Al-Anbya 21:52
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 326
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
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As-Samin al-Halabi
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Commentary on 21:52
قوله: {إِذْ قَالَ} : يجوزُ أن يكونَ منصوباً ب «آتَيْنا» أو ب «رُشْدَه» أو بعالِمين أو بمضمر أي: اذكر وقت قوله. وجَوَّز أبو البقاء فيه أن يكونَ بدلاً من موضع قبلُ أي: إنه يَحُلُّ مَحَلَّه فيَصِحُّ المعنى، إذ يصير التقديرُ: ولقد آتَيْناه رُشْدَه إذ قال. وهو بعيدٌ من المعنى بهذا التقديرِ.
قوله: {لَهَا} قيل: اللامُ للعلةِ أي: عاكفون لأجلها. وقيل: بمعنى على أي: عاكفون عليها. وقيل: ضَمَّنَ «عاكفون» معنى عابِدين فلذلك أتى باللام. وقال أبو البقاء: وقيل: أفادت معنى الاختصاصِ. وقال الزمخشري: «لم يَنْوِ للعاكفين محذوفاً» ، وأَجْراه مُجْرى ما لا يَتَعدَّى كقوله: فاعِلون العكوفَ «. قلت: الأَولى أن تكونَ اللامُ للتعليل، وصلةُ» عاكفون «محذوفة أي: عاكفون عليها لأجلها لا لشيءٍ آخرَ.
والتماثيل: جمع تِمْثال، وهو الصورةُ المصنوعةُ من رُخامٍ أو نحاسٍ أو خَشَبٍ، يُشَبَّه بخَلْقِ الآدميِّ وغيرِه من الحيوانات. قال امرؤ القيس:
3349 - فيا رُبَّ يومٍ قد لَهَوْتُ وليلةٍ ... بآنِسَةٍ كأنَّها خَطُّ تمثالِ
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21:45
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلۡوَحۡيِۚ وَلَا يَسۡمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ٤٥
Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
21:46
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةٞ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٤٦
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
21:47
وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةٖ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ ٤٧
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed,1 We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., anything as small or insignificant as a mustard seed. ↩
21:48
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِيَآءٗ وَذِكۡرٗا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder1 for the righteous
1 translator’s note
- These are three qualities of the Torah. ↩
21:49
ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٤٩
Who fear their Lord unseen,1 while they are of the Hour apprehensive.
1 translator’s note
- Which can mean "Him being unseen" by them or "though they are unseen" by others. ↩
21:50
وَهَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٠
And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., pretending ignorance, disapproving or refusing to acknowledge it? ↩
21:51
۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ ٥١
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,1 and We were of him well-Knowing
1 translator’s note
- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth. ↩
21:52
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
21:53
قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٥٣
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
21:54
قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٤
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
21:55
قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ ٥٥
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
21:56
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٦
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
21:57
وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٧
And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."