Then God Almighty concludes by saying that they will have a painful punishment. Here, let's pause:
God Almighty varies the types of punishment. Sometimes it is worldly, sometimes in the Hereafter, sometimes when visiting graves. It varies between severe, painful, and others. Why? We don't know exactly why, but if we look at each verse separately, we will find the appropriate type of punishment. Here, the hypocrite has a disease in his heart, and God Almighty has increased for him the type of punishment he has done to himself. So, why the painful punishment? Let me give you an example: If you have a very quarrelsome son who does not listen to you and harms you all the time, you are a firm father and raise him. You will hit him one time, and as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Do not disfigure the face.” However, if you hit him, let it hurt. So, why the pain? Perhaps the sensory centers in the skin that cause pain awaken a sense in you that will improve you and make you worthy of entering Paradise. Even after they have been purified from hypocrisy, which is certainly not based on belief, because doctrinal hypocrisy is less than disbelief.
God Almighty said:
﴿ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ﴾ [ البقرة: 11]
“And when it is said to them, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only reformers.’” [Al-Baqarah: 11]
And when they are advised to refrain from spreading corruption on the earth through disbelief and sins, divulging the secrets of believers, and befriending unbelievers, they say, falsely and arguing, “We are only the people of reform.”
A Look at the Noble Verse
My brother: When we speak, we are all people of principles, and when we act, we are people of self-interest. So, don't talk too much about yourself. Let me see your actions first. There are those who corrupt the lives of others through their jobs. For example, someone who obstructs people's interests in a government agency: You are faced with one of several choices: Either give them a bribe (and lose your faith), or forcibly stop them and expose them. You lose your interests, and those around you will harm you, even if their interests are yours. The slightest word You will be told: Let the ships sail even if they are leaky, and many other options, all of which are a system of corruption. You participated in his system of corruption simply because you left him alone for your own benefit. The most important thing here in this verse is that this employee is a symbol of corruption. If you told him: Do not corrupt people’s interests (“Do not cause corruption on earth”), he would say to you: I am a great reformer - I have principles, but life is difficult and I want to feed my children like you. The elder steals from me, so why do you demand that I not steal from you? This obscene example of this employee: You will find him in almost all areas of life. You will find him in the doctor who prescribes you an expensive medicine because he will go to a scientific conference at the expense of the company that prescribed this expensive medicine for you. You will find him in the clothing store that puts cameras in the changing room. You will find him with the construction engineer who cheats in building materials due to high prices. You will find him and you will find him, and each of them will say to you the famous saying: “We are only reformers.” Reformers of what and for whom?
God Almighty said: "
﴿ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ﴾ [ البقرة: 12]
Indeed, they are the corrupters, but they perceive not." [Al-Baqarah: 12]
What they do and claim to be reform is the very essence of corruption, but due to their ignorance and stubbornness, they do not perceive.
A Look at the Noble Verse
God Almighty Himself tells you to understand God: Whoever talks about themselves a lot, take your mind with you and look at their actions. Whoever speaks of righteousness is neither righteous in themselves nor a reformer of others. the reformer not have time to talk about themselves? Rather, he talks about hopes and achievements to encourage others to act? This is in our narrow understanding. But God Almighty says about them (those who claim not to cause corruption) that they are the true corruptors. So, what is the definition of corruption?
The Corruption is a form of betrayal of trust or crime committed by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority. This is done in order to obtain illicit benefits or abuse that power for personal gain.
What are the types of corruption?
Financial corruption
Represents all financial irregularities and violations of the financial rules and regulations governing the administrative and financial operations of the state and its institutions.
Administrative corruption
Relates to manifestations of corruption and administrative, functional, or organizational irregularities, as well as violations committed by public employees in the performance of their official duties.
Corporate crimes
In criminology, corporate crimes or economic crimes represent irregularities (financial or administrative) committed by a company or by individuals acting on their behalf, and violations of the financial rules and regulations governing the administrative and financial operations of the institution.
Bribery
Bribery requires two parties: the one who gives the bribe and the one who receives it. In some countries, the culture of corruption may extend to all aspects of life, making it difficult to maintain any business without resorting to bribes.
Data corruption or information corruption
Extortion
Is the personal benefit of public funds by a political official through illegal means. Extortion can be compared to the trading of positions.
The absence or inability of democracy.
What, then, can we learn from our knowledge of the types of corruption in interpreting this verse? If God Almighty wanted another word - another expression other than the word corruption, He would have used it to describe the hypocrites. Look: If you saw any type of corruption that He mentioned, which is summarized in (financial - administrative corruption - personal factional interests), search behind this man - this woman, and most likely you will not only discover that he is a hypocrite, as this is his relationship with his Lord. He will meet him and hold him to a strict account for that, but you are living here in this life with him, search behind him if you find him a hypocrite = personal interests, and if you find a circle of corruption, search for hypocrisy, as faith does not agree with hypocrisy, nor do factional interests agree with faith. The ancients said: Two people do not agree with coisastance except that one of them has a characteristic of the other. They also said: Birds of a feather flock together. Once again, when you read your daily portion and one of your portions is this page of the Holy Quran, remember all the types of corruption that you see around you, whether on the local, regional or international level, and choose for yourself a circle that will fix what others have corrupted. The goal is not to memorize Surat Al-Baqarah to shade you on the Day of Resurrection, or to ascend the ranks, but rather the highest: to do what came In the cow and not memorizing resonant words, I seek forgiveness from Allah for the expression, and what is the meaning of resonant words then? They are short words in a short sentence that delight the listener. What is this wisdom? The most important thing is to apply it so that it becomes a walking Quran on earth, as was the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him. Remember that our master Omar bin Al-Khattab memorized the cow in 10 years, and he was one of those who memorized 1000 verses of poetry and recited them in Dar Al-Nadwa with eloquence and rhetoric.
God Almighty says:
﴿ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾ [ البقرة: 13]
“And when it is said to them, ‘Believe as the people have believed,’ they say, ‘Should we believe as the fools have believed?’ Unquestionably, it is they who are the fools, but they do not know.” [Al-Baqarah: 13]
And when it is said to the hypocrites, “Believe”—like the faith of the Companions, which is belief with the heart, tongue, and limbs—they argue and say, “Should we believe as those with weak minds and weak judgment believe, so that we and they are equal in foolishness?” God responds by saying that foolishness is limited to them, and they do not realize that what they are in is misguidance and loss.
An look of the Noble Verse
Now let’s address what “When it is said to them, ‘Believe as the people have believed.’” What does this mean? Is it belief in God Almighty and that's it? Then why did God Almighty name them in the previous verse "corruption" as a title for them? It seems that the matter is related to the fact that your belief = good deeds and not just corrupt, no, but corrupting the lives of others, such as selling or trading drugs or buying a shipment of spoiled meat and selling it to people's diseases, or contaminated blood or other, you are not corrupt, you are a corruptor and it is a higher degree than the corrupt in itself. Now: The noble companions say to them "Believe as the people have believed" and their response was (Shall we believe as the fools have believed) and who is the fool then: the fool who does not know how to manage money, weak opinion, this is the fool in the origin of the Arabic language, and God Almighty named two fools in the Qur’an (the woman and the orphan or the child) why? Because they do not know how to manage money and that is in Surat An-Nisa, it is not its place here, but studies today prove that when a woman consumes as her feelings higher than a man, she buys and buys and buys according to her psychological state that changes in childhood than in the stage of a girl abandoned by her lover Or the divorced woman or the woman who has despaired of menstruation or even the one who quarrels with her husband, all of this is reflected in the way she buys, no matter how high the position is, she is the one who consumes as her feelings, unless she is in a state of stable feelings, which is not expected for every woman individually in all periods of her life. The most important thing is the infidels and hypocrites: they see the believers like this (fools: they have no opinion and are weak in dealing with money in a rational way like women and children), so God Almighty responds to the backbiting of the believers and says to them, “Indeed, they are the corrupters, but they do not perceive.”
God Almighty said:
﴿ وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ﴾ [ البقرة: 14]
“And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We believe.’ But when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, ‘Indeed, we are with you; we were only mocking.’” (Al-Baqarah: 14)
When these hypocrites meet believers, they say, “We believe in Islam just like you.” But when they turn away and go to their disbelieving leaders who rebel against God, they confirm to them that they are still following the religion of disbelief and have not abandoned it. They only belittle and mock the believers.
A Look at the Noble Verse
Now, a new behavior and a new leak about their way of life. You will see them in real life. When they meet those who believe (the group of believers), they say, “We believe.” That is it. But when they are alone with the evil ones among mankind, they say, “We believe.” Their acquaintances, relatives, or circle of friends: They mocked religion. O Lord, we ask You only for forgiveness. Why did Allah, the Most High, tell us in the Quran such realistic revelations? Was it so that we might learn a lesson, or so that we wouldn't be like them, two-faced? And you, my dear: Do you like a two-faced person? He comes to you with a cheerful face, walks away from you, and speaks ill of you with the ugliest of qualities. Would you like him? Of course not, and people wouldn't like you if you did.
قال الله تعالى: ﴿اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيُمْدِي بِطَغْيَانِهِمْ وَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ﴾ [البقرة: ١٥].
Allah, the Most High, said: "Allah mocks them and prolongs their transgression while they wander blindly." [Al-Baqarah: 15]
Allah mocks them and gives them respite so that they may become more misguided, confused, and hesitant, and He punishes them for mocking the believers. A Look at the Holy Verse
My brother, mockery is painful. Think about yourself. If you're short, ugly, fat, or whatever, and someone mocks you because of your status, appearance, or social circumstances, they're ahead of you. Would you be comfortable with their tone of mockery of you and your circumstances, whatever they may be? Do you respond to his mockery with mockery, thus beginning the cycle of verbal violence on the ground? Or do you turn your back and feel pain or cry, whatever your situation? Imagine that the one mocking you is your superior boss at work. Imagine that the one mocking you is the president of the country you live in. Imagine that a Western king is the one mocking you. The higher the status of the person before you and the more you feel socially base, for example, the deeper and more hurtful the mockery becomes. The only problem is that we cannot see God, but He has proven to Himself, glory be to Him, that He mocks you, you poor thing. But He does not divide you, no, rather He gives you, satisfies you, and grants you (and prolongs their transgression... see: they are 3mah). What is 3mah then? blindness is blindness of the eye, and we know this. As for Al 3mah, it is within the heart; your heart will deviate only because you mock the faith of the believers. May God heal you and us.
God Almighty said:
قال الله تعالى: ﴿أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوْا الضَّلاَلَةَ بِالْهُدَى فَمَا رَبَحَتْهُمْ بَيْعَتَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ﴾ [البقرة: ١٦].
"Those are the ones who have purchased error at the price of guidance. So their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided." [Al-Baqarah: 16]
Those hypocrites sold themselves in a losing deal, adopting disbelief and abandoning faith. They gained nothing, but rather lost guidance. This is the clear loss.
A Look at the Verse
Have you ever bought apples from someone, and they put guavas at the bottom of the bag, only to find them in your distant home? Brother, there are losing deals in this world, and no one likes losing at all. Trading is shrewdness, and nine-tenths of the profit is in trading. If you lose me, I will lose you your life, right? There are people who die of a heart attack after losing one of the biggest worldly deals. When you lose, imagine that you are on a trip to a western country, and you only have a few million dollars, which is all you own in this life. You went there with it to secure your immortality away from the problems in your country, and someone steals all this money in a cunning, fraudulent way. Are you a winner or a loser? This is the case with God. Remember that you will go to God Almighty on the day of departure without sunglasses or car keys, with your bare feet and all the money you earned in this world you left to your heirs. Now you are completely bankrupt. You have no money or business from which to earn again (it is the afterlife, my brother). God Almighty said, "But their trade did not profit them, nor were they guided." Brother: Prepare your bag now: We are all traveling to be presented to God. Tell me what will you put in it so that I can do the same.