or alas, to utter voice of complaint, to moan, to wail, to pity oneself or others, to have pity or mercy on oneself or others, to complain, to sigh, to exclaim, to sigh with admiration, to experience pain or suffering or sadness or sorrow or grief, to suffer an injury or wound, to be hurt or injured, to be given to expressing sorrow, to regret or be regretful or in a regretful situation or a set of circumstances, to be depressed or suffering from anxiety, to show concern or be worried about, to be sorry for or about, to be in a sorry state, to be wise, to be a thinker, to be a self aware person, to be a person who is well aware of one?s surrounding or environment or atmosphere, to be concerned about higher level of things, to think at a highest level, to think about things in light of revelation of God, to have best interest of humanity in mind, to be highly concerned about well being or welfare of others, to be a person bestowed with sense of making proper sense of things, to have sound judgment, to be sound in one?s judgement of things, to be the best decision maker, to be a person of understanding or comprehension, to be a person capable of understanding most difficult of things or situations, to have insight or be insightful, to pray, to request or demand or ask for, to make an application for, to express one?s wishes to someone or something, to speak one?s mind aloud, to say what is in one?s mind, to express oneself, to have proper understanding of revelation of God, to be kind or tender hearted or compassionate, to be full of mercy for others, to cry for others, to feel pain of others, to empathise or sympathise with others, to have sympathy for others, to be sympathetic towards others, to be the one who feels sorry or pain or cries at the misfortune of others, to grief for others when they are in bad situations, to be the one who shares pain of others, to be soft hearted, stick or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, hook or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, window or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose etc etc.
The Quran is telling mankind very clearly that they should never try to support and protect any way of life that is adopted by people which is founded upon personal gains at the expense of each other and the reason is because it leads mankind to harm and destruction by hands of each other due to rivalries and animosities. This is why any rule based upon that way of life is anti Quran therefore anti Quran based Islam. This is why one cannot be a Muslim and a ruler, a Muslim and a mullah or a Muslim and a money lender or their supporter. Of course people are given time to learn and do things but when they have learned what is right and why and what is wrong and why and yet they support what is wrong and oppose what is right then they are out of pale of deen of Islam and they are no friends of God or humanity or even themselves. It is because if you harm and destroy your own society then you yourself are not going to be very safe for very long. One is as safe and secure as one?s environment in which one participates and interacts. So any person who has little bit of sense will try his best to secure his environment for one?s own peace of mind. The dangerous the environment people create through their harmful and destructive interaction and participation with each other in that environment the more danger it poses for themselves. This is why beneficial and constructive interaction and participation of people with each other is absolutely necessary if they want to turn their world into a blissful, dignified and secure place.
It is not the way of Allah to allow people to continue living in chaos and confusion after He has granted them His guidance that is why He makes clear for them what they ought to protect themselves against in order to prosper because Allah has taken it upon Himself to make obvious for mankind all things necessary for them to know and do to prosper.
It is responsibility of Allah to provide mankind with his guidance but if they ignore it and go their own ways then terrible consequences they are bound to face is their own fault because Allah is free of harms and destructions people inflict upon each other. So individuals may get away with murder in this world but they are bound to face full accountability in hereafter because life does not end with death of people.
It is Allah alone to Whom belongs the kingdom of the universe including this earth. He brings nations to life when they follow His program and lets them perish if they do not. That is how you should come to know that you have nothing other than guidance of Allah to protect you and support you.
That is why through His revelation Allah turned to the prophet and those who migrated and their host supporters who stood by him in the time of hardship even though a party of them changed their minds thereafter but they came back to their senses and that is because Allah proved to them that He is a ruler who bestows bliss and dignity through His program for life of security.
11 Likewise He turned to the case of the three whose case was pending for decision. So despondent were they that the earth with all its vastness seemed strangling for them and even their own people seemed to close their doors upon them suffocating them yet more. That is how they were made to realise that there was no protection against the set-up systems and laws of Allah save in abiding by His revealed plan. That is why He turned to them through His guidance so that they turn to His advice and reform. Surely Allah turns to mankind through His blissful, dignifying and secure life providing guidance.
This verse could be talking about three individuals who made excuses for exemption from campaigns or three leading groups of people eg the tribal chiefs, the priests and the wealthy people who decided to create an alternative movement in opposition to the program of the prophet and were caught red handed. It seems from the verse that they stopped their activities against the state and became reformed members of the community. In either case there is no death penalty involved even in case of treason but threat of expulsion from the state is present for anti state activities unless people repent and reform. If they do then they must prove from then on by their word and deed that they are loyal to program of Allah and their community. If they do then they should be accepted as part of community otherwise threat of expulsion should be carried out. The Quran does not hold people responsible for their make beliefs or useless rituals so long as they do not cause interfere in affairs of the kingdom based upon guidance of Allah. People can believe and do whatever they like in the kingdom based upon guidance of Allah but they cannot act against the kingdom whereby they endanger lives and liberty of each other or end up destroying whatever has been built so far.
So O you who claim to be committed to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind! Be consistent with program, constitution and law of Allah in deeds for the well being of mankind, so be with those who prove their declared commitment true.
The Quran is full of verses asking people to honour their declared commitments in deeds and that way prove themselves true to their commitments. So people who claim to be Muslims and think just because they declared their commitment to deen of Allah they will be saved from life of hell even without needing to do anything can see for themselves how wrong they are. As explained already in detail, you only get what you work for. If you want to build a house, it is not enough that you get the map for the house and you will end up with a house magically. The world is not set-up by Allah to work that way rather this world is set-up to work on basis of cause and effect. So if you do not cause something then it does not happen or if you do not work towards what you want then nothing happens, so if you want a house, build one. The Quran is a road map for mankind for making this world a paradise for themselves so if people instead of being active and creative towards that objective will sit idle or do the opposite of what is needing doing then not only the world will not become a paradise but it will become a hell hole for mankind, so choice rests with people what they want out of this world and how they intent to get that. As explained already, the Quran is a book that helps mankind organise and regulate themselves into a fully self disciplined ummah and that is why it sets goals for humanity and provides them with guidelines for fulfilling the divine mission or program or plan. It is all about bringing about a great human society.
It was therefore not right for the people of the City or the desert Arabs of the neighbourhood to oppose the mission of the messenger of Allah by making demands for personal benefits at the expense of others against the very foundation of the program given to the prophet. It is because a people struggle not for removing lack of knowledge and poverty of all sorts or suffer any hardship for implementation of the program of Allah nor take any step which provokes the opponents of Our guidance or receive any injury from an enemy but it is credited to them because Allah does not let go to waste the hard works of such people who take the necessary steps to mend rifts between individuals and communities in order to achieve unity and peace for mankind for making progress towards prosperity of human community.
Word ZAMMA is from root ZWAA, MEEM and ALIF. Concrete meaning of this root is extreme thirst or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose. Also span of time or thirst or hunger or need or desire or craving or time between two drinks of water or interval between drinks or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, a face having little flesh or a wind that is hot or something that lacks gentleness or moisture or something that is dry or found or ardent or wistful or fond of or fondness or like or love or place at which one feels thirst or becomes thirsty or situation where in one feels thirsty or a place which makes one feel thirsty or situation which makes one feel thirsty or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, an eye with fine hair lashes or dry lips or lips lacking moisture or gums with less blood circulation than normal or a foreleg with less flesh or a black she-camel or a farmland which is irrigated by rain water only or the time or interval or period between two drinkings or waterings or in the coming of camels to water or the minimum or maximum time period or interval or duration between keeping of camels from the water or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, an expression of praise or dispraise or a lean shank or an eye having a thin or a delicate lid or a horse having firm and well braced joints and not flabby or lax or fleshy joints or a hot wind or evilness of nature of a man or meanness of disposition or deficiency of equity to associates or a black camel or antelope or thirsty place of the earth or ground or something or a place watered by rain alone or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, a very thirsty man or woman or person or one who is given to drink or one who does not act equitably or justly or fairly or an evil or wicked or wretched or crooked or cruel natured person or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, tyrant or oppressor or transgressor or anarchist or wild or lawless or cruel or merciless or disorderly person or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, powerful or strong or tough or firm or solid or steadfast person or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, mutton or flesh of young sheep or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, young sheep or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, sacrificial lamb or soft or easy target or scapegoat or someone or something easily taken advantage of or someone or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, a person with knobby or knotty or lumpy or leathery or weather beaten or robust or rough or rugged or course or gnarly or well build body or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, a person with twisted or bent or turned or crooked or distorted or arthritic body or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, flood or disaster or devastation or death and destruction or calamity or catastrophe or war or famine or drought or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, heavy rain or heavy shower or rain in abundance or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, drive or push or motivation or courage or dare or bravery or energy or something life giving or energetic or encouraging or motivating or inspiring or revelation of God or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, ocean or river or stream or well or spring or pond or any source of water or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, sea or river or spring or fountain of knowledge or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, growth or prosperity or comfort or luxury or ease or flowers or blossoms or greenery or vegetation or plantation or herbage or livelihood or flooding or irrigation or drowning or bathing or washing or submergence under water or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, staff or batten or power or authority or strength or energy or ability or capacity or capability or reach or range or spectrum or revelation of God or ox or bull or head of a bull or crew or governing body or government or regime or administration or management or leadership or ruling elite or command and control centre or central processing unit or central nervous system or top part or section of something or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, chief or king or president or ruler or God or owner or father or manager or handler or administrator or guardian or patron or husband or carer or guardian or patron or protector or director or guide or leader or teacher or trainer or instructor or director or pointer or scholar or someone alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, oneness or togetherness or gathering or unity or union or marriage or wedding or partnership or cooperative or corporation or circle or association or company or society or family or clan or tribe or community or nation or party or group or band or troop or army or force or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, courage or dare or bravery or urge or motivation or drive or push or inspiration or exhortation or something that moves or brings to life or activates or rejuvenates or heart or essence or very being or very heart or brain or mind or intellect or psyche or self or seat of thoughts and emotions or intelligence or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, innermost secrets or thoughts or rage or anger or provocation or something in which something cooks or is cooked or thoughts that arise in mind or plans or plots or schemes of mind or the source of creativity or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, to form a community network, to face consequences of one?s thoughts or actions, to act as an authority, to be powerful or strong or tough or hard or solid or firm, to take away by stealth or by force what rightfully belongs to others, to not to hand over to others what rightfully belongs to them, to be a usurper, to be an oppressor or transgressor or a tyrant, to manage or handle or take care of, to stick or glue together, to gather or keep together, to assemble or bring together or put together, to adhere to, to join or stick with, to follow closely, to unite or form a union or be one, to bring about a network of people or things or a community network, to be strong or tough or solid or firm, to act as authority, to urge or encourage or push or drive or move or inspire or exhort or motivate or energise or activate, to make or have or use tools or weapons or instruments or equipments or appliances or machines or mechanisms, to be courageous or brave or strong hearted, to be man of standing or influential, to be an expert or fully trained or skilled person in something, to blow or blow up or inflate or explode or blow whistle or expand or extend or stretch or detail or explain or elaborate or elucidate or rationalise or theorise, to grow or increase or accumulate or become bigger or significant or noticeable, to add or insert, to omit, to throw or flung out or exclude or reject or eject, to act as fuel on a fire, to ignite or fuel the fire, to use bellow to heat up the fire, to blow on a fire to make it fierce, to flood a place or space with something, to flood the market with goods or services, to water or irrigate, to wet or bathe or wash or drench or soak or sink or drown or dip or submerge or immerse in water or liquid or knowledge or light or something, to flow or drip or run, to shed tears or water, to filter, to strain, to sift, to cause bloodshed or death or destruction or devastation or calamity or catastrophe or disaster, to have easy or comfortable or luxurious life, to have things of need or want in abundance or plentiful, to blossom or flourish or develop or grow or prosper, to increase, to become strong or stronger, to increase one?s capacity or capability or strength, to have ambition or desire or wish or goal or destination or purpose, to drink from spring or fountain of knowledge, to be luminary, to be a scholar, to be a learned or experienced or skilled or trained person, to be an expert, to be master of, to have influence, to be influential, to have standing, to command respect or honour, to have dignity, to have power or control or authority or jurisdiction or grasp or grip over, to have reach or range or spectrum or operating zone, to have potential or talent or ability or capability or capacity, to be kind, to be compassionate, to be benevolent or beneficial, to be cuddly, to be furry, to be soft, to be gentle, to be unfortunate, to be fond of, to be sacrificed, to be used as scapegoat, to be gullible, to be easily deceived, to be taken advantage of, to be meek, to be innocent, to be simple minded, to be good, to be spotless, to be in raw or in natural state of existence, to be unprocessed, to be an unfinished product, to be unpolished, to be in unrefined state of existence, to be uncultivated or uncultured, to be yet to be finalised, to lack mannerism, to lack sophistication or complexity, to lack cultivation, to be in rough or crude state or form of existence, to hold or grab or grip something firmly or tightly, to strangle, to choke, to squeeze the life out of, to frighten, to put fear into, to nail, to hold in place, to jab with nail or something sharp or pointed, to stab, to prick, to puncture, to make a hole, to punch a hole, to nip, to cut or injure with nail, to contain, to limit, to restrain, to hold back, to oppose, to resist, to go against, to have an adverse affect or affect adversely, to succeed in fulfilling one?s objective or ambition or desire or need or want, to have firm or hard or tough joints or be without flabby or lax joints, to undermine gradually or become slowly undermined, to become depraved or empty over time, to gradually or slowly deplete or erode or wear away or reduce or lessen or attenuate decrease or drain or exhaust or bleed or consume, to have little sap or vital fluid or liquid or juice in the bodily system, to be thin or skin and bones, to have little flesh on the face, to have little flesh upon the legs, to remain little of life in something due to lack of water or thirst or without having water, to thirst or crave or accomplishing or fulfilling the purpose of life or existence, to thirst or crave for knowing the purpose of life, to lack the knowledge of purpose of life, to have no knowledge of purpose of life, to feel a vacuum without something, to thirst for meeting someone, to constrain oneself to endure with patience a state of thirst or thirst to the slightest degree or most vehement thirst, to lose water or moisture, to make work hard or sweat due to working hard, to make lean or lank, to thirst most vehemently, to thirst in the slightest degree, to thirst vehemently, to be patient during thirst, to cause to be lean, to be desperate or extremely desperate for something, to be desperately in need of water or help or something, to be or become thirsty or extremely thirsty or cause to be thirsty or extremely thirsty, to thirst or thirst for or to have extreme thirst for, to be thirsty for knowledge, to hunger or hunger for or be or become hungry for, to have hunger for power or wealth, to be mean, to be unjust, to be cruel, to need food or be in need of nourishment or food for thought, to miss someone or something dearly, to shrivel, to become tired or weary or fatigued, to lack water in body or feel the lack of water in body, to suffer from burning thirst, to make someone or something thirsty, to create need or want or desire in someone or something for something, to cause to crave for someone or something, to long for, to fancy, to lack gentleness, to lack moisture, lamb or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, water or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose, stick or something alike in some sense in some way for some reason or purpose etc etc.
Moreover they use not anything small or large or cut across any valley for preaching or battle but is written to their credit therefore Allah rewards them according to the best of their actions for the well being of the mankind.
Remember also that it is not proper that those who are committed to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind should all go forth all together at once on any missionary campaigns rather a reasonable party from each community should stay behind as well so that they learn the proper understanding of Our program, constitution and law and pass it on to people on the mission when they return so that they too become aware of any new information and abide by it.
This verse tells Muslims that not all of them should go out on missionary work among other communities rather a reasonable number of people must stay back so that community life at home is not affected or suffers because of it. Moreover opponents should not be given chance to attack homes of people on mission finding them easy targets. Home security is emphasised along with missionary duty. In other words all things should be done in a sensible way so that people do not suffer any setbacks due to making silly mistakes along the way. Here ummah is told to organise and regulate themselves in such a way that all needs and demands or wants are met sufficiently and efficiently. A clear proof that the Quran only tells what people should be doing and how and for what reasons in a general sort of ways and leaves rest to people themselves to use their own power of creativity and make action plans and carry them out. This is why any person who remains ignorant cannot be a Muslims because one does not meet the Quranic criterion or set standard for being a Muslims. Being born ignorant is one thing but staying ignorant is unforgiveable. A clear proof that nonsense of mullahs should not be listen to or people will regret it for all their lives.
O you who claim to be committed to working for unity peace, progress and prosperity of mankind! Strive properly against those who attack you from among the opponents of rule based upon Our guidance so that they find you indefectible. That is how you should make it obvious to them that guidance of Allah provides solid foundation for those who are consistent with it for the well being of humanity.
The Quran is not telling its followers to fight against their opponents like mad but to keep the objectives in forefront of their minds and do what needs to be done to achieve the stated objectives. This fight is not based upon permanent rivalry and animosity but on finding common ground and once that is achieved people become one and fight ends. The Quran does not tell its follower to stick to the Quran but the idea of common grounds that ensure unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind. It is inevitable consequence of reflection that one cannot find any better foundation than the one found in the Quran so by that reason all people are bound to bounce back to the Quran no matter whatever they claim to be.
This is why whenever a Surah is revealed some of them ask others, whose confidence in commitment to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind has this Surah increased from among you? Certainly the confidence in commitment to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind has increased of those who have already truly committed to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind therefore they rejoice over its revelation.
However those in whose very core of their person rests rivalry and animosity against rule based upon guidance of Allah and well being of humanity it further adds rage to their existing agony so they are consumed by it the while they oppose it.
Do they not see that they are put through hardship every year once or twice? Yet they neither accept their wrong doings nor repent and reform or learn any lessons from all that is happening before their very eyes.
This is why whenever a Surah is revealed instead of doing what they are told each of them looks at others to see if anyone is watching his behaviour in response to it? So if they see none is watching them then they go back to their old behaviour. Allah has found at heart of their personalities no interest in learning from His guidance to discipline themselves accordingly because they are a people who are bothered not with learning things properly for their understanding and thing them properly.
This verse explains why Allah revealed his messages so that people learn sense on top of what they already know through their own brains and senses as their life experiences ie self awareness and awareness of real world realities. After that people must go for self discipline through organisation and regulation so that they do not need any police force to discipline them or any such body to organise and regulate them but a life style based on regulation book as already explained in detail. In short people need to rise to a level of thinking whereby they become aware of how they should not live and how they should live and live the way that is best for their future as a proper human community.
12 Surely there has come to you the mankind a messenger from among yourselves a human being who grieves at your loss and who is excessively anxious desiring your unity, peace, progress and prosperity and who also tries his best to do all he can for well being of those who claim to be committed to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind.
But if they still turn away from Our message that you deliver to them then say to them, set-up systems and laws of Allah are sufficient for me to rely upon for fulfilment of my mission. There is no sovereign in the kingdom of this universe but He. Upon His universal systems and laws I rely, for He alone is the ruler of all this huge kingdom of the universe.
This surah is a very powerful message from Allah for guidance of humanity and a serious warning as well that if people will ignore this message then because this is the end of messages from Allah so they will be left to find their own way to Allah by beating each other up towards that end till they get there. So the message is clear, learn and follow guidance of Allah or be left in darkness and keep fighting each other in the darkness of ignorance till you get fed up and look for light at the end of the tunnel.
