An-Nahl 16:112
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وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١١٢
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
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Commentary on 16:112
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَضرب الله مثلا قَرْيَة كَانَت آمِنَة مطمئنة﴾ الْآيَة. أَكثر أهل التَّفْسِير: أَن الْقرْيَة هَا هُنَا هِيَ مَكَّة - وَقَوله: ﴿يَأْتِيهَا رزقها رغدا من كل مَكَان﴾ هُوَ معنى قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وارزقهم من الثمرات﴾ .
وَقَوله: ﴿فكفرت بأنعم الله﴾ الأنعم: جمع النِّعْمَة. وَقَوله: ﴿فأذاقها الله لِبَاس الْجُوع وَالْخَوْف﴾ ذكر الذَّوْق، لِأَن المُرَاد من لِبَاس الْجُوع وَالْخَوْف التعذيب، ويستقيم أَن يُقَال فِي التعذيب: ذُقْ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿ذُقْ إِنَّك أَنْت الْعَزِيز الْكَرِيم﴾ .
وَالْمعْنَى: أَن الْعَذَاب يَتَجَدَّد إِدْرَاكه كل سَاعَة كالذوق.
رُوِيَ أَن الله تَعَالَى سلط عَلَيْهِم الْقَحْط سبع سِنِين حَتَّى أكلُوا (الطَّعَام) الْمُحْتَرِقَة وَالْعِلْهِز، وَهُوَ الْوَبر بِالدَّمِ، حَتَّى كَانَ ينظر أحدهم إِلَى السَّمَاء فَيرى كشبه الدُّخان من الْجُوع ".
﴿وَالْخَوْف﴾ هُوَ الْخَوْف من الْقَتْل، وَمن سَرَايَا النَّبِي.
وَالْمرَاد من الْقرْيَة: أهل الْقرْيَة، وَهُوَ مثل قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿واسأل الْقرْيَة﴾ وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْله: ﴿آمِنَة﴾ أَي: آمن أَهلهَا، وَكَذَلِكَ مطمئنة.
وَفِي الْآيَة قَول آخر: وَهُوَ أَنه كل بلد من بلدان الْكفَّار.
وَفِي الْآيَة قَول ثَالِث: وَهُوَ أَنَّهَا الْمَدِينَة، وكفران أَهلهَا بأنعم الله هُوَ مَا فعلوا بعد النَّبِي من قتل عُثْمَان، وَمَا يعقبه من الْأُمُور، وَهُوَ قَول ضَعِيف. وَأما ذكر اللبَاس فِي الْآيَة، فَلِأَن من جَاع لحقه من الهزال والشحوب والتغير مَا يزِيد ظَاهره عَمَّا كَانَ من قبل؛ فَجعل ذَلِك كاللباس لجلوده.
وَقَوله: ﴿بِمَا كَانُوا يصنعون﴾ أَي: يكفرون.
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16:111
۞ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١١١
On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
16:112
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١١٢
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
16:113
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١١٣
And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.
16:114
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلٗا طَيِّبٗا وَٱشۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ١١٤
Then eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allāh, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
16:115
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحۡمَ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۖ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١٥
He has only forbidden to you dead animals,1 blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
1 translator’s note
- Those not slaughtered or hunted expressly for food. ↩
16:116
وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٞ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٞ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ ١١٦
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.
16:117
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١٧
[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.
16:118
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٨
And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before.1 And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
1 translator’s note
- See 6:146. ↩