Al-Anbya 21:20
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 323
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
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Ibn 'Atiyya
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Commentary on 21:19–20
(p-١٥٨)قوله عزّ وجلّ:
﴿وَلَهُ مَن في السَماواتِ والأرْضِ ومَن عِنْدَهُ لا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عن عِبادَتِهِ ولا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ﴾ ﴿يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَيْلَ والنَهارَ لا يَفْتُرُونَ﴾
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: "وَلَهُ" يَحْتَمِلُ أنْ يَكُونَ ابْتِداءَ كَلامٍ، ويَحْتَمِلُ أنْ يَكُونَ مُعادِلًا لِقَوْلِهِ: "وَلَكُمُ الوَيْلُ"، كَأنَّهُ تَقْسِيمُ الأمْرِ في نَفْسِهِ، أيْ: لِلْمُخْتَلِقِينَ هَذِهِ المَقالَةَ الوَيْلُ ولَهُ تَعالى مَن في السَماواتِ والأرْضِ، واللامُ في "لَهُ" لامُ المِلْكِ، و﴿مَن في السَماواتِ والأرْضِ﴾ يَعُمُ المَلائِكَةَ والنَبِيِّينَ وغَيْرَهُمْ، ثُمْ خَصَّصَ مِن هَذا العُمُومِ مَن أرادَ تَشْرِيفَهُ مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ بِقَوْلِهِ: "وَمَن عِنْدَهُ"؛ لِأنَّ "عِنْدَ" هُنا لَيْسَتْ في المَسافاتِ، وإنَّما هي تَشْرِيفٌ في المَنزِلَةِ، فَوَصَفَهم تَعالى بِأنَّهم لا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عن عِبادَةِ اللهِ، ولا يَسْأمُونَها ولا يَكِلُّونَ فِيها. و"الحَسِيرُ" مِنَ الإبِلِ: المُعْيِي، ومِنهُ قَوْلُ الشاعِرِ:
؎ هُنَّ الوَجى كَمْ كُنَّ عَوْنًا عَلى النَوى ولا زالَ مِنها ضالِعٌ وحَسِيرُ
و"حَسَرَ" و"اسْتَحْسَرَ" بِمَعْنًى واحِدٍ، وهَذا مَوْجُودٌ في كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الأفْعالِ، وإنْ كانَ في اسْتَفْعَلَ لِطَلَبِ الشَيْءِ.
وقَوْلُهُ تَعالى: "لا يَفْتُرُونَ"، رُوِيَ عن كَعْبِ الأحْبارِ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعالى أنَّهُ قالَ: جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُمُ التَسْبِيحَ كالنَفَسِ وطَرْفِ العَيْنِ لِلْبَشَرِ، يَقَعُ مِنهم دائِمًا دُونَ أنْ تَلْحَقُهم فِيهِ سَآمَةٌ، وقالَ قَتادَةُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: «ذُكِرَ لَنا أنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَما هو جالِسٌ مَعَ أصْحابِهِ إذْ قالَ: "تَسْمَعُونَ ما أسْمَعُ؟ " قالُوا: ما نَسْمَعُ مِن شَيْءٍ يا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قالَ: "إنِّي لَأسْمَعُ أطِيطَ السَماءِ، وحُقَّ لَها أنْ تَئِطَّ، لَيْسَ فِيها مَوْضِعُ راحَةٍ إلّا وفِيها مَلَكٌ ساجِدٌ أو قائِمْ"».
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21:11
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ١١
And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing. ↩
21:12
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
21:13
لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٣
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1
1 translator’s note
- About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule. ↩
21:14
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ١٤
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
21:15
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ ١٥
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
21:16
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ١٦
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
21:17
لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوٗا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٧
Had We intended to take a diversion,1 We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
1 translator’s note
- Such as a wife or a child. ↩
21:18
بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٞۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2
21:19
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
21:20
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
21:21
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ ٢١
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
21:22
لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٢٢
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
21:23
لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَهُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٢٣
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
21:24
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِيۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٤
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
1 translator’s note
- All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone. ↩