الآية رقم (173) - فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزيدُهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ اسْتَنكَفُواْ وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلُيمًا وَلاَ يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلاَ نَصِيرًا

(173) - (And as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards and grant them extra from His bounty. But as for those who disdained and were arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or helper.)

Two images against each other: Those who believed and did righteous deeds, and those who disdained and were arrogant.

( فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ ) (And as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards and grant them extra from His bounty. ): The reward is according to the work, but Allah (swt) will increase them His grace, which is above justice. The Prophet (saws) said:

“None of you will enter the Paradise by his deeds,” the companions said: “Even you, O’ the Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Not even I, except that Allah wraps me in Mercy”[1]

Allah’s bounty is a favour beyond justice. For justice is exactly according to deeds, the bounty is a mercy from Allah (swt). However, faith needs an evidence, which is a righteous deed, that is because no belief without righteous deeds. The Prophet (saws) said:

“Faith has over seventy branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but God, and the humblest of which is the removal of what is injurious from the road. And modesty is a branch of faith.”[2]

Even the removal of what injures people from the road is a branch of faith. The Prophet (saws) said:

“Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity”[3]

And said, as well:

“None amongst you believes (truly) until he loves for his brother” – or he said “for his neighbour” – “that which he loves for himself.”[4]

Also he (saws) said:

“He does not believe in me, whosoever sleep full at the night, while his neighbor is hungry, and he knows about that.[5]

Hence, there are a lot of elements of Faith as stated by the Prophet (saws) and all of them are achieved through the righteous deeds. Therefore, heart’s faith should be proved by the good deeds.

( وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَنكَفُواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ) (…But as for those who disdained and were arrogant,): That is because not worshiping Allah (swt) is a kind of arrogance.

(  فَيُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ) (.. He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or helper ): On that day, they will not find any protector or supporter, on that specific day:

 يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ (34) وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ (35) وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ (36) لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

(On the Day a man will flee from his brother (35) And his mother and his father (36) And his wife and his children, (37) For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.) (Al-Issraa: 34-37)

Man in that horrible stand has neither a guardian nor a helper other than Allah (swt).

When Allah (swt)  speaks about the Jews and what they did with the Prophet Muhammad (saws) and what they did with Jesus (PBUH) as well as with Mary the chaste, and through what they are doing today of desecrating Al-Quds, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection, it becomes clear that they are throughout their long history, like germs that are pathogenic to humanity:

لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُودَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

(Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.) (Al-Maida: 78)

They believe that they can falsify history, facts, and events and ignore the heavenly Messages by declaring Al-Quds as their capital, and we believe in the promise of Allah (swt):

 فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا

(Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.) (Al-Israa: 7)

[1] Musnad Ahmad: Musnad Abo Hurairah, Hadith No. 7473.

[2] Sahih Muslim: The Book of Faith, Hadith No. 35.

[3] Sunan at-Tirmidhi: The Book of Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Various Kinds Of Good Deeds, Hadith No. 1956.

[4] Sahih al-Bukhari: The Book of Faith, Hadith No. 13.

[5] Al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer of Tabarani: Chapter of the Letter (Alif), Anas ibn Malik al-Ansari, Hadith No. 751.