Tafsir for verse: 4:114
۞ لَّا خَيۡرَ فِي كَثِيرٖ مِّن نَّجۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوۡ مَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ إِصۡلَٰحِۭ بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَسَوۡفَ نُؤۡتِيهِ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ١١٤ ﴿114
114There is no good in most of their whisperings, unless one bids charity or a fair action, or reconciliation between people. The one who does this, to seek Allah’s pleasure, We shall give him a great reward.
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Commentary

And when the people of Tu'mah had conspired with the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, in defending him; He, glorified and exalted is He, alerted them and others to what should be the nature of their conspiracy; and it is good in it to have optimism and attraction; in a manner that prohibits others with the strongest prohibition; by His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "There is no good in much of their secret counsel"; meaning: the secret counsel of all those who conspire; "except for one who"; meaning: the counsel of one who; "commands charity"; and when He specified charity due to the value of wealth in that situation; He generalized with His saying: "or good deeds"; meaning: any good deed that is permitted by the Shari'ah; from charity and others.

And when the reconciliation of relations is a great matter; He emphasized its importance by specifying it; with His saying: "or reconciliation between people"; meaning: in general; for He, glorified and exalted is He, clarified that anything not excluded from the conspiracy has no good in it; and everything from which good is absent is to be avoided - as Ahmad narrated; and Al-Tabarani in Al-Kabir; with a chain that is acceptable; and this is its wording; (p-401) from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: "Indeed, matters are three: a matter whose guidance has become clear to you, so follow it; a matter whose misguidance has become clear to you, so avoid it; and a matter in which there is disagreement, so refer it to its scholar."

And when the meaning is: "So whoever commands something from that, then his secret counsel is good; and he has a reward for it"; He added to it His saying: "And whoever does that"; meaning: the great matter that he was commanded with from these things; "seeking the pleasure of Allah"; who has the attributes of perfection; for indeed, the action has no spirit except with intention; "then We will surely give him"; meaning: in the Hereafter; with a promise that there is no changing of it; "a great reward"; and this verse is one of the greatest proofs that what is required from outward actions is the care for the conditions of the heart in sincerity of intention; and the purification of the call from turning towards a worldly purpose; for if it is for show, it becomes inverted; and it becomes one of the greatest evils.

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