أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Book#949)
[ فَإِنَّهَا لَاإ تَعْمَى الاْإَبْصَارُ وَلَكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ
Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.]
Sura:22
Sura: Al-Hajj
Ayat: 42-51
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22:42
وَ اِنۡ یُّکَذِّبُوۡکَ فَقَدۡ کَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَہُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحٍ وَّ عَادٌ وَّ ثَمُوۡدُ ﴿ۙ۴۲﴾
And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] – so, before them, did the people of Noah and ‘Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],
The Consequences for the Disbelievers
Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him.
وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ
22:43
وَقَوْمُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ
وَ قَوۡمُ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ وَ قَوۡمُ لُوۡطٍ ﴿ۙ۴۳﴾
And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot.
22:44
وَّ اَصۡحٰبُ مَدۡیَنَ ۚ وَ کُذِّبَ مُوۡسٰی فَاَمۡلَیۡتُ لِلۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ ثُمَّ اَخَذۡتُہُمۡ ۚ فَکَیۡفَ کَانَ نَکِیۡرِ ﴿۴۴﴾
And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
وَأَصْحَابُ مَدْيَنَ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى
And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh, `Ad and Thamud. And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut, And the dwellers of Madyan; and denied was Musa.
means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought.
فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ
But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,
means, `I delayed and postponed.’
ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!
means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!’
In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said:
إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه
Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.
Then he recited:
وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ
Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe. (11:102)
Then Allah says
22:45
فَکَاَیِّنۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡیَۃٍ اَہۡلَکۡنٰہَا وَ ہِیَ ظَالِمَۃٌ فَہِیَ خَاوِیَۃٌ عَلٰی عُرُوۡشِہَا وَ بِئۡرٍ مُّعَطَّلَۃٍ وَّ قَصۡرٍ مَّشِیۡدٍ ﴿۴۵﴾
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong – so it is [now] fallen into ruin – and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا
And many a township did We destroy,
وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ
while they were given wrongdoing,
meaning, they were rejecting their Messengers.
فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا
so that it lie in ruins,
Ad-Dahhak said,
“(Leveled to) their roofs,” i.e., their houses and cities were destroyed.
وَبِيْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ
and (many) a deserted well,
means, they draw no water from it, and no one comes to it, after it had been frequented often by crowds of people.
وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ
and a castle Mashid!
Ikrimah said,
“This means whitened with plaster.”
Something similar was narrated from Ali bin Abi Talib, Mujahid, Ata’, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Al-Mulayh and Ad-Dahhak.
Others said that it means high and impenetrable fortresses.
All of these suggestions are close in meaning and do not contradict one another, for this sturdy construction and great height did not help their occupants or afford them any protection when the punishment of Allah came upon them, as He says:
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ
“Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in Buruj Mushayyadah!” (4:78)
22:46
اَفَلَمۡ یَسِیۡرُوۡا فِی الۡاَرۡضِ فَتَکُوۡنَ لَہُمۡ قُلُوۡبٌ یَّعۡقِلُوۡنَ بِہَاۤ اَوۡ اٰذَانٌ یَّسۡمَعُوۡنَ بِہَا ۚ فَاِنَّہَا لَا تَعۡمَی الۡاَبۡصَارُ وَ لٰکِنۡ تَعۡمَی الۡقُلُوۡبُ الَّتِیۡ فِی الصُّدُوۡرِ ﴿۴۶﴾
So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الاَْرْضِ
Have they not traveled through the land,
means, have they not traveled in the physical sense and also used their minds to ponder!
That is sufficient, as Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya said in his book At-Tafakkur wal-I`tibar,
“Some of the wise people said,
`Give life to your heart with lessons,
illuminate it with thought,
kill it with asceticism,
strengthen it with certain faith,
remind it of its mortality,
make it aware of the calamities of this world,
warn it of the disasters that life may bring,
show it how things may suddenly change with the passing of days,
tell it the stories of the people of the past, and
remind it what happened to those who came before.”‘
Walk through their ruins, see what they did and what became of them, meaning, look at the punishments and divine wrath that struck the nations of the past who belied,
فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ اذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا
and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear,
meaning, let them learn a lesson from that.
فَإِنَّهَا لَاإ تَعْمَى الاْإَبْصَارُ وَلَكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ
Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.
means, the blind person is not the one whose eyes cannot see, but rather the one who has no insight. Even if the physical eyes are sound, they still cannot learn the lesson
22:47
وَ یَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَکَ بِالۡعَذَابِ وَ لَنۡ یُّخۡلِفَ اللّٰہُ وَعۡدَہٗ ؕ وَ اِنَّ یَوۡمًا عِنۡدَ رَبِّکَ کَاَلۡفِ سَنَۃٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّوۡنَ ﴿۴۷﴾
And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
The Disbelievers Demand for the Punishment
Allah tells His Prophet:
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ
And they ask you to hasten on the torment!
meaning, these disbelievers who disbelieve in Allah and His Book and His Messenger and the Last Day.
This is like the Ayat:
وَإِذْ قَالُواْ اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَأءِ أَوِ ايْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
And (remember) when they said:”O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment.” (8:32)
وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
They say:”Our Lord! Hasten to us Qittana (our punishment) before the Day of Reckoning!” (38:16)
وَلَن يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ
And Allah fails not His promise.
means, His promise to bring about the Hour and wreak vengeance upon His enemies, and to honor His close friends.
وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
And verily a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.
means, He does not hasten, for what is counted as a thousand years with His creation is as one day with Him, and He knows that He is able to exact revenge and that He will not miss a thing, even if He delays and waits and postpones.
Hence He then says:
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
22:48
وَ کَاَیِّنۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡیَۃٍ اَمۡلَیۡتُ لَہَا وَ ہِیَ ظَالِمَۃٌ ثُمَّ اَخَذۡتُہَا ۚ وَ اِلَیَّ الۡمَصِیۡرُ ﴿٪۴۸﴾
And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.
And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrongdoing. Then I seized it (with punishment). And to Me is the (final) return (of all).
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah said:
يَدْخُلُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الاَْغْنِيَاءِ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِمِايَةِ عَام
The poor among the Muslims will enter Paradise half a day before the rich — five hundred years.
This was recorded by At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i from the Hadith of Ath-Thawri from Muhammad bin `Amr.
At-Tirmidhi said, “Hasan Sahih.”
Abu Dawud recorded at the end of Book of Al-Malahim in his Sunan from Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas that the Prophet said:
إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُوَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفَ يَوْم
I hope that it will not be too much for my Ummah if Allah delays them for half a day.
It was said to Sa`d, “What does half a day mean?”
He said, “Five hundred years.
22:49
قُلۡ یٰۤاَیُّہَا النَّاسُ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا لَکُمۡ نَذِیۡرٌ مُّبِیۡنٌ ﴿ۚ۴۹﴾
Say, “O people, I am only to you a clear warner.”
The Recompense of the Righteous and the Unrighteous
Allah said to His Prophet, when the disbelievers asked him to hasten on the punishment for them:
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Say:”O mankind!
I am (sent) to you only as a plain warner.”
meaning, `Allah has sent me to you to warn you ahead of the terrible punishment, but I have nothing to do with your reckoning. Your case rests with Allah:
if He wills, He will hasten on the punishment for you; and if He wills, He will delay it for you. If He wills he will accept the repentance of those who repent to Him; and if He wills, He will send astray those who are decreed to be doomed. He is the One Who does whatsoever He wills and wants and chooses.
لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
There is none to put back His judgement and He is swift at reckoning. (13:41)
إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
22:50
فَالَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَہُمۡ مَّغۡفِرَۃٌ وَّ رِزۡقٌ کَرِیۡمٌ ﴿۵۰﴾
And those who have believed and done righteous deeds – for them is forgiveness and noble provision.
فَالَّذِينَ امَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ
I am (sent) to you only as a plain warner. So those who believe and do righteous good deeds,
means, whose hearts believe and whose actions confirm their faith.
لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
for them is forgiveness and Rizq Karim.
means, forgiveness for their previous bad deeds, and a great reward in return for a few good deeds.
Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said,
“When you hear Allah’s saying:
وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
(Rizq Karim) this means Paradise.
22:51
وَ الَّذِیۡنَ سَعَوۡا فِیۡۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیۡنَ اُولٰٓئِکَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡجَحِیۡمِ ﴿۵۱﴾
But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure – those are the companions of Hellfire.
وَالَّذِينَ سَعَوْا فِي ايَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِينَ
But those who strive against Our Ayat to frustrate them,
Mujahid said,
“To discourage people from following the Prophet.”
This was also the view of Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr, “to discourage.”
Ibn Abbas said,
“To frustrate them means to resist the believers stubbornly.”
أُوْلَيِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ
they will be dwellers of the Hellfire.
This refers to the agonizingly hot Fire with its severe punishment, may Allah save us from it.
Allah says:
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَـهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يُفْسِدُونَ
Those who disbelieved and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for them We will add torment to the torment because they used to spread corruption. (16:88
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