As-Sajdah 32:21
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وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢١
And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment1 short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the disasters and calamities of this world. ↩
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Commentary on 32:21
(p-٢٦١)ولَمّا كانَ المُؤْمِنُونَ الآنَ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ إصابَتَهم بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الهَوانِ في هَذِهِ الدّارِ، لِأنَّ نُفُوسَ البَشَرِ مَطْبُوعَةٌ عَلى العَجَلَةِ، بَشَّرَهم بِذَلِكَ عَلى وجْهٍ يَشْمَلُ عَذابَ القَبْرِ، فَقالَ مُؤَكِّدًا [لَهُ] لِما عِنْدَهم مِنَ الإنْكارِ لِعَذابِ ما بَعْدَ المَوْتِ ولِلْإصابَةِ في الدُّنْيا بِما هم مِنَ الكَثْرَةِ والقُوَّةِ: ﴿ولَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ﴾ أيْ أجْمَعِينَ بِالمُباشَرَةِ والتَّسْبِيبِ، بِما لَنا مِنَ العَظَمَةِ الَّتِي تَتَلاشى عِنْدَها كَثْرَتُهم وقُوَّتُهم ﴿مِنَ العَذابِ الأدْنى﴾ أيْ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ القِيامَةِ، بِأيْدِيكم وغَيْرِها، وقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَهُ، وقَدْ كانُوا عِنْدَ نُزُولِ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ بِمَكَّةَ المُشَرَّفَةِ في غايَةِ الكَثْرَةِ والنِّعْمَةِ، فَأذاقَهُمُ الجَدْبَ سِنِينَ مُتَوالِيَةً، وفَرَّقَ شَمَلَهم وقَتَلَهم وأسَرَهم بِأيْدِي المُؤْمِنِينَ إلى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ بِما أرادَ سُبْحانَهُ؛ ثُمَّ أكَّدَ الإرادَةَ لِما قَبْلَ الآخِرَةِ وحَقَّقَها بِقَوْلِهِ، مُعَبِّرًا بِما يَصْلُحُ لِلْغَيْرِيَّةِ والسُّفُولِ: ﴿دُونَ العَذابِ الأكْبَرِ﴾ أيِ الَّذِي مَرَّ ذِكْرُهُ في الآخِرَةِ ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَرْجِعُونَ﴾ أيْ لِيَكُونَ حالُهم حالَ مَن يُرْجى رُجُوعُهُ عَنْ فِسْقِهِ عِنْدَ مَن يُنْظِرُهُ، وقَدْ كانَ ذَلِكَ، رَجَعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنهم خَوْفًا مِنَ السَّيْفِ، فَلَمّا رَأوْا مَحاسِنَ الإسْلامِ كانُوا مِن أشَدِّ النّاسِ فِيهِ رَغْبَةً ولَهُ حُبًّا.
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32:21
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢١
And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment1 short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the disasters and calamities of this world. ↩
32:22
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَآۚ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ٢٢
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.
32:23
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦۖ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هُدٗى لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٣
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting.1 And We made it [i.e., the Torah] guidance for the Children of Israel.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., Muḥammad's meeting Moses on the night of al-Miʿrāj (ascent). ↩
32:24
وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُواْۖ وَكَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ ٢٤
And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.
32:25
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفۡصِلُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٢٥
Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.
32:26
أَوَلَمۡ يَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ يَمۡشُونَ فِي مَسَٰكِنِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٍۚ أَفَلَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ٢٦
Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?
32:27
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلۡمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡجُرُزِ فَنُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا تَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهُ أَنۡعَٰمُهُمۡ وَأَنفُسُهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا يُبۡصِرُونَ ٢٧
Have they not seen that We drive water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?
32:28
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡفَتۡحُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٨
And they say, "When will be this conquest,1 if you should be truthful?"
1 translator’s note
- Or "decision," i.e., judgement. ↩
32:29
قُلۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَتۡحِ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنُهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٢٩
Say, [O Muḥammad], "On the Day of Conquest the belief of those who had disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be reprieved."
32:30
فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَٱنتَظِرۡ إِنَّهُم مُّنتَظِرُونَ ٣٠
So turn away from them and wait. Indeed, they are waiting.