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أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Book#1147)
[ * The Creation of Humans and Jinns :-
* He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];-
*And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.:-
*Everyone upon the earth will perish,:-
*Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.:-
*A Warning for Humans and Jinn :-]
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Surah:55:Ar-Rahmaan.
Para:27
Ayat:- 14-45
55:14
خَلَقَ الۡاِنۡسَانَ مِنۡ صَلۡصَالٍ کَالۡفَخَّارِ ﴿ۙ۱۴﴾
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
The Creation of Humans and Jinns
Allah mentions that:
خَلَقَ الاِْنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
55:15
وَ خَلَقَ الۡجَآنَّ مِنۡ مَّارِجٍ مِّنۡ نَّارٍ ﴿ۚ۱۵﴾
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
And the Jinn He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire.
This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn Abbas.
It was also said by Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd.
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas,
“From the best part of the fire, from its smokeless flame.”
Imam Ahmad recorded that A’ishah said that Allah’s Messenger said,
خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَيِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ وَخُلِقَ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَخُلِقَ ادَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم
The angels were created from light, the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam from what was described to you.
Muslim also collected this Hadith.
Allah’s statement:
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:16
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۱۶﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny,
was explained above.
Allah is the Lord of the Two Easts and the Two Wests
Allah said,
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
55:17
رَبُّ الۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ وَ رَبُّ الۡمَغۡرِبَیۡنِ ﴿ۚ۱۷﴾
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
meaning the sunrise of summer and winter and the sunset of summer and winter.
Allah said in another Ayah,
فَلَ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَـرِقِ وَالْمَغَـرِبِ
So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west. (70:40),
referring to the different places from which the sun rises and then sets on people every day.
Allah said in another Ayah,
رَّبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلً
The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee. (73:9),
referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created, mankind and Jinns,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:18
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۱۸﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah created Different Types of Water
Allah said,
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
55:19
مَرَجَ الۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ یَلۡتَقِیٰنِ ﴿ۙ۱۹﴾
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
He has Maraja the two seas,
or let them loose, according to Ibn Abbas.
Allah’s statement,
يَلْتَقِيَانِ
(meeting together), Ibn Zayd said,
“He prevents them from meeting by the dividing barrier He placed between them to separate them.”
The two seas are the fresh and salty waters, the former coming from running rivers. We discussed this topic in Surah Al-Furqan when explaining Allah’s statement;
وَهُوَ الَّذِى مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَّحْجُوراً
And it is He Who has let free the two seas:one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them. (25:53)
Allah said,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لاَّ يَبْغِيَانِ
55:20
بَیۡنَہُمَا بَرۡزَخٌ لَّا یَبۡغِیٰنِ ﴿ۚ۲۰﴾
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
meaning, He has placed a barrier of land between these two types of waters, so that they do not transgress upon each other, which would spoil the characteristics they were created with.
55:21
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۱﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah said,
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّوْلُوُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
55:22
یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡہُمَا اللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَ الۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿ۚ۲۲﴾
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
Out of them both come out pearls and Al-Marjan.
pearls are well-known. As for Marjan they say it means small pearls.
Mujahid, Qatadah, Abu Ruzayn, Ad-Dahhak said it, and it has also been reported from Ali.
It was also said that it means large, precious pearls, this was mentioned by Ibn Jarir from some of the Salaf.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded from Ibn Abbas who said,
“When it rains, the oysters in the sea open their mouths. What falls in them, the drops, turns into pearls.”
Its chain of narrators is Sahih.
Since this type of adornment is a favor from Allah to the people of earth, He reminded them of it,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:23
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۳﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah said
55:24
وَ لَہُ الۡجَوَارِ الۡمُنۡشَئٰتُ فِی الۡبَحۡرِ کَالۡاَعۡلَامِ ﴿ۚ۲۴﴾
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَأتُ
And His are Al-Jawar Al-Munsha’at,
meaning the ships that float,
فِي الْبَحْرِ
in the seas,
Mujahid said,
“Whatever ship hoists a sail, it is from Munsha’at, if it does not hoist a sail, it is not from the Munsha’at.”
Qatadah said,
“Al-Munsha’at means created.”
Others said that it is Al-Munshi’at meaning, “launched.”
كَالاْاَعْلَامِ
like A`lam.
This means, they are like mountains with their great size, and it also refers to the trade and commercial services they make possible, transporting cargo from one area to another and from one province to another. Ships provide various benefits for people, including transporting different types of goods they need.
Therefore,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:25
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٪۲۵﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
55:26
کُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَیۡہَا فَانٍ ﴿ۚۖ۲۶﴾
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
Allah is the Ever Living, Free of all Need
Allah states that:
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Allah states that all the residents of earth will perish and die. The residents of the heavens will die, except whomever Allah wills. Only Allah’s Honorable Face will remain, because our Lord, the Exalted, the Blessed, is the Ever Living Who never dies.
Qatadah said,
“First, Allah mentioned His creatures and then He said that all of this will perish.”
And in the reported supplication:
`O You the Ever Living Who sustains all that exists!
O You Who created the heavens and the earth without precedence.
O You, Who Owns the glory and the honor, none has the right to be worshipped except You. We seek refuge with Your mercy. Grant Us success in all of our matters. Please, do not abandon us to rely on ourselves even for an instant nor on any of Your creation.”
Ash-Sha`bi said,
“When you have recited,
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
(Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish), do not stop, continue reading,
وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَلِ وَالاِْكْرَامِ
55:27
وَّ یَبۡقٰی وَجۡہُ رَبِّکَ ذُو الۡجَلٰلِ وَ الۡاِکۡرَامِ ﴿ۚ۲۷﴾
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
And the Face of your Lord Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram will remain forever.”
This Ayah is similar to Allah’s statement,
كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلاَّ وَجْهَهُ
Everything will perish save His Face. (28:88)
In this Ayah, Allah describes His Noble Face as being Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, indicating that He is Worthy of being revered, and thus, never defied; and obeyed, and thus, never disobeyed,
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ
And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His Face. (18:28),
And as He said about those giving charity:
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ
We feed you seeking Allah’s Face only. (76:9)
Ibn Abbas commented on the meaning of Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, by saying,
“Owner of greatness and pride.”
After Allah stated that all of the inhabitants of the earth will die and end up in the Hereafter when He, Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, will judge them by His fair judgement, He said,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:28
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۸﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah said,
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
55:29
یَسۡـَٔلُہٗ مَنۡ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ ؕ کُلَّ یَوۡمٍ ہُوَ فِیۡ شَاۡنٍ ﴿ۚ۲۹﴾
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.
Whosoever is in the heavens and on the earth begs of Him. Every day He is (engaged) in some affair.
In this Ayah, Allah affirms that He is Rich, Free of all wants for anyone else and that all creatures stand in need of Him, in all conditions and situations. They all seek His help willingly or unwillingly. Everyday, He is engaged in some affair.
Al-A`mash reported from Mujahid, from `Ubayd bin `Umayr,
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
(Every day He is (engaged) in some affair), He said,
“Of His affairs is that He answers the supplicant, or gives to the one requesting, or removing adversity, or cures the one seeking to be cured.”
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:30
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۰﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
55:31
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَکُمۡ اَیُّہَ الثَّقَلٰنِ ﴿ۚ۳۱﴾
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
A Warning for Humans and Jinn
Allay says,
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَنِ
We shall attend to you, O Thaqalan!
Ibn Jurayj said that the Ayah,
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ
(We shall attend to you), means,
`We shall judge you,’
while Al-Bukhari said that it means,
“We shall recompense you. Surely, nothing will busy Allah from attending to anything else.”
This type of speech pattern is common in the Arabic language. For example, one would say, “I will attend to you,” even when one is not busy with anything else.
Allah’s saying;
أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَن
(O you Thaqalan!), refers to the humans and the Jinns, as in the Hadith;
يَسْمَعُهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ الثَّقَلَيْن
Everyone will be able to hear it, except the Thaqalayn.
In another narration that explains it, the Prophet said,
إِلاَّ الاِْنْسَ وَالْجِن
except mankind and the Jinns.
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أعوذ باللّٰه من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Book#1147)
[ * The Creation of Humans and Jinns :-
* He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];-
*And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.:-
*Everyone upon the earth will perish,:-
*Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.:-
*A Warning for Humans and Jinn :-]
www.motaher21.net
Surah:55:Ar-Rahmaan.
Para:27
Ayat:- 14-45
55:14
خَلَقَ الۡاِنۡسَانَ مِنۡ صَلۡصَالٍ کَالۡفَخَّارِ ﴿ۙ۱۴﴾
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
The Creation of Humans and Jinns
Allah mentions that:
خَلَقَ الاِْنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
55:15
وَ خَلَقَ الۡجَآنَّ مِنۡ مَّارِجٍ مِّنۡ نَّارٍ ﴿ۚ۱۵﴾
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
And the Jinn He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire.
This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn Abbas.
It was also said by Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd.
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas,
“From the best part of the fire, from its smokeless flame.”
Imam Ahmad recorded that A’ishah said that Allah’s Messenger said,
خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَيِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ وَخُلِقَ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَخُلِقَ ادَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم
The angels were created from light, the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam from what was described to you.
Muslim also collected this Hadith.
Allah’s statement:
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:16
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۱۶﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny,
was explained above.
Allah is the Lord of the Two Easts and the Two Wests
Allah said,
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
55:17
رَبُّ الۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ وَ رَبُّ الۡمَغۡرِبَیۡنِ ﴿ۚ۱۷﴾
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
meaning the sunrise of summer and winter and the sunset of summer and winter.
Allah said in another Ayah,
فَلَ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَـرِقِ وَالْمَغَـرِبِ
So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west. (70:40),
referring to the different places from which the sun rises and then sets on people every day.
Allah said in another Ayah,
رَّبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلً
The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee. (73:9),
referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created, mankind and Jinns,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:18
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۱۸﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah created Different Types of Water
Allah said,
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
55:19
مَرَجَ الۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ یَلۡتَقِیٰنِ ﴿ۙ۱۹﴾
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
He has Maraja the two seas,
or let them loose, according to Ibn Abbas.
Allah’s statement,
يَلْتَقِيَانِ
(meeting together), Ibn Zayd said,
“He prevents them from meeting by the dividing barrier He placed between them to separate them.”
The two seas are the fresh and salty waters, the former coming from running rivers. We discussed this topic in Surah Al-Furqan when explaining Allah’s statement;
وَهُوَ الَّذِى مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَّحْجُوراً
And it is He Who has let free the two seas:one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them. (25:53)
Allah said,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لاَّ يَبْغِيَانِ
55:20
بَیۡنَہُمَا بَرۡزَخٌ لَّا یَبۡغِیٰنِ ﴿ۚ۲۰﴾
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
meaning, He has placed a barrier of land between these two types of waters, so that they do not transgress upon each other, which would spoil the characteristics they were created with.
55:21
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۱﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah said,
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّوْلُوُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
55:22
یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡہُمَا اللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَ الۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿ۚ۲۲﴾
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
Out of them both come out pearls and Al-Marjan.
pearls are well-known. As for Marjan they say it means small pearls.
Mujahid, Qatadah, Abu Ruzayn, Ad-Dahhak said it, and it has also been reported from Ali.
It was also said that it means large, precious pearls, this was mentioned by Ibn Jarir from some of the Salaf.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded from Ibn Abbas who said,
“When it rains, the oysters in the sea open their mouths. What falls in them, the drops, turns into pearls.”
Its chain of narrators is Sahih.
Since this type of adornment is a favor from Allah to the people of earth, He reminded them of it,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:23
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۳﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
Allah said
55:24
وَ لَہُ الۡجَوَارِ الۡمُنۡشَئٰتُ فِی الۡبَحۡرِ کَالۡاَعۡلَامِ ﴿ۚ۲۴﴾
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَأتُ
And His are Al-Jawar Al-Munsha’at,
meaning the ships that float,
فِي الْبَحْرِ
in the seas,
Mujahid said,
“Whatever ship hoists a sail, it is from Munsha’at, if it does not hoist a sail, it is not from the Munsha’at.”
Qatadah said,
“Al-Munsha’at means created.”
Others said that it is Al-Munshi’at meaning, “launched.”
كَالاْاَعْلَامِ
like A`lam.
This means, they are like mountains with their great size, and it also refers to the trade and commercial services they make possible, transporting cargo from one area to another and from one province to another. Ships provide various benefits for people, including transporting different types of goods they need.
Therefore,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:25
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٪۲۵﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny.
55:26
کُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَیۡہَا فَانٍ ﴿ۚۖ۲۶﴾
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
Allah is the Ever Living, Free of all Need
Allah states that:
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Allah states that all the residents of earth will perish and die. The residents of the heavens will die, except whomever Allah wills. Only Allah’s Honorable Face will remain, because our Lord, the Exalted, the Blessed, is the Ever Living Who never dies.
Qatadah said,
“First, Allah mentioned His creatures and then He said that all of this will perish.”
And in the reported supplication:
`O You the Ever Living Who sustains all that exists!
O You Who created the heavens and the earth without precedence.
O You, Who Owns the glory and the honor, none has the right to be worshipped except You. We seek refuge with Your mercy. Grant Us success in all of our matters. Please, do not abandon us to rely on ourselves even for an instant nor on any of Your creation.”
Ash-Sha`bi said,
“When you have recited,
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
(Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish), do not stop, continue reading,
وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَلِ وَالاِْكْرَامِ
55:27
وَّ یَبۡقٰی وَجۡہُ رَبِّکَ ذُو الۡجَلٰلِ وَ الۡاِکۡرَامِ ﴿ۚ۲۷﴾
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
And the Face of your Lord Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram will remain forever.”
This Ayah is similar to Allah’s statement,
كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلاَّ وَجْهَهُ
Everything will perish save His Face. (28:88)
In this Ayah, Allah describes His Noble Face as being Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, indicating that He is Worthy of being revered, and thus, never defied; and obeyed, and thus, never disobeyed,
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ
And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His Face. (18:28),
And as He said about those giving charity:
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ
We feed you seeking Allah’s Face only. (76:9)
Ibn Abbas commented on the meaning of Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, by saying,
“Owner of greatness and pride.”
After Allah stated that all of the inhabitants of the earth will die and end up in the Hereafter when He, Dhul-Jalal wal-Ikram, will judge them by His fair judgement, He said,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:28
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۲۸﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah said,
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
55:29
یَسۡـَٔلُہٗ مَنۡ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ ؕ کُلَّ یَوۡمٍ ہُوَ فِیۡ شَاۡنٍ ﴿ۚ۲۹﴾
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.
Whosoever is in the heavens and on the earth begs of Him. Every day He is (engaged) in some affair.
In this Ayah, Allah affirms that He is Rich, Free of all wants for anyone else and that all creatures stand in need of Him, in all conditions and situations. They all seek His help willingly or unwillingly. Everyday, He is engaged in some affair.
Al-A`mash reported from Mujahid, from `Ubayd bin `Umayr,
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
(Every day He is (engaged) in some affair), He said,
“Of His affairs is that He answers the supplicant, or gives to the one requesting, or removing adversity, or cures the one seeking to be cured.”
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:30
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۰﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
55:31
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَکُمۡ اَیُّہَ الثَّقَلٰنِ ﴿ۚ۳۱﴾
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
A Warning for Humans and Jinn
Allay says,
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَنِ
We shall attend to you, O Thaqalan!
Ibn Jurayj said that the Ayah,
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ
(We shall attend to you), means,
`We shall judge you,’
while Al-Bukhari said that it means,
“We shall recompense you. Surely, nothing will busy Allah from attending to anything else.”
This type of speech pattern is common in the Arabic language. For example, one would say, “I will attend to you,” even when one is not busy with anything else.
Allah’s saying;
أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَن
(O you Thaqalan!), refers to the humans and the Jinns, as in the Hadith;
يَسْمَعُهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ الثَّقَلَيْن
Everyone will be able to hear it, except the Thaqalayn.
In another narration that explains it, the Prophet said,
إِلاَّ الاِْنْسَ وَالْجِن
except mankind and the Jinns.
55:32
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۲﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
then,
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالاْاِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاْاَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا
لَاا تَنفُذُونَ إِلاَّ بِسُلْطَانٍ
55:33
یٰمَعۡشَرَ الۡجِنِّ وَ الۡاِنۡسِ اِنِ اسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ اَنۡ تَنۡفُذُوۡا مِنۡ اَقۡطَارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ فَانۡفُذُوۡا ؕ لَا تَنۡفُذُوۡنَ اِلَّا بِسُلۡطٰنٍ ﴿ۚ۳۳﴾
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah ].
O assembly of Jinn and men! If you are able to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!
meaning, `you will never be able to escape Allah’s orders and decrees, because it encompasses you. You will never be able to avoid or avert His rule and judgement over you, you are surrounded by it wherever you may be.’
This is also about the Gathering when the angels, comprising seven lines in every direction, will surround the creatures. None of the creatures will be able to escape on that Day,
إِلاَّ بِسُلْطَانٍ
(except with authority), meaning, except with the commandment from Allah,
يَقُولُ الاِنسَـنُ يَوْمَيِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
كَلَّ لَا وَزَرَ
إِلَى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَيِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
On that Day man will say:”Where (is the refuge) to flee”
No! There is no refuge!
Unto your Lord will be the place of rest that Day. (75:10-12),
وَالَّذِينَ كَسَبُواْ السَّيِّيَاتِ جَزَاءُ سَيِّيَةٍ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ مَّا لَهُمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ كَأَنَّمَا أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مُظْلِماً أُوْلَـيِكَ أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ
And those who earned evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed is the like thereof, and humiliating disgrace will cover them. No defender will they have from Allah. Their faces will be covered as it were with pieces from the darkness of night. They are the dwellers of Fire, they will abide therein forever. (10:27)
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:34
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۴﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah’s statement,
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَ تَنتَصِرَانِ
55:35
یُرۡسَلُ عَلَیۡکُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّنۡ نَّارٍ ۬ۙ وَّ نُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنۡتَصِرٰنِ ﴿ۚ۳۵﴾
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
There will be sent against you both, Shuwaz of fire and Nuhas, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas that Shuwaz is the flame of fire.
Abu Salih said, “It is the flame above the fire below the smoke.”
Ad-Dahhak said,
شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ
(Shuwaz of fire), “A flood of fire.”
Allah said;
وَنُحَاسٌ
(and Nuhas) .
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas;
“The smoke of the fire.”
Similar was reported from Abu Salih, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Abu Sinan.
Ibn Jarir said that the Arabs used to call the smoke of the fire, Nuhas and Nihas. But he said that the scholars of Qur’anic recitation said that in this Ayah, the word recited is Nuhas.
Mujahid said, “Molten brass poured over their heads.”
Qatadah held the same view.
Ad-Dahhak said, “Nuhas is liquid copper.”
The Ayah means, `if you, mankind and the Jinns, try to escape on the Day of Resurrection, then the angels, including those among them who guard Hellfire, will bring you back by directing smoke of fire and molten brass on you.’
Allah’s statement,
فَلَ تَنتَصِرَانِ
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:36
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۶﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
and you will not be able to defend yourselves. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
55:37
فَاِذَا انۡشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَکَانَتۡ وَرۡدَۃً کَالدِّہَانِ ﴿ۚ۳۷﴾
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil –
The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection
Allah said,
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء
Then when the heaven is rent asunder,
on the Day of Resurrection; this meaning is clear in this and similar Ayat, such as,
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَأءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَيِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up. (69:16),
وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَأءُ بِالْغَمَـمِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَـيِكَةُ تَنزِيلً
And (remember) the Day when the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand descending. (25:25)
and,
إِذَا السَّمَأءُ انشَقَّتْ
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
When the heaven is split asunder, and listens to and obeys its Lord — and it must do so. (84:1-2)
Allah’s statement,
فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ
and it becomes Wardah like Dihan.
This means they will melt just as sediment and silver are melted when heated. And they will be colored, just as dies stain something, sometimes red, sometimes yellow, or blue, or green. This demonstrates the extent of the horrors of the Mighty Day of Resurrection.
As-Suddi said, “It will be as rosy color and as filth oil.”
Mujahid said,
كَالدِّهَانِ
(like Dihan), “Like the colors of dyes.”
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:38
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۳۸﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? –
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah said;
فَيَوْمَيِذٍ لاَّ يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ
55:39
فَیَوۡمَئِذٍ لَّا یُسۡـَٔلُ عَنۡ ذَنۡۢبِہٖۤ اِنۡسٌ وَّ لَا جَآنٌّ ﴿ۚ۳۹﴾
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
So on that Day he will not be questioned about his sins, (neither) human nor Jinn.
this is similar to His saying;
هَـذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
وَلَا يُوْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ
That will be a Day when they shall not speak, and they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse. (77:35-36)
This is the case at the time, then all the creatures will be questioned about their deeds.
Allah said;
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ
So, by your Lord, We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do. (15:92-93)
Qatadah said,
“On that they will be questioned and then their mouths will be sealed and their hands and feet will reveal what they used to do.”
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:40
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۴۰﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah the Exalted said
55:41
یُعۡرَفُ الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ بِسِیۡمٰہُمۡ فَیُؤۡخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِیۡ وَ الۡاَقۡدَامِ ﴿ۚ۴۱﴾
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ
The criminals will be known by their marks,
i.e., by special marks that distinguish them.
Al-Hasan and Qatadah said,
“They will be known by their dark faces and their blue eyes.”
I say that this contrasts to the marks that will distinguish the believers, such as the light that will appear on the parts of the body that they used to wash while performing ablution.
Allah said,
فَيُوْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالاَْقْدَامِ
and they will be seized by their foreheads and feet.
meaning, the angels of punishment will bend their heads down to their feet and throw them like this into the Hellfire.
Al-A`mash said that Ibn Abbas said,
“He will be taken by his forehead and his feet and be broken just as a stick is broken to be thrown into an oven.”
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:42
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿۴۲﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny!
Allah said,
هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
55:43
ہٰذِہٖ جَہَنَّمُ الَّتِیۡ یُکَذِّبُ بِہَا الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ ﴿ۘ۴۳﴾
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
This is the Hell which the criminals denied.
meaning, `this is the Fire that you used to deny existed that it; now you see it before your eyes!’ While being chastised, criticized, disgraced and belittled, this will be said to the disbelievers.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ انٍ
55:44
یَطُوۡفُوۡنَ بَیۡنَہَا وَ بَیۡنَ حَمِیۡمٍ اٰنٍ ﴿ۚ۴۴﴾
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
They will go between it and Hamim An!
meaning, they will sometimes be punished with fire and they will sometimes be given Hamim which is a drink like molten copper tearing their intestines and internal organs,
إِذِ الاٌّغْلَـلُ فِى أَعْنَـقِهِمْ والسَّلَـسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ
فِى الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ
When the iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along, in the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire. (40:71-72)
Allah said,
انٍ
(An), meaning hot, due to the fierce and intense heat that is impossible to bear.
Ibn Abbas said;
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(They will go between it and Hamim An!),
“That has reached the ultimate temperature and boiling fiercely.”
Similar was said by Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Al-Hasan, Ath-Thawri and As-Suddi.
Qatadah also commented,
“Its boiling started when Allah created the heavens and the earth!”
Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said,
“The (disobedient) servant will be seized by the forehead and stirred in that boiling water until his flesh melts and only the bones and the eyes in his head remain.
This is the meaning of Allah’s statement,
فِى الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ
In the Hamim, then they will be burned in the Fire. (40:72)
And Al-Hamim Al-An means hot.”
There is another report from Al-Qurazi;
حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(Hamim An) that it means “prepared. ”
This is also the view of Ibn Zayd.
And saying that it means “prepared” does not contradict the first report from Al-Qurazi which says that it means hot, for Allah said:
تُسْقَى مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They will be given to drink from a spring, Aniyah. (88:5)
which means severe unbearable heat,
and His saying;
غَيْرَ نَـظِرِينَ إِنَـهُ
not to wait for it to be prepared, (33:53)
which means properly cooking and preparing it.
So His saying;
حَمِيمٍ انٍ
(Hamim An), Hamim, that is very hot.
Surely, punishing the disobedient criminals as well as favoring those who had Taqwa, is from Allah’s grace, mercy, justice, compassion and kindness for His creatures. His warnings against His torment and punishment, such as mentioned in these Ayat, should encourage all creatures to abandon the Shirk and disobedience they engage in, and this is why Allah reminded them of this favor;
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:45
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکُمَا تُکَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٪۴۵﴾
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny
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