Ash-Shuraa 42:21
The Consultation · Juz 25 · Page 485
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ شَرَعُواْ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢١
Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,1 it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
1 translator’s note
- Decree. See footnote to 10:19. ↩
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ثم انتقلت السورة الكريمة إلى توبيخ المشركين على إصرارهم على كفرهم ، وقارنت بين مصيرهم السئ ، وبين المصير الطيب الذى وعد الله به المؤمنين . . . فقال - تعالى - : ( أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُواْ . . . . بِذَاتِ الصدور ) .قال القرطبى : قوله - تعالى - : ( أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ ) أى : ألهم ، والميم صلة الهمزة للتقريع .وهذا متصل بقوله : ( شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الدين مَا وصى بِهِ نُوحاً ) وقوله - تعالى - : ( الله الذي أَنزَلَ الكتاب بالحق والميزان ) كانوا لا يؤمنون به ، فهل لهم آلهة شرعوا لهم الشرك الذى لم يأذن به الله؟ وإذا استحال هذا فالله لم يشرع الشرك ، فمن أين يدينون به .فالآية الكريمة تنكر عليهم شركهم بأبلغ أسلوب ، وتؤنبهم على جهالتهم حيث أشركوا بالله - تعالى - : دون أن يكون عندهم دليل أو ما يشبه الدليل على صحة ما وقعوا فيه من باطل .والمراد بكلمة الفصل فى قوله - تعالى - : ( وَلَوْلاَ كَلِمَةُ الفصل لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ) ما تفضل به - سبحانه - من تأخير العذاب الماحق عنهم .أى : ولولا حكمنا بتأخير العذاب عنهم - فضلا منا وكرما - لقضى الأمر بين هؤلاء الكافرين وبين المؤمنين ، بأن أهلكنا الكافرين واستأصلنا شأفتهم فى الدنيا ، ولكن شاء ربك أن يؤخر عذابهم إلى يوم القيامة .( وَإِنَّ الظالمين لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ) فى الآخرة ، بسبب إصرارهم على ظلمهم وموتهم على الكفر والشرك .
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42:16
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ٱسۡتُجِيبَ لَهُۥ حُجَّتُهُمۡ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَعَلَيۡهِمۡ غَضَبٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٦
And those who argue concerning Allāh after He has been responded to1 - their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., after people have accepted the truth from Allāh, in an attempt to turn the believers away from His religion of Islām. ↩
42:17
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۗ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٞ ١٧
It is Allāh who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance [i.e., justice]. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.
42:18
يَسۡتَعۡجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهَاۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مُشۡفِقُونَ مِنۡهَا وَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلۡحَقُّۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٍ ١٨
Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it,1 but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.
1 translator’s note
- They had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) to bring it on immediately. ↩
42:19
ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفُۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ١٩
Allāh is Subtle1 with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.
1 translator’s note
- See footnote in 12:100. ↩
42:20
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نَزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِي حَرۡثِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ ٢٠
Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest [i.e., reward]. And whoever desires the harvest [i.e., benefits] of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.
42:21
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ شَرَعُواْ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢١
Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,1 it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
1 translator’s note
- Decree. See footnote to 10:19. ↩
42:22
تَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُواْ وَهُوَ وَاقِعُۢ بِهِمۡۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِي رَوۡضَاتِ ٱلۡجَنَّاتِۖ لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٢٢
You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned, and it will [certainly] befall them. And those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the gardens [in Paradise] having whatever they will in the presence of their Lord. That is what is the great bounty.
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