Az-Zukhruf 43:48
The Ornaments of Gold · Juz 25 · Page 493
وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ أُخۡتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤٨
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
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Commentary on 43:48
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمَا نريهم من آيَة إِلَّا هِيَ أكبر من أُخْتهَا﴾ أَي: أعظم من الْآيَة الْمُتَقَدّمَة. وَفِي تَفْسِير النقاش: أَن الْآيَة الأولى من آيَات مُوسَى أَن فِرْعَوْن كَانَ قد جعل على قصره سبع حَوَائِط، بَين كل حائطين سباغ وغياض، والأبواب على الْحِيطَان كَانَت تقفل وَلَا تفتح إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ؛ فَلَمَّا حضر مُوسَى بَاب فِرْعَوْن، انفتحت لَهُ الْأَبْوَاب، وانكسرت الأقفال، وسجدت لَهُ السبَاع حَتَّى وصل إِلَى قصر فِرْعَوْن، فَهَذِهِ الْآيَة الأولى، ثمَّ إِنَّه لما أحضر فِرْعَوْن السَّحَرَة وألقوا الْعَصَا والحبال، وَهِي شبه الْحَيَّات الْكِبَار فِي أعين النَّاس ثمَّ ألْقى مُوسَى الْعَصَا الَّتِي كَانَت مَعَه، وتلقفت جَمِيع الحبال والعصي على مَا هُوَ الْمَعْرُوف فِي الْقِصَّة، فَهَذِهِ الْآيَة أعظم من الأولى. وَزعم بَعضهم أَن الْآيَات كلهَا سَوَاء فِي الإعجاز وَالدّلَالَة، إِلَّا أَنه سمى الْآيَة الْحَاضِرَة أكبر من الذاهبة لحضور هَذِه الْآيَة وَذَهَاب تِلْكَ. وَهَذَا كَالرّجلِ يَقُول فِي عِلّة تصيبه: مَا مرت بِي عِلّة مثل هَذِه الْعلَّة، وَإِن كَانَ قد مرت عَلَيْهِ علل هِيَ أكبر مِنْهَا أَو مثلهَا، وَلكنه يَقُول هَذَا القَوْل (لحضور) هَذِه الْعلَّة وَذَهَاب تِلْكَ الْعلَّة. وَمِنْهُم من قَالَ: المُرَاد من الْآيَات قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿فَأَرْسَلنَا عَلَيْهِم الطوفان وَالْجَرَاد وَالْقمل والضفادع وَالدَّم﴾ وَمَا من آيَة أظهرها بعد آيَة إِلَّا وَهِي أكبر من الأولى، وَمَا ذَكرْنَاهُ من القَوْل الأول هُوَ الْأَحْسَن فِي الْمَعْنى.
وَقَوله: ﴿وأخذناهم بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُم يرجعُونَ﴾ أَي: إِلَى الله تَعَالَى.
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43:48
وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ أُخۡتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤٨
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
43:49
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩
And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
43:50
فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمۡ يَنكُثُونَ ٥٠
But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.
43:51
وَنَادَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي قَوۡمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَيۡسَ لِي مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥١
And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?
43:52
أَمۡ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٞ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢
Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?1
1 translator’s note
- That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment. ↩
43:53
فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ٥٣
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
43:54
فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].
43:55
فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٥
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
43:56
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٥٦
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
43:57
۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ ٥٧
And when the son of Mary was presented as an example,1 immediately your people laughed aloud.
1 translator’s note
- Of a creation of Allāh which is being worshipped along with Him. ↩
43:58
وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ ٥٨
And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?"1 They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
1 translator’s note
- Implying that they must all be the same. ↩
43:59
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩
He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
43:60
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ ٦٠
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another]1 on the earth.
1 translator’s note
- Or "succeeding [you]." ↩