Al-'Ankabut 29:12
The Spider · Juz 20 · Page 397
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبِعُواْ سَبِيلَنَا وَلۡنَحۡمِلۡ خَطَٰيَٰكُمۡ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنۡ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍۖ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٢
And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins."1 But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars.
1 translator’s note
- The phrase may also read: "and let us carry your sins," i.e., the responsibility for your sins. ↩
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ثم حكى - سبحانه - بعد ذلك ما زعمه أئمة الكفر من دعاوى باطلة ، ورد عليها فقال : ( وَقَالَ الذين كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتبعوا سَبِيلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَايَاكُمْ ) .أى : وقال الذين كفروا للذين آمنوا على سبيل التضليل والإِغراء : اتبعوا سبيلنا أى طريقنا الذى وجدنا عليه آباءنا ، وهو عبادة الأصنام ، ولنحمل عنكم خطاياكم يوم القيامة ، إن كان هناك بعث وحساب .واللام فى قوله : ( وَلْنَحْمِلْ ) لام الأمر ، كأنهم آمرين أنفسهم بذلك ، لِيُغْيروا المؤمنين باتباعهم .أى : اطمئنوا إلى أننا لن نتخلى عنكم ، ولن ننقض عهودنا معكم فى حمل خطاياكم لو اتبعتمونا ، أو هو أمر فى تأويل الشرط والجزاء . أى : إن تتبعوا سبيلنا نحمل خطاياكم .وقد رد الله - تعالى - زعمهم هذا بقوله : ( وَمَا هُمْ بِحَامِلِينَ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُمْ مِّن شَيْءٍ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ) أى : وما هؤلاء الكافرين بحاملين لشئ من خطايا غيرهم التى زعموا حملها يوم القيامة ، وأنهم لكاذبون فى كل أقوالهم .و ( مَن ) الأولى بيانية ، والثانية لنفى حمل أى خطايا مهما صغرت . وقد جاء التكذيب لهم بهذا الأسلوب المؤكد ، حتى يخرس ألسنتهم ، ويمحو كل أثر من أقوالهم من الأذهان .
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29:7
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٧
And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely remove from them their misdeeds and will surely reward them according to the best of what they used to do.
29:8
وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حُسۡنٗاۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَآۚ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨
And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge,1 do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., no knowledge of its divinity. There can be no knowledge about something which is non-existent or untrue. ↩
29:9
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدۡخِلَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٩
And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise].
29:10
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠
And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?
29:11
وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ ١١
And Allāh will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident the hypocrites.
29:12
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبِعُواْ سَبِيلَنَا وَلۡنَحۡمِلۡ خَطَٰيَٰكُمۡ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنۡ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍۖ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٢
And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins."1 But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars.
1 translator’s note
- The phrase may also read: "and let us carry your sins," i.e., the responsibility for your sins. ↩
29:13
وَلَيَحۡمِلُنَّ أَثۡقَالَهُمۡ وَأَثۡقَالٗا مَّعَ أَثۡقَالِهِمۡۖ وَلَيُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣
But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens,1 and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent.
1 translator’s note
- Besides their own sins, they will carry those of the people they misled, although it will not lessen the burden of the latter. ↩
29:14
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامٗا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٤
And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.