Surah Yunus Tafsir & Translation

سورة يونس

109 Verses

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

109 آية

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tafsir of the Verses

{الۤر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ}

{ألف. لاَم. رَا} {آيَاتُ} {ٱلْكِتَابِ}
(1) أَلِفْ لاَمْ رَا وَتُقْرَأُ مُقَطَّعَةً. اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمُرَادِهِ. هذِهِ هِيَ آيَاتُ القُرْآنِ المُحْكَمِ الذِي أَحْكَمَهُ اللهُ فِي أُسْلُوبِهِ وَمَعَانِيهِ، وَبَيَّنَهُ لِعِبَادِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 1

1. Alif Lam Ra. Each letter is read separately. Allah knows best the significance of these letters. These are the signs of the Quran whose style and meaning were constructed perfectly by Allah and rendered lucid for His servants.

{أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَباً أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوۤاْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ ٱلْكَافِرُونَ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ مُّبِينٌ}

{آمَنُوۤاْ} {ٱلْكَافِرُونَ} {لَسَاحِرٌ}
(2) يَسْتَنْكِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى تَعَجُّبَ الكُفَّارِ مِنْ إِرْسَالِ المُرْسَلِينَ مِنَ البَشَرِ، فَيَقُولُ: عَجِيبٌ أَمْرُ هؤلاءِ الكُفَّارِ أَنْ يُنْكِرُوا إِنْزَالَ الوَحْيِ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ جِنْسِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يَعُدُّوا ذَلِكَ أَمْراً عَجِيباً يَتَفَكَّهُونَ بِهِ.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً صلى الله عليه وسلم رَسُولاً أَنْكَرَتِ العَرَبُ ذَلِكَ، أَوْ مَنْ أَنْكَرَهُ مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: اللهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُهُ بَشَراً مِثْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَوْلَهُ: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَباً….).
وَمَهَمَّةِ الرَّسُولِ هِيَ أَنْ يُنْذِرَ الكَافِرِينَ بِعَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، إِذا اسْتَمَرُّوا عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ وَعِنَادِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يُبَشِّرَ المُؤْمِنينَ بِأَنَّهُمْ سَبَقَتْ لَهُمُ السَّعَادَةُ بِمَا قَدَّمُوهُ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ: مِنْ صَوْمٍ وَصَلاَةٍ وَتَسْبِيحِ وَأَمْرٍ بِمَعْرُوفٍ، وَنَهْيٍ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ، وَجِهَادٍ لِلْكَافِرِينَ…
أَمَّا الكَافِرُونَ فَقَدْ قَالُوا: إِنَّ هذا الرَّسُولَ لَسَاحِرٌ ظَاهِرُ السِّحْرِ (مُبِينٌ)، يُؤَثِّرُ فِي النُّفُوسِ، وَيَجْذِبُها إِلى الإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ، وَاحْتِقَارِ الحَيَاةِ وَلَذَّاتِهَا فِي سَبيلِ اللهِ، وَهُمُ الكَاذِبُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ.
مُبِينٌ: ظَاهِرٌ وَاضِحٌ.
قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ: سَابِقَةَ فَضْلٍ وَمَنْزِلَةً رَفِيعَةً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 2

2. Allah Almighty condemns the amazement of the unbelievers at His sending messengers from among men. He says: ‘It is surprising that these unbelievers should deny that the Divine revelation should be given to a man of their own kind and that they should consider that this is something extraordinary to be laughed at.
Ibn Abbas said: ‘When Allah Almighty sent Mohammad (peace be upon him) as messenger, the Arabs, or some among them, contested this saying that Allah is too great to have a human messenger like Mohammad (peace be upon him). In the wake of this incident, Allah revealed this verse: “Does it seem strange to people that We should have revealed to a man from among themselves……”
The Messenger is vested with the mission to warn the unbelievers of Hellfire if they persist in their disbelief and obduracy, and at the same time to give glad tidings to the believers that their bliss has already been determined by virtue of their righteous deeds: observing the rituals of fasting and praying as well as singing Allah’s praises, enjoining good, forbidding evil and striving in the Cause of Allah against the unbelievers.
In contrast, the unbelievers said that the Messenger was a sorcerer practising manifest sorcery and capable of spellbinding his audiences, attracting them to believe in Allah and to despise life and worldly pleasures for the sake of Allah. The unbelievers are liars.

{إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلأَمْرَ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلاَّ مِن بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِ ذٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ أَفَلاَ تَذَكَّرُونَ}

{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}
(3) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ رَبُّ العَالَمِينَ جَمِيعاً، وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَمَا فِيهِما فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَلَمَّا أَتَمَّ خَلْقَ الوُجُودِ اسْتَوَى عَلى العَرْشِ اسْتِوَاءً يَلِيقُ بِعَظَمَتِهِ وَجَلاَلِهِ، يُدَبِّرُ أَمْرَ الكَوْنِ وَالخَلاَئِقِ وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ شَأْنٌ مِنْ شَأْنٍ، وَلاَ يَتَبَرَّمُ بِإِلْحَاحِ المُلِحِّين، وَلاَ يُلْهِيهِ الكَبِيرُ عَنِ الصَّغِيرِ، وَلاَ يَشْفَعُ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ، وَهُوَ رَبُّكُمْ فَأَفْرِدُوهُ بِالعِبَادَةِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَلاَ يُسْتَنْكَرُ مِنْ رَبِّ هذا الخَلْقِ، وَمُدَبِّرِهِ أَنْ يُفِيضَ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ عَلَى مَنِ اصْطَفَى مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، يَهْدِيهِمْ بِهِ لِمَا فِيهِ صَلاَحُهُمْ وَكَمَالُهُمْ، أَفَلاَ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ يَا أَيُّها المُشْرِكُونَ فِي أَمْرِكُمْ؟ فَكَيْفَ تَعْبُدُونَ مَعَ اللهِ آلِهَةً غَيْرَهُ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ المُتَفَرِّدُ بِالخَلْقِ؟
اسْتَوَى عَلَى العَرْشِ: اسْتِوَاءً يَلِيقُ بِجَلاَلِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 3

3. Almighty Allah says that He is the Lord of all the universe. He created heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them in six days. He then established Himself on the Throne of His Dominion in such a manner that becomes His greatness and majesty. He manages the affairs of the universe and all the creatures. He is distracted by nothing, nor does He become weary of the pressing solicitations of those insistent petitioners; the great does not distract him from the small. No one can intercede but by His command. Moreover, He is the Master of all creation and its manager. He is your Lord. Therefore, it behoves you to single Him out for worship, alone without associate. Do not wonder that the Master of the Universe should confer what He wishes of His knowledge on whomever He wishes of His creatures, to guide them to their welfare and perfection. Will you not meditate, you polytheists, on your situation? How can you worship other deities with Allah? You know that He Alone is the Creator.
In the end Almighty Allah calls on the polytheists to take heed of His words, reconsider their attitude and abstain from worshipping others besides Him, reminding them again that the monopoly of creation lies solely in His hand.

{إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعاً وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّاً إِنَّهُ يَبْدَؤُاْ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ لِيَجْزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ}

{يَبْدَأُ} {آمَنُواْ} {ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ}
(4) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ الخَلاَّقُ العَظِيمُ، وَأَنَّ الخَلاَئِقَ تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى لاَ يَتْرُكُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً حَتَّى يُعِيدَهُ كَمَا كَانَ بَدَأَهُ، وَهذا وَعْدٌ مِنْهُ حَقٌّ لاَ مِرْيَةَ فِيهِ، وَلاَ شَكَّ. ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ كَمَا بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ يُعِيدُهُ. وَفِي يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ يَجْزِي الذِينَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ، مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ، بِالعَدْلِ (بِالقِسْطِ) وَيُوَفِّيهِمْ جَزَاءَهُمْ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، كَمَا يَجْزِي الذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ بِعَدْلِهِ التَّامِّ، وَسَيَكُونُ شَرَابُهُمْ مِنْ مَاءٍ شَدِيدِ الحَرَارَةِ، وَسَيُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً.
حَمِيمٍ: مَاءٍ بَالِغِ الغَايَةِ فِي شِدَّةِ الحَرَارَةِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 4

4. Allah Almighty says that He is the Creator to whom all creatures will return on Resurrection Day. Allah will leave out no one: He will resuscitate all as He first created them. This is a true and irrevocable promise. On the Day of Resurrection He will justly reward those believers who do good deeds with the recompense they deserve and bestow His favours on them. Likewise, those who disbelieve and reject the truth will be duly recompensed. They will be painfully chastised, and will have very hot water to drink.

{هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ ضِيَآءً وَٱلْقَمَرَ نُوراً وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذٰلِكَ إِلاَّ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ}

{ٱلآيَاتِ}
(5) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عُمَّا خَلَقَ مِنَ الآيَاتِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى كَمَالِ قُدْرَتِهِ، وَعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِهِ، وَأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً، وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ نُوراً، وَهَكَذا فَاوَتَ تَعَالَى بَيْنَ ضِيَاءِ الشَّمْسِ، وَبَيْنَ نُورِ القَمَرِ، وَقَدَّرَ لِلْقَمَرِ مَنَازِلَ (وَهِيَ 28 مَنْزِلاً)، لِيَعْرِفَ النَّاسُ عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالحِسَابَ، وَلَمْ يَخْلُقِ اللهُ ذَلِكَ الخَلْقَ عَبَثاً وَبَاطِلاً وَتَسْلِيَةً، وَإِنَّمَا خَلَقَهُ بِالحَقِّ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى يُفَصِّلُ الآيَاتِ الدَّالَةِ عَلَى أُلُوهِيَّتِهِ، وَكَمَالِ قُدْرَتِهِ لِكَيْ يَتَدَبَّرَهَا الخَلْقُ.
(وَقِيلَ إِنَّ الضَّوْءَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ ذَاتِ الشَّيءِ كَالشَّمْسِ وَالنَّارِ، وَالنُّورُ مَا كَانَ مُكْتَسَباً مِنْ خَارِجِ الشَّيءِ كَالقَمَرِ يَسْتَمِدُّ نُورَهُ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ).
قَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ: صَيَّرَ القَمَرَ ذَا مَنَازِلَ يَسيرُ فِيها.

Surah Yunus: Verse 5

5. Allah informs us of the signs He created which prove the completeness of His might and the greatness of His sovereignty. He made the sun an illumination and the moon a light. Thus, Allah made the distinction between the illumination of the sun and the light of the moon. He also determined the phases of the moon (28 phases in all) so that people can calculate years and reckon time. Allah has not created all this in idle play and sport but rather for a just purpose. He expands on the signs which indicate His Divine character and perfect power in order that His creatures can meditate on them and come to a full understanding of them. (It is said that daw in Arabic means the light which is intrinsic to the luminous body like the sun or the fire, while noor means the light proceeding from an external body, such as the light of the moon which is acquired from the sun.)

{إِنَّ فِي ٱخْتِلاَفِ ٱلَّيلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ لآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَّقُونَ}

{ٱخْتِلاَفِ} {ٱلْلَّيْلِ} {ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {لآيَاتٍ}
(6) إِنَّ فِي تَعَاقُبِ الليْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، إِذَا ذَهَبَ هَذا جَاءَ ذَاكَ، لاَ يَتَأَخَّرُ عَنْهُ، وَفِي تَقَارُضِهِمَا الطُّولَ وَالقِصَرَ، يَطُول هذا وَيَقْصُرُ ذَاكَ، وَفِيمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ فِي هذا الكونِ العَظِيمِ الوَاسِعِ… لَدَلاَئلِ َعَظِيمَةً عَلَى وُجُودِ الصَّانِعِ وَوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ، وَحِكْمَتِهِ لِمَنْ يَخْشَوْنَ اللهَ، وَيَخَافُونَ سُخْطَهُ وَعِقَابَهُ (يَتَّقُونَ).

Surah Yunus: Verse 6

6. In the alternation of day and night, in the fact that one is succeeded by the other, that they alternately lengthen or shorten, and in all that Allah has created in this immense universe are irrefutable proofs of His existence, His oneness and His wisdom for those who fear Allah, His wrath and punishment.

{إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا وَرَضُواْ بِٱلْحَيٰوةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱطْمَأَنُّواْ بِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ}

{بِٱلْحَياةِ} {آيَاتِنَا} {غَافِلُونَ}
(7) إِنَّ الذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالبَعْثِ وَلِقَاءِ اللهِ فِي الآخِرَةِ، وَاعْتَقَدُوا وَاهِمِينَ أَنَّ الحَيَاةَ الدُّنيا هِيَ مُنْتَهَاهُمْ، وَلَيْسَ بَعْدَهَا حَيَاةٌ، فَاطْمَأَنُّوا بِهَا، وَلَم يَعْمَلُوا لِمَا بَعْدَهَا، وَغَفَلُوا عَنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ الدَّالَةِ عَلَى البَعْثِ وَالحِسَابِ…

Surah Yunus: Verse 7

7. Those who do not believe in resurrection and the encounter with Allah, who have wrongly believed that life here below is confined to a short span of wordy existence and that there is no afterlife and have become acquiescent and therefore neither worked for the afterlife nor heeded the signs which point to the resurrection and final judgment,

{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ}

{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ} {مَأْوَاهُمُ}
(8) فَهَؤُلاَءِ سَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، لِيَصْلِيَهُمْ بِنِيرَانِهَا، وَسَيَجْعَلُهَا مَأْوًى لَهُمْ وَمَنْزِلاً، جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ، وَعَلَى مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فِي دُنْيَاهُمْ مِنَ المَعَاصِي وَالآثَامِ وَالخَطَايَا وَالإِجْرَامِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 8

8. will be ushered by Allah into hell on Judgment Day and will burn in it. It will be their lasting abode and their refuge as a recompense for their disbelief in Allah, their disobedience to Him as well as for the sins, evils and crimes they have committed.

{إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ يَهْدِيهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلأَنْهَارُ فِي جَنَّاتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ}

{آمَنُواْ} {ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ} {بِإِيمَانِهِمْ} {ٱلأَنْهَارُ} {جَنَّاتِ}
(9) أَمَّا الذِينَ آمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَاتَّقَوْهُ، وَتَبَصَّرُوا بِمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ فِي الكَوْنِ، فَزَادَهُمْ ذَلِكَ إِيمَاناً وَيَقِيناً، وَعَمِلُوا مَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ رَبُّهُمْ مِنْ صَالِحَاتِ الأَعْمَالِ، فَإِنَّ إِيمَانَهُمْ وَأَعْمَالَهُمُ الصَّالِحَاتِ سَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ نُوراً يَهْدِيهِمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الجَنَّةِ التِي وَعَدَهُمْ بِهَا رَبُّهُمْ، وَهِيَ جَنَّةُ رِفهٍ وَنَعِيمٍ تَجْرِي الأَنْهَارُ فِي جَنَبَاتِهَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 9

9. As for those who believed in their Lord, feared Him and meditated on what He has created in the universe, which increased their faith and certainty, and did the good deeds Allah has ordered them to do, their faith and good deeds will be the light to guide them to the path of Paradise which Allah has promised them on Judgment Day.

{دَعْوَاهُمْ فِيهَا سُبْحَانَكَ ٱللَّهُمَّ وَتَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلاَمٌ وَآخِرُ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنِ ٱلْحَمْدُ للَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{دَعْوَاهُمْ} {سُبْحَانَكَ} {سَلاَمٌ} {وَآخِرُ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(10) يَبْدَؤُونَ كُلَّ دُعَاءٍ وَثَنَاءٍ عَلَى اللهِ بِكَلِمَةِ (سُبْحَانَكَ الَّلهُمَّ) أَيْ تَقْدِيساً وَتَنْزِيهاً لَكَ يَا رَبِّ. وَيُجِيبُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِكَلِمَةِ (سَلامٌ) وَهِيَ تَدُلُّ عَلَى السَّلاَمَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكْرُوهٍ، وَتُحَيِّيهِمُ المَلاَئِكَةُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ (سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ)، وَيُحَيِّي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً بِكَلِمَةِ سَلامٍ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى:{ لاَّ يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْواً إِلاَّ سَلاَماً } وَفِي آخِرِ كُلِّ حَالٍ مِنْ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، مِنْ دُعَاءٍ يُنَاجُونَ بِهِ رَبَّهُمْ، أَوْ مَطْلَبٍ يَطْلُبُونَهُ مِنْ إِحْسَانِهِ وَكَرَمِهِ يَقُولُونَ: (الحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ) (وَجَاءَ فِي الحَدِيثِ: ” إِنَّ أَهْلَ الجَنَّةِ إِذا قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ ” ).
دَعْوَاهُمْ: دُعَاؤُهُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 10

10. They began each prayer and praise Allah with the words: ‘Glory be to You, O Allah!’ (That is: ‘We sanctify and exalt You, O Lord’). Their Lord replies: ‘Peace,’ which signifies safety from all unpleasant things. The angels greet them and say: ‘Peace be upon you, you have done well. Enter paradise to dwell here forever.’ They greet each other with the word ‘Peace’ as Allah mentioned in another verse: ‘They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations of peace,’ (see chapter 19 Maryam (Mary), 62); and at the close of their prayers and in their soliloquy addressing their Lord, or at the end of each request asking for His beneficence and generosity, they say: ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universes.’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) says: ‘If the inhabitants of Paradise say: “Glory to You, O Allah”, they will get what they desire.’

{وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ ٱلشَّرَّ ٱسْتِعْجَالَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ فَنَذَرُ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ}

{طُغْيَانِهِمْ}
(11) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ حِلْمِهِ وَلُطْفِهِ بِعِبَادِهِ، وَيَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ إِذَا دَعَوْا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَوْلاَدِهِمْ بِالشَّرِّ فِي حَالِ ضَجَرِهِمْ وَغَضَبِهِمْ، لأَِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُرِيدُونَ ذَلِكَ، فَلِذَلِكَ لاَ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ لُطْفاً مِنْهُ، وَرَحْمَةً بِهِمْ.
أَمَّا إِذَا دَعَوا لأَِنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَوْلاَدِهِمْ بِالخَيْرِ وَالبَرَكَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. وَإِنَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لَوِ اسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ دَعْوَةٍ تَجْرِي عَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ لأَهْلَكَهُمْ. وَيَتْرُكُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ، وَلاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ، سَادِرِينَ فِي غَيِّهِمْ، مُسْتَمِرِّينَ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ، مُتَحَيِّرِينَ لاَ يَهْتَدُونَ إِلَى الخُرُوجِ مِمَّا هُمْ فِيهِ، حَتَّى يَجِيءَ اليَوْمُ الذِي وَعَدَهُمُ اللهُ بِهِ.
(وَقَدْ يَكُونُ المَعْنَى: لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُعَجِّلُ لِلنَّاسِ إِجَابَةَ دُعَائِهِمْ وَاسْتِعْجَالِهِمْ فِي الشَّرِّ فِيمَا فِيهِ مَضَرَّتُهُمْ، فِي النَّفْسِ وَالمَالِ وَالوَلَدِ كَمَا اسْتَعْجَلَ كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ بِالعَذَابِ الذِي أَنْذَرَهُمْ بِهِ كَاسْتِعْجَالِهِمْ بِالخَيْرِ الذِي يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِدُعَائِهِمْ اللهَ، لَقَضَى إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلَهُمْ قَبْلَ وَقْتِهِ الطَّبِيعِيِّ المُحَدَّدِ لَهُمْ، كَمَا أَهْلَكَ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ، وَاسْتَعْجَلُوا بِالعَذَابِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ).
فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ: فِي تَجَاوُزِهِم الحَدَّ فِي الكُفْرِ.
يَعْمَهُونَ: يَعْمُونَ عَنِ الرُّشْدِ، أَوْ يَتَحَيَّرُونَ فِي الضَّلاَلَةِ.
لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ: لأَهْلَكَهُمْ وَأَبَادَهُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 11

11. Almighty Allah speaks about His forbearance and kindness towards His creatures and says that He will not answer them if they call down evil upon themselves or their children when they are irritated and angry because He knows that they do not want this; thus, He does not grant their request as a sign of His kindness and mercy to them. But if they request well-being and benediction for themselves and their children, Allah will grant their wish. If Allah were to grant every imprecation they breathe, He would destroy them. Allah allows those who disbelieve in Him and who do not hope to meet Him on Judgment Day, to err recklessly and to persist in their injustices, confused and unable to find a way out of their situation until the day Allah promised them arrives. (The meaning of this verse may be as follows: if Allah were to hasten His granting of people their precipitous imprecations which could harm themselves, their wealth and their children, as was the case with the unbelievers of Quraish who precipitated their own retribution of which they had been warned by the Prophet (peace be upon him), as His granting their precipitous prayers for blessings, they would perish before the day fixed for their natural death. In the same way Allah destroyed the earlier nations who denied the messengers and hastened their own punishment.

{وَإِذَا مََسَّ ٱلإِنسَانَ ٱلضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنبِهِ أَوْ قَاعِداً أَوْ قَآئِماً فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَىٰ ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُ كَذٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}

{ٱلإِنسَانَ} {قَآئِماً}
(12) إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ كَثِيرُ التَّضَجُّرِ وَالقَلَقِ إِذَا مَسَّهُ الضُّرُّ وَالشَّرُّ، فَإِذا مَسَّهُ السُّوءُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ التَّضَرُّعِ إِلى اللهِ، وَالدُّعَاءِ لَهُ، رَاجِياً كَشْفَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ، وَهُوَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ، وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ، وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، وَفِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِهِ. فَإِذَا فَرَّجَ اللهُ كَرْبَهُ وَشِدَّتَهُ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَى، وَذَهَبَ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ ضُرٌّ، وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْعُ اللهَ رَبَّهُ.
وَيَذُمُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَنْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ صِفَتُهُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَأَسْمَاهُمْ بِالمُسْرِفِينَ. وَقَدْ حَسَّنَ مَسْلَكُ هؤُلاءِ الدَّاعِينَ للهِ فِي الشِّدَّةِ، وَالنَّاسِينَ لَهُ فِي الرَّخَاءِ، لِمُشْرِكِي مَكَّةَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ السُّوءِ وَالشِّرْكِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ اسْتَعْجَلُوا بِالعَذَابِ الذِي أَنْذَرَهُمْ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
وَمِنْ صِفَاتِ المُؤْمِنِ الصَّبْرُ عَلَى الشَّدَائِدِ، وَالشُّكْرُ عَلَى اليُسْرِ، وَفِي كِلاَ الحَالَيْنِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ.
الضُّرُّ: الجَهْدُ وَالبَلاَءُ وَالشِّدَّةُ.
دَعَانَا لِجَنْبِهِ: اسْتَغَاثَ بِنَا لِنَكْشِفَ مَا نَزَلَ بِهِ وَهُوَ مُلْقىً إِلى جَنْبِهِ.
مَرَّ: اسْتَمَرَّ عَلَى كُفْرِهِ وَلَمْ يَتَّعِظْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 12

12. Man grumbles much and shows anxiety when he is afflicted by suffering and unhappiness. When evil befalls him, he resorts to ceaseless supplication and begs Allah to dispel his suffering. He does this reclining, sitting, standing or in whatever position he might be. But no sooner does Allah relieve him of his discomfort and distress, than he draws back and turns away from Allah as if he had never suffered or had never called on Allah, his Lord.
Almighty Allah denigrates such people and calls them transgressors. The behaviour of people who turn to Allah in adversity and turn away in prosperity rendered their harmful deeds and idolatry attractive to the polytheists to such an extent that they precipitated upon themselves the torment Allah had warned them of.
Among the qualities of a believer are his observing patience in tribulation and giving thanks in times of affluence for in both cases he is contributing to his own good and welfare.

{وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَاتِ وَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤْمِنُواْ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ}

{بِٱلْبَيِّنَاتِ}
(13) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَهُ مِنَ العَذابِ فِي الأَقْوَامِ السَّابِقَةِ (القُرُونَ) الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا رُسُلَهُ فِيمَا جَاؤُوهُمْ بِهِ مِنَ البَيِّنَاتِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى صِدْقِهِمْ، وَظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ، وَكَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ، فَأَهْلَكَهُمُ اللهُ لأَِنَّهُمْ مَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا لَوْ تَرَكَهُمُ اللهُ، فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا كُفَّارَ قُرَيْشٍ، فَكَمَا أَهْلَكَ اللهُ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ، كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ اللهُ بِالمُجْرِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ.
القَرْنُ: القَوْمُ المُقْتَرِنُونَ فِي زَمَنٍ وَاحِدٍ.
ظَلَمُوا: بِالكُفْرِ وَتَكْذِيبِ الرُّسُلِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 13

13. Almighty Allah tells the people of Makkah about the punishment to which He subjected earlier nations who had contradicted His messengers and the signs they had brought which prove their veracity. They wronged themselves and denied their Lord so Allah destroyed them: if Allah had allowed them to stay on, they would not have believed. Draw a lesson, O unbelievers of Quraish. Just as Allah destroyed those who came before you, thus He will do with the criminals among you.

{ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ خَلاَئِفَ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ مِن بَعْدِهِم لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ}

{جَعَلْنَاكُمْ} {خَلاَئِفَ}
(14) ثُمَّ اسْتَخْلَفَكُمْ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي الأَرْضِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ أَهْلَكَ السَّابِقِينَ، وَذَلِكَ بِمَا آتَاكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيا مِنْ أَسْبَابِ السَّعَادَةِ، فِي الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيا، لِيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ أَعْمَالُكُمْ فِي خِلاَفَتِكُمْ، وَيَظْهَرُ مَا تَخْتَارُونَهُ لأَِنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ طَاعَةٍ أَوْ عِصْيَانٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ عَرَفْتُمْ مَا حَلَّ بِمَنْ سَبَقَكُمْ.
وَقَالَ قُتَادَةُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ رَبُّنا، مَا جَعَلَنَا خُلَفَاءَ إِلاَّ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلى أَعْمالِنا، فَأَرُوا اللهَ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ خَيْراً بِالليْلِ أَو النَّهارِ. وَفِي ذلِكَ إيمَاءٌ إِلى أنَّ الخِلاَفَةَ مَنُوطَةٌ بِالأعْمَالِ لِكَيْلا يَغْتَرَّ النَّاسُ بِمَا سَيَنَالُونَهُ، وَيَظُنُّوا أَنَّهُ بَاقٍ لَهُمْ، وَأَنَّهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ بِمَنْجَاةٍ مِنْ مُقْتَضَى سُنَّةِ اللهِ فِي الظَّالِمِينَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 14

14. When He had destroyed the earlier nations, Allah made you their successors on earth. He will give you all that brings happiness in matters of religion and material pleasures to see how you will behave and to reveal what you have chosen for yourselves, obedience or disobedience, after becoming acquainted with the fate of those who came before you. Qatada said: ‘Allah, our Lord, is truthful. He did not make us successors but to see our deeds. Show Him, then, your good deeds night and day.’ In this is a reference to the fact that succession on earth depends on good deeds. People should not be deluded by their gains and believe that these will always endure and that they themselves will be safe from the punishment Allah Almighty inflicts on the iniquitous.

{وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا ٱئْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِيۤ أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُ مِن تِلْقَآءِ نَفْسِيۤ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلاَّ مَا يُوحَىۤ إِلَيَّ إِنِّيۤ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}

{آيَاتُنَا} {بَيِّنَاتٍ} {بِقُرْآنٍ} {تِلْقَآءِ}
(15) كَانَ كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ إِذَا قَرَأَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم القُرْآنَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا لَهُ: ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ، وَضَعْ قُرْآناً غَيْرَهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِ مَا لا نُؤْمِنُ بِهِ مِنَ البَعْثِ، وَالجَزَاءِ عَلَى الأَعْمَالِ، وَلاَ مَا نَكْرَهُهُ مِنْ ذَمٍّ لآلِهَتِنَا. وَرَدَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ آمِراً نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّنِي عَبْدٌ مَأْمُورٌ، وَرَسُولٌ أُبَلِّغُ مَا يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ رَبِّي، وَأتَّبِعُ أَوَامِرَهُ، وَلَيْسَ مِنْ شَأْنِي، وَلاَ مِمَّا تُجِيزُهُ لِي رِسَالَتِي، أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي، وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ، إِنْ أَنَا عَصَيْتُ أَمْرَهُ، عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ شَدِيدِ الخَطَرِ وَالهَوْلِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 15

15. When the Prophet recited some of the verses of the Quran, the unbelievers of Makkah would say: ‘Bring us a different Quran or replace it. Bring forth a Quran which does not contain notions that conflict with our beliefs with respect to resurrection and recompense in the hereafter for our deeds and others that we hate such as censure of our deities.’ Allah Almighty ordered His Prophet (peace be upon him) to say to them: ‘I am but a servant who obeys his Lord, a Messenger who transmits what my Lord orders me to. I follow His orders. It is not my business to modify it nor am I allowed to do so. Should I disobey Him, I fear the punishment of a terrible day.

{قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أَدْرَاكُمْ بِهِ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُراً مِّن قَبْلِهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ}

{أَدْرَاكُمْ}
(16) وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّنِي إِنَّمَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهَذا القُرْآنِ بِإِذِنِ اللهِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ، وَلَوُ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ لاَ أَتْلُوَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ، وَلَوْ شَاءَ أَنْ لاَ يُعْلِمَكُمْ بِهِ بِإِرْسَالِي إِلَيْكُمْ، لَمَا أَرْسَلَنِي، وَلَمَا أَدْرَاكُمْ بِهِ، وَلكِنَّهُ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمُنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهذَا العِلْمِ لِتَهْتَدُوا، وَتَكُونُوا خَلائِفَ فِي الأَرْضِ. فَقَدْ عِشْتُ فِيكُمْ وَبَيْنَكُمْ سِنِينَ طَوِيلَةً مِنْ عُمْرِي لَمْ أُبَلِّغْكُمْ خِلاَلَهَا شَيئاً، لأَِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ بِرِسَالَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ، وَأَمَرَنِي بِأَنْ أُبَلِّغَكُمْ أَوَامِرَهُ فَعَلْتُ، أَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ عُقُولٌ تُمَيِّزُونَ بِهَا بَيْنَ الحَقِّ وَالبَاطِلِ؟
(وَلَمَّا سَأَلَ هِرَقْلُ مَلِكُ الرُّومِ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ عَنْ صِفَاتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ: هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِالكَذِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ لاَ. فَقَالَ هِرَقْلُ: أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَدَعَ الكَذِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبَ لِيَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللهِ).
لاَ أَدْرَاكُمْ بِهِ: لاَ أَعْلَمَكُمْ بِهِ بِوَاسِطَتِي.

Surah Yunus: Verse 16

16. ‘Say to them: “I have brought this Quran to you by the leave of Allah and His permission. If Allah had so willed, I should not have recited it to you. Had He wished not to inform you of it through me, He would not have sent me. You would not have become acquainted with it. But He wished to show you grace and give you the knowledge to guide you and make of you successors on earth. I lived amongst you many years during which I communicated nothing to you. Allah had not then revealed His message to me. When He invested me with prophethood, revealed to me His message and ordered me to deliver to you His orders, I did so. Do you not have reason to distinguish between right and wrong?
(After Heraclius, Emperor of the Byzantines (610-641) had asked Abu-Sufyan bin Harb about the qualities of the Prophet, he said, ‘Did you accuse him of lying before he began to preach Islam?’ Abu-Sufyan said, ‘No.’ Heraclius said, ‘If he did not lie to people, he could not lie to Allah.’

{فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِباً أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَـٰتِهِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ}

{بِآيَاتِهِ}
(17) لاَ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرُ ظُلْماً، وَلاَ أَشَدُّ إِجْرَاماً مِنْ رَجُلٍ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَى اللهِ، وَكَذَبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُرْسَلٌ مِنَ اللهِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ كَذَلِكَ، وَلاَ أَظْلَمَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ، وَكَذَّبَ بِمَا يَرَاهُ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ، وَبِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى رُسُلِهِ، وَلاَ يُفْلِحُ المُجْرِمُونَ الذِينَ يَلْقَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَافِرِينَ.
لاَ يُفْلِحُ المُجْرِمُونَ: لاَ يَفُوزُونَ بِمَطْلُوبٍ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 17

17. None is a greater wrong-doer or more involved in guilt than he who forges a lie against Allah and claims that he is sent by Allah as messenger when the claim is false. And none is more iniquitous than he who has disbelieved in Allah and rejected his Lord’s visible signs and what He revealed to His Messengers. The guilty ones who left the present world in a state of disbelief shall not prosper when they meet their Lord.

{وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلاَ يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰؤُلاۤءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ أَتُنَبِّئُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلاَ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ}

{شُفَعَاؤُنَا} {ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {سُبْحَانَهُ} {وَتَعَالَىٰ}
(18) وَهَؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكُونَ الذِينَ يَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَةً غَيْرَ اللهِ هِيَ فِي الحَقِيقَةِ أَصْنَامٌ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ لاَ تَضُرُّ وَلاَ تَنْفَعُ، وَيَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَعْبُدُونَهَا لِتَكُونَ شُفَعَاءَ لَهُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ، اسْأَلْهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: هَلْ تُخْبِرُونَ اللهَ بِشَرِيكٍ لَهُ لاَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ لَهُ وُجُوداً فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ مَلاَئِكَةٍ، وَفِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ خَوَاصِّ خَلْقِه؟ وَلَوْ كَانَ لَهُ شُفَعَاءُ يَشْفَعُونَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَهُ لَكَانَ هُوَ أَعْلَمَ بِهِمْ مِنْكُمْ، إِذ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيهِ شَيءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ.
ثُمَّ نَزَّهَ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَفْسَهُ الكَرِيمَةَ عَنْ شِرْكِهِمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ.
سُبْحَانَهُ: تَنَزَّهَ وَتَقَدَّسَ اسْمُهُ تَعَالَى.

Surah Yunus: Verse 18

18. The deities that those polytheists worship are just idols made of stone that can neither harm nor profit them. The idolaters claim that they worship them in order that they should intercede on their behalf with Allah. Ask them, O Mohammad: ‘Are you going to tell Allah Almighty that He has an associate of whose existence in heaven among the angels or on earth among the creatures He has no knowledge? Had there been intercessors who intercede with Him on your behalf, He would be more aware of them than you. Nothing escapes Him in heaven or on earth.
Then Allah sanctified His noble self from their polytheism and disbelief.

{وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلاَّ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَٱخْتَلَفُواْ وَلَوْلاَ كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ}

{وَاحِدَةً}
(19) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّ الشِّرْكَ حَادِثٌ فِي النَّاسِ، كَائِنٌ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَأَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا جَمِيعاً أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ، ثُمَّ وَقَعَ الاخْتِلاَفُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، وَعُبِدَتِ الأَصْنَامُ وَالأَوْثَانُ وَالأَنْدَادُ، فَبَعَثَ اللهُ الرُّسُلَ بِآيَاتِهِ وَبِيِّنَاتِهِ وَحُجَجِهِ البَالِغَةِ، وَبَرَاهِينِهِ الدَّامِغَةِ، لِهِدَايَتِهِمْ وَإِزَالَةِ الاخْتِلاَفِ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَأَيَّدَ الرُّسُلَ بِكُتُبِهِ وَوَحْيِهِ، وَلَوْلاَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالى أَنَّهُ لاَ يُعَذِّبُ أَحداً إِلاَّ بَعْدَ قِيَامِ الحُجَّةِ عَلَيهِ، وَأَنَّهُ أَجَّلَ الخَلْقَ إِلى أَجَلٍ مَوْعُودٍ، هُوَ يَوْمُ القِيَامَةِ، لَقَضَى بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا فِيمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ، فَأَسْعَدَ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَأَعْنَتَ الكَافِرِينَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 19

19. Allah Almighty says that idolatry did not exist at the beginning of creation but appeared at a later stage. To begin with, people were one nation and instinctively Muslims (they surrendered themselves to Allah). After this, a difference arose among the people and some began to worship idols or graven images while others devoted their servitude to associates of Allah. Allah then sent messengers with His signs, with profound arguments and irrefutable proofs to guide them and end the disagreements among them. He supported the messengers with His books and revelations. As has already been mentioned about Allah Almighty, He does not punish anyone until an argument has been established against him. Had He not given His creatures a reprieve until Judgment Day, He would have settled the differences of people in this life, granting bliss to the believers and oppressing the unbelievers.

{وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلاَ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْغَيْبُ للَّهِ فَٱنْتَظِرُوۤاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ}

{آيَةٌ}
(20) وَيَقُولُ الكَافِرُونَ: لَوْلاَ أُنزلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ آيَةٌ وَمُعْجِزَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ، كَمَا أُعْطِيَ المُرْسَلُونَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، كَأَنْ يُحَوِّلَ لَهُمُ الصَّفَا ذَهَباً، أَوْ يُزِيحَ عَنْهُمْ جِبَالَ مَكَّةَ، وَيَجْعَلَ مَكَانَهَا بَسَاتِينَ وَأَنْهَاراً، أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ اللهُ. فَقُلْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: إِنَّ الأَمْرَ كُلَّهُ للهِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ الغَيْبَ وَالعَوَاقِبَ فِي الأُمُورِ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لاَ تُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى تَرَوْا مَا سَأَلْتُمْ، فَانْتَظِرُوا حُكْمَ اللهِ فِيَّ وَفِيكُمْ. وَلَوْ عَلِمَ اللهُ أَنَّهُمْ يَسْأَلُونَ اسْتِرْشَاداً وَتَثْبِيتاً لأَجَابَهُمْ إِلَى مَا سَأَلُوا، وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُونَ عِنَاداً، فَلَوْ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَا طَلَبُوهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَمَرُّوا عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ لأَهْلَكَهُمْ، كَمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَذَّبَ قَبْلَهُمْ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى لاَ يُرِيدُ إِهْلاَكَهُمْ لأَِمْرٍ اقْتَضَتْهُ حِكْمَتُهُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 20

20. The unbelievers say: ‘Why has a sign or a miracle not been sent down upon Mohammad just as it was sent to previous Messengers: if only he would convert the mount of al-Safa Mountain into gold, or remove the mountains of Makkah and replace them with orchards and rivers or work another miracle of which Allah is capable.’ Tell them, O Mohammad! All depends on Allah. He knows the unseen and the consequences of all things. If you will not believe when you have seen miracles with your own eyes, await then Allah’s pronouncement concerning you and me. If Allah knew that they had made these enquiries because they wanted to be guided to the true path or to reaffirm their faith, He would give them an answer. However, He knows that their enquiries emanate from their obstinacy. If He were to send them what they asked for and they continued in their disbelief, He would destroy them just like He destroyed those who had lied before them. But Allah does not want to destroy them for reasons known to Him alone.

{وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةً مِّن بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُمْ إِذَا لَهُمْ مَّكْرٌ فِيۤ آيَاتِنَا قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَسْرَعُ مَكْراً إِنَّ رُسُلَنَا يَكْتُبُونَ مَا تَمْكُرُونَ}

{آيَاتِنَا}
(21) وَإِذا أَنْعَمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى المُشْرِكِينَ بِالفَرَجِ بَعْدَ الكَرْبِ، وَبِالرَّخَاءِ بَعْدَ شِدَّةٍ أَصَابَتْهُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ وَأَمْوَالِهِمْ..، لَمْ يَشْكُرُوا اللهَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ صَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ الضُّرَّ وَالبَلاَءَ، وَبَادَرُوا إِلى المَكْرِ السَّيِّىءِ، وَقَابَلُوا فَضْلَ اللهِ بِالإِمْعَانِ فِي الكُفْرِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الرَّحْمَةُ مَطَراً أَحْيَا الأَرْضَ، وَأَنْبَتَ الزَّرْعَ بَعْدَ جَدْبٍ وَقَحْطٍ، نَسَبُوا ذَلِكَ إِلى الكَوَاكِبِ وَالأَنْوَاءِ وَالأَصْنَامِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتْ نَجَاةً مِنْ هَلَكَةٍ، وَأَعْوَزَهُمْ مَعْرِفَةُ عِلَلِهَا وَأَسْبَابِهَا، عَزَوْا ذَلِكَ إِلى المُصَادَفَةِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ سَبَبُهَا دُعَاءَ نَبِيٍّ أَنْكَرُوا إِكْرَامَ اللهِ لِنَبِيِّهِ.
فَقُلْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: إِنَّ اللهَ أَسْرَعُ مِنْكُمْ مَكْراً، وَأَشَدَّ اسْتِدْرَاكاً، وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِهْلاَكِكُمْ، وَعَلَى تَعْجِيلِ العُقُوبَةِ لَكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ كَلِمَتَهُ تَعَالَى سَبَقَتْ بِتَأْجِيلِ حِسَابِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَوْمِ الحَشْرِ، الذِي لاَ يَعْلَمُ أَحدٌ غَيْرُ اللهِ مَوْعِدَهُ.
وَمَلائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ المُوكَّلُونَ بِإِحْصَاءِ أَعْمَالِ العِبَادِ وَتَسْجِيلِهَا عَلَيهِمْ، يُسَجِّلُونَ مَا تَمْكُرُونَ، وَسَيُحَاسِبُكُمُ اللهُ عَلَى أَعْمَالِكُمْ جَمِيعِها.
ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُمْ: نَائِبَةٍ أَصَابَتْهُمْ كَالجُوعِ وَالقَحْطِ.
لَهُمْ مَكْرٌ: دَفْعٌ وَطَعْنٌ وَاسْتِهْزَاءٌ.
اللهُ أَسْرَعُ مَكْراً: أَسْرَعُ جَزَاءً وَعُقُوبَةً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 21

21. When Almighty Allah bestows on the polytheists a release from suffering after an adversity and prosperity after a misfortune has struck them, their families and wealth , they do not thank Allah because He delivered them from adversity and distress, but they take to wicked plotting and meet Allah’s grace to them by persisting in their disbelief and their denial of His signs. If this mercy manifests itself in a rain which revives the earth and allows the plants to grow after a dry rainless season, they attribute this to the planets, meteorological causes and idols. If they are saved from destruction and do not know how this came about, they attribute it to chance; and if it came about through the prayers of a prophet, they deny that Allah should honour His prophet. Say to them, O Mohammad: “Allah is swifter than you to plan and to obviate. He is capable of destroying you and precipitating your punishment but for His having previously committed Himself to deferring your punishment to the Day of Resurrection, the date of which Allah alone knows.” The angels of the merciful Lord who are charged with recording the deeds of His servants, are recording your intrigues. Allah will judge you for all your deeds.

{هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُواْ بِهَا جَآءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوۤاْ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ}

{لَئِنْ} {ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ}
(22) وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الذِي وَهَبَ النَّاسَ القُدْرَةَ عَلَى السَّيْرِ فِي البَرِّ مُشَاةً وَرُكْبَاناً، وَفِي البَحْرِ بِمَا سَخَّرَ لَهُمْ مِنَ السُّفُنِ وَالمَرَاكِبِ (الفُلْكِ)، وَهُوَ الذِي يَحْفَظُهُمْ وَيَكْلَؤُهُمْ بِعِنَايَتِهِ وَرِعَايَتِهِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا فِي السَّفِينَةِ، وَجَرَتْ بِهِمْ إِلَى غَايَتِهَا بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ مُوَاتِيَةٍ، وَفَرِحُوا بِسُرْعَةِ سَيْرِهَا رَافِلِينَ سُعَدَاءَ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَتِ السَّفِينَةَ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ عَاصِفَةٌ، وَأَحَاطَ بِهِمُ المَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ هَالِكُونَ، فَأَخَذُوا يَدْعُونَ اللهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ شَيْئاً، وَلاَ يَدْعُونَ مَعَهُ صَنَماً وَلاَ وَثَناً، وَيُفْرِدُونَهُ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَالابْتِهَالِ، وَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَبِّ إِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنَ الحَالِ التِي نَحْنُ فِيها لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ، وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُخْلِصِينَ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ، وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِكَ أَحَداً، كَمَا أَفْرَدْنَاكَ بِالدُّعَاءِ.
رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ: رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةُ الهُبُوبِ.
أُحِيطَ بِهِم: أَحْدَقَ بِهِم الهَلاَكُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 22

22. It is Almighty Allah who enables people to journey on land, on foot and mounted, and on the sea, in vessels and boats which He placed at their disposal. It is Allah who safeguards and protects them by His Divine providence. When they are on board a ship which sails with a favourable wind they rejoice at the pleasant voyage and are happily exultant when suddenly a fierce gale assails them and wave upon wave surges on every side. They begin to believe that they are on their way to destruction. Thereupon they start invoking Allah in sincerity of faith without attributing to Him any associate or imploring at the same time any idol or statue with Him. They pray to Him alone and offer supplications saying: “If You deliver us from this, we shall be thankful and sincere in worshipping You. We shall associate none with You just as we invoked only You.”

{فَلَمَّآ أَنجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ مَّتَاعَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَينَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ}

{أَنجَاهُمْ} {يٰأَيُّهَا} {مَّتَاعَ} {ٱلْحَيَاةِ}
(23) فَلَمَّا أَنْجَاهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِمْ، مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ وَالكُرْبَةِ، نَقَضُوا عَهْدَهُمْ، وَعَادُوا إِلى مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإِفْسَادِ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَمُبَادَرَةِ النَّاسِ بِالظُّلْمِ وَالبَغْيِ وَالاعْتِدَاءِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ.
وَيُخَاطِبُ تَعَالَى هؤلاءِ المُفْسِدِينَ الطُّغَاةَ وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: يَا أَيُّهَا الغَافِلُونَ عَنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَمَا كَفَاكُمْ بَغْياً عَلَى المُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنْكُمْ اغْتِرَاراً بِقُوَّتِكُمْ؟ إِنَّكُمْ فِي الحَقِيقَةِ إِنَّمَا تَبْغُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، لأَِنَّ عَاقِبَةَ بَغْيِكُمْ وَوَبَالَهُ إِنَّمَا يَعُودَانِ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا تَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِبَغِيِكُمْ مُدَّةَ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنيا الزَّائِلَةِ، وَهِيَ تَنْقَضِي سَرِيعاً، وَالعِقَابُ عَلَى هَذا البَغْيِ بَاقٍ ثُمَّ تَصِيرُونَ إِلى اللهِ فَيُخْبِرُكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَيُجَازِيكُمْ عَلَيْهَا أَوْفَى الجَزَاءِ. فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْراً فَلْيَحْمدِ الله، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلا يَلُومَنَّ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ.
يَبْغُونَ: يَعْتَدُونَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 23

23. However, no sooner has Allah Almighty delivered them from their affliction than they breach their covenant and revert to their usual practices of sowing corruption on earth, committing injustices and oppressing and attacking others unjustly.
Almighty Allah addresses the transgressors and those who sow corruption on earth and says: “You heedless people! You have waxed arrogance with your power! Stop your transgression against those whom you deem weak; the excesses you are committing will only harm yourselves for, your iniquity will fall back on you alone. You, in fact, wallow in your insolence in this ephemeral life, which will only end too quickly and then you will come to experience the ever-lasting chastisement when you are brought back to Allah who will inform you of your deeds and will reward you generally for what you deserve. Whosoever has a fair reward should thank Allah; whosoever has otherwise should blame only himself.”

{إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ ٱلأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلأَنْعَامُ حَتَّىٰ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَاهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً أَوْ نَهَاراً فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيداً كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلأَمْسِ كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ}

{ٱلْحَيَاةِ} {أَنزَلْنَاهُ} {وَٱلأَنْعَامُ} {قَادِرُونَ} {أَتَاهَآ} {فَجَعَلْنَاهَا} {ٱلآيَاتِ}
(24) ضَرَبَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَثَلاً لِلْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي جَمَالِهَا وَبَهْجَتِهَا، ثُمَّ فِي سُرْعَةِ فَنَائِهَا، بِالنَّبَاتِ الذِي أَخْرَجَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الأَرْضِ بِمَا أَنْزَلَهُ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ المَطَرِ، مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ مِنْ زُرُوعٍ وَثِمَارٍ عَلَى اخْتِلاَفِ أَنْوَاعِهَا وَأَصْنَافِهَا، وَمِمَّا تَأْكُلُ الحَيوانَاتُ (الأَنْعَامُ) حَتَّى إِذا أَخَذَتِ الأَرْضُ زِينَتَهَا الفَانِيَةَ (زُخْرُفَها) وَازَّيَّنَتْ بِمَا خَرَجَ فِي رُبَاهَا مِنْ زُهُورٍ نَضِرَةٍ مُخْتَلِفَةِ الأَشْكَالِ وَالأَلوانِ، كَمَا تَتَزَيَّنُ العَرُوسُ لَيْلَةَ زَفَافِهَا، وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا، الذِينَ زَرَعُوهَا وَغَرَسُوهَا، أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَى جزازهَا وَحصَادِهَا، وَجَنْيِ ثِمَارِها، وَالتَّمَتُّعِ بِهَا، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يَأْمُلُونَ ذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَتْهَا صَاعِقَةٌ، أَوْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ بَارِدَةٌ فَأَيْبَسَتْ أَوْراقَها، وَأَتْلَفَتْ ثِمَارَها، فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ حِيناً قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَهَكَذا يُبَيَّنُ اللهُ الحُجَجَ والآياتِ، لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ، فَيَعْتَبِرُونَ بِهذا المَثَلِ، فِي زَوَالِ الدُّنْيَا عَنْ أَهْلِهَا سَرِيعاً، مَعَ اغْتِرَارِهِمْ بِهَا.
مَثَلُ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا: حَالُها فِي سُرْعَةِ زَوَالِهَا وَانْقِضَائِهَا.
زُخْرُفَهَا: نَضَارَتَهَا وَبَهْجَتَهَا وَزِينَتَهَا بِأَلْوَانِ النَّبَاتِ.
أَمْرُنا: مَا يَجْتَاحُهَا مِنَ الآفَاتِ وَالعَاهَاتِ.
حَصْيداً: كَالنَّبَاتِ المَحْصُودِ بِالمَنَاجِلِ.
كَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالأَمْسِ: كَأنَّها لَمْ تَكُنْ حِيناً قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 24

24. Allah compares the present life with all its beauty and splendour and in its ephemeral nature to the vegetation that He causes to sprout thanks to the rain that He also causes to pour down. It is these varied plants and fruits that sustain men and animals. When the earth takes on this ephemeral finery and becomes adorned with beautiful fresh flowers of all colours and forms like the bride who bedecks herself on her wedding night, those who cultivated it believe that they would reap and harvest it and gather its fruit, and enjoy it. However, as they are contemplating these pleasurable thoughts, a thunderclap or a cold violent wind strikes the land, dries up the leaves and ravages the fruit. It is as though no plants had been there before. Thus Allah advances arguments and signs to a people who reason. They draw a lesson from this example and understand that however much they are lured by this here life, it is ephemeral and passes only too quickly.

{وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوۤاْ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلاَمِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ}

{يَدْعُوۤاْ} {ٱلسَّلاَمِ} {صِرَاطٍ}
(25) لَمَّا ذَكَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الدُّنيا وَسُرْعَةِ زَوَالِهَا، رَغَّبَ فِي الجَنَّةِ، وَدَعَا إِلَيْها، وَسَمَّاهَا دَارَ السَّلامِ، لِسَلاَمَتِهَا مِنَ الآفَّاتِ وَالنَّقَائِصِ وَالنَّكَبَاتِ، وَلِشُعُورِ مَنْ يَدْخُلُونَهَا بِالاطْمِئْنَانِ وَالسَّلاَمَةِ، وَاللهُ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلى الطَّرِيقِ المُوصِلِ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ أَقْصَرِ الطُّرُقِ، وَهُوَ الطَّرِيقُ المُسْتَقِيمُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 25

25. In speaking of the present life and its ephemeral nature, Allah has made people desire Paradise, urged them to look forward to entering it. He calls it “the abode of peace” because it is free of plagues, imperfection and calamities. The dwellers of Paradise exult in a feeling of reassurance and security. Allah guides whomsoever He chooses to the shortest possible way to paradise, it is the straight path.

{لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلاَ يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلاَ ذِلَّةٌ أُوْلَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ}

{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ} {أَصْحَابُ} {خَالِدُونَ}
(26) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّ الذِينَ يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لِدَعْوَةِ اللهِ، وَيُحْسِنُونَ العَمَلَ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا، سَيَكُونُ جَزَاؤُهُمُ الحُسْنَى مِنَ اللهِ فِي الدَّارِ الآخِرَةِ (وَهَلْ جَزَاءُ الإِحْسَانِ إِلاَّ الإِحْسَانُ)، وَسَيُضَاعِفُ اللهُ لَهُمْ ثَوَابَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ (وَزِيَادَةٌ)، وَسَيُدْخِلُهُمُ الجَنَّةَ، وَسَيُعْطِيهِمْ مَا لاَ عَيْنَ رَأَتْ، وَلاَ أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلاَ خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى { لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ }: (الحُسْنَى الجَنَّةُ. وَالزِّيَادَةُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ). وَلاَ يَغْشَى وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَامٌ أَسْوَدُ، مِمَّا يَعْتَرِي وُجُوهَ الكَفَرَةِ، مِنَ القَتَرَةِ وَالغَبَرَةِ، وَلاَ يَلْحَقُ بِالمُؤْمِنينَ صَغَارٌ وَلاَ هَوَانٌ وَلا ذِلَّةٌ.
وَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَصِفُ المُؤْمِنينَ فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى{ فَوَقَاهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَومِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُوراً } لاَ يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ: لاَ يَغْشَى وُجُوهَهُمْ وَلاَ يَعْلُوهَا.
قَتَرٌ: غُبَارٌ أَسْوَدُ.
ذِلَّةٌ: أَثَرُ هَوَانٍ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 26

26. Almighty Allah assures His servants, who respond positively to His call and do good in the present life of the good reward in store for them in the hereafter. (Allah says elsewhere in the Holy Quran: ” Is there any reward for good other than good?”). Allah will multiply the reward for their deeds and allow them to enter Paradise. He will give them what has never been seen, heard or imagined. Explaining the first part of this verse (‘to the good doers the reward most fair and a surplus’), the Prophet says: “The good reward is Paradise, the surplus is to look into the face of Allah, the Almighty, All-powerful.” Their faces will not be darkened by a black dust which clouds the faces of the unbelievers. They will be covered by neither opprobrium nor humiliation. In another verse, Allah says describing the unbelievers: “Allah has guarded them from the evil of that day, and has procured them radiance and gladness.” (See chapter 76 Al-Insan or Al-Dahr (Man or Time), 11).

{وَٱلَّذِينَ كَسَبُواْ ٱلسَّيِّئَاتِ جَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ مَّا لَهُمْ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ كَأَنَّمَا أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعاً مِّنَ ٱلْلَّيْلِ مُظْلِماً أُوْلَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ}

{ٱلْلَّيْلِ} {أُوْلَـٰئِكَ} {أَصْحَابُ} {ٱلنَّارِ} {خَالِدُونَ}
(27) أَمَّا المُجْرِمُونَ الذِينَ كَسَبُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا، وَكَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُ تَعَالَى سَيَجْزِيهِمْ عَلَى السَّيِّئَةِ بِمِثْلِهَا مِنْ عِقَابٍ فِي الآخِرَةِ، دُونَ زِيَادَةٍ أَوْ مُضَاعَفَةٍ، وَتَعْتَرِيهِمْ (تَرْهَقُهُمْ) ذِلَّةٌ مِنْ مَعَاصِيهِمْ، وَيَعْلُوهُمْ الخَوْفُ مِنْهَا، وَلَنْ يَجِدُوا، فِي ذلِكَ اليَوْمِ، مَنْ يَعْصِمُهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ، وَتُصْبحُ وُجُوهُهُمْ سُوداً مِنَ الغَمِّ وَالكَآبَةِ، كَأَنَّمَا عَلَتْهَا قِطَعٌ مِنْ ظَلاَمِ اللْيلِ الحَالِكِ، وَهؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَيَخْلُدُونَ فِيهَا أَبَداً.
عَاصِمٍ: مَانِعٍ يَمْنَعُ سُخْطَهُ وَعَذَابَهُ.
أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ: كُسِيَتْ وَأُلْبِسَتْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 27

27. As for those criminals who did evil deeds in this life, and disbelieved in their Lord, Almighty Allah will mete out to them chastisement equal to their evil, not even an iota more than that. They will be covered with shame because of their disobedience, and fear will overcome because of their evil, and veils of darkness will sweep over their faces. On that day they will find no one to save them from Allah’s punishment. Their faces will become black with distress as if they were covered with pieces of the darkest night. These are the inhabitants of hell. There they will enter and remain eternally.

{وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواْ مَكَانَكُمْ أَنتُمْ وَشُرَكَآؤُكُمْ فَزَيَّلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَقَالَ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ مَّا كُنتُمْ إِيَّانَا تَعْبُدُونَ}

(28) وَاذْكُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِمَنْ أَحْسَنُوا فِي الدُّنْيا، وَلِمَنْ أَسَاؤُوا فِيهَا، أهْوالَ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ، يَوْمَ يَحْشُرُ اللهُ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً، مِنْ إِنْسٍ وَجِنٍّ، وَمِنْ بَرٍّ وَفَاجِرٍ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا: الزَمُوا أَنْتُمْ وَشُرَكَاؤُكُمْ مَكَاناً مُعَيَّناً لاَ تَبْرَحُونَهُ حَتَّى تَنْظُرُوا مَا يُفْعَلُ بِكُمْ، وَيُفْصَلُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ شُرَكَائِكُمْ فِيمَا كَانَ سَبَبَ عِبَادَتِكُمْ إِيَّاهُمْ، وَالحُجَّة التِي يُدْلِي بِهَا كُلُّ فَرِيقٍ. ثُمَّ يُفَرِّقُ اللهُ بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَاءِ، وَبَيْنَ مَنْ أَشْرَكُوهُمْ مَعَ اللهِ، وَيُمَيِّزُ بَعْضَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ، لِتَقْطِيعِ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيا مِنْ صِلاتٍ وَرَوَابِطَ. وَقَالَ الشُّرَكَاءُ لِمَنْ أَشْرَكُوا: مَا كُنْتُمْ تَخُصُّونَنَا بِالعِبَادَةِ، وَإِنَّمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ أَهْوَاءَكُمْ وَشَيَاطِينَكُمْ.
مَكَانَكُمْ: الزَمُوا مَكَانَكُمْ.
فَزَيَّلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ: فَفَرَّقْنا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَقَطَعْنا وَصْلَهُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 28

28. O Mohammad! Tell those who do righteous deeds in this life and those who practise wickedness, about the horrors of the Day of Resurrection. On that day, Allah will muster all the inhabitants of earth, humans and jinns, the righteous and the insolent, and He will address the polytheists saying: “Keep to your places, you and those whom you associated with Allah, and do no more until you have been advised of your fate and it has been settled between you and them after hearing the argument of each about the reason for which you worshipped your associates. Allah will then separate between the associates and the polytheists. He will distinguish between them so as to break the tie that united them here on earth. The associates then say to the idolaters: “You did not worship us but you worshipped your passions and your demons.”

{فَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِن كُنَّا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكُمْ لَغَافِلِينَ}

{لَغَافِلِينَ}
(29) وَيُصِرُّ الشُّرَكَاءُ الذِينَ كَانَ المُشْرِكُونَ يَعُبُدونَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ، عَلَى أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَشْعُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ إِيَّاهُمْ، وَلاَ يَعْلَمُونَ بِهَا، وَيَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَنَا وَنَحْنُ لاَ نَدْرِي بِكُمْ، وَاللهُ شَهِيدٌ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ، إِنَّا مَا دَعَوْنَاكُمْ إِلى عِبَادَتِنا، وَلاَ أَمَرْنَاكُمْ بِهَا، وَلاَ رَضِينَا مِنْكُمْ بِذَلِكَ. وَفِي هَذا تَبْكِيتٌ عَظِيمٌ لِلَّذِينَ عَبَدُوا مَعَ اللهِ غَيْرَهُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 29

29. The false partners, whom the polytheists worshipped instead of Allah, insist that they were not even aware that they were being worshipped. They say to the polytheists: “You worshipped us but we were ignorant of this. Allah is our witness that we never invited you to worship us, nor did we order you to, nor approved of your doing so.” What a severe reprimand to those who worshipped others with Allah.

{هُنَالِكَ تَبْلُواْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّآ أَسْلَفَتْ وَرُدُّوۤاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَوْلاَهُمُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ}

{تَبْلُواْ} {مَوْلاَهُمْ}
(30) فِي ذَلِكَ المَوْقِفِ تَعْلَمُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا قَدَّمَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَشَرٍّ، وَتَلْقَى جَزَاءَهُ، وَفِي هذا المَوْقِفِ المَهُولِ يُوقِنُ المُشْرِكُونَ بِوَحْدَانِيَّةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَيَبْطُلُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَهُ، فَلاَ يَجِدُونَ أَحَداً يُنْقِذُهُمْ، أَوْ يَنْصُرُهُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِ اللهِ.
تَبْلُو: تَخْتَبِرُ أَوْ تَعْلَمُ أَوْ تُعَايِنُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 30

30. In that situation each soul will certainly come to realize what good and evil it has wrought, and will then be recompensed accordingly. On that awesome day, the polytheists will come to the conviction of the Oneness of Allah, the Almighty. All their fabrications will be crushed. None will then come to their aid, or support them against Allah’s chastisement.

{قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلأَرْضِ أَمَّن يَمْلِكُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وٱلأَبْصَارَ وَمَن يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَيِّ وَمَن يُدَبِّرُ ٱلأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ ٱللَّهُ فَقُلْ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ}

{ٱلأَبْصَارَ} {أَمَّن}
(31) اسْأَلِ المُشْرِكِينَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: مَنِ الذِي يُنْزِلُ المَطَرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَيَشُقُّ الأَرْضَ شَقّاً بِقُدْرَتِهِ وَمَشِئَتِهِ، وَيُخْرِجُ لَكُمُ الزرُوعَ وَالفَواكِهَ وَالنَّبَاتَ مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلأَِنْعَامِكُمْ؟ وَمَنِ الذِي وَهَبَكُمْ قُوَّةَ السَّمعِ وَالإِبْصَارِ، وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَذَهَبَ بِهَا، وَلَسَلَبَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ الذِي يُخْرِجُ بِقُدْرَتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ، وَمنَّتِهِ الكُبْرى، الحَيَّ مِنَ المَيِّتِ، وَالمَيِّتَ مِنَ الحَيِّ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ الذِي يَتَوَلَّى تَدْبِيرَ أَمْرِ الخَلِيقَةِ جَمِيعاً بِمَا أَوْدَعَهُ فِي كُلٍّ مِنْهَا مِنَ السُّنَن، وَبِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَهُوَ المُتَصَرِّفُ وَالحَاكِمُ المُطْلَقُ فِي الكَوْنِ كُلِّهِ، لاَ مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِ، وَلاَ يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ؟ إِنَّهُمْ بِلاَ شَكٍّ سَيَعْتَرِفُونَ أَنَّهُ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ، وَهُمْ يَعِلَمُونَ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: أَفَلاَ تَخَافُونَ عِقَابَهُ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا مَعَهُ آلِهَةً غَيْرَهُ؟

Surah Yunus: Verse 31

31. O Mohammad! Ask the polytheists: “Who causes rain to pour down from the sky to cut through the soil, by His might and choice, to bring forth vegetation and fruits for you and your cattle to subsist on? Who granted you the power of hearing and sight? If He so willed, He would deprive you of them. Who causes the living to come out of the dead and the dead out of the living by His great power and sheer grace? Who manages the affairs of all the creations by dint of the laws He has for each to obey? Who is the absolute manager and ruler of all the universe whose judgement is incontestable and who is not required to account for His deeds? The polytheists will doubtlessly admit that the only One possessing these powers is Allah alone. They certainly know this, so say to them: “Don’t you fear His punishment if you worship other deities with Him?”

{فَذَلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ ٱلْحَقِّ إِلاَّ ٱلضَّلاَلُ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ}

{ٱلضَّلاَلُ}
(32) فَهذا، الذِي اعْتَرَفْتُمْ بِأَنَّهُ فَاعِلٌ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ، هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإلهُكُمْ الحَقُّ الثَّابِتُ بِذَاتِهِ، المُحْيِي لِغَيْرِهِ، الذِي يَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّدَ بِالعِبَادَةِ، وَكُلُّ مَعْبُودٍ سِوَاهُ بَاطِلٌ، وَمَنْ تَجَاوَزَ الحَقَّ وَصَلَ إِلى الضَّلاَلِ. فَكَيْفَ تُصْرَفُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَهِيَ الهُدَى، إِلى عِبَادَةِ الشُّرَكَاءِ وَالوُسَطَاءِ وَالأَنْدَادِ وَهِيَ الضَّلاَلُ؟

رَبُّكُمُ الحَقُّ – الذِي ثَبَتَتْ رُبُوبِيَّتُهُ بِالحُجَّةِ وَالدَّلِيلِ ثُبُوتاً لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ.

فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ – فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَجِيزُونَ العُدُولَ عَنِ الحَقِّ إِلى الكُفُرِ وَالضَّلالِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 32

32. This is your Lord and Allah who you admit is all-powerful, He is the true incontestable Master who gives life to all others, who deserves to be worshipped alone. All other deity is worthless. Whoever transgresses the truth will go astray. How can you turn away from the true path of worshipping Him alone by straying and worshipping the associates, the intercessors, the peers?

{كَذَلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُوۤاْ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}

{كَلِمَتُ}
(33) وَكَمَا حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ بِوِحْدَانِيَّتِهِ فِي الرُّبُوبِيَّةِ وَالأُلُوهِيَّةِ، وَبِأَنَّ الحَقَّ لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ إِلاَّ الضَّلالُ، لِمَنْ تَنَكَّبَ عَنْهُ، كَذَلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ وَوَعِيدُهُ عَلَى الذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ حَظِيرَةِ الحَقِّ، وَاسْتَمَرُّوا عَلَى شِرْكِهِمْ وَعِبَادَتِهِمْ مَعَ اللهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، أَنَّهُمْ سَيَبْقَونَ أَشْقِيَاءَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا دَعَتْهُمْ إِلَيهِ الرُّسُلُ مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالهُدَى، مَهْمَا تَكُنِ الآيَةُ بَيِّنَةً، وَالحُجَّةُ ظَاهِرَةً، لأَِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لاَ يَهْدِي إِلى الحَقِّ إلاَّ مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقَهُ.

حَقَّتْ – ثَبَتَتْ وَوَجَبَتْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 33

33. Just as the word of Allah, His Divine character and His oneness have been proved irrefutable, it is certain that beyond this truth there is loss and perdition, and he who renounces this is misguided. It is also true that those who stray from the path of truth, persist in their idolatry and continue to attribute associates to Allah will remain in their misery, not believing what the messengers called them to, notably monotheism, faith and the straight path no matter how clear the signs and proofs are. Allah guides to the true path only those who follow His way.

{قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُمْ مَّن يَبْدَؤُاْ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُاْ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ}

{شُرَكَآئِكُمْ} {يَبْدَأُ}
(34) قُلْ لَهُمْ يَا أَيُّها الرَّسُولُ: هَلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ شُرَكَائِكُم الذِينَ عَبَدْتُمُوهُمْ مَعَ اللهِ، أَو مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ، مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَنْدَادِ، مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُنْشَىءَ الخَلْقَ ابْتِداءً، ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى بَعْدَ فَنَائِهِ؟ فَإِذَا عَجَزُوا عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: اللهُ هُوَ الذِي أَنْشَأَ الخَلْقَ ابْتِدَاءً، وَهُوَ القَادِرُ عَلَى إِعَادَتِهِ، لأَِنَّ الإِعَادَةَ أَسْهَلُ مِنَ الابْتِدَاءِ.

وَبِمَا أَنَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ شُرَكاَءَهُم لاَ يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَيءٍ مِنَ الخَلْقِ، وَلاَ إِعَادَةِ الخَلْقِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ كَيْفَ تُصْرَفُونَ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ، وَهُوَ الحَقُّ وَالرَّشَادُ، إِلى عِبَادَةِ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَنْدَادِ وَهِيَ البَاطِلُ وَالضَّلاَلَةُ؟

تُؤْفَكُونَ – تُصْرَفُونَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 34

34. O Messenger! ask them: “Is it in the power of those whom you associate with Allah or those idols and peers whom you worship, to bring anything into existence from naught and then resurrect it after it has perished?” If they are unable to give a satisfactory answer, then tell them: “It is Allah who has brought everything into existence from naught, and He is capable of restoring it because resurrection is much easier than initiation.” Since they already know that their associates are in no way able to create anything or resurrect it, then ask them why they turn away from belief in Allah, which is truth and the right path, to belief in idols which is error and straying.

{قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُمْ مَّن يَهْدِيۤ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يَهْدِي لِلْحَقِّ أَفَمَن يَهْدِيۤ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَن يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّن لاَّ يَهِدِّيۤ إِلاَّ أَن يُهْدَىٰ فَمَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ}

{شُرَكَآئِكُمْ} {أَمَّن}
(35) وَقُلْ لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَهْدِي الضَّالِينَ إلَى الحَقِّ وَالرَّشَادِ، بِوَجْهٍ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الهِدَايَةِ التِي تَتمُّ بِهَا حِكْمَةُ الخَلْقِ، فَهَلْ مِنْ مَعْبُودَاتِكُمُ التِي جَعَلْتُمُوهَا شُرَكَاءَ للهِ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ التَّمْييزَ بَيْنَ الهُدَى وَالضَّلاَلِ، فَيُرْشِدُ غَيْرَهُ إِلى طَرِيقِ الحَقِّ؟ وَبِمَا أَنَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ شُرَكَاءَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعونَ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ الأَحَقُّ بِأَنْ يُتَّبَعَ: الذِي يَهْدِي الضَّالِّينَ، وَيَفْتَحُ عُيُونَ العُمْيِ لِيُبْصِرُوا الحَقَّ وَالآيَاتِ، أمِ الذِي لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ هِدَايَةَ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ يَنْتَظِرُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ غَيْرُهُ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَضِلُّونَ؟ وَكَيْفَ سَوَّيْتُمْ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَبَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ، وَعَدَلْتُمْ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ إِلى عِبَادَةِ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ وَالأَنْدَادِ؟

لاَ يَهْدِي – لاَ يَهْتَدِي بِنَفْسِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 35

35. O Mohammad! Tell them that Almighty Allah guides the people who have gone astray to the truth and to the right path through a means He chooses which emanates from the wisdom of His creation. Can any of your deities whom you associated with Allah discriminate between the right path and straying, and direct the other creatures to the path of truth? Since they already know that their associates can never do that, then ask them: “Who is then worthier of being followed: He Who guides the people who have strayed, and causes the eyes of the blind to be opened so that they can perceive the truth and the signs, or he who cannot guide himself but rather waits for the others to lead him? Why then are you going astray? How then do you hold Allah on a level with His creatures? How is it that you turn away from worshipping Allah alone worshipping statues, idols and peers?

{وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلاَّ ظَنّاً إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْئاً إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ}

(36) إِنَّ أَكْثَرَ المُشْرِكِينَ لا يَتَّبِعُونَ فِي شِرْكِهِمْ، وَعِبَادَتِهِمْ غَيْرَ اللهِ، وَلاَ فِي إِنْكَارِهِمْ البَعْثَ، وَتَكْذِيبِ الرَّسُولِ، إِلاّ ضَرْباً مِنْ ضُرُوبِ الظَّنِّ وَالتَّخْمِينِ الذِي لا دَلِيلَ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ (كَتَقْلِيدِ الآَبَاءِ، وَالاعْتِقَادِ بِأَنَّ الآَبَاءَ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونُوا عَلَى خَطَأٍ وَضَلالٍ فِيمَا يَعْتَقِدُونَ وَفِيمَا يَعْمَلُونَ). وَلَكِنَّ الظَّنَّ لا يَقُومُ مَقَامَ اليَقِينِ فِي شَيءٍ، وَلاَ يُنَتَفَعُ بِهِ حِينَ يَحْتَاجُ الأَمْرُ إِلى يَقِينٍ.

وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكِينَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّ أَصْنَامَهُمْ لاَ تَضُرُّ وَلاَ تَنْفَعُ، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللهِ، وَجَحَدُوا آيَاتِهِ، وَكَذَّبُوا رَسُولَهُ اسْتِكْبَاراً وَعِنَاداً.

وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُهُ رُؤُوسُ الكُفْرِ وَأَتْبَاعُهُمُ الذِينَ يُقَلِّدُونَهُمْ، وَسَيُجَازِيهِمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 36

36. In worshipping others than Allah, in their denial of Resurrection and in their disclaiming the Messenger, most polytheists follow only conjectures that have no base: they imitate their parents, assuming that the latter could err neither in their faith or their practices. Conjecture, however, could never replace certainty for it is useless when there is need for certainty. Few among them knew that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had brought the truth and that their idols could neither harm nor benefit them. Nevertheless, they denied Allah and His signs and disclaimed His Messenger, out of arrogance and obstinacy. Allah knows what the heads of polytheism and their followers who imitate them do. He will punish them for their practices.

{وَمَا كَانَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْآنُ أَن يُفْتَرَىٰ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ ٱلَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ ٱلْكِتَابِ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْقُرْآنُ} {ٱلْكِتَابِ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(37) لاَ يَصِحُّ وَلاَ يُعْقَلُ أَنْ يَفْتَرِيَ بَشَرٌ القُرْآنَ عَلَى اللهِ، وَيَنْسُبَهُ إِلَيْهِ. فَمَا فِي القُرْآنِ مِنْ مَعْلُومَاتٍ، وَتَشْرِيعَاتٍ، وَعُلُومٍ بِالغَيْبِ، وَآدَابٍ اجْتِمَاعِيَّةٍ سَامِيَةٍ، وَأُسْلُوبٍ رَفِيعٍ فِي الصِّيَاغَةِ، هِيَ أَشْيَاءُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ البَشَرُ أَن يأتيَ بِمِثْلِهَا. وَقَدْ تَحَدَّاهُمُ اللهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا بٍِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ فَعَجَزُوا. وَإِذا أَضَفْنَا إِلى ذَلِكَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً صلى الله عليه وسلم عُرِفَ فِي حَيَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا بِالأَمِينِ فِي قَوْمِهِ، فَمَا كَانَ لِيَتْرُكَ الكَذِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَيَكذبَ عَلَى اللهِ، لِذَلِكَ لاَ بُدَّ مِنَ القَوْلِ: إِنَّ هَذا القُرآنَ مُنَزَّلٌ وَحْياً مِنَ اللهِ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ، وَهُوَ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ الأنبياءُ السَّابِقُونَ، وَمُتَّفِقٌ مَعَهُ فِي الدَّعوةِ إِلى الدِّينِ الحَقِّ، مِنَ الإِيمَانِ الكَامِلِ بِاللهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَباليومِ الآخِرِ، وَفِيهِ تَفْصِيلٌ لِمَا كُتِبَ منَ الشَّرَائِعِ وَالأَحْكَامِ، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ لاَ يَتْرُكُ مَجَالاً لِعَاقِلٍ أَنْ يَرْتَابَ فِيهِ، وَأنْ يَشُكَّ فِي أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ العَالِمِينَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Surah Yunus: Verse 37

37. It is both impossible and inconceivable for anyone other than Allah to claim the composition of the Quran or ascribe it to himself. For, the information contained in the Quran, the legislations, the knowledge of the unknown, the art of refined social behaviour and the sublime style are things no man can imitate. Allah defied them more than once to produce a chapter like those of the Quran, but they were incapable of doing so. Mohammad (peace be upon him) was known all his life for his trustworthiness among his people. He could not therefore be honest with people and lie to Allah. Thus, one must say that the Quran was revealed by Allah to His Messenger and confirms the messages of His previous prophets and, like them, it calls to true faith which comprises absolute faith in Allah alone, a belief in Judgement Day and an evocation in detail of the old laws and precepts. All this leaves no room for doubting that the Quran is revealed by the Master of the universe to His Servant and Messenger, Mohammad (peace be upon him).

{أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَأْتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ مِّثْلِهِ وَٱدْعُواْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ}

{ٱفْتَرَاهُ} {صَادِقِينَ}
(38) وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا: إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً افْتَرَى القُرْآنَ وَنَسَبَهُ إِلى اللهِ، فَإِذا كَانَ القُرْآنُ مِنْ صُنْعِ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَأَنْتُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا مِثْلَهُ، لأَِنَّ مُحَمَّداً مِنْكُمْ، فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ، وَادْعُوا جَمِيعَ مَنْ تَعْرِفُونَ، وَمَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُونَ دَعْوَتَهُمْ لِمُسَاعَدَتِكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ. فَإِذَا عَجَزْتُمْ عَنِ الإِتْيَانِ بِهَذِهِ السُّورَةِ – وَأَنْتُمْ عَاجِزُونَ حَتْماً – فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ هذا القُرْآنَ لَيْسَ مِنْ صُنْعِ البَشَرِ، وَأَنَّهُ مُنْزَلٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَأَنَّهُ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُفْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 38

38. It does not behove you, polytheists of Makkah, to claim that Mohammad (peace be upon him) composed the Quran and ascribed it to Allah. If it were really Mohammad’s product, then you would naturally be able to produce the like of it because Mohammad (peace be upon him) is a human being like you. Produce then only one chapter like it and call upon the help of whoever you know and are able to. If you are incapable of composing the chapter, and you will not be able to, know then that the Quran is not the product of men but that it is revealed by Allah and that none can lie to Allah.

{بَلْ كَذَّبُواْ بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُواْ بِعِلْمِهِ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُ كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}

{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ} {عَاقِبَةُ}
(39) بَلْ سَارَعَ هَؤُلاَءِ المُشُرِكُونَ إِلى تَكْذِيبِ القُرْآنِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَدَبَّرُوا مَا فِيهِ، وَيَقِفُوا عَلَى مَا احْتَوَاهُ مِنَ الأَدِلَّةِ، وَالحُجَجِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى سُمُوِّهِ وَكَمَالِهِ وَإِعْجَازِهِ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَقِفُوا عَلَى تَفْسِيرِهِ وَبَيَانِ أَحْكَامِهِ بِسُؤَالِ غَيْرِهِمْ. وَقَدْ كَذَّبَ مِثْلَ هذا التَّكْذِيبِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ مُشْرِكِي الأُمَمِ السَّابِقَةِ، بِلاَ تَبَصُّرٍ وَلاَ تَدَبُّرٍ، فَعَاقَبَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ وَتَكْذِيبِهِمْ، وَدَمَّرَهُمْ تَدْمِيراً، فَانْظُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِينَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ بِتَكْذِيبِهِمْ، رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ، لِتَعْلَمَ مَصِيرَ مَنْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، لأنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ سُنَّةُ اللهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 39

39. The polytheists have hastily rejected the Quran before they had even understood its contents, meditated on the proofs and arguments which it advances and which prove its greatness, its perfection and its inimitable nature, and before they had tried to explicate it and understand its precepts by asking others about it. Thus had the polytheists of previous nations who persisted in their denials unthinkingly, without seeking to understand. Allah punished them for their disbelief and denial and completely destroyed them. Observe, O Mohammad, the end of those who wronged themselves by denying the Messenger of their Lord and you will know the fate of their successors. This is the law of Allah regarding His creatures.

{وَمِنهُمْ مَّن يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن لاَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ}

(40) وَمِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ المُكَذِّبِينَ مَنْ سَيُؤْمِنُ بِالقُرْآنِ حِينَ يَفْهَمُ مَا جَاءَ فِيهِ، وَيَتَنَبَّهُ لِمَعَانِيهِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ سَعَوْا فِي مُعَارَضَتِهِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُصِرُّ عَلَى الكُفْرِ وَيَسْتَمِرُّ عليهِ، وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ، بِالشِّرْكِ وَالظُّلْمِ وَالبَغْيِ لِفَقْدِهِمُ الاسْتِعْدَادَ لِلإِيمَانِ، وَهَؤُلاَءِ سَيُعَذِّبهُمُ اللهُ فِي الدُّنْيا، وَيُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَفِي الآخِرَةِ يُصْلِيهِمْ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ، وَيَبْقَوْنَ فِيهَا خَالِدِينَ أَبداً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 40

40. Among those who disclaim the Quran and attempt to oppose it are some who believe in it when they have become aware of its contents and understood its meaning. Others will however insist on disbelieving and persist in doing so. Allah knows best those who spread corruption on earth through polytheism, iniquity and transgression for they have no aptitude for faith. Allah Almighty will chastise those people in this life and will cover them with opprobrium. He will grant the believers victory over them. In the Hereafter, they will abide in Hell where they will burn.

{وَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل لِّي عَمَلِي وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ أَنتُمْ بَرِيۤئُونَ مِمَّآ أَعْمَلُ وَأَنَاْ بَرِيۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ}

{بَرِيۤئُونَ}
(41) وَإِنْ أَصَرُّوا عَلَى تَكْذِيبِكَ، مَعَ وُضُوحِ الأَدِلَّةِ عَلَى صِدْقِكَ فِيمَا دَعَوْتَهُمْ إِليهِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ لِي جَزَاءَ عَمَلِي، وَلَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ جَزَاء أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَلَنْ يَحْمِلَ أَحَدٌ شَيْئاً مِنْ وِزْرِ أَحَدٍ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بَرِيءٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الآخَرِ، وَلاَ يُؤَاخَذُ أَحَدٌ بِعَمَلِ غَيْرِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 41

41. If they insist on contradicting you despite all the irrefutable evidence that marks the truth of your call, then say to them: “I will be retributed for my deeds, and you are accountable for yours; no one will bear the sins of anyone else and no one can be held responsible for the deeds of any other.”

{وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُواْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ}

(42) وَمِنَ المُكَذِّبِينَ أُنَاسٌ يُصِيخُونَ إِليكَ سَمْعَهُمْ إِذا قَرَأْتَ القُرْآنَ، وَبَيَّنْتَ مَا فِيهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُدْرِكُونَ مَعْنَى مَا يَسْمَعُونَ، فَهُمْ لاَ يَتَدَبَّرُونَ القَوْلَ، وَلاَ يَفْقَهُونَ مَا يُرَادُ مِنْهُ، بَلْ هَمُّهُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَمِعُوا إِلى غَرَابَةِ نَظْمِهِ، وَإلى جَرْسِ صَوْتِكَ بِتَرْتِيلِهِ. وَالسَّمَاعُ النَّافِعُ لِلْمُسْتَمِعِ هُوَ الذِي يَعْقِلُ بِهِ مَا يَسْمَعُهُ، وَيَفْقَهُهُ، وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ، وَإِنْ فَقَدَ هَذا كَانَ كَالأَصَمِّ الذِي لاَ يَسْمَعُ.

وَكَمَا أَنَّكَ، أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ، لَمْ تُؤْتَ القُدْرَةَ عَلَى إِسْمَاعِ الصُّمِّ الذِينَ فَقَدُوا حَاسَّةَ السَّمْعِ، فَكَذَلِكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْتَ أَنْ تُسْمِعَ إِسْمَاعاً نَافِعاً، مَنْ هُمْ فِي حُكْمِهِمْ، وَهُمُ الذِينَ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 42

42. There are some among those who disclaim the Quran who seem to give heed when you recite the Quran and explain its meanings. But they do not understand what they hear for they neither meditate on, nor can comprehend its real intention. Their main interest lies in listening to the singularity of the composition of its verses and the rhythm of your voice reciting it. To benefit from it, one should listen to understand what one hears, assimilate its meaning and conform to its injunctions. Otherwise, one is like the deaf who hear nothing.

{وَمِنهُمْ مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنْتَ تَهْدِي ٱلْعُمْيَ وَلَوْ كَانُواْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ}

(43) وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُوَجِّهُ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَهُ، وَلكِنَّهُ لاَ يُبْصِرُ مَا آتَاكَ اللهُ مِنْ نُورِ الإِيمَانِ، وَالخُلُق العَظِيمِ، وَالدَّلاَلَةِ القَاطِعَةِ عَلَى نُبُوَّتِكَ. وَكَمَا أَنَّكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى هِدَايَةِ العُمْيِ بِدَلاَئِلَ البَصَرِ الحِسِّيَّةِ، كَذَلِكَ فِإِنَّكَ لاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى هِدَايَتِهِمْ بِالدَّلاَئِلِ العَقْلِيّةِ، إِذا كَانُوا فَاقِدِينَ لِنِعْمَةِ البَصِيرَةِ التِي تُدْرِكُها.

يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ – يُعَايِنُ دَلاَئِلَ نُبُوَّتِكَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 43

43. Others look at you but do not see the light of faith Allah has granted you, or your great force of character, or the irrefutable proof of your prophecy. Neither can you, O Prophet, guide the blind by making them see reason if they are deprived of the blessing of insight you have attained.

{إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لاَ يَظْلِمُ ٱلنَّاسَ شَيْئاً وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ}

(44) وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ سُنَنِ اللهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ، أَنْ يُنْقِصَهُمْ شَيْئاً مِنَ الأَسْبَابِ التِي يَهْتَدُونَ بِاسْتِعْمَالِها إِلى مَا فِيه خَيْرُهُمْ، مِنْ إِدْرَاكٍ وَإِرْشَادٍ إِلى الحَقِّ بِإِرْسَالِ الرُّسُلِ، وَنَصْبِ الأدِلَّةِ التِي تُوصِلُهُمْ إِلى سَعَادَتِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ. وَلَكِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَنَكَّبُونَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الهِدَايَةِ وَالحَقِّ، وَيُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الكُفْرِ بِاللهِ، وَالإِشْرَاكِ بِهِ، فَيَظْلِمُونَ بِذَلِكَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ، لأَِنَّ كُفْرَهُمْ سَيُؤَدِّي بِهِمْ إِلى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَاللهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَعْذَرَ إليهم، وَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الدَّلاَئِلَ وَالحُجَجَ، وَأَرْسَلَ الرُّسُلَ لِهِدَايَتِهِمْ، وَلِذَلِكَ فَإِنهُ تَعَالى لا يَكُونُ قَدْ ظَلَمَ النَّاسَ شَيئاً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 44

44. It was never the law of Allah to deprive His creatures of any means which allow them to be guided to their welfare. He has endowed them with a keen perception of truth, sent them messengers and provided proofs to guide them to happiness in this world and in the next. However, men refuse to follow the path of truth and persist in their disbelief and polytheism. They thus wrong themselves because their disbelief will lead them to hell on Resurrection Day. Allah Almighty has left them no excuses. He has given them proofs and arguments and sent them messengers to guide them. Thus, Allah will not have wronged anyone.

{وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ كَأَن لَّمْ يَلْبَثُوۤاْ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّهَارِ يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهْتَدِينَ}

(45) يُذَكِّرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى النَّاسَ بِتَفَاهَةِ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا، وَبِقِصَرِ مُدَّتِهَا، وَبِسُرْعَةِ زَوَالِهَا، وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّهُ يُخْرِجُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ الأَمْوَاتَ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ فَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا فِي قُبُورِهِمْ إِلا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ (أَوْ أَنَّ حَيَاتَهُمْ فِي الدُّنيا لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ)، وَيَتَعَارَفُ النَّاسُ فيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَيَعْرِفُ الأَبْنَاءُ الآبَاءَ، وَيَعْرِفُ الآبَاءُ الأبْنَاءَ، وَيَعْرِفُ الأَقْرِبَاءُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً، كَمَا كَانُوا فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَشْغُولٌ بِنَفْسِهِ. وَيَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ يُدْرِكُ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ اللهِ وَلِقَائِهِ، وَآثَرُوا الحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيا، القَصِيرَةَ المُنَغَّصَةَ بِالأَكْدَارِ، عَلَى الحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، بِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الدَّائِمِ، أَنَّهُمْ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ مَا صَارَتْ إِليهِ أُمُورُهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ، وَأَنَّهُمْ خَسِرُوا أَهْلِيهِمْ، إِذْ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 45

45. Almighty Allah reminds people that their worldly life is frivolous, short and ephemeral. He then says: on the Day of Resurrection, He will cause the dead to rise from their graves and they will feel that they had only been in their graves for one hour of the day (or that life on earth had only lasted for one hour of the day). People will mutually acknowledge one another. Children will recognize their parents, parents their children. Relatives will recognize one another as they did in this life. However, each will be preoccupied with himself. On Resurrection Day, those who denied Allah’s signs and the encounter with Him, preferred this here life, short and perturbed with disagreements, over eternal life with its perpetual bliss, will realize that they have lost themselves when they see their punishment in hell, and that they have lost their families who will be separated from them.

{وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ}

(46) إِنْ أَرَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بَعْضَ مَا يَعِدُهُمْ مِنَ العِقَابِ وَالخِذْلاَنِ فِي الدُّنْيا، فَذَلِكَ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ، وَهُمْ لَهُ أَهْلٌ، (وَقَدْ أَرَى اللهُ نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَدْرٍ قَتْلَ رُؤُوسِ الكُفْرِ، وَأَسْرَهُمْ وَهَزِيمَتَهُم) وَإِنْ تَوَفَّاكَ اللهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَرَى فِيهِمْ ذَلِكَ فَمَصِيرُهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ إِلى اللهِ، وَسَيَلْقَوْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنْ صِدْقِ الجَزَاءِ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ بِهِ صِدْقَ وَعِيدِهِ، وَاللهُ شَاهِدٌ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَهُ، فَيَجْزِيهِمْ عَلَيهِ عَلَى عِلْمٍ، وَشَهَادَةِ حَقٍّ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 46

46. Allah Almighty shows you some of the punishment and disappointment promised them in this life, and it is what they deserve (Allah showed His Prophet the killing of the heads of polytheism, their capture and their defeat). Should Allah recover your soul before you see them undergo punishment, they will nevertheless undergo the punishment which they deserve, and which Allah promised them, on Judgement Day. They will then know that Allah carries out His threats. Allah is witness to their deeds. He will reward them fairly, for He knows and attests the truth.

{وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ رَسُولُهُمْ قُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ}

(47) مِنْ فَضْلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ السَّالِفَةِ رَسُولاً مِنْهَا لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ: مِنَ الإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ، وَمِنَ العَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ الذِي يُنْجِيهِمْ مِنَ العِقَابِ فِي الآخِرَةِ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ رَسُولُهُمْ وَبَلَّغَهُمْ مَا أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يَبْقَ لَهُمْ عُذْرٌ فِي مُخَالَفَتِهِ، وَيَوْمَ الحِسَابِ فِي الآخِرَةِ يَأْتِي كُلُّ رَسُولٍ لِيَشْهَدَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، وَعَلَى مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَصَدَّقَ رِسَالَتَهُ، فَيَحْكُمُ اللهُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالعَدْلِ التَّامِّ، فَلاَ يَظْلِمُ أَحَداً شَيْئاً مِمَّا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ.

بِالقِسْطِ – بِالعَدْلِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 47

47. It is Allah’s grace and mercy that He sent a Messenger to every community of the previous peoples to clarify to them their duties, notably to believe in Allah, His Messengers, Books and to do righteous deeds that will save them from punishment in the Hereafter. Once a messenger of Allah has delivered his message, the people are left with no valid excuse for not believing. On the Day of Judgement each Messenger will testify against the people who contradicted him, and in favour of those who believed in him, and in the truth of his message. Allah then decides their fate in all justice; He will wrong no one.

{وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ}

{صَادِقِينَ}
(48) وَيُمْعِنُ مُشْرِكُو قُرَيْشٍ فِي تَكْذِيبِهِمْ بِاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ، فَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ سَاخِرِينَ مُتَهَكِّمِينَ، وَيَقُولُونَ: مَتَى يَكُونُ هَذا الذِي تَعِدُنَا بِهِ مِنَ العَذَابِ، إِنْ كُنْتَ يِا مُحَمَّدُ وَأَصْحَابُكَ صَادِقِينَ فِيمَا تَعِدُونَنَا بِهِ مِنْ حَشْرٍ وَحِسَابٍ وَجَزَاءٍ؟

Surah Yunus: Verse 48

48. The polytheists of Quraish insist on denying the Day of Judgement. They hasten it by mocking and deriding it, saying: “When will the punishment that you promise us take place if you and your companions are honest in your threats of assembly, final judgement and punishment?”

{قُل لاَّ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي ضَرّاً وَلاَ نَفْعاً إِلاَّ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ}

{يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ}
(49) قُلْ لِهَؤُلاءِ المُسْتَعْجِلِينَ بِالعَذَابِ: إِنِّي بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ لاَ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي ضَرّاً وَلا نَفْعاً، وَلاَ أَمْلِكُ إِنْزَالَ العَذَابِ بِالكُفَّارِ المُعَانِدِينَ، ولا تَحْقِيقَ النَّصْرِ لِلْمُؤْمِنينَ، والقَادِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ هُوَ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ، يُحَقِّقُهُ مَتَى شَاءَ، وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ، فَإِذا جَاءَ الأَجَلُ فَلاَ يَمْلِكُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ أَوْ يُؤَخِّرَهُ سَاعَةً عَنِ الوَقْتِ الذِي حَدَّدَهُ اللهُ لَهَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 49

49. I can neither harm nor benefit myself, nor can I inflict torture on the stubborn polytheists, or assure the believers of victory. Allah alone can do this. He will do this when He chooses. All nations have their term and when it is due, no one can advance or delay it beyond the hour Allah has decreed.

{قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُهُ بَيَاتاً أَوْ نَهَاراً مَّاذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ}

{أَرَأَيْتُمْ} {أَتَاكُمْ} {بَيَاتاً}
(50) قُلْ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ الكَرِيمُ لِهَؤُلاءِ المُسْتَعْجِلِينَ بِالعَذَابِ: أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ حَالِكُمْ، وَمَا يُمْكِنُكُمْ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوهُ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُ اللهِ الذِي تَسْتَعْجلُونَهُ، فِي وَقْتِ مَبِيتِكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ، أَوْ وَقتِ اشْتِغَالِكُمْ بِلَهْوِكُمْ وَلَعِبِكُمْ وَأُمُورِ مَعَايِشِكُمْ نَهَاراً؟ وَأَيَّ عَذَابٍ يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهِ هؤُلاءِ المُجْرِمُونَ المُكَذِّبُونَ؟ أَهُوَ عَذَابُ الدُّنْيَا أَمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ؟ وَاسْتِعْجَالُهُمْ بِالعَذَابِ أَيّاً كَانَ فَهُو جَهَالَةٌ.

أَرَأَيْتُمْ – أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ حَالِكُمْ أَوْ عَنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ.

بَيَاتاً – وَقْتَ البَيَاتِ أَيْ لَيْلاً؟

Surah Yunus: Verse 50

50. Say, O honourable Messenger, to those who hasten chastisement: “Tell me what will happen to you and what you will do when the punishment of Allah, which you hasten, is upon you at night while you sleep or while you are engaged in your amusing and pleasurable activities and in your daily affairs. What punishment do these lying criminals hasten? Is it the punishment of this world or that of the Day of Judgement? Whichever punishment they hasten is proof of their ignorance.

{أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ الآنَ وَقَدْ كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ}

{آمَنْتُمْ} {الآنَ}
(51) وَحِينَ يَقَعُ العَذَابُ يُعْلِنُونَ إِيمَانَهُمْ، وَيَقُولُونَ: رَبَّنَا أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا، كَمَا جَاءَ فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى.

وَيُقَرِّعُهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَسْلَكِهِمْ هَذَا فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: أآمَنْتُمْ بِهِ الآنَ حِينَمَا وَقَعَ، وَكُنْتُمْ قَبْلاً تُكَذِّبُونَ بِهِ، وَتَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُ، وَتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ؟

الآنَ – الآنَ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِوُقُوعِ العَذَابِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 51

51. Once overtaken by chastisement, the unbelievers will announce their faith and say: “We have seen and heard.” (As in another verse. See chapter 32- As-Sajda (Adoration), 12). Almighty Allah reproaches them for their conduct and says: “Now you believe in the reality of chastisement after it has actually overtaken you, whereas before you used to deny it and mockingly hasten its occurrence.”

{ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ}

(52) وَيَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لِهَؤُلاَءِ الذِينَ رَأَوا العَذَابَ فَآمَنُوا: ذُوقُوا عَذَاباً تَخْلُدُونَ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ جَزَاءٌ وِفَاقٌ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرونَ، وَتَكْسِبُونَ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ، وَفَسَادٍ فِي الأَرْضِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 52

52. On the Day of Resurrection, We will say to the people who have experienced chastisement and consequently believed, “Now you will taste eternal chastisement. It is the recompense you deserve for your disbelief, wrong-doing and corruption on earth.”

{وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِي وَرَبِّيۤ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ}

(53) وَيَسْتَخْبِرُكَ الكَافِرُونَ الذِينَ تَعِدُهُمْ بِالعَذَابِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ سَيَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي القُبُورِ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ لِيُحَاسِبَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ، أَحَقّاً سَيَقَعُ ذَلِكَ، أَمْ أَنَّهُ إِرْهَابٌ وَتَخْوِيفٌ؟ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى سَبيلِ الإِنْكَارِ وَالاسْتِهْزَاءِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ إِي وَرَبِّي إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي صَيْرُورَتِكُمْ تُرَاباً مَا يُعْجِزُ اللهَ عَنْ إِعَادَتِكُمْ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ مِنَ العَدَمِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ البَعْثِ مَا يُعْجِزُ اللهَ.

وَيَسْتَنْبئُونَكَ – وَيَسْتَخْبِرُونَكَ مُسْتَهْزِئِينَ عَنِ العَذَابِ.

إِي وَرَبِّي – نَعَمْ وَرَبِّي.

وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ – وَمَا أَنْتُمْ فَائِتِينَ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ بِالهَرَبِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 53

53. The unbelievers, whom you have warned of chastisement in this life and the next, and to whom you have announced that Allah will resuscitate the dead to judge them on their deeds, will ask you if this will truly happen or you are merely intimidating them. They say this in denial and mockery. Say to them: “Yes, by my Lord, this is true. Reduced to dust as you will be, Allah is capable of resurrecting you as He created you the first time from nothing. He is certainly not incapable of resurrecting you.”

{وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِكُلِّ نَفْسٍ ظَلَمَتْ مَا فِي ٱلأَرْضِ لاَفْتَدَتْ بِهِ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ}

(54) وَحِينَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ، وَيُحْشَرُ الكَافِرُونَ إِلى اللهِ، يُدْرِكُونَ، حِينَ يَرَوْنَ العَذَابَ، أَنَّهُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ لا مَحَالَةَ، حِينَئِذٍ تَتَمَنَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ظَالِمَةٍ لَوْ أَنَّهَا تَمْلِكُ جَميعَ مَا فِي الأَرْضِ لِتُقَدِّمَهُ فِدَاءً لَهَا مِنَ العَذابِ، وَلكِنْ أَنَّى لَهَا ذَلِكَ.

وَحِينَئِذٍ تَتَرَدَّدُ النَّدَامَةُ وَالحَسْرَةُ فِي سَرَائِرِ المُجْرِمِينَ الظَّالِمينَ، عَلَى مَا فَرَّطُوا فِي جَنْبِ اللهِ، وَمَا كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِهِ. وَيَقْضِي اللهُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ بَيْنَ العِبَادِ، بِالعَدْلِ وَالقِسْطِ وَلاَ يَظْلِمُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِهِ شَيْئاً.

أَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ – أَخْفَوا الغَمَّ وَالحَسْرَةَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 54

54. When the Hour comes, the unbelievers will be mustered before Allah and shall know upon seeing their punishment what they will undoubtedly undergo. All sinful souls will wish to possess the wealth of the world to offer it in expiation for their sins. But it will all be in vain. They will then suffer at heart repentance and sorrow for having gone beyond the limits set by Allah and denied His signs. On that day Allah will judge His creatures fairly. He will wrong no one.

{أَلاۤ إِنَّ للَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ أَلاَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ}

{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}
(55) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ مَالِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَأَنَّ وَعْدَهُ حَقٌّ كَائِنٌ لاَ مَحَالَةً، وَأَنَّهُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَإليهِ يَرْجِعُ النَّاسُ جَمِيعاً، وَلِذلِكَ فَإِنَّ الكَافِرِينَ الظَّالِمِينَ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ شَيْئاً يَفْتَدُونَ بِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 55

55. Allah tells us that He is the master of heavens and the earth and all that they conceal and that everything He has promised will undoubtedly take place. He gives life and causes death and to Him all people will return on the Day of Judgement. Thus, the sinful unbelievers will find nothing to redeem themselves with in their attempt to escape Allah’s chastisement.

{هُوَ يُحْيِـي وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ}

{يُحْيِـي}
(56) وَأَنَّهُ القَادِرُ عَلَى خَلْقِ الحَيَاةِ، وَعَلَى إِعْدَامِهَا، وَهُوَ العَلِيمُ بِمَا تَفَرَّقَ مِنَ الأَجْسَامِ، وَتَمَزَّقَ فِي أَقْطَارِ الأَرْضِ وَالبِحَارِ، وَإِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُ الخَلْقُ حِينَ يَبْعَثُهُمْ وَيَحْشُرُهُمْ لِلْحِسَابِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 56

56. Allah is capable of both giving and taking life. He knows all the parts of a mutilated body scattered in the corners of the earth and in the depth of the seas. To Him all creatures shall return when He resurrects them and assembles them for judgement.

{يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُمْ مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَآءٌ لِّمَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{يٰأَيُّهَا}
(57) يَمْتَنّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى خَلْقِهِ بِإِنْزَالِهِ القُرْآنَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِيهِ زَاجِرٌ عَنِ الغَيِّ، وَعَنِ الفَوَاحِشِ، وَفِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلصُّدُورِ مِنَ الشُّكُوكِ وَالرِّيَبِ، وَالقُرْآنُ يَهْدِي المُؤْمِنينَ الذِينَ يَأْخُذُونَ بِهِ، وَيُؤَدِّي بِهِمْ إِلى إِدْخَالِهِمْ فِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 57

57. Almighty Allah was gracious to His creatures when He revealed the Quran to His Messenger, Mohammad (peace be upon him). The Quran prevents transgression and immoderation, cures the breasts of suspicions and doubts and guides the believers who follow its injunctions to the path of Allah’s mercy.

{قُلْ بِفَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُواْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ}

(58) يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يُبَلِّغَ المُؤْمِنينَ، بِأَنَّهُ يَحُقُّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَبِنِعْمَةِ الإِيمَانِ، وَبِالرَّحْمَةِ الخَاصَّةِ بِهِمْ، وَبِمَا جَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الهُدَى وَدِينِ الحَقِّ، فَذَلِكَ أَوْلَى بِهِمْ أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا بِهِ، وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُهُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حُطَامِ الدُّنْيا الزَّائِلَةِ الفَانِيَةِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 58

58. Almighty Allah orders His Messenger to tell the believers that they have the right to rejoice in Allah’s favour: the blessing of belief, the mercy reserved for them and the message relayed to them to guide them to the religion of truth. All this should bring them the greatest of joy. Allah’s grace and favour are worthier than the riches of this ephemeral and perishable world that people accumulate.

{قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ مِّن رِّزْقٍ فَجَعَلْتُمْ مِّنْهُ حَرَاماً وَحَلاَلاً قُلْ ءَآللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ أَمْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَفْتَرُونَ}

{أَرَأَيْتُمْ} {وَحَلاَلاً} {ءَآللَّهُ}
(59) نَزَلَتْ هذِهِ الآيَةُ، إِنْكَاراً عَلَى المُشْرِكِينَ، فِيمَا كَانُوا يُحِلُّونَهُ وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ، مِنَ البَحَائِرِ وَالسَّوَائِبِ وَالوَصَائِلِ، وَقَدْ أَنْكَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِعْلَ مَنْ حَرَّمَ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ، وَفِعْلَ مَنْ أَحَلَّ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ، بِمُجَرَّدِ الرَّأْيِ وَالهَوَى، وَلاَ مُسْتَنَدَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلاَ دَلِيلَ، لأَِنَّ حَقَّ التَّحْرِيمِ وَالتَّحْلِيلِ لاَ يَكُونُ إِلاَّ للهِ. وَيَسْأَلُهُم اللهُ تَعَالَى عَمَّنْ أَذِنَ لَهُمْ بِهِ؟ هَلْ جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ وَحْيٌ مِنَ اللهِ، أَمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللهِ الكَذِبَ؟ وَبِمَا أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُمْ بِهِ فَهُمْ مُفْتَرُونَ.

أَرَأَيْتُمْ – أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ حَالِكُمْ.

أَذِنَ لَكُمْ – أَعْلَمَكُمْ بِهَذا التَّحْرِيمِ وَالتَّحْلِيلِ.

يَفْتَرُونَ – يَكْذِبُونَ فِي نِسْبَةِ ذَلِكَ إِلَيهِ تَعَالَى.

Surah Yunus: Verse 59

59. This verse is revealed to severely admonish the polytheists for having rendered lawful or unlawful certain animals such as the bahira, the sa’iba and the wasila (see chapter 5- Al-Ma’ida (The Table Spread), 103). Allah denounces the act of making unlawful what He has made lawful and the act of making lawful what He has made unlawful basing this on an opinion, with or without good reason or valid argument. Allah alone has the right to prohibit or to sanction. Allah asks them who gave them leave to behave thus. Has Allah inspired them to do so or do they fabricate lies concerning Him? Since Allah did not order them to do so, they are merely fabricators.

{وَمَا ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ}

{ٱلْقِيَامَةِ}
(60) أَيُّ شَيءٍ يَكُونُ ظَنُّهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، الذِي تُجْزَى فِيهِ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ؟ أَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُتْرَكُونَ بِلا عِقَابٍ عَلَى جَرِيمَةِ افْتِرَاءِ الكَذِبِ عَلَى اللهِ، وَتَعَمُّدِهِ فِيمَا هُوَ خَاصٌّ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِهِ؟ وَاللهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَا خَلَقَهُ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْزَاقٍ، وَكُلِّ مَا شَرَعَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ، وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ الأَصْلَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ الإبَاحَةَ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ إلاّ مَا كَانَ ضَارّاً بِهِمْ، وَحَصَرَ مُحَرَّمَاتِ الطَّعَامِ فِي أُمُورٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ. وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ اللهَ عَلَى هَذِهِ النِّعَمِ وَالأَفْضَالِ.

(وَجَاءَ فِي الحَدِيثِ: ” إِذا آتَاكَ اللهُ مَالاً فَلْيُرَ أَثَرُ نِعْمَتِهِ عَلَيْكَ وَكَرَامَتِهِ ” ). (رَوَاهُ الإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ).

Surah Yunus: Verse 60

60. How do those think they will be treated on the Day of Resurrection when each soul will be judged by its deeds? Do they think that they will escape Allah’s punishment for inventing deliberate lies about Him, for attributing to themselves the right which comes His Divine character? Allah is bountiful to men when He provides them with the means of sustenance and the religious laws which He legislated and which make most means of sustenance lawful except things that are harmful to men. He limited restriction to certain foods alone. Nevertheless, people do not give thanks for all these favours and bounties. (The Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “If Allah bestows wealth on you, let the signs of His favour and grace be seen on you”. Narrated by the Imam Ahmad.)

{وَمَا تَكُونُ فِي شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُواْ مِنْهُ مِن قُرْآنٍ وَلاَ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ إِلاَّ كُنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ شُهُوداً إِذْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ وَمَا يَعْزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلاَ أَصْغَرَ مِن ذٰلِكَ وَلاۤ أَكْبَرَ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ}

{تَتْلُواْ} {قُرْآنٍ} {كِتَابٍ}
(61) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِأَنَّهُ عَالِمٌ بَجِمِيعِ أَحْوَالِ رَسُولِهِ وَأُمُورِهِ، سَوَاءٌ مِنْهَا مَا هُوَ خَاصٌّ بِهِ، أَوْ مَا هُوَ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِشُؤُونِ الدَّعْوَةِ، وَأَنَّهُ لاَ يَتْلُو مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قُرْآنٍ أَنْزَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ اللهُ تَعَبُّداً وَتَهَجُّداً بِهِ، أَوْ تَبْلِيغاً لَهُ لِلنَّاسِ، وَلاَ يَقُومُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، مِنَ المُؤْمِنينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ صَالِحٍ، كَبِيرٍ أَوْ صَغِيرٍ، إِلاَّ كَانَ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَقِيباً عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَحْفَظُهُ لَهُمْ، وَيَجْزِيهِمْ بِهِ، وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىلاَ يَغِيبُ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ شَيءٌ صَغُرَ أَوْ كَبُرَ حَتَّى وَلَوْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ، أَوْ أَدْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَكُلُّ شَيءٍ مُحْصًى عِنْدَهُ فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ.

تَكُونُ فِي شَأْنٍ – فِي أَمْرٍ هَامٍ مُعْتَنًى بِهِ.

تَُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ – تَشْرَعُونَ وَتَخُوضُونَ فِيهِ.

مَا يَعْزُبُ – مَا يَبْعُدُ – وَمَا يَغِيبُ.

مِثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ – وَزْنِ ذَرَّةٍ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 61

61. Almighty Allah says that He knows all concerning His Messenger, both personal matters and those relating to the transmission of His call. The Prophet (peace be upon him) can neither recite from the Quran revealed to him by Allah, worship Allah, carry out prayers at night or inform people of the divine word without Allah being aware of this. There is no deed, good or bad, small or great, which believers or non-believers do, that Allah does not witness. Nothing escapes Allah, small or great or even the weight of an atom. Everything is counted by Him in His clear Book.

{أَلاۤ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ}

(62) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ، وَهُمُ الذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوا وَأَخْلَصُوا العِبَادَةَ لَهُ وَحْدَهُ، وَالتَّوكُلَ عَلَيهِ، لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيهِمْ مِمَّا يَسْتَقْبِلُونَهُ مِنْ أَهْوَالِ الآخِرَةِ، وَلاَ يَحْزَنُونَ عَلَى مَا خَلَّفُوهُ وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 62

62. Almighty Allah says that His allies are those who believed in Him, feared Him and were sincere in the worship of Allah alone. They put their trust in Him and have no fear of the horrors of the hereafter, nor shall they grieve for whatever they left in this life.

{ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ}

{آمَنُواْ}
(63) وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى مُعَرِّفاً (أَوْلِيَاءَ اللهِ): بِأَنَّهُمُ الذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللهِ، وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ، وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِمْ، وَيُرَاقِبُونَهُ فِي سِرِّهِمْ وَعَلاَنِيَتِهِمْ، فَلاَ يَقُومُونَ إِلاَّ بِمَا يُرْضِي اللهَ رَبَّهُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 63

63. Allah Almighty defines His allies as those who have believed in Him, His angels, Books and Messengers, and were always Allah-fearing in all their affairs and observed His injunctions publicly and secretly and only practice what pleases their Lord.

{لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ فِي ٱلْحَياةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِي ٱلآخِرَةِ لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ ٱللَّهِ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ}

{ٱلْحَياةِ} {ٱلآخِرَةِ} {لِكَلِمَاتِ}
(64) وَهَؤُلاءِ المُؤْمِنُونَ المُتَّقُونَ، لَهُمُ البُشْرَى فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا بِالنَّصْرِ وَالعِزَّةِ، وَبِإِلْهَامِهِم الحَقَّ وَالخَيْرَ، وَبِالاسْتِخْلاَفِ فِي الأَرْضِ مَا أَقَامُوا شَرْعَ اللهِ، وَنَصَرُوا دِينَهُ الحَقَّ، وَأَعْلَوا كَلِمَتَهُ (وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ” إِنَّ البُشْرَى فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا هِيَ الرُّؤْيا الصَّالِحَةُ يَرَاها العَبْدُ، أَوْ تُرَى لَهُ، وَهِيَ فِي الآخِرَةِ الجَنَّةُ ” ) (رَوَاهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عن رَسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم). وَهَذَا وَعْدٌ مِنَ اللهِ لاَ يُبَدَّلُ (لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ)، وَلاَ يُغَيَّرُ وَلاَ يُخْلَفُ، بَلْ مُقَرَّرٌ ثَابِتٌ كَائِنٌ لاَ مَحَالَةَ. وَهذِهِ البُشْرَى بِسَعَادَةِ الدَّارَيْنِ هِيَ الفَوْزُ العَظِيمُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 64

64. Allah Almighty shall inspire them with truth and good and will appoint them successors on earth if they observe His law, champion His religion of truth and make His Word prevail. (The Prophet said: “The good news in this life is a worthy vision that a servant (of Allah) sees or that Allah makes him see.” Reported By Abu-Huraira, citing the Prophet). This is a sure promise from Allah which shall not be changed nor will Allah forget it. It is irrevocable, certain, unchanging and irreversible. The good news of obtaining happiness in this life and the next is the supreme triumph.

{وَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعاً هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ}

(65) يَقُولُ تَعَالَى لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لاَ يَحْزُنْكَ مَا يَقُولُهُ المُشْرِكُونَ بِحَقِّكَ، وَلاَ تَهْتَمَّ بِهِ، وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّ العِزَّةَ وَالقَهْرَ وَالغَلَبَةَ للهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَلاَ يَمْلِكُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ دُونِهِ شَيْئاً مِنْهَا، وَهُوَ يَهَبُهَا لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَقَدْ وَعَدَ بِهَا رُسُلَهُ وَأَوْلِيَاءَهُ وَعِبَادَهُ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ لِمَا يَقُولُونَهُ مِنْ تَكْذِيبِ الحَقِّ، وَهُوَ العَلِيمُ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ مِنْ إِيذَاءٍ وَكَيْدٍ، وَسَيُجَازِيهِمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَأَقْوَالِهِمْ أَوْفَى الجَزَاءِ.

إِنَّ العِزَّةَ لله ِ- إِنَّ القَهْرَ وَالغَلَبَةَ للهِ تَعَالَى فِي مُلْكِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 65

65. Almighty Allah says to His Prophet: “Do not be distressed by what the polytheists say against you; do not heed them. Ask for the assistance of Allah against them, trust in Him: glory and victory belong to Allah alone; they are no one else’s. He promised them to His messengers, to His supporters and to His faithful servants. He hears what the polytheists say in their denial of truth and He knows the harm they do and the deception they practise. He will punish them generously for their acts and deeds.

{أَلاۤ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰت وَمَنْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ}

{ٱلسَّمَاوَات}
(66) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ مَالِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّ مَنْ فِيهِمَا عَبيدٌ لَهُ، وَهُوَ مَالِكٌ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَلاَ مَالِكَ لِشَيءٍ سِوَاهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ إِلهاً مَعْبُوداً مَا يَعْبُدُهُ هؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكُونَ مِنَ الأَوْثَانِ وَالأَصْنَامِ؟ وَهؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكُونَ الذِينَ يَعْبُدُونَ غَيْرَ اللهِ، وَيَدْعُونَهُمْ فِي الشَّدَائِدِ، وَيَتَقَرَّبُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالقَرَابِينِ، لاَ يَتَّبِعُونَ شُرَكَاءَ للهِ، لأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَهُمْ لاَ يَتَّبِعُونَ فِي الحَقِيقَةِ فِيمَا يَقُولُونَهُ إَِلا الظَّنَّ فِي دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنَّ هؤُلاءِ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللهِ، وَشُفَعَاءُ عِنْدَهُ، وَوُسَطَاءُ لَدَيْهِ، وَهُمْ فِي اتِّبَاعِ الظَّنِّ لَيْسُوا إلا مُتَخَرِّصِينَ يَقُولُونَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ.

التَّخَرُّصُ – التَّقْدِيرُ لِلشَّيءِ الذِي لاَ يَجْرِي عَلَى قِيَاسٍ، كَتَقْدِيرِ مَا عَلَى الشَّجَرَةِ مِنْ ثِمَارٍ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 66

66. Allah says that He is the Master of heavens and the earth. All those people are subject to Him. He is the sole master of all things. How, then, can the idols and statues worshipped by the polytheists serve as deities? The polytheists who worship other deities with Allah, who invoke them in difficulties and ask them for their favour by giving them offerings, do not really follow the associates of Allah for Allah has no partner. In their pretense that they are only invoking the supporters of Allah, the intercessors and mediators, the polytheists only really follow conjecture, lie and say things without any knowledge.

{هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيلَ لِتَسْكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِراً إِنَّ فِي ذٰلِكَ لآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ}

{ٱلْلَّيْلَ} {لآيَاتٍ}
(67) وَاللهُ هُوَ الذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ، وَيَسْتَرِيحُوا فِيهِ مِنْ نَصَبِهِمْ وَتَعَبِهِمْ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُمُ النَّهَارَ مُضِيئاً (مُبْصِراً) يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الإِبْصَارَ فِيهِ لِيَسْعَوْا فِي تَأْمِينِ رِزْقِهِمْ وَمَعَاشِهِمْ، وَقَضَاءِ مَصَالِحِهِمْ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ الاخْتِلاَفِ بَيْنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَبَيْنَ أَحْوَالِ النَّاسِ فِيهِمَا، لآياتٌ وَبَرَاهِينُ عَلَى وُجُودِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ وَعَظَمَتِهِ، لِقَومٍ يَسْمَعُونَ مَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِن التَّذكِيرِ بِحِكْمَتِهِ، فَيعتبِرُونَ بِهَا، وَيَسْتدِلُّونَ بِهَا عَلَى عَظَمَةِ الخَالِقِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 67

67. It is Allah Who has made the night that men may rest after a long day’s labour and toil; He made the day radiant that men may see, to procure their daily sustenance and provisions and manage their affairs. This alternation of day and night and the different things men do is evidence of Allah’s existence, power and greatness for a people who listen to what is recited to them to remind them of His wisdom and meditate and deduce the might of the Creator.

{قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَداً سُبْحَانَهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِيُّ لَهُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰت وَمَا فِي ٱلأَرْضِ إِنْ عِندَكُمْ مِّن سُلْطَانٍ بِهَـٰذَآ أَتقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ}

{سُبْحَانَهُ} {ٱلسَّمَاوَات} {سُلْطَانٍ}
(68) يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مُنْكِراً عَلَى مَنْ ادَّعَى أَنَّ للهِ وَلَداً: إِنَّهُ تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُهُ وَتَنَزَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَمَّنْ سِوَاهُ، وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فَقِيرٌ إليهِ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ مِمَّا خَلَقَ، وَكُلُّ شيءٍ مَمْلُوكٌ لَهُ وَعَبْدٌ؟ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: لَيْسَ لَدَيْكُمْ أَيُّها المُتَخَرِّصُونَ المُفْتَرُونَ مِنْ دَلِيلٍ (سُلْطَانٍ)، عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ مِنْ كَذِبٍ وَبُهْتَانٍ. ثُمَّ يَسْتَنْكِرُ تَعَالَى قَوْلَ مَنْ يَقُولُونَ بِلاَ عِلْمٍ، وَلا بَيِّنَةٍ يُؤَيِّدُونَ بِهَا صِحَّةَ قَوْلِهِمْ (إِنْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ)، فَكَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللهِ قَوْلاً لا تَعْلَمُونَ حِقِيقَتَهُ وَتَنْسُبُونَهُ إِليهِ؟

مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ – مِنْ حُجَّةٍ أَوْ بُرْهَانٍ أَوْ دَلِيلٍ.

سُبْحَانَهُ – تَنَزَّهَ اسْمُهُ وَتَقَدَّسَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 68

68. Denouncing those people who claim that He has a son, Allah says: “Glory be to Him; He is exalted and self-sufficient but all are in need of Him. How could He have a son among His creatures when they all belong to Him and are His servants?” Allah then adds: “You are only involved in guess-work and conjecture and lie about Allah. You have no proof to back up these groundless lies and allegations of yours.” He denounces those who say things against Him without knowledge or proof to support their words. He says: “How can you say against Allah things you ignore and then ascribe them to Him?”

{قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ}

(69) وَيَتَوَعَّدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى المُفْتَرِينَ عَلَى اللهِ الكَذِبَ، مِمَّنْ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ لَهُ وَلَداً أَوْ شُرَكَاءَ، بِأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ فِي الدُّيْنا، لأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى إِذَا مَتَّعَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلاً فِإِنَّهُ يَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ بِذلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلى عَذابٍ غَلِيظٍ، كَمَا أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ فِي الآخِرَةِ لأَِنَّهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ وَقُودَ جَهَنَّمَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 69

69. Allah threatens those who forge lies against Him and claim that He has a son or associate. He says that they will never prosper in this life for when He allows them to enjoy themselves for a while, He is in fact leading them gradually to their ruin. In the end He will drive them to a terrible torment. Nor will they prosper in the hereafter where they will serve as fuel for the fire of Hell.

{مَتَاعٌ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ}

{مَتَاعٌ}
(70) إِنَّهُمْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ فِي الدُّنيا الفَانِيَةِ، وَمَتَاعُهُمْ فِيهَا قَليلٌ حَقِيرٌ، مُدَّةَ حَيَاتِهِم القَصِيرَةِ فِي الدُّنيا، ثُمَّ يُرْجَعُونَ إلى اللهِ فَيُذِيقُهُمْ فِي الآخِرَةِ العَذَابَ الشَّدِيدَ المُؤْلِمْ، بِسَبَبِ كُفْرِهِمْ، وَافْتِرَائِهِمْ عَلَى اللهِ الكَذِبَ فِيمَا ادَّعَوا مِنَ الإِفْكِ وَالبُهْتَانِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 70

70. They polytheists enjoy the pleasures of this life but their enjoyment is short-lived and poor. It will only last during their brief lifetime. They will then return to Allah who will give them a taste of the terrible and painful chastisement in the Hereafter for their unbelief, for forging lies against Allah, for uttering flagrant calumnies and for slander.

{وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ نُوحٍ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ يٰقَوْمِ إِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَّقَامِي وَتَذْكِيرِي بِآيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَأَجْمِعُوۤاْ أَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَكُنْ أَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ ٱقْضُوۤاْ إِلَيَّ وَلاَ تُنظِرُونَ}

{يٰقَوْمِ} {بِآيَاتِ}
(71) يُسَلِّي اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَمَّا يُلاَقِيهِ مِنْ إِيذَاءِ قَوْمِهِ، وَتَكْذِيبِهِمْ بِمَا يَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الرُّسُلِ السَّابِقِينَ. وَيَبْدَأُ تَعَالَى بِقِصَّةِ نُوحٍ عليهِ السَّلاَمُ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: أَخْبِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كُفَّارَ مَكَّةَ الذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَكَ خَبَرَ نُوحٍ مَعْ قَوْمِهِ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ، كَيْفَ أَهْلَكَهُمُ اللهُ، وَدَمَّرَهُمْ بِالغَرَقِ أَجْمَعِينَ، وَلَيْحَذَرْ هَؤُلاَءِ أَنْ يُصِيبَهُمْ مِنَ البَلاَءِ وَالهَلاَكِ وَالدَّمَارِ مَا أَصَابَ أُوْلَئِكَ.

لَقَدْ قَالَ نُوحٌ لِقَوْمِهِ: يَا قَوْمِ إِنْ كَانَ ثَقُلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَقَامِي بَيْنَكُمْ (كَبُرَ)، وَإِنْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكُمْ تَذْكِيرِي إِيَّاكًُمْ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ، وَحُجَجِهِ وَبَرَاهِينِهِ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ وَكَّلْتُ أَمْري إِلى اللهِ الذِي أَرْسَلَنِي، وَاعْتَمَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَإِنِّي لاَ أُبَالِي بِكُمْ، وَلاَ أَكُفُّ عَنْكُمْ، سَواءٌ عَظُمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَقَامِي أَوْ لاَ، فَاجْتَمِعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَشُرَكَاؤُكُمْ، مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ الذِينَ تَدْعُونَهُمْ، وَلاَ تَتْرُكُوا أَمْرَكُمْ مُلْتَبِساً عَلَيْكُمْ (غُمَّةً)، بَلْ كُونُوا عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ مِنْهُ، لِكَيْلا تَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْهُ، وَافْصِلُوا أَمْرَكُمْ مَعِي، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ مُحِقُّونَ فَاقْضُوا إِلَيَّ، وَافْعَلُوا مَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ، وَلاَ تُؤَخِّرُونِي سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً (وَلاَ تُنْظِرُونَ).

كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ – عَظُمَ وَشَقَّ عَلَيْكُمْ.

مَقَامِي – إِقَامَتِي بَيْنَكُمْ دَهْراً طَوْيلاً.

فَأَجْمِعُوا أَمْرَكُمْ – اعْزِمُوا وَصَمِّمُوا عَلَى كَيْدِكُمْ.

وَشُرَكَاءَكُمْ – مَعَ شُرَكَائِكُمْ.

غَمَّةً – ضِيقاً شَدِيداً، أَوء مُلْتَبِساً مُبْهَماً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 71

71. To console him for the harm he is exposed to by his people and their denial of all that he tells them of the previous messengers, Allah begins with the story of Noah. He says, “O Mohammad! Go and tell those unbelievers of Makkah who deny you, the story of Noah with his people who denied him, and how Allah destroyed and caused them all to drown. Go and warn them of the affliction that could befall them just as it befell the previous unbelievers.” Noah (peace be upon him) addressed his people saying: “O my people! If my living in your midst and my reciting to you the revelations of Allah and reminding you of His argument and proofs offend you, then remember that I have put my trust in Him Who sent me. I depend on Him alone and I will neither heed you nor cease preaching to you whether my stay among you be bearable to you or not. Assemble with your associates those idols which you invoke, and come to some agreement about your plans. Do not leave your plans in confusion but come to some conclusion so that you should not deviate from them. Settle matters with me: if you claim to be in the right, then do away with me. Do what you can and give not even an hour’s respite.”

{فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَمَا سَأَلْتُكُمْ مِّنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ}

(72) فَإِنْ أَعْرَضْتُمْ عَنْ تَذْكِيرِي، وَأَدْبَرْتُمْ عَنِ الطَّاعَةِ (تَوَلَّيْتُمْ)، فَلاَ يَضُرُّنِي ذَلِكَ لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَطْلُبْ مِنْكُمْ أَجْراً عَلَى نُصْحِي لَكُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا أَطْلُبُ الأَجْرَ مِنَ اللهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ الذِي أَمَرَنِي بِأَن أَكُونَ مِنَ المُسْلِمِينَ، المُؤْمِنينَ العَابِدِينَ القَائِمِينَ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 72

72. If you turn away from my admonition and refuse to obey, you will not harm me: I have never asked you for a reward for the advice I give. I beg my reward from Allah, Master of the universe, who commanded me to be among those who submit to Him, believe in Him, worship Him and obey His orders.

{فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ خَلاَئِفَ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا فَٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنْذَرِينَ}

{فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ} {وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ} {خَلاَئِفَ} {بِآيَاتِنَا} {عَاقِبَةُ}
(73) فَلَمَّا أَصَرُّوا عَلى تَكْذِيبِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ قَامَتْ عَلَيهِمُ الحُجَّةُ، نَجَّى اللهُ نُوحاً وَالمُؤْمِنينَ مَعَهُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ خُلَفَاءَ يَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ، وَيَتَوَارَثُونَ الإِيمَانَ بِاللهِ، وَأَغْرَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَآيَاتِهِ، وَكَذَّبُوا رَسُولَهُ، فَانْظُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ عَاقِبَةُ هؤُلاءِ الذِينَ جَاءَهُمُ النَّذِيرُ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ، فَاستَخَفُّوا بِهِ.

جَعَلْنَاهُمْ خَلائَِف – خُلَفَاءَ يَخْلُفُونَ الأُمَمَ التِي أَهْلَكَهَا اللهُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 73

73. When they insisted on calling him a liar even though the argument had been established against them, Allah saved Noah (peace be upon him) and the believers who were with him in the Ark, and made them successors who inherit the earth and inherit the belief in Allah. Allah drowned all those who denied Him and His signs and disclaimed His messengers. O Mohammad! Consider the fate of those who were warned but underestimated the warning.

{ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ رُسُلاً إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَآءُوهُمْ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤْمِنُواْ بِمَا كَذَّبُواْ بِهِ مِن قَبْلُ كَذَٰلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلوبِ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ}

{بِٱلْبَيِّنَاتِ}
(74) ثُمَّ ضَلَّ النَّاسُ الذِينَ أَتَوْا بَعْدَ نُوحٍ، وَعَبَدُوا الأَصْنَامَ وَالأَوْثَانَ، فَأَرْسَلَ اللهُ إِلَيهِمْ رُسُلاً بِالحُجَجِ وَالآيَاتِ الدَالَةِ عَلَى صِدْقِ نُبُوَّتِهِمْ، وَعَلَى مَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءُ، فَمَا اسْتَقَامَ لِقَوْمٍ مِنْ أُوْلَئِكَ الأَقْوَامِ أنْ يُؤْمِنَ المُتَأَخِّرُ مِنْهُمْ بِمَا كَذَّبَ بِهِ المُتَقَدِّمُ، لأَِنَّ التَّكْذِيبَ سَبَقَ التَّبَصُّرَ وَالاعْتِبَارَ. وَكَمَا طَبَعَ اللهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ مَنْ سَبَقَهُمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ، حَتَّى حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ العَذَابِ، كَذَلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ المُعْتَدِينَ مِمَّنْ خَلَفُوا قَوْمَ نُوحٍ، وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللهِ تَبْدِيلاً.

نَطْبَعُ – نَخْتِمُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 74

74. The people who came after Noah (peace be upon him) went astray and worshipped statues and idols. Allah sent them messengers with arguments and signs that proved the truth of their prophecy and of that of the messengers who preceded them. However, they did not believe in what their predecessors disclaimed. They denied the messengers before they had considered the signs and become enlightened. Just as Allah sealed the hearts of their predecessors until they had undergone punishment, thus He sealed the hearts of the transgressors who succeeded Noah. Allah’s divine law is irrevocable.

{ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ مُّوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلإِيْهِ بِآيَـٰتِنَا فَٱسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوْماً مُّجْرِمِينَ}

{وَهَارُونَ} {وَمَلَئِهِ} {بِآيَاتِنَا}
(75) ثُمَّ اللهُ بَعَثَ الرُّسُلَ، الذِينَ أَتَوا بَعْدَ نُوحٍ، مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ إِلى فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَشْرَافِ قَوْمِهِ (مَلَئِهِ – وَقَدْ خَصَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى الأَشْرَافَ بِالذِّكْرِ لأَِنَّ الدَّهْمَاءَ كَانُوا تَبَعاً لَهُمْ). وَكَانُوا قَوْماً رَاسِخِينَ فِي الإِجْرَامِ وَالظُّلْمِ وَالفَسَادِ، وَقَدْ أَيَّدَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ بِآيَاتٍ وَحُجَجٍ وَبَرَاهِينَ، عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ اللهِ، وَعَلَى صِدْقِ نُبُوَّتِهِمَا، فَاسْتَكْبَرُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَلَؤُهُ عَن اتِّبَاعِ الحَقِّ، وَالانْقِيَادِ لَهُ. وَقَدْ ارْتَكَبُوا بِرَفْضِهِم الاسْتِجَابَةِ لِدَعْوَّةِ اللهِ إِثْماً عَظِيماً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 75

75. After Noah (peace be upon him), Allah sent the messengers Moses and Aaron (peace be upon them) to Pharaoh and the nobles among his people (Almighty Allah spoke specifically of the notables, because the riff-raff only followed in their footsteps). They were a people well-established in crime, inequity and corruption. Almighty Allah supported Moses and Aaron with signs, arguments and proofs of Allah’s Oneness and the veracity of their Prophecy. Nevertheless, Pharaoh and his chiefs arrogantly refused to follow the truth and to obey him. In refusing to respond favourably to Allah’s call, they committed a mortal sin.

{فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ}

(76) فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ بِالحَقِّ الوَاضِحِ، وَالدَّلِيلِ القَاطِعِ، عَلَى صِدْقِ نُبُوَّتِهِمَا، قَالُوا: إِنَّ هذا لَسِحْرٌ وَاضِحٌ لِمَنْ رَآهُ وَعَايَنَهُ، وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ فِي قَرَارَةِ نُفُوسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا شَيْئاً آخَرَ يَنْسُبُونَ إِليهِ المُعْجِزَاتِ التِي أَرْسَلَ اللهُ بِهَا مُوسَى إِلَيْهِمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 76

76. When Moses and Aaron brought them incontestable truth, and irrefutable evidence of the veracity of their Prophecy, they said: “Whoever sees and examines this will discover that it is mere sorcery.” They knew at heart that they lied but it was the only means for them to explain the miracles which Allah allowed Moses (peace be upon him) to work before them.

{قَالَ مُوسَىٰ أَتقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ أَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا وَلاَ يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُونَ}

{ٱلسَّاحِرُونَ}
(77) وَقَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى مُوَّبِخاً، وَمُسْتَنْكِراً قَوْلَهُمْ َواتِّهَامَهُمْ إِيَّاهُ بِالسِّحْرِ: أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ الوَاضِحِ الظَّاهِرِ، لَمَّا جَاءَكُمْ، إِنَّهُ سِحْرٌ، فَهَلْ هذا سِحْرٌ، وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْلَمُونَ فِي قَرَارَةِ نُفُوسِكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسِحْرٍ، وَلاَ يَنْجَحُ السَّاحِرُونَ وَلا يُفْلِحُونَ، لأَِنَّ السِّحْرَ بَاطِلٌ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 77

77. Moses (peace be upon him) repudiated their branding him as a sorcerer scoldingly and disapprovingly. He said: “Do you brand manifest truth as sorcery? Is it really sorcery? You already know in your heart of hearts that it is not sorcery. Sorcerers can never succeed nor prosper, for sorcery has been invalidated.”

{قَالُوۤاْ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{آبَاءَنَا}
(78) وَقَالَ لِمُوسَى: أَجِئْتَنا لِتَصْرِفَنَا عَنِ الدِّينِ الذِي وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا يَتْبَعُونَهُ، لِتَكُونَ، لَكَ وَلأَِخِيكَ هَارُونَ، العَظَمَةُ وَالرِّئَاسَةُ وَالسُّلْطَانُ، وَمَا يَتْبَعُهُما مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ المُلْكِ، وَالعَظَمَةِ الدُّنْيَوِيةِ التَّابِعَةِ لَهَا، فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّها، فَنَحْنُ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِمَا جِئْتَنا بِهِ.

لِتَلْفِتَنَا – لِتَصْرِفَنَا وَتَلْوِينَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 78

78. They said to Moses: “Have you and your brother come here to turn us away from the religion that our forefathers used to follow so that you can have glory, leadership and sovereignty and claim the reign and the magnificence associated with it and assume the domination of the whole of Egypt? We will not believe in what you both have brought us.”

{وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱئْتُونِي بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ}

{سَاحِرٍ}
(79) وِإِذِ ادَّعى فِرْعَوْنُ عِنَاداً وَعُتُوّاً أَمَامَ قَوْمِهِ، أَنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُوسَى هُوَ سِحْرٌ، وَذَلِكَ لِيُزِيلَ مِنْ نُفُوسِهِمْ أَثَرَ مَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ مُوسَى مِنَ المُعْجِزَاتِ وَالآيَاتِ، قَالَ لَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ: إِنَّهُ سَيَرُدُّ عَلَى سِحْرِ مُوسَى بِسِحْرٍ مِثْلِهِ، وَأَمَرَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَنْ يَجْمَعُوا لَهُ كُلَّ سَاحِرٍ عَالِمٍ مُتَعَمِّقٍ فِي فُنُونِ السِّحْرِ (عَلِيمٍ).

Surah Yunus: Verse 79

79. When Pharaoh claimed arrogantly before his people that what Moses had done was merely sorcery, thus to dissipate the effect which Moses might have left on them by his miracles and signs, he said that he would answer the magic of Moses only with similar magic. He ordered the men at court to bring him all expert magicians, well-versed in the art of sorcery.

{فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوسَىٰ أَلْقُواْ مَآ أَنتُمْ مُّلْقُونَ}

(80) فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ السَّحَرَةُ إِلى فِرْعَونَ، سَأَلُوا فِرْعَوْنَ إِنْ كَانَ سَيَمْنَحُهُمْ أَجْراً جَزِيلاً إِنْ تَغَلَّبُوا عَلَى سِحْرِ مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَعَمْ إِنَّهُ سَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّكُمْ سَتَكُونُونَ مِنَ المُقَرَّبِينَ. فَأَقْسَمُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ هُمُ الغَالِبينَ (كَمَا جَاءَ فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى). وَأَرَادَ مُوسَى أَنْ يُريَ النَّاسَ أَوَّلاً مَا يُقَدِّمُهُ سَحَرَتُهُمْ مِنْ سِحْر عَظِيمٍ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي هُوَ بِالحَقِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ فَيُبْطِلَ مَا يَكَذِبُونَ بِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَلِذَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ مِنْ سِحْرٍ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 80

80. When the sorcerers were summoned before Pharaoh, they asked whether they would be rewarded generously if they managed to foil the sorcery of Moses. Pharaoh answered in the affirmative and promised to place them among his entourage. They then swore by Pharaoh’s glory that they would be the victors (as in another verse). Moses wanted the people to see the magic of their sorcerers so that he could then bring to them the truth revealed to him by Allah and thus expose their lies. He, therefore, asked them to cast whatever they wished of their tricks of sorcery.

{فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَواْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ ٱلسِّحْرُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لاَ يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ}

(81) فَلَمَّا أَلْقُوا مَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ السِّحْرِ وَفُنُونِهِ، سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ، وَأَخَافُوهُمْ وَجَاؤُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَشَعَرَ مُوسَى بِشَيءٍ مِنَ الخَوْفِ فِي نَفْسِهِ، مِنْ عِظَمِ مَا رَأَى، فَأَوحى اللهُ إِليهِ مُثَبِّتاً فَقَالَ لِلسَّحَرَةِ: إِنَّ مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ سِحْرٌ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ، لأَِنَّ اللهَ لاَ يَنْصُرُ المُفْسِدِينَ الذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ النَّاسَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 81

81. When they displayed their art of sorcery in which they were skilled, their tricks enchanted the onlookers and filled their hearts with awe for it was a magnificent feat of magic. Moses (peace be upon him) himself felt a little afraid of the extraordinary nature of their sorcery. However, Allah strengthened his heart and inspired him to say: “This is mere sorcery; Allah will invalidate it because He never supports the mischief-makers who lead people astray.”

{وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ}

{بِكَلِمَاتِهِ}
(82) وَسَيُحِقُّ اللهُ الحَقَّ بِإِرَادَتِهِ، وَيُثَبِّتُهُ وَيَنْصُرُهُ، وَلَوُ كَرِهَ المُجْرِمُونَ ذَلِكَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 82

82. Allah will vindicate the truth by His will and He will support and champion it howsoever much the criminals might detest that.

{فَمَآ آمَنَ لِمُوسَىٰ إِلاَّ ذُرِّيَّةٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ عَلَىٰ خَوْفٍ مِّن فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِمْ أَن يَفْتِنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ لَعَالٍ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ}

{آمَنَ} {مَلَئِهِمْ}
(83) وَأَظْهَرَ اللهُ الحَقَّ عَلَى البِاطِلِ، فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَالْتَقَفَتْ جَميعَ مَا أَلْقَاهُ السَّحَرَةُ، وَمَوَّهُوا بِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ نَصْراً عَظِيماً لِمُوسَى مِنْ رَّبِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمَهُ اسْتَمَرُّوا فِي كُفْرِهِمْ وَعِنَادِهِمْ. وَلَمّا أُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ للهِ اسْتِغْفَاراً وَتَوْبَةً، وَرَجَاءَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَهُمْ ذُنُوبَهُمْ، قَالَ لَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ: إِنَّهُ سَيُعَاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِتَقْطِيعِ أَيْدِيْهِمْ وَأَرْجُلِهِمْ مِنْ خلافٍ، وَسَيَصْلِبُهُمْ عَلَى جُذوعِ النَّخْلِ، لأَِنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا لِمُوسَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأَذْنَ هُوَ لَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ – كَمَا جَاءَ فِي آيَاتٍ أُخَرَ -. وَيُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ لِمُوسَى إِلاَّ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الشَّبَابِ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَدْ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَهُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِ أَنْ يَضْطَرُّوهُمْ بِالعَذَابِ وَالنَّكَالِ إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ بِرَبِّهِمْ (يَفْتِنَهُمْ)، وَذَلِكَ لأَِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ كَانَ مُسْتَكْبِراً مُتَعَالِياً فِي الأَرْضِ، مُسْرِفاً فِي كُفْرِهِ، وَفِي أَمْرِهِ كُلِّهِ، وَمُبَالِغاً فِيهِ، فَهُوَ جَدِيرٌ بِأَنْ يَخَافَ مِنْهُ.

أَنْ يَفْتِنَهُمْ – أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ وَيُعَذِّبَهُمْ.

ذُرِّيَّةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ – طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ شَبَابِ قَوْمِهِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 83

83. And Allah made truth prevail over falsehood. Moses (peace be upon him) threw down his staff and it swallowed all that the sorcerers had cast down to delude the people. It was a great victory accorded to Moses (peace be upon him) by Allah Almighty. However, Pharaoh and his people persisted in their disbelief and obduracy. But when the sorcerers prostrated themselves before Allah in repentance, begging Him to forgive them their sins, Pharaoh told them that he would punish them for that by cutting their hands and feet on opposite sides and crucify them on palm tree trunks for having given faith to Moses before he had permitted them to do so (as is mentioned in another verse). Allah here informs us that none but a few youths of Moses’ people, the Israelites, accepted him, but were afraid that Pharaoh and his men would oblige them, through torture and persecution, to recant their belief in their Lord. For, Pharaoh was powerful and mighty in the land. He was extravagantly immoderate both in his disbelief and in all his affairs. He was in fact to be feared.

{وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يٰقَوْمِ إِن كُنتُمْ آمَنتُمْ بِٱللَّهِ فَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلُوۤاْ إِن كُنتُم مُّسْلِمِينَ}

{يٰقَوْمِ} {آمَنتُمْ}
(84) وَلَمَّا أَعْلَنَ جَمَاعَةُ مُوسَى لَهُ إِيمَانَهُمْ بِاللهِ وَبِرِسَالاَتِهِ، وَهُمْ خَائِفُونَ مِنَ العَذَابِ وَالفِتْنَةِ، قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ آمَنْتُمْ بِاللهِ إِيمَاناً حَقّاً، فَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلُوا، وَبِوُعُودِهِ ثِقُوا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُسْلِمِينَ مُذْعِنِينَ، إِذْ إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ لاَ يَكُونُ يَقِيناً إِلاَّ إِذَا صَدَّقَهُ العَمَلُ، وَهُوَ الإِسْلاَمُ للهِ وَحْدَهُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 84

84. When the people of Moses who feared torture and being put to the test proclaimed their belief in Allah and His messengers, Moses said to them: “If you sincerely believe in Allah, then rely on Him and believe in His promises if you really are among those who submit and obey. Faith can only be sincere if it is confirmed by action which is submission to Allah alone.

{فَقَالُواْ عَلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}

{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(85) فَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: بِأَنَّهُمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ. ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهُوا بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: رَبَّنَا لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا عُرْضةً لِفِتْنَةِ هَؤُلاَءِ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَلاَ تُظْفِرْهُمْ بِنَا فَيُمَارِسُوا عَلَيْنَا ضَغْطاً لِرَدِّنَا عَنْ دِينِنَا (وَالتَّوَكُّلُ عَلَى اللهِ لاَ يَكْمُلُ إِلا بِالصَّبْرِ عَلَى الشَّدَائِدِ، وَالدُّعَاءُ لاَ يُسْتَجَابُ إِلاَّ إِذَا كَانَ مَقْرُوناً بِاتِّخَاذِ الأَسْبَابِ، بِأَنْ يَعْمَلَ الإِنْسَانُ جَمِيعَ مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ عَمَلَهُ).

لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً – لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مَوْضِعَ اخْتِبَارٍ بِالعَذَابِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 85

85. They replied saying that they relied on Allah. Then they turned to Allah in supplication, saying: “Oh our Lord! We beseech you not to make a target of us for those oppressors; do not give them the power over us, or they will exercise power over us and oblige us to recant our religion.” (Trusting in Allah should be accompanied by patience in adversity. Invocations are only answered when man has done all that is in his power to help himself).

{وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ}

{ٱلْكَافِرِينَ}
(86) وَأَنْقِذْنَا يَا رَبُّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَلُطْفِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ، الذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْحَقِّ وَجَحَدُوهُ، وَنَحْنُ قَدْ آمَنَّا بِكَ وَتَوَكَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ. (وَكَانَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ يَسْتَعْبِدُونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيُكَلِّفُونَهُمْ بِأَشَقِّ الأَعْمَالِ وَأَحَطِّهَا وَأَقْذَرِها).

Surah Yunus: Verse 86

86. “Deliver us, O Lord, your mercy and benevolence from the people of Pharaoh, who have rejected truth and denied it. We have believed and placed our trust in you.” (Pharaoh and his people used to treat the Israelites as slaves and charge them with the lowliest, most difficult and humiliating of tasks.)

{وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَأَخِيهِ أَن تَبَوَّءَا لِقَوْمِكُمَا بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتاً وَٱجْعَلُواْ بُيُوتَكُمْ قِبْلَةً وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلاَةَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{ٱلصَّلاَةَ} {تَبَوَّءَا}
(87) قَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ إِظْهَارَ صَلاَتِهِمْ خَوْفاً مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ، عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، أَنْ يَتَّخِذَا لِقَوْمِهِمِا بُيُوتاً فِي مِصْرَ، وَأَنْ يَجَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بُيُوتَهُمْ قِبَلَ القِبْلَةِ، لِيُصَلُّوا فِيهَا، وَهُمْ مُتَجِّهُونَ جَمِيعاً جِهَةً وَاحِدَةً، لأَنَّ الاتِّحَاَد فِي الاتِّجَاهِ يُسَاعِدُ عَلَى اتِّحَادِ القُلُوبِ. ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُمُ اللهُ بِإِقَامَةِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَيُبَشِّرُ المُؤْمِنِينَ بِحِفْظِ اللهِ إِيَّاهُمْ، وَبِالثَّوَابِ وَالنَّصْرِ القَرِيبِ وَالفَرَجِ.

تَبَوَّأَا لِقَوْمِكُمَا – اتَّخِذا وَاجْعَلاَ لَهُمْ.

قِبْلَةً – مَسَاجِدَ أَوْ مُصَلَّى جِهَةَ القِبْلَةِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 87

87. The people of Israel said that they would not be able to observe prayers in public because Pharaoh and his chiefs would persecute them. Thus, Allah inspired Moses and Aaron to construct dwellings in Egypt facing the direction of Abraham so that they could perform their prayers facing the same direction. For, to face the same direction helps to unify the hearts. Allah then orders them to perform prayers and at the same time He gives the believers glad tidings that He will safeguard them, reward them, give them imminent victory and deliver them from their affliction.

{وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلأَهُ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَالاً فِي ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلاَ يُؤْمِنُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلأَلِيمَ}

{آتَيْتَ} {وَأَمْوَالاً} {ٱلْحَيَاةِ} {أَمْوَالِهِمْ}
(88) بَعْدَ أَنْ أَعَدَّ مُوسَى قَوْمَهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ لِلْخُرُوجِ بِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَغَرَسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ الإيمَانَ، وَالثِّقَةَ بِاللهِ، وَحُبَّ العِزَّةِ وَالكَرَامَةِ وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى بِالدُّعَاءِ أَنْ يُتِمَّ أَمْرَهُ، وَدَعَا عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِ، لِمَا أَظْهَرُوهُ مِنَ الكُفْرِ وَالعُتُوِّ وَالضَّلاَلِ، وَلَمَّا رَفَضُوهُ مِنِ اتِّبَاعِ الحَقِّ وَالهُدَى، فَقَالَ: رَبَّنا إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمَهُ مِنْ أَثَاثِ الدُّنْيا، وَمَتَاعِهَا وَزُخْرُفِها، وَمِنَ الأَمْوَالِ الجَزِيلَةِ، فَكَانَتْ عَاقِبَةُ ذَلِكَ إِسْرَافَهُمْ فِي الضَّلاَلِ، وَافْتِتَانِ الجَهَلَةِ بِمَا أَعْطَيتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمَهُ إِذْ ظَنُّوا أَنَّكَ إِنَّمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ هذا لأَنَّكَ تُحِبُّهُمْ. رَبَّنَا أَهْلِكْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَامْحَقْها (اطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ)، وَاطْبَعْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَزِدْهَا قَسْوَةً حَتَّى لا تَلينَ، وَلاَ يَصِلَ إِليهَا الإِيمَانُ، لِيَسْتَحِقُّوا عَذَابَكَ الشَّدِيدَ.

اطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ – أَهْلِكْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَأَذْهِبْهَا وَامْحَقْهَا.

اشْدُدْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ – اطْبَعْ عَلَيْهَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 88

88. When Moses had made all the necessary arrangements to take his people out of Egypt, and had planted in their hearts faith and trust in Allah and the love of pride, dignity, and other noble feelings besides, Moses (peace be upon him) implored Allah Almighty to complete the effects of His grace toward them and he heaped curses on Pharaoh and his people for their disbelief, insolence and straying, and for refusing to be guided by truth. He said: “You have given Pharaoh and his people worldly splendour and wealth. In exchange for this they have exceeded all limits in their straying. The ignorant ones among them are captivated by Your favours to them, thinking that you have granted them this because of your love for them. Lord, destroy their wealth and make it vanish. Seal their hearts and harden them so that they will not soften with faith. Then they will merit your terrible punishment.”

{قَالَ قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ دَّعْوَتُكُمَا فَٱسْتَقِيمَا وَلاَ تَتَّبِعَآنِّ سَبِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ}

(89) فَرَدَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ: إِنَّ دَعْوَتَكُمَا عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِ قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ، فَامْضِيَا لأَِمْرِي، وَاثْبُتَا عَلَى مَا أَنْتُمَا عَلَيهِ مِنَ الدَّعْوَةِ إِلى الحَقِّ، وَمِنْ إِعْدَادِ شَعْبِكُمَا لِلْكِفَاحِ وَالجِلاَدِ وَالخُروجِ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَلاَ تَسْلُكَا سَبيلَ الذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ سُنَنِي فِي خَلْقِي، الذِينَ يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ الأَمْرَ قَبْلَ مِيقَاتِهِ، وَيَسْتَبْطِئُونَ وُقُوعَهُ فِي حِينِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 89

89. Almighty Allah replied to Moses and Aaron: “Your imprecations against Pharaoh and his people have been granted. Therefore, speed My law on earth, persist in your call to the true religion and prepare your followers to struggle, to be patient and to leave Egypt. Do not follow the ways of those who are ignorant of My laws regarding My creation, who hasten events before their time is due or slow them down at the opportune moment.”

{وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْياً وَعَدْواً حَتَّىٰ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لاۤ إِلِـٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱلَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنوۤاْ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَاْ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ}

{وَجَاوَزْنَا} {ۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ} {آمَنتْ} {بَنوۤاْ إِسْرَائِيلَ} {آمَنتُ}
(90) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ خُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمَّا خَرَجُوا بِدُونِ إِذْنِ فِرْعَوْنَ اشْتَدَّ حَنَقُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى المَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ يَجْمَعُونَ لَهُ الجُيُوشَ مِنْ أَقَالِيمِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ، فَرَكِبَ وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي أُبَّهَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَجُيُوشٍ كَثِيفَةٍ، فَلَحِقُوا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ، وَهُمْ عَلَى سَاحِلِ البَحْرِ، فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الجَمْعَانِ، قَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى: إِنَّهُمْ مُدْرَكُونَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى: لاَ. وَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَى مُوسَى أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ البَحْرَ، فَضَرَبَهُ فَانْفَلَقَ، وَمَرَّ مُوسَى وَقَوْمُهُ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيِ المَاءِ. فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنَ المَاءِ مِنَ الطَّرَفِ الآخَرِ مِنَ البَحْرِ، وَصَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ إِلَى حَافَّةِ البَحْرِ، فَاقْتَحَمَ المَمَرَّ وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا جَمِيعاً فِي البَحْرِ أَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ المَاءُ فَأَغْرَقَهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

وَلَمَّا غَشِيَ المَوْجُ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَشَعَرَ بِدُنُوِّ أَجَلِهِ، وَأنَّهُ لاَ مُنْقِذَ لَهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ آمَنَ أَن لاَ إِلهَ إِلاَّ اللهَ، الذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ اسْتِجَابَةٌ لِدَعْوَةِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ، أَنْ يَشُدَّ عَلَى قَلْبِ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلاَ يُؤْمِنْ حَتَّى يَرَى العَذَابَ الأَلِيمَ.

بَغْياً وَعَدْواً – ظُلْماً وَاعْتِدَاءً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 90

90. Almighty Allah tells us about the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. When they left without his permission, they provoked the anger of Pharaoh. He sent heralds to the towns and cities to muster armies from all the provinces of his kingdom. He rode behind them with his impressive army in great magnificence and caught up with Moses and his people at sunrise on the seashore. When the hosts were in view of each other, the Israelites said to Moses that they had been overtaken, but Moses replied in the negative. Allah inspired Moses to strike the sea with his staff, and it divided, thereby allowing Moses and his men to pass between the walls of water. When they arrived to the other side of the sea, Pharaoh and his soldiers reached the seaside and followed close upon their heels in pursuit of the believers. When they were all in the sea, water closed on them on either side and they were all drowned. When the waves dragged Pharaoh down and he felt that his end was approaching and that there was no way of deliverance, he cried out that he believed there was no god but Allah, in Whom the people of Israel believe. Thus, Allah granted the prayers of Moses that He should seal the heart of Pharaoh so that he would not believe until he had experienced the painful chastisement.

{آلآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ}

{آلآنَ}
(91) وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: أَتُؤْمِنُ الآنَ حِينَمَا أَدْرَكَكَ الغَرَقُ، وَقَدْ جَاءَتْكَ البَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَرَأَيْتَ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِ اللهِ، فَعَصَيْتَ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ المُسْتَكْبِرِينَ المُفْسِدِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ؟ فَدَعْواكَ الإِسْلامَ الآنَ لاَ تُقْبَلُ مِنْكَ، وَلاَ تَنْفَعُكَ.

الآنَ – الآنَ تُؤْمِنُ حِينَ أَيْقَنْتَ بِالهَلاَكِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 91

91. Almighty Allah answers Pharaoh saying: “Now you have come to believe when you are about to be drowned. Our manifest signs were sent to you before, and you witnessed Allah’s miracles, yet you disobeyed, were proud and sowed corruption on earth. Your allegations of having submitted to Allah cannot be accepted now, and will never benefit you.”

{فَٱلْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً وَإِنَّ كَثِيراً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ}

{آيَةً} {آيَاتِنَا} {لَغَافِلُونَ}
(92) قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ بَعْضَ بَنِي أَسْرَائِيلَ شَكُّوا فِي مَوْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَأَمَرَ اللهُ البَحْرَ أَنْ يُلْقِيَهُ بِجَسَدِهِ سَوِيّاً بِلا رُوحٍ، لِيَتَحَقَّقَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَوْتِهِ وَهَلاَكِهِ، فَتَكُونَ تِلْكَ آيَةً لَهُمْ عَلَى قُدْرَةِ اللهِ، وَصِدْقِ وَعْدِهِ لِرَسُولِهِ، وَكَثيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ غَافِلُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ، لاَ يَتَّعِظُونَ بِهَا، وَلاَ يَعْتَبِرُونَ.

(وَكَانَ هَلاَكُ فِرْعَونَ وَنَجَاةُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ، ” فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى المَدِينَةِ وَجَدَ اليَهُودَ يَصُومُونَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ: مَا هَذا الذِي تَصُومُونَهُ؟ فَقَالُوا يَوْمَ ظَهَرَ مُوسَى عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ لأَصْحَابِهِ أَنْتُمْ أَحَقُّ بِمُوسَى مِنْهُمْ فَصُومُوهُ ” ). (رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيُّ).

آيَةً – عِبْرَةً وَعِظَةً وَنَكَالاً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 92

92. Ibn Abbas said: “Some of the children of Israel doubted that Pharaoh had died. Thus Allah ordered the sea to cast out his corpse so that the children of Israel could verify his death. This was a sign of Allah’s power and the truth of His promise to His Messenger. Many people are indifferent to the signs of Allah: they do not draw from them a lesson, nor do they meditate on them. (Pharaoh was destroyed and the children of Israel were saved on the Day of Ashoura. Thus, when the Prophet came to Medina, he found that the Jews fasted on Ashoura Day. He asked them: “Why do you fast on this day?” They said: “It is the day when Moses was victorious over Pharaoh.” The Prophet then said: “You are more worthy of Moses than they are. Fast then on that day.” (Narrated by al-Bukhari).

{وَلَقَدْ بَوَّأْنَا بَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُبَوَّأَ صِدْقٍ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَاتِ فَمَا ٱخْتَلَفُواْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ}

{ۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ} {وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ} {ٱلطَّيِّبَاتِ} {ٱلْقِيَامَةِ}
(93) يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَمَّا أَنْعَمَ بِهِ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ النِّعَمِ فِي الدُّنيا، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ هَيَّأَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُلْكَ فِلَسْطِينَ، وَانْتِزَاعَهَا مِنْ أَيْدِي العَمَالِيقِ الجَبَابِرَةِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ نَكَلُوا عَنْ قِتَالِهِمْ، وَتَاهُوا فِي صَحَرَاءِ التِّيْهِ (سِينَاءَ) أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، وَرَزَقَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ، وَهِيَ الرِّزْقُ الحَلاَلُ النَّافِعُ، فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيءٍ مِنَ المَسَائِلِ إِلاّ من بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ العِلْمُ بِقِرَاءَةِ التَّوْرَاةِ، وَالوُقُوفِ عَلَى أَحْكَامِهَا، أَنَّ نَبِيّاً مِنْ ولدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ سَيُبْعَثُ. فَقَبْلَ بِعْثَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانُوا مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى نُبُوَّتِهِ، وَعَلَى الإِقْرَارِ بِهِ وَبِبِعْثَتِهِ. فَلَمَّا بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، كَفَرَ بِهِ بَعْضُهُمْ، وَآمَنَ بِهِ آخَرُونَ، وَسَيَقْضِي اللهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، فِيمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ، فَيُبَيِّنُ المُحِقَّ مِنَ المُبْطِلِ، لأَِنَّ هذا الاخْتلافَ لاَ سَبِيلَ إِلى إِزَالَتِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

المُبَوَّأُ – مَكَانَ الإِقَامَةِ.

بَوَّأْنَا – أَنْزَلْنَا وَأَسْكَنَّا.

مَبَوَّأَ صِدْقٍ – مَنْزِلاً صَالِحاً مُرْضِياً.

Surah Yunus: Verse 93

93. Allah says that He prepared the way for the Israelites to reign over Palestine, to wrench it from the merciless giants after they had abstained from fighting them and were lost in the Sinai desert for forty years. He blessed them with good things on earth and gave them useful provision, honestly gained. They only differed when they received the Torah, learned its laws and knew that Allah had sent a son of Ishmael’s to them. Before Mohammad (peace be upon him) was sent, they unanimously agreed upon his prophecy and acknowledged his message. However, when Mohammad (peace be upon him) arrived, some denied him while others believed in him. Allah will settle their differences on Judgement Day. He will distinguish between those who were right and those who were wrong since there is no means to settle their differences in this life.

{فَإِن كُنتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَاسْأَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جَآءَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ}

{فَاسْأَلِ} {ٱلْكِتَابَ} {يَقْرَءُونَ}
(94) فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي نَفْسِكَ شَكٌّ، مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ، مِنَ القُرْآنِ، وَمَا جَاءَ فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّوَاهِدِ، مِنْ قِصَّةِ هُودٍ وَنُوحٍ وَمُوسَى وَغَيْرِهِمْ فَرْضاً وَتَقْدِيراً، فَاسْأَلْ مَنْ لَهُمْ عِلْمٌ بِالكُتُبِ التِي جَاءَتْ قَبْلَكَ، فَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا جَاءَ فِي هَذِه ِالكُتُبِ مِنَ البِشَارَةِ بِبَعْثِكِ رَسُولاً مِنَ اللهِ إِلى النَّاسِ، وَحِينَئِذٍ تَعْلَمُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الذِي جَاءَكَ مِنْ رَبِّكِ هُوَ الحَقُّ، فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُتَشَكِّكِينَ.

(وَقَدْ جَرَتْ عَادَةُ العَرَبِ أَنْ يُقَدِّرُوا الشَّكَّ فِي الشَّيءِ لِيَبْنُوا عَلَيْهِ مَا يَنْفِي احْتِمَالَ وُقُوعِهِ، فَيَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمْ لابْنِهِ: إنْ كُنْتَ ابْنِي فَكُنْ شُجَاعاً).

المُمْتَرِينَ – المُتَشَكِّكِينَ، المُتَزَلْزِلِينَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 94

94. If you have any doubts about what We revealed to you in the Quran and the signs it contains, such as the stories of Hud, Noah, Moses and others, ask those who have knowledge of the Books revealed before you. They know that the Books announce the good news that you should be sent as Prophet of Allah to men. You will then have the certitude that what Allah Almighty revealed to you is the truth. Do not be among those who doubt. (It was common among Arabs to entertain doubt about something so as to base on it that which denies the possibility of its occurrence. An example is he who says to his son: “If you are my son, be brave.”)

{وَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْخَاسِرِينَ}

{بِآيَاتِ} {ٱلْخَاسِرِينَ}
(95) لَقَدْ جَاءَكَ الحَقُّ الوَاضِحُ بِأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَأَنَّ هؤُلاءِ اليَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى يَعْلَمُونَ صِحَّةَ ذَلِكَ، وَيَجِدُونَ نَعْتَكَ وَصِفَتَكَ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ، فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُتَشَكِّكِينَ فِي صِحَّةِ ذَلِكَ، فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الخَاسِرِينَ الذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 95

95. You have received the clear proof that you are the Messenger of Allah. The Jews and Christians know the truth of this for your qualities and description are in their Books. Therefore, be not among those who doubt the truth of this or you will be one of the losers who lose themselves on the Day of Judgement.

{إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}

{كَلِمَتُ}
(96) الذِينَ قَضَى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِالكُفْرِ، لِمَا عَلِمَ مِنْ عِنَادِهِمْ وَتَعَصُّبِهِمْ، لَن يُؤْمِنُوا مَهْمَا أَجْهَدْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِي دَعْوَتِهِمْ إِلى الإِيمَانِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 96

96. Those whom Allah condemned to remain unbelievers in view of their obstinacy and bigotry will not believe no matter how much you exert yourself to call them to embrace faith.

{وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلأَلِيمَ}

{آيَةٍ}
(97) حَتَّى وَلَوْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِجَمِيعِ الآيَاتِ الكَوْنِيَّةِ وَالمُعْجِزَاتِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ. وَهؤلاءِ الكَفَرَةُ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يَرَوْا العَذَابَ بِأَعْيُنِهِمْ، وَيُحِسُّوا بِهِ، كَمَا تَمَّ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ كَلِمَةَ الإِيمَانِ حَتَى أَدْرَكَهُ الغَرَقُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 97

97. They will not believe even if you bring them all the worldly signs and miracles, they will never believe (in you). Those unbelievers will not believe until they have themselves witnessed chastisement and experienced it. This was the case of Pharaoh who only proclaimed faith when he was about to drown.

{فَلَوْلاَ كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَانُهَا إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ آمَنُواْ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلخِزْيِ فِي ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ}

{آمَنَتْ} {إِيمَانُهَا} {آمَنُواْ} {ٱلْحَيَاةَ} {وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ}
(98) لَمْ تُوجَدْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَ أَهْلُهَا جَمِيعاً بِنَبِيِّهِمْ، مِمَّنْ سَلَفَ مِنَ القُرْى، إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ، وَهُمْ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى، وَمَا كَانَ إِيمَانُهُمْ إِلاَّ تَخَوُّفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَحِلَّ بِهِم العَذَابُ الذِي أَنْذَرَهُمْ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُمْ، فَبَعْدَ أَنْ خَرَجَ عَنْهُمْ نَبِيُّهِمْ مُغَاضِباً، وَعَايَنُوا أَسْبَابَ العَذَابِ، جَأَرُوا إِلى اللهِ بِالدُّعَاءِ، وَاسْتَغَاثُوا وَتَضَرَّعُوا إِلى رَبِّهِمْ، وَأَحْضَرُوا أَطْفَالَهُمْ وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ وَدَوَابَّهُمْ، وَسَأَلُوا اللهَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ عَنْهُمُ العَذَابَ الذِي أَنْذَرَهُمْ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُمْ، فَعِنْدَمَا رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ، وَكَشَفَ عَنْهُمُ العَذَابَ، وَمَتَّعَهُمُ اللهُ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنيا إِلى زَمَنٍ مَعْلُومٍ، وَهُوَ الوَقْتُ الذِي يَعِيشُ فِيهِ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ بِحَسَبِ سُنَنِ اللهِ.

عَذَابُ الخِزْي – الذُّلُّ وَالهَوَانُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 98

98. Of all the towns previously mentioned, there were none whose inhabitants believed in their prophet but the people of Jonah, inhabitants of Nineveh. They believed for fear of the punishment which their Prophet had warned them of. After their Prophet had left them in anger and they had meditated on the punishment which could befall them, they implored Allah, prayed humbly and appealed to him. They assembled their children, their cattle and their pack animals, and asked Allah to spare them the punishment which their prophet had warned them of. Allah then took pity on them and shielded them from chastisement and let them enjoy life of earth for a certain time, that is the duration of their life on earth.

{وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِي ٱلأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعاً أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}

(99) وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ أَهْلُ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً لَفَعَلَ، إِمّا بِأَنْ يُلْجِئَهُمْ إلى الإِيمَانِ قَسْراً، وَإِمَّا بِأَنْ يَخْلُقَهُمْ مُؤْمِنينَ طَائِعِينَ، وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَهُ تَعَالَى اقْتَضَتْ بِأَنْ يَخْلُقَ الإِنْسَانَ وَفِيهِ القُدْرَةُ عَلَى أَنْ يُوَازِنَ بِاخْتِيَارِهِ بَيْنَ الإِيمَانِ وَالكُفْرِ، فَيُؤْمِنُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ، وَيَكْفُرُ آخَرُونَ.

وَأَنْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ إِكْراهَ النَّاسِ عَلَى الإِيمَانِ، وَلاَ هُوَ مِنْ خَصَائِصِ الرِّسَالَةِ التِي بَعَثَكَ اللهُ بِهَا.

Surah Yunus: Verse 99

99. Had Allah so willed, all those on the earth would have believed either by forcing them to believe or by creating them submissive believers. However, His wisdom demanded that man be born with the ability to choose between faith and disbelief. Thus, some believe, others deny. You, O Mohammad, cannot compel men to believe, nor is it part of the mission Allah has charged you with fulfilling.

{وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ}

(100) وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ، بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَعْطَاها اللهُ مِنَ الاخْتِيَارِ والاسْتِقْلالِ فِي الأَفْعَالِ، أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ إِلا بِإِرَادَةِ اللهِ، وَمُقْتَضَى سُنَنِهِ فِي التَّرْجِيحِ بَيْنَ المُتَقَابِلَينِ: فَالنَّفْسُ مُخْتَارَةٌ فِي دَائِرَةِ الأَسْبَابِ وَالمُسَّببَاتِ، وَلَكِنَّها غَيْرُ مُسْتَقِلَّةٍ فِي اخْتيارِها اسْتِقْلالاً تَامّاً، بَلْ هِيَ مُقَيَّدَةٌ بِنِظَامِ السُّنَنِ، وَالأَقْدَارِ الإِلهِيَّةِ. وَإِذَا كَانَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَتَيْسِيرِهِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ التِي تَجْرِي بِقَدْرِهِ فَهُوَ يَجْعَل الإِذْنَ، وَيُيَسِّرُ الإِيمَانَ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْقِلُونَ آيَاتِهِ، وَيُوَازِنُونَ بَيْنَ الأُمُورِ فَيَخْتَارُونَ خَيْرَ الأَعْمَالِ، وَيَتَّقُونَ شَرَّهَا، وَيُرَجِّحُونَ أَنْفَعَهَا عَلَى أَضَرِّهَا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَتَيْسِيرِهِ، وَيَجْعَلُ الخِزْيَ وَالخِذْلاَنَ المُرجِّحَ لِلْكُفْرِ وَالفُجُورِ عَلَى الذِينَ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ الحُجَجَ الوَاضِحَةَ، وَلاَ يَتَدَبَّرُونَها.

Surah Yunus: Verse 100

100. In the light of the freedom of choice and independence of behaviour which Allah gave to each man, no soul can acquire faith but by His will and in accordance with the laws which He has established concerning the choice between two opposite things: every man has the freedom of choice within the limits of the circle of means and causes, but does not enjoy full independence in his choice. Rather, he submits to the Divine law and will. Since everything depends on and is predetermined by Allah’s permission, His willingness and desire, it is therefore He who authorizes and facilitates faith for those who understand the signs, weigh matters, choose good deeds and guard against the evil, and opt for those which are beneficial over those which are harmful by the will of Allah. Allah covers with humiliation which is reserved for unbelievers and profligates those who do not understand His clear proofs and meditate on them.

{قُلِ ٱنظُرُواْ مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَمَا تُغْنِي ٱلآيَاتُ وَٱلنُّذُرُ عَن قَوْمٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُونَ}

{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {ٱلآيَاتُ}
(101) يُرْشِدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عِبَادَهُ إِلَى التَّفَكُّرِ فِيمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِنَ الآيَاتِ التِي لاَ تُحْصَى، وَالتِي يَعْقِلُهَا ذَوُو الأَلْبَابِ، وَكُلُّها تَدُلُّ عَلَى أُلُوهِيَّةِ اللهِ، وَوُجُودِهِ وَوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ. وَلَكِنْ مَا هِيَ فَائِدَةُ الرُّسُلِ وَالآيَاتِ وَالحُجَجِ وَالبَرَاهِينِ لِقَوْمٍ جِاحِدِينَ، لاَ يُتَوَقَّعُ إِيمَانُهُمْ، لأَِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُوَجِّهُوا أَنْظَارَهُمْ إِلى الاعْتِبَارِ بِالآيَاتِ، وَالاسْتِدْلاَلِ بِهَا عَلَى مَا تَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ وَحْدَانِيَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ (وَمَا تُغْنِي الآيَاتُ).

Surah Yunus: Verse 101

101. Almighty Allah instructs His Creatures to reflect on all the things that He created in the heavens and on earth, and on the innumerable signs scattered in them which people possessed of reason can fully comprehend. All these things indicate the divinity of Allah, His existence and Oneness. However, of what use are all messengers, signs, arguments and proofs to renegades who are not expected to believe because they do not see and meditate on the signs which indicate Allah’s might and Oneness?

{فَهَلْ يَنتَظِرُونَ إِلاَّ مِثْلَ أَيَّامِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْاْ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قُلْ فَٱنْتَظِرُوۤاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ ٱلْمُنْتَظِرِينَ}

(102) فَهَلْ يَنْتَظِرُ هؤُلاءِ المُكَذِّبُونَ لَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَنَالَهُمْ مِنَ الأَيَّام الشِّدَادِ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَ أَسْلاَفَهُمُ المَاضِينَ، الذِينَ كَانُوا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا هُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الكُفْرِ وَالشِّرْكِ، وَالتَّكْذِيبِ لِرُسُلِهِمْ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَنْتَظِرُونَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَانْتَظِرُوا، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَظِرُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَكُمُ اللهُ بِالعُقُوبَةِ لأَِنِّي عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ صِدْقِ وَعْدِ اللهِ لِلْمُرْسَلِينَ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 102

102. Do those people who have contradicted you, O Mohammad, await a repetition of the terrible ordeal which their bygone precursors underwent? Their predecessors were like them: unbelieving polytheists who denied their messengers. Say to them: “If you are expecting a different end, then wait. As for me, I am waiting for Allah to bring about your destruction by His severe punishment because I am sure of the veracity of Allah’s promise to His Messenger.”

{ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كَذَلِكَ حَقّاً عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{آمَنُواْ}
(103) ثُمَّ نُنْجِي رُسُلَنَا وَالذِينَ آمَنُوا، وَنُهْلِكَ المُكَذِّبِينَ بِالرُّسُلِ. وَإِنْجَاءُ الرُّسُلِ وَالمُؤْمِنينَ مِنَ العَذَابِ وَالهَلاَكِ، الذِي يُنْزِلُهُ اللهُ بِالكَافِرِينَ المُكَذِّبينَ، حَقٌّ أَوْجَبَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الكَرِيمَةِ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ سُنَّتُهُ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 103

103. Then We deliver Our messengers and those who believe, and destroy the people who disclaimed the messengers. Allah commits His noble Self to deliver the messengers and also the believers from chastisement and perdition that will befall the contradicting unbelievers. This is the divine law of Allah.

{قُلْ يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّن دِينِي فَلاَ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنْ أَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{يٰأَيُّهَا} {يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ}
(104) قُلْ يَا أَيُّها الرَّسُولُ لِلنَّاسِ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْ صِحَّةِ الدِّينِ الذِي أَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ، فَاسْمَعُوا وَصْفَهُ، وَاعْرِضُوهُ عَلَى عُقُولِكُمْ، وَانْظُرُوا فِيهِ، لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لا مَدْخَلَ فِيهِ لِلشَّكِّ: إِنِّي لاَ أَعْبُدُ الحِجَارَةَ التِي تَعْبُدُونَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ رَبِّكُمْ وَخَالِقِكُمْ، بَلْ أَعْبُدُ اللهَ الذِي يَتَوَفَّى الخَلْقَ إِذَا شَاءَ، وَيَنْفَعُهُمْ وَيَضُرُّهُمْ إِذا أَرَادَ، وَمِثْلُ هَذا الإله حَقِيقٌ بِأَنْ يُعْبَدَ، وَأَنْ يُخَافَ مِنْهُ وَيُتَّقَى، وَقَدْ أُمِرْتُ بِأَنْ أَكْونَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنينَ المُسْتَسْلِمِينَ لأَمْرِهِ تَعَالَى.

Surah Yunus: Verse 104

104. O Messenger! Go and tell those people: “If you are still in doubt concerning the veracity of the religion to which I am calling you, and it does not seem to you to be true, then listen to its qualities and contemplate on them. After examining it quite carefully, you will realize that this religion cannot admit of the least shadow of doubt. I do not worship the stones that you serve with Allah, your Lord and Creator. I only worship Allah Who causes His creatures to die when He wills, and can benefit or harm them if He so desires. Allah is worthy of being worshipped and feared. I, myself, have been commanded to be one of the believers who submit themselves to His decree.”

{وَأَنْ أَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفاً وَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ}

(105) كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَأَنْ أُخْلِصَ العِبَادَةَ لَهُ وَحْدَهُ، حَنِيفاً مُخْلِصاً لَهُ، مُنْحَرِفاً عَن الشِّرْكِ وَالبَاطِلِ.

أَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ – اصْرِفْ ذَاتَكَ كُلَّهَا لِلدِّينِ الحَنِيفِيِّ.

حَنِيفاً – مُنْحَرِفاً عَنِ الشِّرْكِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 105

105. Almighty Allah has also commanded me to be one of the believers, to devote myself sincerely to worshipping Him alone and to avoid idolatry and falsehood.

{وَلاَ تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكَ وَلاَ يَضُرُّكَ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذاً مِّنَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}

{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(106) وَلاَ تَدْعُ إِلهاً غَيْرَ اللهِ تَعَالَى دُعَاءَ عِبَادَةٍ، لاَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاسْتِقْلاَلِ، وَلاَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاشْتِرَاكِ، فَغَيْرُ اللهِ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَلاَ يَضُرُّ، فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ هذا، وَدَعَوْتَ غَيْرَهُ، كُنْتَ إِذاً مِنَ الذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ، وَلاَ ظُلْمَ لِلنَّفْسِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الشِّرْكِ بِاللهِ.

وَهَذا النَّهْيُ مُوَجَّهٌ لِلأُمَّةِ لأَِنَّهُ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ مَعْصُومٌ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الأُمُوِر.

Surah Yunus: Verse 106

106. Do no call in prayer upon any other divinity than Allah, either in association with, or in independent of Him. None other than Allah can benefit or harm. Should you call upon others in worship, then you will wrong yourself. Nothing can be more iniquitous to oneself than that of associating others with Allah. This interdiction is directed to the whole nation, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) is immune to such behaviour.

{وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلاَ كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَإِن يُرِدْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَلاَ رَآدَّ لِفَضْلِهِ يُصَيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(107) يُبَيِّنُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ الخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ، وَالنَّفْعَ وَالضَّرَّ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ تَعَالَى وَحْدَهُ، لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِيهِ، وَإِنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ أَحَداً بِخَيْرٍ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَرُدَّ فَضْلَهُ وَيَمْنَعَهُ عَنْهُ، وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، حَتَّى وَلَوْ كَانَ الذَّنْبُ شِرْكاً بِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ تَعَالَى يَتُوبُ عَلَى التَّائِبِينَ، وَهُوَ رَحِيمٌ بِالنَّاسِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 107

107. Here Almighty Allah makes it quite clear to His Prophet that good and evil, benefit and harm all derive from the All-High, Alone with no associate. If He wills any good for you, none can avert His bounty or prevent Him from realizing it. Allah is merciful to anyone who repents even if his sin was associating others with Him. Allah forgives the repentant sinners. He is Merciful unto all people.

{قُلْ يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ}

{يٰأَيُّهَا}
(108) يَأْمُرُ اللهُ رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يُخْبِر النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً، أَنَّ الذِي جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ هُوَ الحَقُّ الذِي لاَ مِرْيَةَ فِيهِ، فَمَنِ اهْتَدَى وَاتَّبَعَهُ، فَإِنَّمَا يَعُودُ نَفْعُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ، فَإِنَّمَا يَرْجِعُ وَبَالُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ. كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِأَنْ يَقُولَ للنَّاسِ: إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَى الخَلْقِ كَافَّةً، وَإِنَّهُ نَذِيرٌ لَهُمْ غَيْرُ مُوَكَّلٍ بِهِدَايَتِهِمْ، وَلا بِمُسَيْطِرٍ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَإِنَّمَا الهَادِي هُوَ اللهُ.

بِوَكِيلٍ – بِحَفِيظٍ مَوْكُولٍ إِليهِ أَمْرُكُمْ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 108

108. Almighty Allah commands His Messenger to tell all people that what he has brought is the truth that admits not of the least doubt. Whosoever follows the true path does so for his own good, and whosoever goes astray, his error will fall back on him. Almighty Allah further commands His Messenger to tell people that he has been sent as messenger to all humanity to warn them but not to guide and coerce them. Allah Alone is He Who guides.

{وَٱتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ وَٱصْبِرْ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَاكِمِينَ}

{ٱلْحَاكِمِينَ}
(109) وَتَمَسَّكْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، وَأَوْحَاهُ إِلَيْكَ، وَاصْبِرْ عَلَى مُخَالَفَةِ مَنْ خَالَفَكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ، حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللهَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُمْ، وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الفَاتِحِينَ وَالقَاضِينَ بِعَدْلِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ.

Surah Yunus: Verse 109

109. Follow what has been revealed to you and remain patient with the opposition of the disobedient until Allah settles the issue between you and them. He is the best of fair and wise judges.

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تم إتاحة هذه السلسلة من كتب التفسير عبر الإنترنت من قبل عائلة الدكتور أسعد حومد (رحمه الله). لقد قمنا برقمنة هذه المجلدات بالكامل لتوفير تنسيق يسهل الوصول إليه واستخدامه في عصرنا الرقمي الحالي. نرجو منكم ألا تنسوا الدكتور أسعد وعائلته من صالح دعائكم.

Surah Yunus (Jonah)

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