أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Book#1093)
[The reply of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) to the offer of compromise:-]
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Sura:41:Fussilat
Para:24
Ayat: –9-25
41:9
قُلۡ اَئِنَّکُمۡ لَتَکۡفُرُوۡنَ بِالَّذِیۡ خَلَقَ الۡاَرۡضَ فِیۡ یَوۡمَیۡنِ وَ تَجۡعَلُوۡنَ لَہٗۤ اَنۡدَادًا ؕ ذٰلِکَ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ۚ﴿۹﴾
Say, “Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds.”
Some Details of the Creation of this Universe Here
Allah denounces the idolators who worship other gods apart from Him although He is the Creator, Subduer and Controller of all things.
He says:
قُلْ أَيِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الاَْرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَادًا
Say:
“Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days? And you set up rivals with Him.”
meaning, `false gods whom you worship alongside Him.’
ذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
That is the Lord of the that exists.
the Creator of all things is the Lord of all the creatures.
Here the Ayah;
خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ
Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, (7:54)
is explained in more detail; the creation of the earth and the creation of the heaven are discussed separately.
Allah says that He created the earth first, because it is the foundation, and the foundation should be built first, then the roof.
Allah says elsewhere:
هُوَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَأءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـوَاتٍ
He it is Who created for you all that is on the earth. Then He rose over (Istawa ila) the heaven and made them seven heavens. (2:29)
With regard to the Ayat:
أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَأءُ بَنَـهَا
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَـهَا
وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَأءَهَا وَمَرْعَـهَا
وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَـهَا
مَتَـعاً لَّكُمْ وَلاًّنْعَـمِكُمْ
Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed? He raised its height, and has perfected it. Its night He covers with darkness and its forenoon He brings out (with light). And after that He spread the earth, And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And the mountains He has fixed firmly, (to be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. (79:27-33)
This Ayah states that the spreading out of the earth came after the creation of the heavens, but the earth itself was created before the heavens according to some texts.
This was the response of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, as recorded by Al-Bukhari in his Tafsir of this Ayah in his Sahih.
He recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said:
“A man said to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, saying:`I find some things in the Qur’an which confuse me:
فَلَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَأءَلُونَ
There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another, (23:101)
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَأءَلُونَ
And they will turn to one another and question one another, (37:27)
وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً
but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah, (4:42)
وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ
By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah, (6:23)
But in this Ayah they did hide something.
And Allah says:
أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَأءُ بَنَـهَا
(Are you more difficult to create or is the heaven that He constructed) until;
وَالاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَـهَا
(And after that He spread the earth). (79:27-30)
So He mentioned the creation of the heavens before the earth, then He said:
قُلْ أَيِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الاَْرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ
Say:”Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days…” until;
طَأيِعِينَ
(We come willingly).
Here He mentioned the creation of the earth before the creation of the heavens.
And He says:
وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً
verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:23)
عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً
Most Powerful, All-Wise, (4:56)
سَمِيعاً بَصِيراً
All-Hearer, All-Seer. (4:58).
It is as if He was and is no longer.’
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, replied:
فَلَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَأءَلُونَ
There will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another, (23:101),
this will happen when the Trumpet is blown for the first time.
فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ مَن شَأءَ اللَّهُ
And all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will swoon away, except him whom Allah wills. (39:68),
and at that time there will be no kinship among them, nor will they ask of one another. Then when the Sur will be blown again,
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَأءَلُونَ
And they will turn to one another and question one another. (37:27)
With regard to the Ayat,
وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ
By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah, (6:23) and
وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً
but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allah. (4:42),
Allah will forgive the sincere believers their sins, then the idolators will say,
`Let us say that we never joined others in worship with Allah.’
Then a seal will be placed over their mouths, and their hands will speak. Then it will be known that not a single fact can be hidden from Allah, and at that point,
يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
those who disbelieved will wish, (4:42)
Allah created the earth in two days, then He created the heavens, then He (Istawa ila) the heaven and gave it its shape in two more days. Then He spread the earth, which means that He brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. And He created the mountains, sands, inanimate things, rocks and hills and everything in between, in two more days.
This is what Allah says:
دَحَـهَا
(He) spread (the earth), (79:30)
And Allah’s saying:
خَلَقَ الاَْرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ
((He) created the earth in two Days), So He created the earth and everything in it in four days, and He created the heavens in two days.
وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً
verily, Allah (Kana) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful, (4:23)
This is how He described Himself, and this is how He still is. Whatever Allah wills comes to pass, so do not be confused about the Qur’an, for all of it comes from Allah.”‘
This was recorded by Al-Bukhari.
خَلَقَ الاَْرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ
(He) created the earth in two Days,
means, on Sunday and Monday.
Allah says,
41:10
وَ جَعَلَ فِیۡہَا رَوَاسِیَ مِنۡ فَوۡقِہَا وَ بٰرَکَ فِیۡہَا وَ قَدَّرَ فِیۡہَاۤ اَقۡوَاتَہَا فِیۡۤ اَرۡبَعَۃِ اَیَّامٍ ؕ سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۰﴾
And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures’] sustenance in four days without distinction – for [the information] of those who ask.
وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ فِيهَا
He placed therein firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it,
means, He blessed it and gave it the potential to be planted with seeds and bring forth produce.
وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا
And measured therein its sustenance,
means, what its people need of provision and places in which to plant things and grow crops.
This was on Tuesday and Wednesday, which together with the two previous days add up to four days.
فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاء لِّلسَّايِلِينَ
in four Days equal for all those who ask.
meaning, for those who want to ask about that, so that they might know.
Ikrimah and Mujahid said concerning the Ayah:
وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا
(and measured therein its sustenance):
“He placed in every land that which is not suited for any other land.”
Ibn Abbas, Qatadah and As-Suddi said, concerning the Ayah,
سَوَاء لِّلسَّايِلِينَ
(equal for all those who ask):
this means, “For whoever wants to ask about that.”
Ibn Zayd said:
وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاء لِّلسَّايِلِينَ
(and measured therein its sustenance in four Days equal for all those who ask).
“According to whatever a person who is need of provision wants, Allah measures out for him what he needs.”
This is like what they said concerning the Ayah:
وَاتَاكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ
And He gave you of all that you asked for, (14:34)
And Allah knows best
41:11
ثُمَّ اسۡتَوٰۤی اِلَی السَّمَآءِ وَ ہِیَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَہَا وَ لِلۡاَرۡضِ ائۡتِیَا طَوۡعًا اَوۡ کَرۡہًا ؕ قَالَتَاۤ اَتَیۡنَا طَآئِعِیۡنَ ﴿۱۱﴾
Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, “Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion.” They said, “We have come willingly.”
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَاء وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ
Then He rose over (Istawa ila) towards the heaven when it was smoke,
i.e., steam which arose from it when the earth was created.
فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلَْرْضِ اِيْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا
and said to it and to the earth:”Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.”
meaning, `respond to My command and be subjected to this action, willingly or unwillingly.’
قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَايِعِينَ
They both said:”We come willingly.”
meaning, `we will respond to You willingly and everything that You want to create in us — angels, Jinn and men — will all be obedient to You.
41:12
فَقَضٰہُنَّ سَبۡعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ فِیۡ یَوۡمَیۡنِ وَ اَوۡحٰی فِیۡ کُلِّ سَمَآءٍ اَمۡرَہَا ؕ وَ زَیَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنۡیَا بِمَصَابِیۡحَ ٭ۖ وَ حِفۡظًا ؕ ذٰلِکَ تَقۡدِیۡرُ الۡعَزِیۡزِ الۡعَلِیۡمِ ﴿۱۲﴾
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ
Then He completed and finished their creation (as) seven heavens in two Days.
means, He finished forming them as seven heavens in two more days, which were Thursday and Friday.
وَأَوْحَى فِي كُلِّ سَمَاء أَمْرَهَا
and He decreed in each heaven its affair.
means, He placed in each heaven whatever it needs of angels and things which are known only unto Him.
وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَاء الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ
And We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps,
means, the stars and planets which shine on the people of the earth.
وَحِفْظًا
as well as to guard.
means, as protection against the Shayatin, lest they listen to the angels on high.
ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
Such is the Decree of Him, the Almighty, the All-Knower.
means, the Almighty Who has subjugated all things to His control, the All-Knower Who knows all the movements of His creatures
41:13
فَاِنۡ اَعۡرَضُوۡا فَقُلۡ اَنۡذَرۡتُکُمۡ صٰعِقَۃً مِّثۡلَ صٰعِقَۃِ عَادٍ وَّ ثَمُوۡدَ ﴿ؕ۱۳﴾
But if they turn away, then say, “I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ‘Aad and Thamud.
A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and Thamud
Allah says:
فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ
But if they turn away, then say:”I have warned you of,
Allah says:`Say, O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the message of truth that you have brought:If you turn away from that which I have brought to you from Allah, then I warn you of the punishment of Allah like the punishment that the past nations suffered for disbelieving in the Messengers.’
صَاعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ
a Sa`iqah like the Sa`iqah which overtook `Ad and Thamud.
and other similar nations who did what they did
41:14
اِذۡ جَآءَتۡہُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنۡۢ بَیۡنِ اَیۡدِیۡہِمۡ وَ مِنۡ خَلۡفِہِمۡ اَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوۡۤا اِلَّا اللّٰہَ ؕ قَالُوۡا لَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَاَنۡزَلَ مَلٰٓئِکَۃً فَاِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرۡسِلۡتُمۡ بِہٖ کٰفِرُوۡنَ ﴿۱۴﴾
[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], “Worship not except Allah .” They said, “If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers.”
إِذْ جَاءتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ
When the Messengers came to them, from before them and behind them,
This is like the Ayah:
وَاذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذَرَ قَوْمَهُ بِالاٌّحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ
And remember (Hud) the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in Al-Ahqaf. And surely, there have passed away warners before him and after him. (46:21)
which means that in the neighboring towns and cities, Allah sent Messengers who commanded the people to worship Allah Alone with no partner or associate, and they brought good news as well as warnings. They saw the punishment Allah sent upon His enemies, and the blessings which He bestowed upon His friends, yet despite all of this, they did not believe in them.
أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ اللَّهَ
قَالُوا
(saying):”Worship none but Allah,” they said:
On the contrary, they denied them and rejected them, and said:
لَوْ شَاء رَبُّنَا لَاَنزَلَ مَلَيِكَةً
If our Lord had so willed, He would surely have sent down the angels.
meaning, if Allah were to send Messengers, they would be angels sent from His presence.
فَإِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ
So, indeed we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent.
means, `because you are a mere human; we will not follow you because you are just men like us.
41:15
فَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسۡتَکۡبَرُوۡا فِی الۡاَرۡضِ بِغَیۡرِ الۡحَقِّ وَ قَالُوۡا مَنۡ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّۃً ؕ اَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا اَنَّ اللّٰہَ الَّذِیۡ خَلَقَہُمۡ ہُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنۡہُمۡ قُوَّۃً ؕ وَ کَانُوۡا بِاٰیٰتِنَا یَجۡحَدُوۡنَ ﴿۱۵﴾
As for ‘Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, “Who is greater than us in strength?” Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الاْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ
As for `Ad, they were arrogant in the land without right.
means, they were arrogant, stubborn and disobedient.
وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً
and they said:”Who is mightier than us in strength.”
They boasted of their physical strength, and power; they thought that this would protect them from Allah’s punishment.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً
See they not that Allah Who created them was mightier in strength than them.
means, do they not realize, when they are showing enmity, that He is the Almighty Who created all things and gave them whatever strength they have, and that His onslaught will be far greater.
This is like the Ayah:
وَالسَّمَأءَ بَنَيْنَـهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
With Hands did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are able to extend the vastness of space thereof. (51:47)
وَكَانُوا بِأيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
And they used to deny Our Ayat!
They openly opposed the Almighty and denied His signs and disobeyed His Messenger.
Allah said
41:16
فَاَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡہِمۡ رِیۡحًا صَرۡصَرًا فِیۡۤ اَیَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِیۡقَہُمۡ عَذَابَ الۡخِزۡیِ فِی الۡحَیٰوۃِ الدُّنۡیَا ؕ وَ لَعَذَابُ الۡاٰخِرَۃِ اَخۡزٰی وَ ہُمۡ لَا یُنۡصَرُوۡنَ ﴿۱۶﴾
So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.
فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا
So We sent upon them a Sarsar wind.
Some said that this was a strongly blowing wind; others said that it was a cold wind.
It was also said that it is the wind that makes a noise.
The truth that it was all of these things, for it was a strong wind that was an apt punishment for their being deceived by their physical strength.
It was also intensely cold, as Allah says:
بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
with a Sarsar wind! (69:6),
meaning a very cold wind.
It also made a furious sound. Additionally, there is a famous river in the east which is called Sarsar because of the noise it makes as it flows.
فِي أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ
in days of calamity,
means, consecutive days.
سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُوما
seven nights and eight days in succession, (69:7)
This is like the Ayah:
فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
on a day of calamity, continuous, (54:19)
i.e., the punishment began on a day which was of evil omen for them, and this evil omen continued for them,
سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُوماً
seven nights and eight days in succession, (69:7)
until they were destroyed, every last one of them, and their humiliation in this world was joined to their punishment in the Hereafter.
Allah says:
لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
وَلَعَذَابُ الاْخِرَةِ أَخْزَى
that We might give them a taste of disgracing torment in this present worldly life. But surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing.
meaning, more humiliating for them.
وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ
and they will never be helped.
means, in the Hereafter, just as they were never helped in this world, and they had no one who could protect them from Allah or save them from His punishment
41:17
وَ اَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَہَدَیۡنٰہُمۡ فَاسۡتَحَبُّوا الۡعَمٰی عَلَی الۡہُدٰی فَاَخَذَتۡہُمۡ صٰعِقَۃُ الۡعَذَابِ الۡہُوۡنِ بِمَا کَانُوۡا یَکۡسِبُوۡنَ ﴿ۚ۱۷﴾
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ
And as for Thamud, We showed them the path of truth.
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Abu Al-Aliyah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd said,
“We explained to them.”
Ath-Thawri said, “We called them.”
Allah’s saying;
فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى
but they preferred blindness to guidance;
means, `We showed them the truth and made it clear to them through the words of their Prophet Salih, but they opposed him and rejected him, and they slaughtered the she-camel of Allah which He had made a sign for them of the truth of their Prophet.’
فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ
so the Sa`iqah of disgracing torment seized them.
means, Allah sent upon them the Sayhah, earthquake, intense humiliation, punishment and torment.
بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
because of what they used to earn.
means, because of their disbelief and rejection.
وَنَجَّيْنَا الَّذِينَ امَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ
41:18
وَ نَجَّیۡنَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَ کَانُوۡا یَتَّقُوۡنَ ﴿٪۱۸﴾
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah .
And We saved those who believed and had Taqwa.
means, `We saved them from among them, and no harm came to them;’ Allah saved them along with His Prophet Salih, peace be upon him, because of their fear of Allah
41:19
وَ یَوۡمَ یُحۡشَرُ اَعۡدَآءُ اللّٰہِ اِلَی النَّارِ فَہُمۡ یُوۡزَعُوۡنَ ﴿۱۹﴾
And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven] assembled in rows,
On the Day of Judgement, the Sinners’ Limbs will testify against Them
Allah says,
وَيَوْمَ يُحْشَرُ أَعْدَاء اللَّهِ إِلَى النَّارِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ
And (remember) the Day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire, then they will be driven.
means, remind these idolators of the Day when they will be gathered to the Fire and they will be driven, i.e., the keepers of Hell will gather the first of them with the last of them, as Allah says elsewhere:
وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْداً
And We shall drive the criminals to Hell, in a thirsty state. (19:86)
41:20
حَتّٰۤی اِذَا مَا جَآءُوۡہَا شَہِدَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ سَمۡعُہُمۡ وَ اَبۡصَارُہُمۡ وَ جُلُوۡدُہُمۡ بِمَا کَانُوۡا یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ ﴿۲۰﴾
Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.
حَتَّى إِذَا مَا جَاوُوهَا
Till, when they reach it,
means, when they stand at its edge,
شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُمْ
بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
their hearing (ears) and their eyes and their skins will testify against them as to what they used to do.
means, all their deeds, earlier and later; not a single letter will be concealed
41:21
وَ قَالُوۡا لِجُلُوۡدِہِمۡ لِمَ شَہِدۡتُّمۡ عَلَیۡنَا ؕ قَالُوۡۤا اَنۡطَقَنَا اللّٰہُ الَّذِیۡۤ اَنۡطَقَ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ وَّ ہُوَ خَلَقَکُمۡ اَوَّلَ مَرَّۃٍ وَّ اِلَیۡہِ تُرۡجَعُوۡنَ ﴿۲۱﴾
And they will say to their skins, “Why have you testified against us?” They will say, “We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.
وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا
And they will say to their skins, “Why do you testify against us?”
they will blame their limbs and their skins when they testify against them, at which point their limbs will answer:
قَالُوا أَنطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ
They will say:”Allah has caused us to speak — as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time,
means, and He cannot be opposed or resisted,
وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
and to Him you are made to return.”
i.e. and to Him you will return.
Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bazzar narrated that Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“The Messenger of Allah laughed and smiled one day, and said:Will you not ask about why I laughed”
They said, “O Messenger of Allah, why did you laugh”
He said:
عَجِبْتُ مِنْ مُجَادَلَةِ الْعَبْدِ رَبَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ
أَيْ رَبِّي أَلَيْسَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ لَا تَظْلِمَنِي
قَالَ بَلَى
فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي لَا أَقْبَلُ عَلَيَّ شَاهِدًا إِلاَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي
فَيَقُولُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَوَلَيْسَ كَفَى بِي شَهِيدًا وَبِالْمَلَيِكَةِ الْكِرَام الْكَاتِبِينَ
قال فَيُرَدِّدُ هذَا الْكَلَمَ مِرَارًا
قال فَيُخْتَمُ عَلى فِيهِ وَتَتَكَلَّمُ أَرْكَانُهُ بِمَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ فَيَقُولُ بُعْدًا لَكُنَّ وَسُحْقًا عَنْكُنَّ كُنْتُ أُجَادِل
I was amazed at how a servant will dispute with his Lord on the Day of Resurrection. He will say,
“My Lord, did You not promise me that you would not treat me unjustly?”
Allah will say, “Yes.”
The man will say, “I will not accept any witness against me except from myself.”
Allah will say, “Is it not sufficient that I and the angels, the noble scribes, are witnesses?”
These words will be repeated several times, then a seal will be placed over his mouth and his organs (or limbs) will speak about what he used to do. Then he will say,
“Away with you! It was only for your sake that I was arguing!””
It was recorded by him and Ibn Abi Hatim.
It was also recorded by Muslim and An-Nasa’i.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Burdah said that Abu Musa said,
“The disbeliever or the hypocrite will be called to account and his Lord will show him his deeds, but he will deny them and say, `O Lord, by Your glory, this angel has written about me something that I did not do.’
The angel will say to him, `Did you not do such and such on such and such a day in such and such a place?’
He will say, `No, by Your glory O Lord, I did not do it.’
When he does that, a seal will be placed over his mouth.”
Al-Ash`ari, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“I think that the first part of his body to speak will be his right thigh.”
Allah’s saying
41:22
وَ مَا کُنۡتُمۡ تَسۡتَتِرُوۡنَ اَنۡ یَّشۡہَدَ عَلَیۡکُمۡ سَمۡعُکُمۡ وَ لَاۤ اَبۡصَارُکُمۡ وَ لَا جُلُوۡدُکُمۡ وَ لٰکِنۡ ظَنَنۡتُمۡ اَنَّ اللّٰہَ لَا یَعۡلَمُ کَثِیۡرًا مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ ﴿۲۲﴾
And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you do.
وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ
And you have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you;
means, their organs and skins will say to them, when they blame them for testifying against them, `you did not hide from us what you used to do, on the contrary, you openly committed disbelief and sin, and you claimed that you did not care, because you did not believe that Allah knew about all your deeds.’
Allah says:
وَلَكِن ظَنَنتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
41:23
وَ ذٰلِکُمۡ ظَنُّکُمُ الَّذِیۡ ظَنَنۡتُمۡ بِرَبِّکُمۡ اَرۡدٰىکُمۡ فَاَصۡبَحۡتُمۡ مِّنَ الۡخٰسِرِیۡنَ ﴿۲۳﴾
And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers.”
وَذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ
but you thought that Allah knew not much of what you were doing. And that thought of yours which you thought about your Lord, has brought you to destruction;
meaning, `this evil thought, i.e., your belief that Allah did not know much of what you were doing, is what has caused you to be doomed and has made your losers before your Lord.’
فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنْ الْخَاسِرِينَ
and you have become of those utterly lost!
means, `in the place of Resurrection, you have lost your own selves and your families.’
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“I was hiding beneath the covering of the Ka`bah, and three men came along — a man from the Quraysh and two of his brothers-in-law from Thaqif, or a man from Thaqif and two of his brothers-in-law from the Quraysh. Their bellies were very fat, and did not have much understanding. They said some words I could not hear, then one of them said,
`Do you think that Allah can hear what we are saying now?’
The other said, `If we raise our voices, He will hear it, but if we do not raise our voices, He will not hear it.’
The other said, `If He can hear one thing from us, He can hear everything.’
I mentioned this to the Prophet , then Allah revealed the words:
وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ
(And you have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you) until;
مِّنْ الْخَاسِرِينَ
(of those utterly lost!).
This is how it was recorded by At-Tirmidhi.
A similar report was also narrated by Ahmad (through a different chain),
Muslim and At-Tirmidhi, and Al-Bukhari and Muslim also recorded (a different chain).
فَإِن يَصْبِرُوا فَالنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ
وَإِن يَسْتَعْتِبُوا فَمَا هُم مِّنَ الْمُعْتَبِينَ
41:24
فَاِنۡ یَّصۡبِرُوۡا فَالنَّارُ مَثۡوًی لَّہُمۡ ۚ وَ اِنۡ یَّسۡتَعۡتِبُوۡا فَمَا ہُمۡ مِّنَ الۡمُعۡتَبِیۡنَ ﴿۲۴﴾
So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them; and if they ask to appease [ Allah ], they will not be of those who are allowed to appease.
Then, if they bear the torment patiently, then the Fire is the home for them, and if they seek to please Allah, yet they are not of those who will ever be allowed to please Allah.
means, whether they bear it patiently or not, they are in the Fire and they will have no escape or way out from it, and even if they try to please Allah and offer excuses, nothing of that will be accepted from them.
Ibn Jarir said,
“The meaning of the Ayah,
وَإِن يَسْتَعْتِبُوا
(and if they seek to please Allah), is:
They will ask to go back to this world, but this plea will not be answered.
This is like the Ayah:
قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْماً ضَألِّينَ
رَبَّنَأ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَـلِمُونَ
قَالَ اخْسَيُواْ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ
They will say:”Our Lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were (an) erring people.
Our Lord! Bring us out of this. If ever we return (to evil), then indeed we shall be wrongdoers.”
He will say:”Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me!” (23:106-108)
41:25
وَ قَیَّضۡنَا لَہُمۡ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَیَّنُوۡا لَہُمۡ مَّا بَیۡنَ اَیۡدِیۡہِمۡ وَ مَا خَلۡفَہُمۡ وَ حَقَّ عَلَیۡہِمُ الۡقَوۡلُ فِیۡۤ اُمَمٍ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِنۡ قَبۡلِہِمۡ مِّنَ الۡجِنِّ وَ الۡاِنۡسِ ۚ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا خٰسِرِیۡنَ ﴿٪۲۵﴾
And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
Allah says,
وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَاء
And We have assigned for them intimate companions (in this world),
The intimate Companions of the Idolators make Evil Actions attractive to Them. Allah tells us that He is the One Who sends the idolators astray, and that this happens by His will and decree. He is the All-Wise in His actions, when He appoints for them close companions from among the devils of men and Jinn.
فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
who have made fair seeming to them, what was before them and what was behind them.
means, they made their deeds attractive to them in the past. As far as the future is concerned, they only see themselves as doing good, as Allah says:
وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him a Shaytan to be a companion for him. And verily, they hinder them from the path, but they think that they are guided aright! (43:36-37)
وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ
فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالاِْنسِ
إِنَّهُمْ
And the Word is justified against them as it was justified against those who were among the previous generations of Jinn and men that had passed away before them.
means, the Word of torment, just as it was justified against the nations of the past who did what they did, men and Jinn alike.
كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ
Indeed they (all) were the losers.
means, they are all equal in terms of loss and being doomed.
How the disbelievers advised One Another not to listen to the Qur’an, and the Recompense for that
Allay says,
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