Al-Anbya 21:39
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 325
لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٣٩
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1
1 translator’s note
- The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment." ↩
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Commentary on 21:36–40
قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وجَلَّ: ﴿خُلِقَ الإنْسانُ مِن عَجَلٍ﴾ فِيهِ قَوْلانِ: أحَدُهُما: أنَّ المَعْنِيَّ بِالإنْسانِ آدَمُ، فَعَلى هَذا في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿مِن عَجَلٍ﴾ ثَلاثَةُ تَأْوِيلاتٍ: أحَدُها: أيْ مُعَجَّلٍ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ مِن يَوْمِ الجُمُعَةِ وهو آخِرُ الأيّامِ السِّتَّةِ، قالَهُ مُجاهِدٌ والسُّدِّيُّ.
الثّانِي: أنَّهُ سَألَ رَبَّهُ بَعْدَ إكْمالِ صُورَتِهِ ونَفْخِ الرُّوحِ في عَيْنَيْهِ ولِسانِهِ أنْ يُعَجِّلَ إتْمامَ خَلْقِهِ وإجْراءَ الرُّوحِ في جَمِيعِ جَسَدِهِ، قالَهُ الكَلْبِيُّ.
الثّالِثُ: أنَّ مَعْنى ﴿مِن عَجَلٍ﴾ أيْ مِن طِينٍ، ومِنهُ قَوْلُ الشّاعِرِ:(p-٤٤٨)
؎ والنَّبْعُ في الصَّخْرَةِ الصَّمّاءِ مَنبَتُهُ والنَّخْلُ يَنْبُتُ بَيْنَ الماءِ والعَجَلِ
والقَوْلُ الثّانِي: أنَّ المَعْنِيَّ بِالإنْسانِ النّاسُ كُلُّهم، فَعَلى هَذا في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿مِن عَجَلٍ﴾ ثَلاثَةُ تَأْوِيلاتٍ: أحَدُها: يَعْنِي خُلِقَ الإنْسانُ عَجُولًا، قالَهُ قَتادَةُ.
الثّانِي: خُلِقَتِ العَجَلَةُ في الإنْسانِ قالَهُ ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ.
الثّالِثُ: يَعْنِي أنَّهُ خُلِقَ عَلى حُبِّ العَجَلَةِ.
والعَجَلَةُ تَقْدِيمُ الشَّيْءِ قَبْلَ وقْتِهِ، والسُّرْعَةُ تَقْدِيمُهُ في أوَّلِ أوْقاتِهِ.
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21:36
وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٦
And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
21:37
خُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِنۡ عَجَلٖۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ٣٧
Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
21:38
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٨
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
21:39
لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٣٩
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1
1 translator’s note
- The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment." ↩
21:40
بَلۡ تَأۡتِيهِم بَغۡتَةٗ فَتَبۡهَتُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٤٠
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
21:41
وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٤١
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
21:42
قُلۡ مَن يَكۡلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٢
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
21:43
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٞ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ ٤٣
Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
21:44
بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?1 Is it they who will overcome?
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 13:41. ↩
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