Tafsir for verses: 4:111, 4:112
وَمَن يَكۡسِبۡ إِثۡمٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَكۡسِبُهُۥ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا ١١١ ﴿111﴾ وَمَن يَكۡسِبۡ خَطِيٓـَٔةً أَوۡ إِثۡمٗا ثُمَّ يَرۡمِ بِهِۦ بَرِيٓـٔٗا فَقَدِ ٱحۡتَمَلَ بُهۡتَٰنٗا وَإِثۡمٗا مُّبِينٗا ١١٢ ﴿112﴾
111Whoever commits a sin, commits it only against himself. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 112Whoever commits a vice or a sin, then shifts its blame to an innocent person, he indeed takes the burden of a false imputation and a glaring sin.
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Commentary
(For indeed, he only earns it against himself) means that his harm does not extend to others. So let him remain with his own self from the earning of evil, whether it be a small sin or a major one. Then he throws it upon an innocent person, just as he threw the accusation upon Zayd. He has indeed borne slander and sin, because by earning sin he is 'sinful' and by throwing it upon the innocent he is 'slanderer.' Thus, he combines both matters. And Mu'adh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, read: 'And whoever earns,' with a kasra on the kaf and the shadda on the seen, and its origin is 'yaktasib.'
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