Al-Ahzab 33:8
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لِّيَسۡـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدۡقِهِمۡۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ٨
That He may question the truthful about their truth.1 And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., that He may ask the prophets what they conveyed to their people and what response they received. "The truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the message conveyed by the prophets and imparted it to others. ↩
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Mahmud Safi
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Commentary on 33:7–8
* الإعراب:
(الواو) استئنافيّة (إذ) اسم صرفيّ في محلّ نصب مفعول به لفعل محذوف تقديره اذكر (من النبيين) متعلّق ب (أخذنا) ، وكذلك (منك) و (من نوح) ، (إبراهيم) معطوف على نوح مجرور بالفتحة (ابن) نعت لعيسى أو بدل، أو عطف بيان عليه مجرور (منهم) متعلّق ب (أخذنا) الثاني.
جملة: «أخذنا..» في محلّ جرّ مضاف إليه.
وجملة: «أخذنا (الثانية) » في محلّ جرّ معطوفة على جملة أخذنا (الأولى) .
(8) (اللام) للتعليل (يسأل) مضارع منصوب بأن مضمرة بعد اللام، والفاعل ضمير مستتر يعود على الله (عن صدقهم) متعلّق ب (يسأل) ، (للكافرين) متعلّق ب (أعدّ) .
والمصدر المؤوّل (أن يسأل ... ) في محلّ جرّ متعلّق ب (أخذنا) [[في الكلام التفات عن التكلم إلى الغيبة.]] .
وجملة: «يسأل ... » لا محلّ لها صلة الموصول الحرفيّ (أن) المضمر.
وجملة: «أعدّ ... » في محلّ جرّ معطوفة على جملة أخذنا.
* البلاغة:
عطف الخاص على العام: في قوله تعالى: «وَمِنْكَ وَمِنْ نُوحٍ وَإِبْراهِيمَ وَمُوسى وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ» .
لأن هؤلاء الخمسة المذكورين هم أصحاب الشرائع والكتب، وأولو العزم من الرسل، فآثرهم بالذكر، للإيذان بمزيد مزيتهم وفضلهم، وكونهم من مشاهير أرباب الشرائع، وأساطين أولي العزم من الرسل. وتقديم نبينا عليه الصلاة والسلام لإبانة خطره الجليل.
الاستعارة المكنية: في قوله تعالى «وَأَخَذْنا مِنْهُمْ مِيثاقاً غَلِيظاً» .
والغلظ: استعارة من وصف الأجرام، والمراد عظم الميثاق وجلالة شأنه.
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33:7
وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٖ وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۖ وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظٗا ٧
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant
33:8
لِّيَسۡـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدۡقِهِمۡۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ٨
That He may question the truthful about their truth.1 And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., that He may ask the prophets what they conveyed to their people and what response they received. "The truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the message conveyed by the prophets and imparted it to others. ↩
33:9
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَتۡكُمۡ جُنُودٞ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا وَجُنُودٗا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا ٩
O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.
33:10
إِذۡ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوۡقِكُمۡ وَمِنۡ أَسۡفَلَ مِنكُمۡ وَإِذۡ زَاغَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٱلۡحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ ١٠
[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.
33:11
هُنَالِكَ ٱبۡتُلِيَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَزُلۡزِلُواْ زِلۡزَالٗا شَدِيدٗا ١١
There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.
33:12
وَإِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورٗا ١٢
And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"
33:13
وَإِذۡ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ يَثۡرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمۡ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۚ وَيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلنَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوۡرَةٞ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوۡرَةٍۖ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا ١٣
And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib,1 there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.
1 translator’s note
- The name by which al-Madīnah was known before the arrival of the Prophet (ﷺ). ↩
33:14
وَلَوۡ دُخِلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَقۡطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُواْ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ لَأٓتَوۡهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُواْ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرٗا ١٤
And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.
33:15
وَلَقَدۡ كَانُواْ عَٰهَدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبۡلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلۡأَدۡبَٰرَۚ وَكَانَ عَهۡدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسۡـُٔولٗا ١٥
And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.