Al-Ahqaf 46:21
The Wind-Curved Sandhills · Juz 26 · Page 505
۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذۡ أَنذَرَ قَوۡمَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٢١
And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,1 when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."2
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قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿واذْكُرْ أخا عادٍ﴾ الآياتِ. أخْرَجَ ابْنُ ماجَهْ، وابْنُ مَرْدُويَهْ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَرْحَمُنا اللَّهُ وأخا عادٍ» .
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ أبِي حاتِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قالَ: خَيْرُ وادِيَيْنِ في النّاسِ؛ وادِي مَكَّةَ ووادِي آدَمُ بِأرْضِ الهِنْدِ وشَرُّ وادِيَيْنِ في النّاسِ؛ وادِي الأحْقافِ ووادٍ بِحَضْرَمَوْتَ يُدْعى بَرَهُوتَ يُلْقى فِيهِ أرْواحُ الكُفّارِ، وخَيْرُ بِئْرٍ في النّاسِ زَمْزَمُ، وشَرُّ بِئْرٍ في النّاسِ بَرَهُوتُ، وهي في ذاكَ الوادِي الَّذِي بِحَضْرَمَوْتَ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ، وابْنُ أبِي حاتِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبّاسٍ قالَ: الأحْقافُ جَبَلٌ بِالشّامِ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الضَّحّاكَ قالَ: الأحْقافُ جَبَلٌ بِالشّامِ يُسَمّى (p-٣٣٦)الأحْقافَ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُجاهِدٍ قالَ: الأحْقافُ الأرْضُ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُجاهِدٍ قالَ: الأحْقافُ حِشافٌ مِن حِسْمى.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ قَتادَةَ قالَ: ذُكِرَ لَنا أنَّ عادًا كانُوا أحْياءً بِاليَمَنِ أهْلَ رَمْلٍ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلى البَحْرِ بِأرْضٍ يُقالُ لَها: الشِّحْرُ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ المُنْذِرِ عَنْ مُجاهِدٍ في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿بِالأحْقافِ﴾ قالَ: تِلالٌ مِن رَمْلٍ اليَمَنِ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الضَّحّاكِ في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿وقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ ومِن خَلْفِهِ ألا تَعْبُدُوا إلا اللَّهَ﴾ قالَ: لَمْ يَبْعَثِ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا إلّا بِأنْ يُعْبَدَ اللَّهُ.
وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ زَيْدٍ في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿لِتَأْفِكَنا﴾ قالَ: لِتُزِيلَنا. وقَرَأ: ﴿إنْ كادَ لَيُضِلُّنا عَنْ آلِهَتِنا﴾ [الفرقان: ٤٢] [الفُرْقانِ: ٤٢] قالَ: يُضِلُّنا ويُزِيلُنا ويَأْفِكُنا (p-٣٣٧)واحِدٌ.
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46:21
۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذۡ أَنذَرَ قَوۡمَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٢١
And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,1 when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."2
46:22
قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتَأۡفِكَنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٢
They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
46:23
قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُمۡ قَوۡمٗا تَجۡهَلُونَ ٢٣
He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."
46:24
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ عَارِضٗا مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا عَارِضٞ مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ بَلۡ هُوَ مَا ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم بِهِۦۖ رِيحٞ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٤
And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:1 a wind, within it a painful punishment,
1 translator’s note
- When you challenged your prophet. See verse 22 of this sūrah. ↩
46:25
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيۡءِۭ بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٥
Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
46:26
وَلَقَدۡ مَكَّنَّٰهُمۡ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمۡ فِيهِ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ سَمۡعٗا وَأَبۡصَٰرٗا وَأَفۡـِٔدَةٗ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ سَمۡعُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَفۡـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِذۡ كَانُواْ يَجۡحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٢٦
And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
46:27
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧
And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].
46:28
فَلَوۡلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرۡبَانًا ءَالِهَةَۢۖ بَلۡ ضَلُّواْ عَنۡهُمۡۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفۡكُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٢٨
Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him]1 not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
1 translator’s note
- According to their claim. ↩