Transliteration:( Alam ya'lamooo annahoo mai yuhaadidillaaha wa Rasoolahoo fa'anna lahoo Naara jahannama khaalidan feehaa; zaalikal khizyul 'Azeem )
176. By this is meant opposing them by taking their laws to be false. Thus those sinful Muslims are not included in this who transgress the laws of Allah Almighty and His beloved in the knowledge Prophet that what they are doing is contrary to these divine laws.
Rejection is infidelity. transgression is sin.
177. This tells us that eternal stay in Hell and its humilation is for the infidels only. Even if the sinful believers would be sent into Hell it will be for a temporary period to cleanse them of their sins, just as impure gold is placed into the furnace to purify it and coal is placed in the same furnace to burn it, the infidels are the coal of Hell while the sinful Muslims are impure gold. Further we learn that slightest opposition to the Holy Prophet infidelity. We also learn that the position of opposing the Holy Prophet is the same as opposing Allah Almighty. The opposing to any word or religious works of the Holy Prophet is infidility.
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The tafsir of Surah Taubah verse 63 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taubah ayat 62 which provides the complete commentary from verse 62 through 63.
(9:63) Are they not aware that Hell Fire awaits whosoever opposes Allah and His Messenger, and in it he shall abide? That surely is the great humiliation.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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