Surah An-Nisa, Verse 81 and 82

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*Surah An-Nisa, Verse 81:*

وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٌ فَإِذَا بَرَزُوا مِنْ عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طَائِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ غَيْرَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ وَاللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا

They say: "We are obedient," but when they leave you (Muhammad [Blessings and Peace of Allāh be upon him]), a section of them spend all night in planning other than what you say. But Allah records their nightly (plots). So turn aside from them (do not punish them), and put your trust in Allah. And Allah is Ever All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.

*COMMENTARY*

If we trust people who are not true, they are more likely to hinder than to help. But Allāh is All-good as well as All-powerful, and all our affairs are best entrusted to His care. He is the best Guardian of all interests.

Therefore we should not trust the lip professions of Hypocrites, but trust in Allāh. Nor should our confidence in Allāh be shaken by any secret plots that enemies hatch against us. We should take all human precautions against them, but having done so, we should put our trust in Allāh, Who knows the inner working of events better than any human mind can conceive.

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*Surah An-Nisa, Verse 82:*

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا

Do they not then consider the Qur-ān carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions.

*COMMENTARY*

The unity of the Qur-ān is admittedly greater than that of any other sacred book. And yet how can we account for it except through the unity of Allāh's purpose and design? From a mere human point of view, we should have expected much discrepancy, because:

1. The Messenger who promulgated it was not a learned man or philosopher,

2. It was promulgated at various times and in various circumstances, and 

3. It is addressed to all grades of mankind. Yet, when properly understood, its various pieces fit together well even when arranged without any regard to chronological order. There was just the One Inspirer and the One Inspired.