An-Nahl 16:36
The Bee · Juz 14 · Page 271
وَلَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ حَقَّتۡ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٦
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
1 translator’s note
- False objects of worship. ↩
Tafsir · in Arabic
Ath-Tha'alibi
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Commentary on 16:36–40
وقوله سبحانه: وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ ... الآية: إِلى قوله: فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يُضِلُّ، وقرأ حمزة والكسائِيُّ وعاصم [[وقرأ الباقون: «فإن الله لا يهدى» بضم الياء وفتح الدال، والمعنى أي: من أضله الله لا يهديه أحد» .
ينظر: «السبعة» (372) ، و «الحجة» (5/ 64) ، و «معاني القراءات» (2/ 79) ، و «إعراب القراءات» (1/ 353) ، و «حجة القراءات» (388) ، و «العنوان» (117) ، و «شرح الطيبة» (4/ 413) ، و «شرح شعلة» (457) ، و «إتحاف» (2/ 184) .]] : «لاَ يَهْدِي» - بفتح الياء وكسر الدال-، وذلك على معنيين: أيْ: إِن اللَّه لا يَهْدِي من قضَى بإِضلاله، والمعنى الثاني: أنَّ العربَ تقُولُ: هَدَى الرَّجُلُ، بمعنى اهتدى.
وقوله سبحانه: وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمانِهِمْ لاَ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُ: الضمير في أَقْسَمُوا لكفَّار قريش، ثم رَدَّ اللَّه تعالى عليهم بقوله: بَلى، فأوجب بذلك البعث، وأَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ في هذه الآية: الكفَّار المكذِّبون بالبَعْث.
وقوله سبحانه: لِيُبَيِّنَ: التقدير: بلى يبعثه ليبيِّن لهم الذي يَخْتَلِفُونَ فيه.
وقوله سبحانه: إِنَّما قَوْلُنا لِشَيْءٍ إِذا أَرَدْناهُ ... الآية: المَقْصَدُ بهذه الآية إِعلامُ مُنْكِرِي البَعْث بِهَوَانِ أمره على اللَّه تعالى، وقُرْبِهِ في قُدْرته، لا ربِّ غيره.
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16:35
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖ نَّحۡنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ فَهَلۡ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٣٥
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
16:36
وَلَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ حَقَّتۡ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٦
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
1 translator’s note
- False objects of worship. ↩
16:37
إِن تَحۡرِصۡ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَن يُضِلُّۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٣٧
[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray,1 and they will have no helpers.
1 translator’s note
- As a result of their choice to reject guidance. ↩
16:38
وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَا يَبۡعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُۚ بَلَىٰ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡهِ حَقّٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٨
And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
16:39
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰذِبِينَ ٣٩
[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.
16:40
إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٠
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
16:41
وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗۖ وَلَأَجۡرُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤١
And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allāh after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.
16:42
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٤٢
[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.