An-Nahl 16:33
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هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٣٣
Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
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Commentary on 16:33–42
قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وجَلَّ: ﴿والَّذِينَ هاجَرُوا في اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ ما ظُلِمُوا﴾ يَعْنِي مِن بَعْدِ ما ظَلَمَهم أهْلُ مَكَّةَ حِينَ أخْرَجُوهم إلى الحَبَشَةِ بَعْدَ العَذابِ والإبْعادِ.
﴿لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهم في الدُّنْيا حَسَنَةً﴾ فِيهِ أرْبَعَةُ أقاوِيلَ: أحَدُها: نُزُولُ المَدِينَةِ، قالَهُ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ والشَّعْبِيُّ وقَتادَةُ.
الثّانِي: الرِّزْقُ الحَسَنُ، قالَهُ مُجاهِدٌ.
الثّالِثُ: أنَّهُ النَّصْرُ عَلى عَدُوِّهِمْ، قالَهُ الضَّحّاكُ.
الرّابِعُ: أنَّهُ لِسانُ صِدْقٍ، حَكاهُ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ.
وَيَحْتَمِلُ قَوْلًا خامِسًا: أنَّهُ ما اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهِ مِن فُتُوحِ البِلادِ وصارَ لَهم فِيها مِنَ الوِلاياتِ.
(p-١٨٩)وَيَحْتَمِلُ قَوْلًا سادِسًا: أنَّهُ ما بَقِيَ لَهم في الدُّنْيا مِنَ الثَّناءِ، وما صارَ فِيها لِأوْلادِهِمْ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ.
وَقالَ داوُدُ بْنُ إبْراهِيمَ: نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ في أبِي جَنْدَلِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، وقالَ الكَلْبِيُّ: نَزَلَتْ في بِلالٍ وعَمّارٍ وصُهَيْبٍ وخَبّابِ بْنِ الأرَتِّ عَذَّبَهم أهْلُ مَكَّةَ حَتّى قالُوا لَهم ما أرادُوا في الدُّنْيا، فَلَمّا خَلَّوْهم هاجَرُوا إلى المَدِينَةِ.
وَرُوِيَ أنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كانَ إذا دَفَعَ إلى المُهاجِرِينَ العَطاءَ قالَ: هَذا ما وعَدَكُمُ اللَّهُ في الدُّنْيا، وما خَوَّلَكم في الآخِرَةِ أكْثَرُ، ثُمَّ تَلا عَلَيْهِمْ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ.
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16:27
ثُمَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يُخۡزِيهِمۡ وَيَقُولُ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تُشَٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمۡۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ إِنَّ ٱلۡخِزۡيَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٧
Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -
16:28
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨
The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves,1 and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., having made punishment due to them for their numerous sins and crimes. ↩
16:29
فَٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ أَبۡوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ فَلَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ٢٩
So enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.
16:30
۞ وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡۚ قَالُواْ خَيۡرٗاۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۚ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرٞۚ وَلَنِعۡمَ دَارُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٠
And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -
16:31
جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ يَدۡخُلُونَهَا تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡزِي ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣١
Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous -
16:32
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٢
The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."
16:33
هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٣٣
Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
16:34
فَأَصَابَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٤
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.