بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Anbya 21:3
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 322
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]?"
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﴿لاهِيَةً﴾ حالٌ مِن ضَمِيرِ يَلْعَبُونَ أوْ وهم يَلْعَبُونَ ولاهِيَةً حالانِ مِنَ الضَمِيرِ في اسْتَمَعُوهُ ومَن قَرَأ "لاهِيَةٌ" بِالرَفْعِ يَكُونُ خَبَرًا بَعْدَ خَبَرٍ لِقَوْلِهِ وهم، وارْتَفَعَتْ ﴿قُلُوبُهُمْ﴾ بِ"لاهِيَةً" وهي مِن: لَها عَنْهُ، إذا ذَهَلَ وغَفَلَ والمَعْنى: قُلُوبُهم غافِلَةٌ عَمّا يُرادُ بِها ومِنها قالَ أبُو بَكْرٍ الوَرّاقُ القَلْبُ اللاهِي المَشْغُولُ بِزِينَةِ الدُنْيا وزَهْرَتِها والغافِلُ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ وأهْوالِها ﴿وَأسَرُّوا﴾ وبالَغُوا في إخْفاءِ ﴿النَجْوى﴾ وهي اسْمٌ مِنَ التَناجِي ثُمَّ أُبْدِلَ ﴿الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا﴾ مِن واوِ وأسَرُّوا إيذانًا بِأنَّهُمُ المَوْسُومُونَ بِالظُلْمِ فِيما أسَرُّوا بِهِ أوْ جاءَ عَلى لُغَةِ مَن قالَ: أكَلُونِي البَراغِيثُ أوْ هو مَجْرُورُ المَحَلِّ لِكَوْنِهِ صِفَةً أوْ بَدَلًا مِنَ الناسِ أوْ هو مَنصُوبُ المَحَلِّ عَلى الذَمِّ أوْ هو مُبْتَدَأٌ خَبَرُهُ "أسَرُّوا النَجْوى" فَقُدِّمَ عَلَيْهِ أيْ: والَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أسَرُّوا النَجْوى ﴿هَلْ هَذا إلا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكم أفَتَأْتُونَ السِحْرَ وأنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ﴾ هَذا الكَلامُ كُلُّهُ في مَحَلِّ نَصْبٍ بَدَلٌ "مِنَ النَجْوى" أيْ: وأسَرُّوا هَذا الحَدِيثَ ويَجُوزُ أنْ يَتَعَلَّقَ بِقالُوا مُضْمَرًا والمَعْنى: أنَّهُمُ اعْتَقَدُوا أنَّ الرَسُولَ لا يَكُونُ إلّا مَلَكًا وأنَّ كُلَّ مَنِ ادَّعى الرِسالَةَ مِنَ البَشَرِ وجاءَ بِالمُعْجِزَةِ فَهو ساحِرٌ ومُعْجِزَتُهُ سِحْرٌ فَلِذَلِكَ قالُوا عَلى سَبِيلِ الإنْكارِ أفَتْحْضُرُونَ السِحْرَ وأنْتُمْ تُشاهِدُونَ تُعايِنُونَ أنَّهُ سِحْرٌ.
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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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