Surah An-Nisaa
Chapter 4 · Verse 52 · Revealed in Madinah
“Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses - never will you find for him a helper.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Chastising and Cursing the Jews for Claiming Purity for Themselves and Believing in Jibt and Taghut
Al-Hasan and Qatadah said, "This Ayah,
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
The curse of Allah causes disgrace here and hereinafter
The Qur'anic word, 'la'nah' (translated as 'curse' in absence of a more exact equivalent) means being far removed from the mercy of Allah, extremely debased and disgraced. Anyone under 'la'nah' from Allah cannot be close to Allah. For such accursed ones admonitions are very stern. The Holy Qura'n says: مَّلْعُونِينَ ۖ أَيْنَمَا ثُقِفُوا أُخِذُوا وَقُتِّلُوا تَقْتِيلًا ﴿61﴾ (The accursed, wherever they be, are to be caught and killed massacre-like.) (33:61). This is their disgrace in the present life - the disgrace in the Akhirah will be far too grim to contemplate.
What does this verse bring up for you today?