Al-Furqan 25:55
The Criterion · Juz 19 · Page 364
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرٗا ٥٥
But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].
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Commentary on 25:55
هَذا من ألطف خطاب القُرْآن وأشرف مَعانِيه وأن المُؤمن دائِما مَعَ الله على نَفسه وهواه وشيطانه وعدو ربه وهَذا معنى كَونه من حزب الله وجنده وأوليائه فَهو مَعَ الله على عدوه الدّاخِل فِيهِ والخارِج عَنهُ يحاربهم ويعاديهم ويغضبهم لَهُ سُبْحانَهُ كَما يكون خَواص الملك مَعَه على حَرْب أعدائه والبعيدون مِنهُ فارغون من ذَلِك غير مهتمين بِهِ والكافِر مَعَ شَيْطانه ونَفسه وهواه على ربه وعبارات السّلف على هَذِه تَدور.
ذكر بن أبي حاتِم عَن عَطاء بن دِينار عَن سعيد بن جُبَير قالَ "عونا للشَّيْطان على ربه بالعداوة والشرك"
وَقالَ لَيْث عَن مُجاهِد قالَ "يظاهر الشَّيْطان على مَعْصِيّة الله يُعينهُ عَلَيْها".
وَقالَ زيد بن أسلم (ظهيرا) أي مواليا.
والمعْنى أنه يوالي عدوه على مَعْصِيَته والشرك بِهِ فَيكون مَعَ عدوه معينا لَهُ على مساخط ربه.
فالمعية الخاصَّة التي لِلْمُؤمنِ مَعَ ربه وإلهه قد صارَت لهَذا الكافِر والفاجر مَعَ الشَّيْطان ومَعَ نَفسه وهواه وقربانه، ولِهَذا صدّر الآيَة بقوله ﴿وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ الله ما لا يَنْفَعهم ولا يضرهم﴾
وَهَذِه العِبادَة هي المُوالاة والمحبة والرِّضا بمعبوديهم المتضمنة لمعيتهم الخاصَّة فظاهروا أعداء الله على معاداته ومخالفته ومساخطه بِخِلاف وليه سُبْحانَهُ فَإنَّهُ مَعَه على نَفسه وشيطانه وهواه وهَذا المَعْنى من كنوز القُرْآن لمن فهمه وعقله وبِاللَّهِ التَّوْفِيق.
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25:44
أَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡقِلُونَۚ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ٤٤
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock.1 Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., cattle or sheep, that follow without question wherever they are led. ↩
25:45
أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنٗا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلٗا ٤٥
Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., showing the existence of a shadow or making it apparent by contrast. ↩
25:46
ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضٗا يَسِيرٗا ٤٦
Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., when the sun is overhead at noon. ↩
25:47
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورٗا ٤٧
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing1 and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.2
25:48
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ طَهُورٗا ٤٨
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water
25:49
لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا ٤٩
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.
25:50
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا ٥٠
And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded,1 but most of the people refuse except disbelief.
1 translator’s note
- Of Allāh's ability to bring the dead to life. ↩
25:51
وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةٖ نَّذِيرٗا ٥١
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.1
1 translator’s note
- However, Allāh willed that Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) be sent as the final messenger for all peoples of the earth until the Day of Resurrection. ↩
25:52
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادٗا كَبِيرٗا ٥٢
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.
25:53
۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٗا وَحِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ٥٣
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.
25:54
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرٗا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبٗا وَصِهۡرٗاۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرٗا ٥٤
And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
25:55
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرٗا ٥٥
But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].