بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Hijr 15:2
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رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٢
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish1 that they had been Muslims.
1 translator’s note
- On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death. ↩
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Commentary on 15:2
﴿رُبَما﴾ بِالتَخْفِيفِ:مَدَنِيٌّ وعاصِمٌ، وبِالتَشْدِيدِ غَيْرُهُما و"ما" هي الكافَّةُ، لِأنَّها حَرْفٌ يَجُرُّ ما بَعْدَهُ ويَخْتَصُّ بِالِاسْمِ النَكِرَةِ فَإذا كُفَّتْ وقَعَ بَعْدَها الفِعْلُ الماضِي والِاسْمُ وإنَّما جازَ ﴿يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا﴾، لِأنَّ المُتَرَقَّبَ في أخْبارِ اللهِ تَعالى بِمَنزِلَةِ الماضِي المَقْطُوعِ بِهِ في تَحْقِيقِهِ فَكَأنَّهُ قِيلَ: رُبَّما ودَّ. ووِدادَتُهم تَكُونُ عِنْدَ النِزاعِ أوْ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ إذا عايَنُوا حالَهم وحالَ المُسْلِمِينَ أوْ إذا رَأوُا المُسْلِمِينَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ النارِ فَيَتَمَنّى الكافِرُ لَوْ كانَ مُسْلِمًا كَذا رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُما - ﴿لَوْ كانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ﴾ حِكايَةُ وِدادَتِهِمْ وإنَّما جِيءَ بِها عَلى لَفْظِ الغَيْبَةِ، لِأنَّهم مُخْبَرٌ عَنْهم كَقَوْلِكَ: حَلَفَ بِاللهِ لِيَفْعَلَنَّ ولَوْ قِيلَ حَلَفَ لَأفْعَلَنَّ، ولَوْ كُنّا مُسْلِمِينَ لَكانَ حَسَنًا وإنَّما قُلِّلَ بِ"رُبَّ"، لِأنَّ أهْوالَ القِيامَةِ تَشْغَلُهم عَنِ التَمَنِّي فَإذا أفاقُوا مِن سَكَراتِ العَذابِ ودُّوا لَوْ (p-١٨٣)كانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ. وقَوْلُ مَن قالَ إنَّ "رُبَّ" يَعْنِي بِها الكَثْرَةَ سَهْوٌ، لِأنَّهُ ضِدُّ ما يَعْرِفُهُ أهْلُ اللُغَةِ، لِأنَّها وُضِعَتْ لِلتَّقْلِيلِ.
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سورة الحجر
Al-Hijr
The Rocky Tract · Meccan · 99 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
15:1
الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١
Alif, Lām, Rā.1 These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 2:1. ↩
15:2
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٢
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish1 that they had been Muslims.
1 translator’s note
- On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death. ↩
15:3
ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
15:4
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
15:5
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
15:6
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٦
And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.1
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "possessed by jinn." ↩
15:7
لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
15:8
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨
We do not send down the angels except with truth;1 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., with a message or, as the conclusion of the verse suggests, to carry out a promised punishment. ↩
15:9
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩
Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
15:10
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٠
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
15:11
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١١
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
15:12
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٢
Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.
15:13
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
15:14
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ ١٤
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
15:15
لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ١٥
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."