Al-Anbya 21:95
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 330
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return1
1 translator’s note
- They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh. ↩
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القَوْلُ في تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِهِ تَعالى:
[٩٥] ﴿وحَرامٌ عَلى قَرْيَةٍ أهْلَكْناها أنَّهم لا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ .
﴿وحَرامٌ عَلى قَرْيَةٍ أهْلَكْناها أنَّهم لا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ أيْ: وحَرامٌ عَلى أهْلِ قَرْيَةٍ فَسَقُوا عَنْ أمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ، فَأهْلَكَهم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ، أنْ يَرْجِعُوا إلى أهْلِهِمْ، كَقَوْلِهِ تَعالى: ﴿ألَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أهْلَكْنا قَبْلَهم مِنَ القُرُونِ أنَّهم إلَيْهِمْ لا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ [يس: ٣١] وقَوْلِهِ: ﴿فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً ولا إلى أهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ [يس: ٥٠] وزِيادَةُ (لا) هُنا لِتَأْكِيدِ مَعْنى النَّفْيِ مِن (حَرامٍ) وهَذا مِن أسالِيبِ التَّنْزِيلِ البَدِيعَةِ البالِغَةِ النِّهايَةَ في الدِّقَّةِ. وسِرُّ الإخْبارِ بِعَدَمِ الرُّجُوعِ مَعَ وُضُوحِهِ، هو الصَّدْعُ بِما يُزْعِجُهم ويُؤْسِفُهم ويُلَوِّعُهم مِنَ الهَلاكِ المُؤَبَّدِ، وفَواتِ أُمْنِيَتِهِمُ الكُبْرى، وهي حَياتُهُمُ الدُّنْيا. وجَعَلَ أبُو مُسْلِمٍ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ مِن تَتِمَّةِ ما قَبْلَها، و(لا) فِيها عَلى بابِها. وهي مَعَ (حَرامٍ) مِن قَبِيلِ نَفْيِ النَّفْيِ. فَيَدُلُّ عَلى الإثْباتِ. والمَعْنى: وحَرامٌ عَلى القَرْيَةِ المُهْلَكَةِ، عَدَمُ رُجُوعِها إلى الآخِرَةِ. بَلْ واجِبٌ رُجُوعُها لِلْجَزاءِ. فَيَكُونُ الغَرَضُ إبْطالُ قَوْلِ مَن يُنْكِرُ البَعْثَ. وتَحْقِيقُ ما تَقَدَّمَ أنَّهُ لا كُفْرانَ لِسَعْيِ أحَدٍ. وأنَّهُ سُبْحانَهُ سَيُحْيِيهِ، وبِعَمَلِهِ يَجْزِيهِ. واللَّفْظُ الكَرِيمُ يَحْتَمِلُهُ ويَتَّضِحُ فِيهِ. إلّا أنَّ الأوَّلَ لِرِعايَةِ النَّظائِرِ مِنَ الآيِ أوْلى. وأمّا ذِكْرُ سِواهُما، فَلا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ السِّياقُ ولا النَّظِيرُ. وفِيهِ ما يُخِلُّ بِالبَلاغَةِ مِنَ التَّعْقِيدِ وفَواتِ سَلاسَةِ التَّعْبِيرِ.
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21:91
وَٱلَّتِيٓ أَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا وَٱبۡنَهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩١
And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
21:92
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٩٢
Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,1 and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., a collective way of life or course of conduct followed by a community. ↩
21:93
وَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَٰجِعُونَ ٩٣
And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,1 [but] all to Us will return.
1 translator’s note
- Becoming sects and denominations. ↩
21:94
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ ٩٤
So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,1 and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.
1 translator’s note
- Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward. ↩
21:95
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return1
1 translator’s note
- They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh. ↩
21:96
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَمَأۡجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٖ يَنسِلُونَ ٩٦
Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
21:97
وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٩٧
And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
21:98
إِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ ٩٨
Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
21:99
لَوۡ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةٗ مَّا وَرَدُوهَاۖ وَكُلّٞ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٩٩
Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
21:100
لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرٞ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ١٠٠
For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
21:101
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَنۡهَا مُبۡعَدُونَ ١٠١
Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.