بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Ibrahim 14:4
Abraham · Juz 13 · Page 255
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوۡمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمۡۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٤
And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allāh sends astray [thereby] whom He wills1 and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., those who refuse His guidance. ↩
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Commentary on 14:4
﴿وَما أرْسَلْنا مِن رَسُولٍ إلا بِلِسانِ قَوْمِهِ﴾ إلّا مُتَكَلِّمًا بِلُغَتِهِمْ ﴿لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ﴾ ما هو مَبْعُوثٌ بِهِ ولَهُ فَلا يَكُونُ لَهم حُجَّةٌ عَلى اللهِ ولا يَقُولُونَ لَهُ لَمْ نَفْهَمْ ما خُوطِبْنا بِهِ فَإنْ قُلْتَ إنَّ رَسُولَنا ﷺ بُعِثَ إلى الناسِ جَمِيعًا بِقَوْلِهِ "قُلْ يا أيُّها الناسُ إنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إلَيْكم جَمِيعًا" بَلْ إلى الثَقَلَيْنِ وهم عَلى ألْسِنَةٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ فَإنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِلْعَرَبِ حُجَّةٌ فَلِغَيْرِهِمُ الحُجَّةُ، قُلْتُ: لا يَخْلُو إمّا أنْ يَنْزِلَ بِجَمِيعِ الألْسِنَةِ أوْ بِواحِدٍ مِنها فَلا حاجَةَ إلى نُزُولِهِ بِجَمِيعِ الألْسِنَةِ، لِأنَّ التَرْجَمَةَ تَنُوبُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وتَكْفِي التَطْوِيلَ فَتَعَيَّنَ أنْ يَنْزِلَ بِلِسانٍ واحِدٍ وكانَ لِسانُ قَوْمِهِ أوْلى بِالتَعْيِينِ، لِأنَّهم أقْرَبُ إلَيْهِ ولِأنَّهُ أبْعَدُ مِنَ التَحْرِيفِ والتَبْدِيلِ ﴿فَيُضِلُّ اللهُ مَن يَشاءُ﴾ مَن آثَرَ سَبَبَ الضَلالَةِ ﴿وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشاءُ﴾ مَن آثَرَ سَبَبَ الِاهْتِداءِ ﴿وَهُوَ العَزِيزُ﴾ فَلا يُغالَبُ عَلى مَشِيئَتِهِ ﴿الحَكِيمُ﴾ فَلا يَخْذُلُ إلّا أهْلَ الخِذْلانِ.
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وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَسۡتَ مُرۡسَلٗاۚ قُلۡ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٤٣
And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, [O Muḥammad], "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture."1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., those who recognize the truth through their knowledge of previous scriptures. ↩
سورة ابراهيم
Ibrahim
Abraham · Meccan · 52 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
14:1
الٓرۚ كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ لِتُخۡرِجَ ٱلنَّاسَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ١
Alif, Lām, Rā.1 [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that you might bring mankind out of darknesses into the light by permission of their Lord - to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy -
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 2:1. ↩
14:2
ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٖ شَدِيدٍ ٢
Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And woe [i.e., destruction] to the disbelievers from a severe punishment -
14:3
ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَحِبُّونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا عَلَى ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٣
The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allāh, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. Those are in extreme error.
14:4
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوۡمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمۡۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٤
And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allāh sends astray [thereby] whom He wills1 and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., those who refuse His guidance. ↩
14:5
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنۡ أَخۡرِجۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَذَكِّرۡهُم بِأَيَّىٰمِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٖ ٥
And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days1 of Allāh." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
1 translator’s note
- Days of blessings bestowed upon the Children of Israel. Also interpreted as days of punishment and destruction of the former nations. ↩