Al-Isra 17:69
The Night Journey · Juz 15 · Page 289
أَمۡ أَمِنتُمۡ أَن يُعِيدَكُمۡ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ فَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ قَاصِفٗا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغۡرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرۡتُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعٗا ٦٩
Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into it [i.e., the sea] another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied?1 Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.2
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﴿أمْ أمِنتُمْ﴾؛ إنْ جاوَزَتْ بِكُمُ الغَباوَةُ حَدَّها؛ فَلَمْ تُجَوِّزُوا ذَلِكَ؛ ﴿أنْ يُعِيدَكم فِيهِ﴾؛ أيْ: البَحْرِ؛ بِما لَنا مِنَ العَظَمَةِ؛ الَّتِي تَضْطَرُّكم إلى ذَلِكَ؛ فَتُقِرُّكم عَلَيْهِ؛ وإنْ كَرِهْتُمْ؛ ﴿تارَةً أُخْرى﴾؛ بِأسْبابٍ تَضْطَرُّكم إلى ذَلِكَ؛ ﴿فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾؛ أيْ: بِما لَنا مِن صِفَةِ الجَلالِ؛ ﴿قاصِفًا﴾؛ وهو الكاسِرُ بِشِدَّةٍ؛ ﴿مِنَ الرِّيحِ﴾؛ كَما عَهِدْتُمْ أمْثالَهُ يا مَن وقَفَتْ أفْكارُهم مَعَ المَحْسُوساتِ؛ فَرَضُوا بِذَلِكَ أنْ يَكُونُوا كالبَهائِمِ؛ لا يَفْهَمُونَ إلّا الجُزْئِيّاتِ المُشاهَداتِ؛ ﴿فَيُغْرِقَكُمْ﴾؛ أيْ: في البَحْرِ؛ الَّذِي أعَدْناكم فِيهِ؛ لِعَظَمَتِنا؛ ﴿بِما كَفَرْتُمْ﴾؛ كَما يَفْعَلُ (p-٤٧٥)أحَدُكم إذا ظَفِرَ بِمَن كَفَرَ إحْسانَهُ؛ ﴿ثُمَّ لا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ﴾؛ وإنْ أمْعَنْتُمْ في الطَّلَبِ؛ وطالَتْ أزَمانُكم في إتْقانِ السَّبَبِ؛ ولَمّا كانَ إطْلاقُ النَّفْيِ في خِتامِ الآيَةِ الماضِيَةِ - وإنْ كانَ لِإرادَةِ التَّعْمِيمِ - يُحْتَمَلُ أنْ يُدَّعى تَقْيِيدُهُ بِما يُخالِفُ المُرادَ؛ وكانَ المَقْصُودُ هُنا التَّخْوِيفَ بِسَطْوَتِهِ - سُبْحانَهُ -؛ تارَةً بِالخَسْفِ؛ وتارَةً بِغَيْرِهِ؛ قَيَّدَ بِما عَيَّنَ المُرادَ؛ وقَدَّمَ قَوْلَهُ (تَعالى): ﴿عَلَيْنا﴾؛ دَلالَةً عَلى باهِرِ العَظَمَةِ؛ ﴿بِهِ﴾؛ أيْ: بِما فَعَلْنا بِكُمْ؛ ﴿تَبِيعًا﴾؛ أيْ: مُطالِبًا يُطالِبُنا بِهِ.
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17:67
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدۡعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ أَعۡرَضۡتُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا ٦٧
And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.
17:68
أَفَأَمِنتُمۡ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمۡ جَانِبَ ٱلۡبَرِّ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ وَكِيلًا ٦٨
Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.
17:69
أَمۡ أَمِنتُمۡ أَن يُعِيدَكُمۡ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ فَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ قَاصِفٗا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغۡرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرۡتُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعٗا ٦٩
Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into it [i.e., the sea] another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied?1 Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.2
17:70
۞ وَلَقَدۡ كَرَّمۡنَا بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٖ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَا تَفۡضِيلٗا ٧٠
And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.
17:71
يَوۡمَ نَدۡعُواْ كُلَّ أُنَاسِۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمۡۖ فَمَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَقۡرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمۡ وَلَا يُظۡلَمُونَ فَتِيلٗا ٧١
[Mention, O Muḥammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds].1 Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed].
1 translator’s note
- Other meanings are "with their leader" or "with that which they had followed." ↩
17:72
وَمَن كَانَ فِي هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعۡمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَعۡمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلٗا ٧٢
And whoever is blind1 in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., refusing to see the truth. ↩
17:73
وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَفۡتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ لِتَفۡتَرِيَ عَلَيۡنَا غَيۡرَهُۥۖ وَإِذٗا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلٗا ٧٣
And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.
17:74
وَلَوۡلَآ أَن ثَبَّتۡنَٰكَ لَقَدۡ كِدتَّ تَرۡكَنُ إِلَيۡهِمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا قَلِيلًا ٧٤
And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.
17:75
إِذٗا لَّأَذَقۡنَٰكَ ضِعۡفَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعۡفَ ٱلۡمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيۡنَا نَصِيرٗا ٧٥
Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.