Al-Hajj 22:70
The Pilgrimage · Juz 17 · Page 340
أَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٧٠
Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record.1 Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.
1 translator’s note
- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh. ↩
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قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿ألَمْ تَعْلَمْ﴾ الآيَةَ.
أخْرَجَ ابْنُ أبِي حاتِمٍ، وابْنُ مَرْدُوَيْهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ قالَ: خَلَقَ اللَّهُ اللَّوْحَ المَحْفُوظَ لِمَسِيرَةِ مِائَةِ عامٍ وقالَ: لِلْقَلَمِ قَبْلَ أنْ يَخْلُقَ الخَلْقَ وهو عَلى العَرْشِ: اكْتُبْ. قالَ: ما أكْتُبُ؟ قالَ: عِلْمِي في خَلْقِي إلى يَوْمِ تَقُومُ السّاعَةُ. فَجَرى القَلَمُ بِما هو كائِنٌ في عِلْمِ اللَّهِ إلى يَوْمِ القِيامَةِ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: ﴿ألَمْ تَعْلَمْ أنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ ما في السَّماءِ والأرْضِ﴾ يَعْنِي: ما في السَّماواتِ السَّبْعِ والأرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ: ﴿إنَّ ذَلِكَ﴾ العِلْمَ: ﴿فِي كِتابٍ﴾ يَعْنِي: في اللَّوْحِ المَحْفُوظِ مَكْتُوبٌ قَبْلَ أنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّماواتِ والأرَضِينَ: ﴿إنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ﴾ يَعْنِي: هَيِّنٌ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ مَرْدُوَيْهِ عَنْ أنَسٍ: أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قالَ: «سَيُفْتَحُ عَلى أُمَّتِي بابٌ مِنَ القَدَرِ في آخِرِ الزَّمانِ لا يَسُدُّهُ شَيْءٌ، ويَكْفِيكم مِن ذَلِكَ أنْ تَقُولُوا: ﴿ألَمْ تَعْلَمْ أنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ ما في السَّماءِ والأرْضِ إنَّ ذَلِكَ في كِتابٍ إنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ﴾ [الحج»: ٧٠] .
(p-٥٣٩)وأخْرَجَ اللّالَكائِيُّ في ”السُّنَّةِ“ مِن طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمانَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ القُرَشِيِّ مَرْفُوعًا مُرْسَلًا مِثْلَهُ.
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22:65
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَيُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٥
Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
22:66
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ ٦٦
And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.
22:67
لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةٖ جَعَلۡنَا مَنسَكًا هُمۡ نَاسِكُوهُۖ فَلَا يُنَٰزِعُنَّكَ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِۚ وَٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَۖ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدٗى مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٦٧
For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muḥammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance.
22:68
وَإِن جَٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٨
And if they dispute with you, then say, "Allāh is most knowing of what you do.
22:69
ٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٦٩
Allāh will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ."
22:70
أَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٧٠
Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record.1 Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.
1 translator’s note
- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh. ↩
22:71
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَمَا لَيۡسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٖ ٧١
And they worship besides Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.
22:72
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسۡطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۗ قُلۡ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرّٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُۚ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٧٢
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?1 [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."
1 translator’s note
- i.e., worse than the rage you feel against those who recite Allāh's verses or worse than your threats against them. ↩