Al-Kahf 18:55
The Cave · Juz 15 · Page 300
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ قُبُلٗا ٥٥
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples1 or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
1 translator’s note
- Who denied the truth brought by Allāh's messengers. ↩
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القَوْلُ في تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِهِ تَعالى:
[٥٥] ﴿وما مَنَعَ النّاسَ أنْ يُؤْمِنُوا إذْ جاءَهُمُ الهُدى ويَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهم إلا أنْ تَأْتِيَهم سُنَّةُ الأوَّلِينَ أوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ العَذابُ قُبُلا﴾ .
﴿وما مَنَعَ النّاسَ﴾ أيْ: أهْلَ مَكَّةَ الَّذِينَ حُكِيَتْ أباطِيلُهم وكُلَّ مَن شاكَلَهُمْ: ﴿أنْ يُؤْمِنُوا﴾ أيْ: مِن أنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ تَعالى ويَتْرُكُوا الشِّرْكَ: ﴿إذْ جاءَهُمُ الهُدى﴾ أيِ: القُرْآنُ والحَقُّ الواضِحُ النَّيِّرُ: ﴿ويَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُمْ﴾ أيْ: عَنِ المَعاصِي السّالِفَةِ: ﴿إلا أنْ تَأْتِيَهم سُنَّةُ الأوَّلِينَ﴾ أيْ: طَلَبُ إتْيانِها، أوِ انْتِظارُ إتْيانِها، وهي عَذابُ الِاسْتِئْصالِ: ﴿أوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ العَذابُ قُبُلا﴾ أيْ: يَرَوْنَهُ عَيانًا ومُواجَهَةً، وهو عَذابُ الآخِرَةِ. أوْ أعَمُّ. والقُبُلُ بِضَمَّتَيْنِ بِمَعْنى العِيانِ كَما في قِراءَةِ (قِبَلًا) بِكَسْرِ القافِ وفَتْحِ الباءِ. أوْ (قُبُلًا) بِمَعْنى: أنْواعًا مُتَنَوِّعَةً جَمْعُ (قُبَيْلٍ) وقُرِئَ بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ أيْ: مُسْتَقْبَلًا. وقَوْلُهُ تَعالى:
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18:54
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَكۡثَرَ شَيۡءٖ جَدَلٗا ٥٤
And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.
18:55
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ قُبُلٗا ٥٥
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples1 or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
1 translator’s note
- Who denied the truth brought by Allāh's messengers. ↩
18:56
وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۚ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ لِيُدۡحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِي وَمَآ أُنذِرُواْ هُزُوٗا ٥٦
And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.
18:57
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُۚ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۖ وَإِن تَدۡعُهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهۡتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدٗا ٥٧
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.
18:58
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوۡعِدٞ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوۡئِلٗا ٥٨
And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
18:59
وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَعَلۡنَا لِمَهۡلِكِهِم مَّوۡعِدٗا ٥٩
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
18:60
وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبۡرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَمۡضِيَ حُقُبٗا ٦٠
And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."
18:61
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجۡمَعَ بَيۡنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ سَرَبٗا ٦١
But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.