Al-Anbya 21:26
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 324
وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.
1 translator’s note
- Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc. ↩
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﴿وقالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَنُ ولَدًا﴾ حِكايَةٌ لِجِنايَةِ فَرِيقٍ مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ لِإظْهارِ بُطْلانِها وبَيانِ تَنَزُّهِهِ سُبْحانَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إثْرَ بَيانِ تَنَزُّهِهِ جَلّا وعَلا عَنِ الشُّرَكاءِ عَلى الإطْلاقِ وهم حَيٌّ مِن خُزاعَةَ قالُوا المَلائِكَةُ بَناتُ اللَّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. ونَقَلَ الواحِدِيُّ أنَّ قُرَيْشًا وبَعْضَ العَرَبِ جُهَيْنَةَ وبَنِي سَلامَةَ وخُزاعَةَ وبَنِي مَلِيحٍ قالُوا ذَلِكَ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ المُنْذِرِ وابْنُ أبِي حاتِمٍ عَنْ قَتادَةَ قالَ قالَتِ اليَهُودُ إنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وجَلَّ صاهَرَ الجِنَّ فَكانَتْ بَيْنَهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ فَنَزَلَتْ والمَشْهُورُ الأوَّلُ. والآيَةُ مُشَنِّعَةٌ عَلى كُلِّ مَن نَسَبَ إلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ كالنَّصارى القائِلِينَ عِيسى ابْنُ اللَّهِ واليَهُودِ القائِلِينَ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ تَعالى اللَّهُ عَمّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا، والتَّعَرُّضُ لِعُنْوانِ الرَّحْمانِيَّةِ المُنْبِئَةِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ ما سِواهُ تَعالى مَرْبُوبًا لَهُ تَعالى لِإبْرازِ كَمالِ شَناعَةِ مَقالَتِهِمُ الباطِلَةِ ﴿سُبْحانَهُ﴾ أيْ تُنَزِّهُهُ بِالذّاتِ تَنَزُّهَهَ اللّائِقِ بِهِ عَلى أنَّ السُّبْحانَ مَصْدَرُ سَبَّحَ أيْ بَعْدَ أنْ أُسَبِّحَهُ تَسْبِيحَهُ عَلى أنَّهُ عَلَمٌ لِلتَّسْبِيحِ وهو مَقُولٌ عَلى ألْسِنَةِ العِبادِ أوْ سَبِّحُوهُ تَسْبِيحَهُ. وقَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿بَلْ عِبادٌ﴾ إضْرابٌ وإبْطالٌ لِما قالُوا كَأنَّهُ قِيلَ: لَيْسَتِ المَلائِكَةُ كَما قالُوا بَلْ هم عِبادٌ مِن حَيْثُ إنَّهم مَخْلُوقُونَ لَهُ تَعالى فَهم مِلْكُهُ سُبْحانَهُ والوَلَدُ لا يَصِحُّ تَمَلُّكُهُ، وفي قَوْلِهِ تَعالى: ﴿مُكْرَمُونَ﴾ أيْ مُقَرَّبُونَ عِنْدَهُ تَعالى تَنْبِيهٌ عَلى مَنشَأِ غَلَطِهِمْ وقَرَأ عِكْرِمَةُ مُكَرَّمُونَ بِالتَّشْدِيدِ
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21:25
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٢٥
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
21:26
وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.
1 translator’s note
- Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc. ↩
21:27
لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧
They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
21:28
يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٢٨
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,1 and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 20:110. ↩
21:29
۞ وَمَن يَقُلۡ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِلَٰهٞ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩
And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
21:30
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقٗا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٠
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
21:31
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجٗا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣١
And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
21:32
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفٗا مَّحۡفُوظٗاۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣٢
And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,1 are turning away.
1 translator’s note
- The signs present in the heavens. ↩
21:33
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٣٣
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
21:34
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ ٣٤
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
21:35
كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةٗۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٥
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.