الآية رقم (169) - إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَالْفَحْشَاء وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى اللّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

(169) - (He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know.)

Who orders you? He is the devil.

( بِالسُّوءِ وَالْفَحْشَاءِ ) (to evil and immorality..): What is the difference between evil and immorality?

Evil: The sins like backbiting and Gossiping.

Immortality: The sins that have prescribed punishments (Hadd) such as adultery or theft or others.

So there is a difference between Evil and Immortality, and from this verse:

  {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا}

(And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.)  (Al-Israa:32)

it turns out that adultery is an immortality. Hence, the sin that has a prescribed punishment (Hadd) is called (Immorality), while the sin that has no prescribed punishment (Hadd) and requires repentance such as gossiping and ae backbiting is called Evil.

However, Satan seduces mankind with minor and major sins that are evil and immorality.

( وَأَن تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ) (and to say about Allah what you do not know..): has multiple meanings:

– Denial of what is stated in the Holy Qur’an or by the Messenger of Allah (saws).

– Interpreting the Holy Qur’an in a way that does not comply with it as was revealed. Or interpreting the verses according to one’s desires, aims and individual interests.