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Yeah it is true, the one who falsified the divine invitation, counted his miracles as magic and his religion unsuccessful and he had closed the way of guidance and salvation for himself and he is the most cruel as he closed the main stream of divine grace and deprived the people, the guarantee that ensures the eternal welfare.
In the end of the ayat it said: the Majestic and Dominant God never forgives the cruel people.

The duty of Benevolent God is to guide, his pure nature (zaat e pak) is the spiritual light and illumination “Noor e ma’naviâ€‌. Our guidance needs base and back ground. And this base does not exist in those people who are the enemies of truth.
This ayat once again emphasise upon the fact that though the guidance and misguidance is from Mighty God. But the first steps initiates from the man himself. For that reason he is never forced for any of his act.

The above ayat defines that the invitation of prophet peace upon him guaranties the well-being of the human being in this world and here after. In spite of that how a human being is ready to hit the axe to his own roots?
أ¦أ³أ£أ³أ¤أ؛ أƒأ³أ™أ؛أ،أ³أ£أµ
The meaning of the above term is repeated 15 times in the noble Quran. And this ayat is the last among them which is under discussion. Though outwardly the situation of cruel people is different and this matter possibly may initiate this question that can be the cruellest people consist of more than a group of people. However the minute study in the ayat shows that the total falsification of divine signs returns towards the acts which obstruct the people from every angle. In fact the worst tyranny is to break the people from reaching this programme of well-being.
Then to show that the enemies of truth are unable to eradicate his religion, presented a beautiful comparison and said: they want to blow off the light of mighty God with their mouths but the glorious God made his light perfect, though the unbelievers do not favor it.

They are similar to those who want to blow off the world illuminating light of sun with their mouth. They are like the bats who feels that if they close their eyes by seeing the sun and sink deeply in the layers of the night’s darkness, they can crash this fountain of light, the sun.
The history of Islam is a live document to prove this as an eyewitness to that great prediction of noble Quran. As since the beginning of the advent of Islam they plotted different kind of conspiracies to destroy it.
Some times by mocking and torturing them,
At times by imposing social and economic restrictions,
Repeatedly by imposing the different wars in the battle field of Ohod, Ahzab and Hunain,
Often by the conspiracies of the hypocrites,
Over and over again by creating the disputes among the rows of the Muslims,
Frequently by the wars of crusade,
At times by occupying their holy lands, the Jerusalem and first “Qiblaâ€‌ direction of Muslims to turn at the time of namaz,
On a regular basis by dividing the great Islamic country into more than forty countries,
Over and over again by changing the line of the Muslim youth from their old Islamic culture,
All the time by means of spreading obscenity and the means of immoral and degrading acts among the youth of the society,
A lot of times exploiting by means of military, politics and economics,
And sometimes by other means
But as by the will of mighty God this divine light is increasing day by day and the border of Islam, comparative to past, in every period getting more expansive.
The statics shows that the Muslim population of the world is increasing in spite of the joint struggle of the Zionist, Cruciform and the materialists of east. Yeah they continuously endeavor to extinguish the light of Merciful God but the sovereign Lord had a different purpose.
And this is the eternal miracle of the Noble Quran.
It is to be noted that this subject is discussed twice in Honorable Quran with a difference that once it is told

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They want to extinguish God's light with their mouths
But here it is mentioned:

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The first ayat indicated to extinguish without any preface, the second one specifies to put out with the help of preface.
It means that whether they do it with or without the previous intention, they are not able to put out the divine light.
In the last ayat under discussion, to emphasize more it clearly says: He is the one who send his messenger with guidance and the true religion to dominate him over all the religions however the polytheists do not like it.

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The above term, as if it is defining the secret of success and the domination of Islam is for the reason that the nature of guidance and the true religion its success is preserved. Islam and the noble Quran is the divine light. The light where ever it exists, presents its effects and it is the source of success and victory. And the hatred of polytheists and unbelievers is unable to create an obstacle in this way.
Interestingly this ayat with slight changes presented thrice in the honorable Quran. Once in sura e Tauba (ayat 33) and once in sura e Fat’h (ayat 38) and one time in this same sura e Saff.
But one must not forget that this repetition and emphasize was in the period when Islam was not prevailed in the Arabian Peninsula, leave aside the other parts of the world. But the noble Quran stressed upon this matter and the future incidents proved the accuracy of this great prediction. Finally Islam logically and practically progressed and prevailed upon other religions and withdrew the enemies of Islam from the infinite part of the world and replaced them, now it is increasing as well.
Of course the final stage of this advancement, in our belief, with the arrival of hazrat Mehdi alaihis salam (may our souls sacrifice upon him) proved true that these aayaat are a affirmation for that great advent.
About the contents of this ayat, does this expansion means logically or does it means by the help of power? How this ayat is connected with the advent of Imam Mehdi alaihis salam. It is discussed in detail in the sura e Tauba in the book Tafseer e Namuneh.

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O you who have believed, shall I guide you to a transaction that will save you from a painful punishment?

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You believe in Allah and His Messenger and strive in the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is best for you, if you should know.

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He will forgive for you your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence. That is the great attainment.-

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And also (He will give you) another (blessing) which you love, help from Allah (against your enemies) and a near victory. And give glad tidings (O Muhammad SAW) to the believers.

The incomparable and profitable business
As it is told in the beginning of the surah that one of the important purposes of this surah is the invitation towards believe in Islam and Jihad (the holy war). The aayaat under discussion too emphasise upon these two elements with elegant examples which inspires towards the divinity and creates encouragement in the heart of the man. The motivation which swears the success of Islam upon all the other religions, indicated in the previous aayaat.
First it said: Those who believed! Do I recommend you on behalf of a business which saves you all from the painful punishment?

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Despite the believe in Islam and Jihad (the holy war) which are the compulsory obligations but here it did not narrated in the form of command but in the form of an offer of a business that too blended with the term of everlasting kindness of Almighty God.
Certainly the protection from the painful punishment is among the most important needs of every man. Hence his question is “Do I recommend you of a business which saves you all, from the painful punishmentâ€‌? It is noteworthy for each and every body.
When it attracted the hearts towards itself, without waiting for the answer began to define that lucrative business and added: and it is to bring faith in Majestic God, his prophet and fight in the divine path my means of your wealth and life.

Certainly the Dominant God does not need this profitable business but all its profit entirely belongs to the believers. Hence in the end it said: this is better for you compared to everything, if you understand it.

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Interestingly here the recipients are the believers and called them as: O you who believe!
أ­أ³أ‡ أƒأ³أ­أ¸أµأ¥أ³أ‡ أ‡أ،أ¸أ³أگأ¶أ­أ¤أ³ أ‚أ³أ£أ³أ¤أµأ¦أ‡
Here it invited them towards two principles of faith and holy war jihad, possibly it is indicating towards the belief, a faith that is only for name sake if it is without any depth which is not sufficient. The deep and pure faith is essential that can become the main stream of the sacrifice, martyrdom and Jihad (the holy war). May be here the account of faith in Generous God and his prophet is only for definition which is mentioned shortly in the beginning of the ayat.
Any way belief in the prophet is not different from the faith in Exalted God. For instance the battle by risking the life and the fight by means of spending wealth, they both are not separate. As all the fights needs the equipment and the tools which only can be provided by means of material help. Some are capable of both kinds of Jihad and certain people are capable of jihad by wealth away from the battle field and sometimes they possess only their life, ready to sacrifice in the way of Islam.
But any way these two struggles must march together to gain the victory and if we see that the battle with wealth is given the first preference, because it is not important than the fight to sacrifice the life but it is accounted as its beginning, as the tools of war can be provided only by the material support.
Here three basic elements from the fundamentals of this great and incomparable business are defined: The buyer is mighty God the seller is the human beings with right believe and the commodity is their wealth and souls and it is the turn of fourth element that is the cost of this business deal.
It says: whenever you do this the merciful God forgive your sins and provide you place in the gardens of Paradise under its trees streams are flowing and dwelling in the neat and clean houses. In the eternal paradise provide your residence and it is a great success.

When it comes the turn of rewards of here after, first it goes towards the forgiveness of the sins, as most of the uneasiness of the thought is from the sins the man committed. When the forgiveness is assured then he has no anxiety. This term defines the first divine gift to the martyrs in his way; it is that He forgives all their sins.
Like this manner in the above aayaat mentioned two branches of believe (faith in mighty God and his prophet â€کsava’) and two branches of jihad (the holy war with the help of sacrificing the wealth and the soul) and two branches rewards of hereafter (the forgiveness of the sins and the entering in the paradise) as we will notice the two heavenly gifts are for this world too, defined in the next ayat.
Where it said: The blessing which you like it most and love it, he bestows upon you that is the help of supreme God and the success, near to us.

What a blessed and profitable business that is entirely a success, victory, elevation and grace. For this reason it is called as “fauz e azeemâ€‌ a great success.
Then it greeted the believers about this marvellous transaction, presented them the glad tiding and added: give the believers the glad tiding.
أ¦أ³أˆأ³أ”أ¸أ¶أ‘أ¶ أ‡أ،أ؛أ£أµأ„أ؛أ£أ¶أ¤أ¶أ­أ¤أ³
In a hadees it is narrated: when in the night of lailatal aqabah (the night when the prophet met secretly with a group of the people of Medina near Mecca and attained the pledge of alliance (bai’at) from them). Between the prophet and the Muslims of Medina an agreement was promised. “Abdullah bin Ravahaâ€‌ expressed: any additional condition if you want you can take in this alliance for your Lord and yourself.
The great prophet peace be upon him said: But for the Lord the term is that you must never bring any partner for Him. And for me, as you defend your souls and property same way defend for me too.
Abdullah said: at its place what will be granted to us?
The prophet peace be upon him replied: Heaven!
Abdullah said: what a profitable deal. We will never turn away from this promise. (We will never cancel it and never accept its cancellation).

The points
1-Which is the success near to us (Fat’h qareeb)? In these aayaat the promised victory featured logically as well as practically in the field of the war that repeatedly passed upon the Muslims.
Which is the victory that is called (Fat’h qareeb)? The interpreters guessed it in many ways; most of them defined it as the victory of Mecca and some of them defined the victory of Mecca as well as a part of Iran and Rome and some narrated it the total Islamic conquests which was achieved in a short period after bringing faith and Jihad of Muslims.
As the addressees are not only the companions and supporters of prophet but the entire believers in the extent of history were addressed in this manner and the ayat mentioned below has a vast meaning.

And it is a glad tiding even for those as well at the time of the victory of Mecca when these ayat descended it is a clear proof regarding the conquest of the holy land Mecca.
2-What is masakin tayyaba “the agreeable and pleasant housesâ€‌?
Among the heavenly affluences here specifically emphasized upon the neat and affluent houses that too in the gardens of paradise. It is for the reason that the basic condition for the comfort and peace of man is the means of his residence. That too, a neat house and clean from entire inner and outer uncleanness where a human being can rest safely in peace.
Ragib defines in mafridat states: the real meaning of tayyib is the thing that one by paying attention to it can enjoy it outwardly and inwardly and this is the complete meaning which includes the favourable conditions of a house.
It is notable that in the noble Quran there are three things which are the source of the peace and tranquillity that is:

The darkness of night
Al-An'am (The Cattle)

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And has made the night for rest
The residential houses:
An-Nahl (The Bee)

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And Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest
And whole heartedly faithful spouse:
Ar-Rum (The Romans)

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And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them;

The world is the profit-creating abode of holy saints
In the Nahjul Balagha we read, hazrat Ali alaihis salam told a big headed man, idiomatically called “the one who carefully purifies his praying matâ€‌ as he was continuously reproaching the world, maula Ali A.S replied him and expressed: you are wrong, this world is an immense treasure for those who are awakened and well aware. And then explained on this subject such that: the world is a profit creating place of Benevolent God’s friends.
Therefore, if at one place the world is compared to the field of hereafter and here it is paralleled to the profit creating abode where the man receives the capital from the supreme God and sells him the same thing back in a very high cost. He receives the highest prize in the place of a cheap thing.
Basically the term business that too a profitable business is for stimulating the most important motivation in man, a motivation to gain profit and protect against losses As this divine transaction in not only profitable but it wards off the painful punishment too.
In the same manner in the ayat 111 of sura e Taubeh it is mentioned as well:
At-Tauba (The Repentance)

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But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah , (the poor rate) then they are your brothers in religion; and We explain the verses for the people who know.

(61:14)
O you, who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." Then a group of the Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became uppermost.

Definition
Be like havariyun (desciples of hazrat Isa (Jesus) alaihis salam)
In this ayat which is the last ayat of Sura e Saff once again emphasised upon the matter of jihad “the holy warâ€‌ which establish the main pivot of the sura but persuaded this matter in a different way and presented the better matters about the heaven and heavenly blessings and expressed: O those who acquired faith, be the supporters of Mighty Allahâ€‌.

Yeah the supporters of Allah, the almighty god from whom all the sources of power starts and returns back to him. The supreme God whose power is unending and unconquerable and here surprisingly He called his creation, the human beings for help and this is an exclusive honour though its meaning is the same, supporting the prophet â€کpeace be upon him’ and his religion Islam though the excellent kindness lies in it.
Then points towards an ancient example so that they can understand this path which has not been without the traveller and adds: as the son of Maryam â€کalaihumus salam’ told his supporters: who is my supporter in the way of almighty God?

The companions replied in extreme respect and said: we are the supporters of almighty God.

And in his path stood up to fight against the enemies of truthful God and a group of Bani Israil brought faith and joined the havariyun â€کthe supporters of benevolent God’ and the another group became â€کkafir’ the unbelievers.

Here our help and aid came to support them “we empowered them against the enemy who brought faith in us and finally conquered over themâ€‌.

You too are the companions of Muhammad peace be upon him and proud of this honour that you are the supporters of the great Allah. Same way as the havariyun â€کthe supporters of benevolent God’ conquered upon the enemies, you too will be victorious and honoured in this world and hereafter.
This matter was not only concerned the prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions who were adherents of truth and continuously in struggle with the followers of falsehood and they are the supporters of the Majestic God and finally they achieve the victory.
In every vein there is sweet and salty water
Increasing in the creatures until the blow of trumpet
(Announcement of judgment day)

The point:
Who are the havariyun?
In the honourable Quran the companions of hazrat Isa alaihis salam (Christ) are mentioned five times, wherein two times it is defined in this same sura. This term indicating the twelve specific companions of Isa A.S such as their name is stated in the bible of Mata and Luqa.
We declared it previously also that this term had been taken from the mother word â€کhur’ that means to wash and make silvery white. As they possessed the pure hearts and contented souls and always trying to clean their hearts and souls and others as well.
In some of the narrations it is revealed that Isa Masih A.S send each of them as his representative to the different part of the world. They were devoted, sacrificing, fighters of holy war, soldiers and wholeheartedly loving the Christ (Isa Masih a.s).
But in the narrations of the Christians it is defined that one of them by the name Yahuda askharyuthi at last betrayed the Christ (Isa Masih a.s).
In this matter there are more descriptions in the definition of the 52 ayat of sura Aale Imran
In a hadis it is described that the great prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) when met in the Aqabeh with a group of people who came to pledge the oath of alliance to him and said: You select twelve people among you and introduce them to me so that they be duty-bound representative of their people, same as the havariyun of Isa Masih a.s Ibn Maryam a.s. this as well showing the important status of those magnanimous people.
O Majestic God! Make us successful in this profitable transaction which you provided for your dedicated saintly people to attain it and acquire the abundance of its benefits.
O Provider God! Make unstable those who create the differences and dispersion in the rows of Muslims.
O Lord! Your religion had never been without the supporters and dedicated assistants. Bless us this honour to be a part of this group of people.
Ameen, O Allah! The Provider of the universe

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