An-Nahl 16:98
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فَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ٩٨
So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
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قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿فَإذا قَرَأْتَ القُرْآنَ فاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ الرَّجِيمِ﴾، أظْهَرُ القَوْلَيْنِ في هَذِهِ الآيَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ: أنَّ الكَلامَ عَلى حَذْفِ الإرادَةِ، أيْ: فَإذا أرَدْتَ قِراءَةَ القُرْآنِ فاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ. . الآيَةَ. ولَيْسَ المُرادُ أنَّهُ إذا قَرَأ القُرْآنَ وفَرَغَ مِن قِراءَتِهِ اسْتَعاذَ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ كَما يُفْهَمُ مِن ظاهِرِ الآيَةِ، وذَهَبَ إلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أهْلِ العِلْمِ. والدَّلِيلُ عَلى ما ذَكَرْنا تَكَرُّرُ حَذْفِ الإرادَةِ في القُرْآنِ وفي كَلامِ العَرَبِ لِدَلالَةِ المَقامِ عَلَيْها؛ كَقَوْلِهِ: ﴿ياأيُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إذا قُمْتُمْ إلى الصَّلاةِ﴾ الآيَةَ [المائدة: ٦]، أيْ: أرَدْتُمِ القِيامَ إلَيْها كَما هو ظاهِرٌ. وقَوْلُهُ: ﴿إذا تَناجَيْتُمْ فَلا تَتَناجَوْا بِالإثْمِ﴾ الآيَةَ [المجادلة: ٩]، أيْ: إذْ أرَدْتُمْ أنْ تَتَناجَوْا فَلا تَتَناجَوْا بِالإثْمِ؛ لِأنَّ النَّهْيَ إنَّما هو عَنْ أمْرٍ مُسْتَقْبَلٍ يُرادُ فِعْلُهُ، ولا يَصِحُّ النَّهْيُ عَنْ فِعْلٍ مَضى وانْقَضى كَما هو واضِحٌ.
وَظاهِرُ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ: أنَّ الِاسْتِعاذَةَ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ الرَّجِيمِ واجِبَةٌ عِنْدَ القِراءَةِ؛ لِأنَّ صِيغَةَ افْعَلْ لِلْوُجُوبِ كَما تَقَرَّرَ في الأُصُولِ.
وَقالَ كَثِيرٌ مِن أهْلِ العِلْمِ: إنَّ الأمْرَ في الآيَةِ لِلنَّدْبِ والِاسْتِحْبابِ، وحَكى عَلَيْهِ الإجْماعَ أبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ وغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأئِمَّةِ، وظاهِرُ الآيَةِ أيْضًا: الأمْرُ بِالِاسْتِعاذَةِ عِنْدَ القِراءَةِ في الصَّلاةِ لِعُمُومِ الآيَةِ. والعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعالى.
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16:94
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٩٤
And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh,1 and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
1 translator’s note
- Referring to those who would be dissuaded from Islām as a result of a Muslim's deceit and treachery. ↩
16:95
وَلَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٥
And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.
16:96
مَا عِندَكُمۡ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٖۗ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓاْ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٦
Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
16:97
مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَنُحۡيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةٗ طَيِّبَةٗۖ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٧
Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
16:98
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ٩٨
So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
16:99
إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ سُلۡطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٩٩
Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.
16:100
إِنَّمَا سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكُونَ ١٠٠
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.
16:101
وَإِذَا بَدَّلۡنَآ ءَايَةٗ مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفۡتَرِۭۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠١
And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allāh is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muḥammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.
16:102
قُلۡ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلۡقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَهُدٗى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٠٢
Say, [O Muḥammad], "The Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."