Fussilat 41:45
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وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ٤٥
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.1 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]2 that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.
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Commentary on 41:45
﴿ولَقَدْ آتَيْنا مُوسى الكِتابَ فاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ﴾ كَلامٌ مُسْتَأْنَفٌ مَسُوقٌ لِبَيانِ أنَّ الِاخْتِلافَ في شَأْنِ الكُتُبِ عادَةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ لِلْأُمَمِ غَيْرُ مُخْتَصٍّ بِقَوْمِكَ عَلى مِنهاجِ قَوْلِهِ تَعالى: ﴿ما يُقالُ لَكَ إلا ما قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ﴾ عَلى ما سَمِعْتَ أوَّلًا أيْ وبِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آتَيْنا مُوسى التَّوْراةَ فاخْتُلِفَ فِيها فَمِن مُصَدِّقٍ لَها ومُكَذِّبٍ وهَكَذا حالُ قَوْمِكَ في شَأْنِ ما آتَيْناكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ فَمِن مُؤْمِنٍ بِهِ وكافِرٍ ﴿ولَوْلا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَبِّكَ﴾ في حَقِّ أُمَّتِكَ المُكَذِّبَةِ وهي العِدَةُ بِتَأْخِيرِ عَذابِهِمْ وفَصْلِ ما بَيْنَهم وبَيْنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَ الخُصُومَةِ إلى يَوْمِ القِيامَةِ بِنَحْوِ قَوْلِهِ تَعالى: ﴿بَلِ السّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ﴾ [القَمَرَ: 46] وقَوْلِهِ سُبْحانَهُ: ﴿ولَكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهم إلى أجَلٍ مُسَمًّى﴾ [فاطِرَ: 45] ﴿لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ﴾ بِاسْتِئْصالِ المُكَذِّبِينَ كَما فُعِلَ بِمُكَذِّبِي الأُمَمِ السّالِفَةِ ﴿وإنَّهُمْ﴾ أيْ كُفّارُ قَوْمِكَ ﴿لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنهُ﴾ أيْ مِنَ القُرْآنِ ﴿مُرِيبٍ﴾ مُوجِبٌ لِلْقَلَقِ والِاضْطِرابِ، وقِيلَ: الضَّمِيرُ الثّانِي لِلتَّوْراةِ والأوَّلُ لِلْيَهُودِ بِقَرِينَةِ السِّياقِ لِأنَّهُمُ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا في كِتابِ مُوسى عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ولَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ
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41:39
وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ خَٰشِعَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاهَا لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٣٩
And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
41:40
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلۡحِدُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَا يَخۡفَوۡنَ عَلَيۡنَآۗ أَفَمَن يُلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلنَّارِ خَيۡرٌ أَم مَّن يَأۡتِيٓ ءَامِنٗا يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ ٱعۡمَلُواْ مَا شِئۡتُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٤٠
Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses1 are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.
1 translator’s note
- Through deviant recitations or interpretations. ↩
41:41
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلذِّكۡرِ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَكِتَٰبٌ عَزِيزٞ ٤١
Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the Qur’ān]1 after it has come to them...2 And indeed, it is a mighty3 Book.
41:42
لَّا يَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَلَا مِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦۖ تَنزِيلٞ مِّنۡ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٖ ٤٢
Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.
41:43
مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبۡلِكَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغۡفِرَةٖ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٤٣
Nothing is said to you, [O Muḥammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.
41:44
وَلَوۡ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَانًا أَعۡجَمِيّٗا لَّقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا فُصِّلَتۡ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓۖ ءَا۬عۡجَمِيّٞ وَعَرَبِيّٞۗ قُلۡ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدٗى وَشِفَآءٞۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٞ وَهُوَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ عَمًىۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوۡنَ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٤٤
And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.1
1 translator’s note
- For all practical purposes, since they neither hear nor understand. ↩
41:45
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ٤٥
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.1 And if not for a word [i.e., decree]2 that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.
41:46
مَّنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ٤٦
Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.