Ash-Shu'ara 26:79
The Poets · Juz 19 · Page 370
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ٧٩
And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
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Commentary on 26:78–82
Ibrahim mentions Allah's Kindness towards Him
Ibrahim said, "I will not worship any but the One Who does these things:
الَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
(Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me.) He is the Creator Who has decreed certain things to which He guides His creation, so each person follows the path which is decreed for him. Allah is the One Who guides whomsoever He wills and leaves astray whomsoever He wills.
وَالَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ
(And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink.) He is my Creator Who provides for me from that which He has made available in the heavens and on earth. He drives the clouds and causes water to fall with which He revives the earth and brings forth its fruits as provision for mankind. He sends down the water fresh and sweet so that many of those whom He has created, animals and men alike, may drink from it.
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
(And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me.) Here he attributed sickness to himself, even though it is Allah Who decrees it, out of respect towards Allah. By the same token, Allah commands us to say in the prayer,
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
(Guide us to the straight way) (1:6) to the end of the Surah. Grace and guidance are attributed to Allah, may He be exalted, but the subject of the verb with reference to anger is omitted, and going astray is attributed to the people. This is like when the Jinn said:
وَأَنَّا لاَ نَدْرِى أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَداً
(And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a right path) (72:10) Similarly, Ibrahim said:
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
(And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me.) meaning, `when I fall sick, no one is able to heal me but Him, Who heals me with the means that may lead to recovery'.
وَالَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
(And Who will cause me to die, and then will bring me to life.) He is the One Who gives life and causes death, and no one besides Him is able to do that, for He is the One Who originates and repeats.
وَالَّذِى أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيئَتِى يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
(And Who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Recompense.) means, no one is able to forgive sins in this world or the Hereafter except Him. Who can forgive sins except Allah For He is the One Who does whatever He wills.
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26:61
فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ٦١
And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
26:62
قَالَ كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٦٢
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
26:63
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
26:64
وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٤
And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].
26:65
وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٦٥
And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
26:66
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٦
Then We drowned the others.
26:67
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٧
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
26:68
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
26:69
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩
And recite to them the news of Abraham,
26:70
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٠
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
26:71
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ٧١
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
26:72
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ٧٢
He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?
26:73
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ ٧٣
Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"
26:74
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
26:75
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٥
He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,
26:76
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ ٧٦
You and your ancient forefathers?
26:77
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٧
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,1
1 translator’s note
- The people worshipped idols in addition to Allāh. ↩
26:78
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ ٧٨
Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.
26:79
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ ٧٩
And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
26:80
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ ٨٠
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
26:81
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ ٨١
And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
26:82
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢
And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
26:83
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٣
[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.
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