Day 51 · Surah An-Nisa' Verses 114-127

An-Nisa' 114–127

Secret conversation is only valuable if it encourages charity, goodness, or reconciliation, then the way Satan misleads people is exposed and it is affirmed that faith is measured by deeds, not by wishes.

Hypocrites love to whisper about the Messenger and Muslims, yet good whispering is only that which commands charity, goodness, or reconciliation among people.
The sin of associating partners with Allah is not forgiven if taken at death, while other sins may be forgiven.
Satan misleads by making people harbor vain desires and commanding them to change Allah's creation, while all his promises are deception.
True believers are those who do good deeds, not those who merely harbor desires, and their reward is paradise for both men and women.
Acting justly toward orphans is commanded, whether one wishes to marry them or not, including paying their dower and giving them their parents' inheritance.

Verses 114-121 still explain some of the behavior of hypocrites and their relationship with Satan as well as Satan's ways of misleading people. Hypocrites love to converse secretively (najwa) about the Messenger and Muslims. Yet secret conversation has no value except to command charity, goodness, or reconciliation among people. Apart from that is the work of Satan, harming Allah and His Messenger. The threat is hellfire. Then Allah does not forgive those who associate partners with Him and may forgive other sins, as explained previously in verse 48. Because they truly worship idols or a Satan who is disobedient and cursed by Allah.

Satan is determined to mislead people by:

Making people harbor vain desires.
Commanding people to cut the ears of livestock.
Commanding people to alter Allah's creation, including mankind itself. Whoever takes Satan as a guardian will lose in this world and the Hereafter. Remember, all of Satan's promises are nothing but lies and deception.

Verses 122-126 explain:

True believers are those who perform various good deeds, not merely harboring desires like the People of the Book.
The reward of those who believe and do good deeds, whether male or female, is paradise, while the reward for evil deeds is hellfire.
The best religion is that which teaches complete submission to Allah, doing good, and following the religion of Ibrahim. That is the religion of Islam. Islam is the best religion as created by Allah. And Allah is the Owner of the heavens and the earth and everything within them, and His knowledge encompasses all things.

Verse 127 again explains the law of household affairs, particularly regarding the obligation to pay the dower for marrying an orphan and the obligation to care for and give the wealth of orphans that has been kept since their parents' death. Truly, Allah commands justice toward orphans, whether one wishes to marry them or not. Acting justly toward orphans is a good deed that Allah will record and for which He will give a good reward.

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