An-Naml 27:47
The Ant · Juz 19 · Page 381
قَالُواْ ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تُفۡتَنُونَ ٤٧
They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."1
1 translator’s note
- Or "being tempted [by Satan]." ↩
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Commentary on 27:47
ثُمَّ اسْتَأْنَفَ حِكايَةَ جَوابِهِمْ فَقالَ: ﴿قالُوا﴾ فَظاظَةً وغِلْظَةً مُشِيرَيْنِ بِالإدْغامِ إلى أنَّ ما يَقُولُونَهُ إنَّما يَفْهَمُهُ الحُذّاقُ بِمَعْرِفَةِ الزَّجْرِ [وإنْ كانَ الظّاهِرُ خِلافَهُ بِما أتاهم بِهِ مِنَ النّاقَةِ الَّتِي كانَ في وُجُودِها مِنَ البَرَكَةِ أمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ]: ﴿اطَّيَّرْنا﴾ أيْ: تَشاءَمْنا ﴿بِكَ وبِمَن مَعَكَ﴾ أيْ: وهو الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِكَ، فَإنَّهُ وقَعَ بَيْنَنا بِسَبَبِكُمُ الخِلافُ، وكَثُرَ القالُ والقِيلُ والإرْجافُ، وحَصَلَتْ لَنا شَدائِدُ واعْتِسافٌ، لِأنّا جَعَلْناكم مِثْلَ الطّائِرِ الَّذِي يَمُرُّ مِن جِهَةِ الشِّمالِ - عَلى ما يَأْتِي في الصّافّاتِ ﴿قالَ طائِرُكُمْ﴾ أيْ: ما تَيَمَّنُونَ بِهِ فَيُثْمِرُ ما يَسُرُّكم، أوْ تَتَشاءَمُونَ بِهِ فَيَنْشَأُ عَنْهُ ما يَسُوءُكم، وهو عَمَلُكم مِنَ الخَيْرِ أوِ الشَّرِّ ﴿عِنْدَ اللَّهِ﴾ أيْ: المَلِكِ الأعْظَمِ المُحِيطِ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا وقُدْرَةً، ولَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِنهُ بِيَدِ غَيْرِهِ ولا يُنْسَبُ إلَيْهِ، [فَإنْ شاءَ جَعَلَنا سَبَبَهُ وإنْ شاءَ جَعَلَ غَيْرَنا]. (p-١٧٦)ولَمّا كانَ [مَعْنى] نِسْبَتِهِ إلى اللَّهِ أنَّ هَذا الَّذِي بِكُمُ الآنَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ لَيْسَ مِنّا، قالَ: ﴿بَلْ أنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ﴾ أيْ: تُخْتَبَرُونَ مِنَ المَلِكِ الأعْلى بِما تَنْسِبُونَهُ إلى الطَّيْرِ مِنَ الخَيْرِ والشَّرِّ، أيْ: تُعامِلُونَ بِهِ مُعامَلَةَ الِاخْتِبارِ هَلْ تَصْلُحُونَ لِلْخَيْرِ بِالرُّجُوعِ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ فَيُخَفِّفُ عَنْكم أوْ لا فَتُمْحَنُوا.
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27:45
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمۡ فَرِيقَانِ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٥
And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.
27:46
قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٦
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good?1 Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
1 translator’s note
- By challenging Ṣāliḥ to bring on the promised punishment rather than asking for mercy from Allāh. ↩
27:47
قَالُواْ ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تُفۡتَنُونَ ٤٧
They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."1
1 translator’s note
- Or "being tempted [by Satan]." ↩
27:48
وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
27:49
قَالُواْ تَقَاسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدۡنَا مَهۡلِكَ أَهۡلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٤٩
They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor,1 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the one responsible for executing his will and avenging his blood. ↩
27:50
وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا وَمَكَرۡنَا مَكۡرٗا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٠
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
27:51
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّا دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ وَقَوۡمَهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥١
Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
27:52
فَتِلۡكَ بُيُوتُهُمۡ خَاوِيَةَۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٢
So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.
27:53
وَأَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ٥٣
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.
27:54
وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥٤
And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality1 while you are seeing?2
27:55
أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تَجۡهَلُونَ ٥٥
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."