Al-Furqan 25:32
The Criterion · Juz 19 · Page 362
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلٗا ٣٢
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.1
1 translator’s note
- Also, "recited it with distinct recitation." ↩
Tafsir · in Arabic
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Commentary on 25:32–34
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَقالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ القُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً واحِدَةً﴾ في قائِلِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الكُفّارِ قَوْلانِ:
(p-١٤٤)أحَدُهُما: أنَّهم كُفّارُ قُرَيْشٍ، قالَهُ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ.
الثّانِي: أنَّهُمُ اليَهُودُ حِينَ رَأوْا نُزُولَ القُرْآنِ مُفَرَّقًا، قالُوا: هَلّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ جُمْلَةً واحِدَةً، كَما أُنْزِلَتِ التَّوْراةُ عَلى مُوسى.
﴿كَذَلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤادَكَ﴾ فِيهِ وجْهانِ:
أحَدُهُما: لِنُشَجِّعَ بِهِ قَلَبَكَ، لِأنَّهُ مُعْجِزٌ يَدُلُّ عَلى صِدْقِكَ، وهو مَعْنى قَوْلِ السُّدِّيِّ.
الثّانِي: مَعْناهُ كَذَلِكَ أنْزَلْناهُ مُفَرَّقًا لِنُثَبِّتَهُ في فُؤادِكَ.
وَفِيهِ وجْهانِ:
أحَدُهُما: لِأنَّهُ كانَ أُمِّيًّا ولَمْ يَنْزِلِ القُرْآنُ عَلَيْهِ مَكْتُوبًا، فَكانَ نُزُولُهُ مُفَرَّقًا أثْبَتَ في فُؤادِهِ، وأعْلَقَ بِقَلْبِهِ.
الثّانِي: لِنُثَبِّتَ فُؤادَكَ بِاتِّصالِ الوَحْيِ ومُداوَمَةِ نُزُولِ القُرْآنِ، فَلا تَصِيرُ بِانْقِطاعِ الوَحْيِ مُسْتَوْحِشًا.
﴿وَرَتَّلْناهُ تَرْتِيلا﴾ فِيهِ خَمْسَةُ تَأْوِيلاتٍ:
أحَدُها: ورَسَلْناهُ تَرْسِيلًا، شَيْئًا بَعْدَ شَيْءٍ، قالَهُ ابْنُ عَبّاسٍ.
الثّانِي: وفَرَّقْناهُ تَفْرِيقًا، قالَهُ إبْراهِيمُ.
الثّالِثُ: وفَصَّلْناهُ تَفْصِيلًا، قالَهُ السُّدِّيُّ.
الرّابِعُ: وفَسَّرْناهُ تَفْسِيرًا، قالَهُ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ.
الخامِسُ: وبَيَّنّاهُ تَبْيِينًا، قالَهُ قَتادَةُ.
رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يا ابْنَ عَبّاسٍ إذا قَرَأْتَ القُرْآنَ فَرَتِّلْهُ تَرْتِيلًا فَقُلْتُ وما التَّرْتِيلُ؟، قالَ: بَيِّنْهُ تَبْيِينًا ولا تَبْتُرْهُ بَتْرَ الدَّقَلِ، ولا تَهُذُّهُ هَذَّ الشِّعْرِ ولا يَكُونُ هَمُّ أحَدِكم آخِرَ السُّورَةِ» .(p-١٤٥)
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25:21
۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَاۗ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَعَتَوۡ عُتُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٢١
And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves1 and [become] insolent with great insolence.
1 translator’s note
- Additional meanings are "among themselves" and "over [the matter of] themselves." ↩
25:22
يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشۡرَىٰ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ٢٢
The day they see the angels1 - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."2
25:23
وَقَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلٖ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هَبَآءٗ مَّنثُورًا ٢٣
And We will approach [i.e., regard]1 what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
1 translator’s note
- On the Day of Judgement. ↩
25:24
أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَيۡرٞ مُّسۡتَقَرّٗا وَأَحۡسَنُ مَقِيلٗا ٢٤
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
25:25
وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ٢٥
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,1 and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.
1 translator’s note
- Within which are the angels. ↩
25:26
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ وَكَانَ يَوۡمًا عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرٗا ٢٦
True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.
25:27
وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا ٢٧
And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., followed the Prophet (ﷺ) on a path of guidance. ↩
25:28
يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلٗا ٢٨
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one1 as a friend.
1 translator’s note
- The person who misguided him. ↩
25:29
لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولٗا ٢٩
He led me away from the remembrance1 after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."2
25:30
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورٗا ٣٠
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., avoiding it, not listening to or understanding it, not living by it, or preferring something else to it. ↩
25:31
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيٗا وَنَصِيرٗا ٣١
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
25:32
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلٗا ٣٢
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.1
1 translator’s note
- Also, "recited it with distinct recitation." ↩