Islam Guidance

Verse60

(60) أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُواْ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن

يَتَحَاكَمُواْ اِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُواْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا

Section 9
Hypocrites refuse to accept the Messenger's judgement.
Hypocrites' leaning to satan - the Messenger's judgement shall be accepted - Reward for the obedience to Allah and the Messenger.
60. " Have you not seen those who think they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They intend to resort in the judgement of Taqhut (false deities) while they have been ordered to refect him, and Satan intends to mislead them for astray."
Commentary:
It happened that there arose a dispute between hypocritical Mulsim and a Jaw. They decided to refer to the arbitrator, the Jew elected the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) as the arbitrator for trastworthiness and juslice he (p.b.u.h.) had, but the hypocrite agreed with Ka'b-ibn-'Ashraf (one of the distinguished Jews) as his arbitrator, because the hypocrite knew that he could tend the attitude of Ka'b towards his benefit by giving him some gifts. he verse is for the bleme of that manner.

" Have you not seen those who think they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They intend to resort in the judgement of Taqhut (false deities) while they have been ordered to refect him, and Satan intends to mislead them for astray.
As for the definition of 'the false deities', Imam Sadiq (a.s.) says: "A false deity is he who does not judge rightfully, decides against the command of Allah, and his order is obeyed." (1)
In the previous verse, Allah and the Apostle were introduced as the place of resorts of discords, but in this verse, the blame is upon those who refer to false deities as the place of resorts of their own discords. Thus, in that verse the virtuous cite of resort has been introduced, while in this verse the impious one has been pointed out. So, the true believers do not even think of going to false deities since agreement with /taghut/ 'false deity' is prohibited.
"... they have been ordered to reject him..."
For removing the interior discords, going to non-Muslims is forbidden for Muslims.
"... They intend to resort to the judgement of Taghut (false deities)..."
Through a verse in the current Sura, formerly the Qur'an pointed out that: for a family discord an arbitrator from the family of the wife and another one from the family of husband should judge.
"... Then appoint a judge from his people and a judge from her people, ..." (2)

(1) Al-Tafsir-ul-Burhan, vol. 1, p. 387
(2) Sura An-Nisa', No. 4, Verse 35.

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