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ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna yazʿumūna ʾannahum ʾāmanū bi-mā ʾunzila ʾilayka wa-mā ʾunzila min qablika yurīdūna ʾan yataḥākamū ʾilā ṭ-ṭāghūti wa-qad ʾumirū ʾan yakfurū bihī wa-yurīdu sh-shayṭānu ʾan yuḍillahum ḍalālan baʿīdan
Have you not regarded those who claim that they believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you? They desire to seek the judgment of fake deities, though they were commanded to reject them, and Satan desires to lead them astray into far error.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 60
Hypocrites' leaning to Satan -the Messenger's judgement shall be accepted-Reward for the obedience to Allah and the Messenger.
60. "Have you not seen those who think they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They intend to resort in the judgement of Taghut (false deities) while they have been ordered to reject him, and Satan intends to mislead them far astray."
It happened that there arose a dispute between a hypocritical Muslim and a Jew. They decided to refer to the arbitrator. The Jew elected the Prophet (S) as the arbitrator for trustworthiness and justice he (S) had, but the hypocrite agreed with Ka'b-ibn-'Ashraf (one of the distinguished Jews) as his arbitrator, because the hypocrite knew that he could tend the attitude of Ka'b towards his benefit by giving him some gifts. This verse is for the bleme of that manner.
As for the definition of 'the false deities', Imam -Sadiq (as) says:
'false deity is he who does not judge rightfully, decides against the command of Allah, and his order is obeyed." 1
In the previous verse, Allah and the Apostle were introduced as the place of resorts of discords, but in this verse, the blame is upon those who refer to false deities as the place of resorts of their own discords. Thus, in that verse the virtuous cite of resort has been introduced, while in this verse the impious one has been pointed out. So, true believers do not even think of going to false deities since agreement with /Taghut/ 'false deities' is prohibited.
For removing the interior discords, going to non-Muslims is forbidden for Muslims.
Through a verse (No.35) in the current Surah, formerly the Qur'an pointed out that: for a family discord an arbitrator from the family of the wife and another one from the family of the husband should judge.
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