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الآية رقم (64) - وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُواْ بِمَا قَالُواْ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَاء وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاء إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ كُلَّمَا أَوْقَدُواْ نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللّهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَادًا وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

(64) - (And the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.)

When we say: The hand of Allah (swt), we know that any attribute that Allah (swt) mentions to us in the Holy Qur’an does not resemble any attribute in people, and we have to remember the saying of Allah (swt):

 لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ

(There is nothing like unto Him) (Ash-Shura: 11)

He is alive (swt) and you are alive, but there is nothing like unto Him, He is strong and you are strong, but there is nothing like unto Him, He has a hand and you have a hand, but there is nothing like unto Him, so never think that the hand known to us is what the verse is talking about, here it refers to the meaning of grace. So:

(… وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ ) (And the Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained.”…): Meaning Allah’s blessings are forbidden, and in His (swt) saying:

 تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ

(Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion,) (Al-Mulk: 1)

Meaning, His (swt) power and strength, and it does not indicate the hand literally.

(… غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ…) (…Chained are their hands …): That is, their hands are paralyzed. As known, supplication is a request, so does Allah (swt) ask Himself while He is the One Who answers the supplication? Definitely not, this sentence means that whoever says: “The hand of Allah is chained.”…) you have to say: Chained are their hands.

(… وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُوا …) (…and cursed are they for what they say …): They are fired from Allah’s mercy.

(… وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا …) (…And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief …): So, every time the Holy Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet (saws), they increased in disbelief, tyranny, hatred and envy for the Arab nation from which the Prophet (saws) came out.

(  وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ كُلَّمَا أَوْقَدُوا نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللَّهُ… ) (…And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it.): Enmity and hatred will remain between them until the Day of Resurrection. As if Allah (swt) says that every war that takes place in the earth, they are the ones who start it and create it.