Meaning

What is meant by "disgrace" here?

Answer

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

Their disgrace is having to pay the jizyah (poll tax). [Ibn ʿAbbās]
Their disgrace is the conquest of Constantinople. [Al-Suddī]
Their disgrace is their expulsion from the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Ḥarām), such that no polytheist will ever be able to enter it openly. [Ibn Zayd]

Verses cited

2:114 Al-Baqarah وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ وَسَعَىٰ فِى خَرَابِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَآ إِلَّا خَآئِفِينَ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ Who could be more wicked than those who prohibit the mention of God’s name in His places of worship and strive to have them deserted? Such people should not enter them without fear: there is disgrace for them in this world and painful punishment in the Hereafter.

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