Az-Zukhruf 43:57
The Ornaments of Gold · Juz 25 · Page 493
۞ 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. ↩
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Commentary on 43:57
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَلما ضرب ابْن مَرْيَم مثلا﴾ أَكثر الْمُفَسّرين على أَن هَذِه الْآيَة نزلت فِي مخاصمة عبد الله بن الزبعري رَسُول الله فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿إِنَّكُم وَمَا تَعْبدُونَ من دون الله حصب جَهَنَّم) ، فَإِنَّهُ لما نزل قَوْله تَعَالَى: {إِنَّكُم وَمَا تَعْبدُونَ﴾ إِلَى قَوْله: ﴿أَنْتُم لَهُ وَارِدُونَ﴾ وَقرأَهَا رَسُول الله على كفار قُرَيْش، قَالَ عبد الله بن الزبعري: هَذَا لنا ولآلهتنا خَاصَّة أم لنا وَلِجَمِيعِ الْأُمَم وآلهتهم؟ . فَقَالَ: بل لكم ولآلهتكم وَلِجَمِيعِ الْأُمَم وآلهتهم، فَقَالَ ابْن الزعبري: خصمتك وَرب الْكَعْبَة، ثمَّ ذكر مَا أوردنا من قبل فِي حق عِيسَى وعزيز وَالْمَلَائِكَة عَلَيْهِم السَّلَام، فعلى هَذَا قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَلما ضرب ابْن مَرْيَم مثلا﴾ مَعْنَاهُ: لما جعلُوا ابْن مَرْيَم مثلا لآلهتهم، وَقَالُوا: إِذا كَانَ ابْن مَرْيَم فِي النَّار فرضينا أَن نَكُون نَحن وَآلِهَتنَا فِي النَّار ".
وَقَوله: ﴿إِذا قَوْمك مِنْهُ يصدون﴾ بِكَسْر الصَّاد أَي: يضجون ضجاج المجادلين، وَيُقَال: يصدون أَي: يَضْحَكُونَ ويفرحون بقول ابْن الزبعري. وَقُرِئَ " " يصدون " بِضَم الصَّاد، وَمَعْنَاهُ: يعرضون، وَفِي الْآيَة قَول آخر: وَهُوَ أَن النَّبِي لما ذكر حَدِيث [عِيسَى] لقريش، وَأَنه خلقه الله تَعَالَى من غير أَب كَمَا خلق آدم من غير أَب، وَذكر مَا أظهر الله على يَده من الْآيَات جعلت قُرَيْش يَضْحَكُونَ، وقاوا مَا يُرِيد مُحَمَّد من ذكر عِيسَى إِلَّا أَن نعبده كَمَا عبدت النَّصَارَى عِيسَى، وَهَذَا قَول مُجَاهِد.
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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]." ↩