بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Anbya 21:2
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 322
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
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Commentary on 21:1–3
﴿اقْتَرَبَ﴾ ماض ﴿لِلنَّاسِ﴾ متعلقان باقترب ﴿حِسابُهُمْ﴾ فاعل والجملة مستأنفة ﴿وَهُمْ﴾ الواو حالية وهم مبتدأ ﴿فِي غَفْلَةٍ﴾ متعلقان بمعرضون ﴿مُعْرِضُونَ﴾ خبر والجملة حالية ﴿ما﴾ نافية ﴿يَأْتِيهِمْ﴾ مضارع ومفعوله ﴿مِنْ﴾ حرف جر زائد ﴿ذِكْرٍ﴾ اسم مجرور لفظا مرفوع محلا فاعل والجملة مستأنفة ﴿مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ﴾ متعلقان بصفة لذكر ﴿مُحْدَثٍ﴾ صفة ثانية ﴿إِلَّا﴾ أداة حصر ﴿اسْتَمَعُوهُ﴾ ماض وفاعله ومفعوله والجملة حالية ﴿وَهُمْ﴾ الواو حالية وهم مبتدأ ﴿يَلْعَبُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة خبر هم وجملة المبتدأ والخبر في محل نصب على الحال ﴿لاهِيَةً﴾ حال من الواو في يلعبون ﴿قُلُوبُهُمْ﴾ فاعل لاهية ﴿وَأَسَرُّوا﴾ الواو عاطفة وأسروا ماض وفاعله ﴿النَّجْوَى﴾ مفعول به ﴿الَّذِينَ﴾ اسم موصول بدل من فاعل أسروا والجملة معطوفة ﴿ظَلَمُوا﴾ ماض وفاعل والجملة صلة ﴿هَلْ﴾ اسم استفهام ﴿هذا﴾ مبتدأ ﴿إِلَّا﴾ أداة حصر ﴿بَشَرٌ﴾ خبر ﴿مِثْلُكُمْ﴾ صفة والكاف مضاف إليه والجملة مستأنفة ﴿أَفَتَأْتُونَ﴾ الهمزة للاستفهام والفاء عاطفة ومضارع وفاعله ﴿السِّحْرَ﴾ مفعول به والجملة مستأنفة ﴿وَأَنْتُمْ﴾ مبتدأ والواو حالية ﴿تُبْصِرُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة خبر المبتدأ والجملة الاسمية حالية.
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21:1
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
21:2
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
21:3
لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
21:4
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٤
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
21:5
بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٞ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٖ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٥
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
21:6
مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,1 so will they believe?
1 translator’s note
- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles. ↩
21:7
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
21:8
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].
1 translator’s note
- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes. ↩
21:9
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٩
Then1 We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
1 translator’s note
- Once they had conveyed the message. ↩
21:10
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?
1 translator’s note
- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder." ↩
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