Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - At-Tawba : 61
وَ مِنْهُمُ الَّذِیْنَ یُؤْذُوْنَ النَّبِیَّ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ هُوَ اُذُنٌ١ؕ قُلْ اُذُنُ خَیْرٍ لَّكُمْ یُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَ یُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنْكُمْ١ؕ وَ الَّذِیْنَ یُؤْذُوْنَ رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ
And among them there are those who hurt the Prophet and say, "He is just an ear" (hearing and believing everything). Say, "He is a good ear for you who believes in Allah and trusts the believers and is a mercy for those of you who have (truly) believed." And those who hurt the Messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful punishment.
Commentary The present verses, like the previous ones, chastise hypocrites for their absurd objections, hostility to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and their feigned professions of Faith on false oaths. The first verse (61) mentions the painful comment made by the hypocrites against the Holy Prophet ﷺ . They thought, since he hears and believes everything, they had nothing to worry about. In the event, their conspiracy was exposed, they would simply tell him on oath that they had nothing to do with it. Allah Almighty corrected them by saying that His Messenger preferred silence against baseless hostilities because of his high morals. He did not believe in what they said. He himself knew reality as it was. He simply avoided refuting them on their faces because of his inherent gentleness of nature.
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