Al-Isra 17:41
The Night Journey · Juz 15 · Page 286
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورٗا ٤١
And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.
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﴿ولَقَدْ صَرَّفْنا﴾ مِنَ التَّصْرِيفِ وهو كَثْرَةُ صَرْفِ الشَّيْءِ مِن حالٍ إلى حالِ، ومَفْعُولُهُ هُنا مَحْذُوفٌ لِلْعِلْمِ بِهِ؛ أيْ: صَرَّفْناهُ أيْ هَذا المَعْنى والمُرادُ عَبَّرْنا عَنْهُ بِعِباراتٍ وقَرَّرْناهُ بِوُجُوهٍ مِنَ التَّقْرِيراتِ ﴿فِي هَذا القُرْآنِ﴾ العَظِيمِ أيْ: في مَواضِعَ مِنهُ، فالمُرادُ بِالقُرْآنِ مَجْمُوعُ التَّنْزِيلِ، وجُوِّزَ أنْ يُرادَ بِهِ البَعْضُ المُشْتَمِلُ عَلى إبْطالِ إضافَةَ البَناتِ إلَيْهِ سُبْحانَهُ ومَفْعُولُ ﴿صَرَّفْنا﴾ مَحْذُوفٌ أيْضًا؛ أيْ: صَرَّفْنا القَوْلَ المُشْتَمِلَ عَلى إبْطالِ الإضافَةِ المَذْكُورَةِ في هَذا المَعْنى، وإيقاعُ القُرْآنِ عَلى المَعْنى وجَعْلُهُ ظَرْفًا لِلْقَوْلِ إمّا بِإطْلاقِ اسْمِ المَحَلِّ عَلى الحالِ لِما اشْتُهِرَ أنَّ الألْفاظَ قَوالِبُ المَعانِي أوْ بِالعَكْسِ كَما يُقالُ: البابُ الفُلانِيُّ في كَذا، وهَذِهِ الآيَةُ في تَحْرِيمِ كَذا، أيْ: في بَيانِهِ، ويَجُوزُ تَنْزِيلُ الفِعْلِ مَنزِلَةَ اللّازِمِ وتَعْدِيَتُهُ بِفي كَما في قَوْلِهِ: يَجْرَحُ في عَراقِيبِها نَصْلِي.
أيْ: أوْقَعْنا التَّصْرِيفَ فِيهِ. وقُرِئَ: «صَرَفْنا» بِالتَّخْفِيفِ والصَّرْفُ كالتَّصْرِيفِ إلّا في التَّكْثِيرِ.
﴿لِيَذَّكَّرُوا﴾ أيْ: لِيَتَذَكَّرُوا ويَتَّعِظُوا ويَطْمَئِنُّوا لَهُ؛ فَإنَّ
صفحة 82
التَّكْرارَ يَقْتَضِي الإذْعانَ واطْمِئْنانَ النَّفْسِ.
﴿وما يَزِيدُهُمْ﴾ ذَلِكَ التَّصْرِيفُ ﴿إلا نُفُورًا﴾ عَنِ الحَقِّ وإعْراضًا عَنْهُ وهو تَعْكِيسٌ. وقَرَأ حَمْزَةُ والكِسائِيُّ هُنا وفِي: ﴿لِيَذَّكَّرُوا﴾ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ الَّذِي هو بِمَعْنى التَّذَكُّرِ ضِدُّ النِّسْيانِ والغَفْلَةِ، والتَّذَكُّرُ عَلى القِراءَةِ الأوْلى بِمَعْنى الِاتِّعاظِ كَما أُشِيرَ إلَيْهِ، والِالتِفاتُ إلى الغَيْبَةِ لِلْإيذانِ بِاقْتِضاءِ الحالِ أنْ يُعْرِضَ عَنْهم ويَحْكِيَ لِلسّامِعِينَ هَناتَهم.
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17:39
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةِۗ وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلۡقَىٰ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومٗا مَّدۡحُورًا ٣٩
That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.
17:40
أَفَأَصۡفَىٰكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٤٠
Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
17:41
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورٗا ٤١
And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.
17:42
قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٞ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذٗا لَّٱبۡتَغَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ سَبِيلٗا ٤٢
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."1
1 translator’s note
- To please Him, recognizing His superiority. Another interpretation is "...they would seek a way" to depose Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) and take over His Throne. ↩
17:43
سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٤٣
Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.
17:44
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبۡعُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفۡقَهُونَ تَسۡبِيحَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا ٤٤
The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing1 and Forgiving.
1 translator’s note
- Refer to footnote in 2:225. ↩
17:45
وَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ جَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حِجَابٗا مَّسۡتُورٗا ٤٥
And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.1
1 translator’s note
- Preventing guidance from reaching them. ↩
17:46
وَجَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرۡتَ رَبَّكَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَلَّوۡاْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَٰرِهِمۡ نُفُورٗا ٤٦
And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.
17:47
نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَسۡتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذۡ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِذۡ هُمۡ نَجۡوَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلٗا مَّسۡحُورًا ٤٧
We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
17:48
ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٤٨
Look how they strike for you comparisons;1 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
1 translator’s note
- Describing the Prophet (ﷺ) as a poet, a madman or one under the influence of sorcery. ↩
17:49
وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدٗا ٤٩
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"