Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 3 Ali 'Imran, Ayat 179-179
مَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَذَرَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ عَلٰى مَاۤ اَنۡـتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ حَتّٰى يَمِيۡزَ الۡخَبِيۡثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِؕ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُطۡلِعَكُمۡ عَلَى الۡغَيۡبِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَجۡتَبِىۡ مِنۡ رُّسُلِهٖ مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ فَاٰمِنُوۡا بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِهٖۚ وَاِنۡ تُؤۡمِنُوۡا وَتَتَّقُوۡا فَلَـكُمۡ اَجۡرٌ عَظِيۡمٌ
﴿3:179﴾
(3:179) Allah will not let the believers stay in the state they are:125
He will set the wicked apart from the good. Allah is not going to disclose to
you what is hidden in the realm beyond the reach of perception,126
but He chooses from among His Messengers whom He wills (to intimate such knowledge).
Believe, then, in Allah and in His Messengers; and if you believe and become
God-fearing, yours will be a great reward.
Notes
125. That is, God does not want to see the Muslim community in a hotch-potch
condition with the true men of faith indistinguishable from the hypocrites.
126. This means that God does not resort to revelation to provide information
as to whether specific individuals are true men of faith or hypocrites. God
creates, instead, certain situations in which the faith of those who profess
to believe is severely tested. The result is that the man of faith stands out
clearly from the hypocrite.