Al-Ahqaf 46:28
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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. ↩
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Commentary on 46:28–30
﴿فَلَوْلا﴾ الفاء حرف استئناف ولولا حرف تحضيض ﴿نَصَرَهُمُ﴾ ماض ومفعوله ﴿الَّذِينَ﴾ فاعله والجملة مستأنفة ﴿اتَّخَذُوا﴾ ماض وفاعله ﴿مِنْ دُونِ﴾ متعلقان بمحذوف حال ﴿اللَّهِ﴾ مضاف إليه ﴿قُرْباناً﴾ حال والجملة صلة ﴿آلِهَةً﴾ مفعول به ثان للفعل اتخذوا ﴿بَلْ﴾ حرف عطف ﴿ضَلُّوا﴾ ماض وفاعله ﴿عَنْهُمْ﴾ متعلقان بالفعل والجملة مستأنفة ﴿وَذلِكَ﴾ الواو حرف استئناف ومبتدأ ﴿إِفْكُهُمْ﴾ خبر والجملة الاسمية مستأنفة ﴿وَما﴾ معطوفة على إفكهم ﴿كانُوا﴾ كان واسمها ﴿يَفْتَرُونَ﴾ مضارع مرفوع والواو فاعله والجملة خبر كانوا ﴿وَإِذْ﴾ حرف استئناف وظرف زمان ﴿صَرَفْنا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة في محل جر بالإضافة ﴿إِلَيْكَ﴾ متعلقان بالفعل ﴿نَفَراً﴾ مفعول به ﴿مِنَ الْجِنِّ﴾ متعلقان بمحذوف صفة نفرا ﴿يَسْتَمِعُونَ﴾ مضارع مرفوع والواو فاعله ﴿الْقُرْآنَ﴾ مفعول به والجملة حال ﴿فَلَمَّا﴾ حرف عطف ولما ظرفية شرطية ﴿حَضَرُوهُ﴾ ماض وفاعله ومفعوله والجملة في محل جر بالإضافة ﴿قالُوا﴾ ماض وفاعله ﴿أَنْصِتُوا﴾ أمر مبني على حذف النون والواو فاعله والجملة مقول القول وجملة قالوا جواب شرط غير جازم لا محل لها ﴿فَلَمَّا﴾ حرف عطف ولما ظرفية شرطية غير جازمة ﴿قُضِيَ﴾ ماض مبني للمجهول ونائب الفاعل مستتر والجملة في محل جر بالإضافة ﴿وَلَّوْا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة جواب الشرط لا محل لها ﴿إِلى قَوْمِهِمْ﴾ متعلقان بالفعل ﴿مُنْذِرِينَ﴾ حال ﴿قالُوا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة مستأنفة ﴿يا قَوْمَنا﴾ منادى مضاف منصوب ﴿إِنَّا﴾ إن واسمها ﴿سَمِعْنا﴾ ماض وفاعله ﴿كِتاباً﴾ مفعول به والجملة خبر إنا ﴿أُنْزِلَ﴾ ماض مبني للمجهول ونائب الفاعل مستتر والجملة صفة كتابا ﴿مِنْ بَعْدِ﴾ متعلقان بالفعل ﴿مُوسى﴾ مضاف إليه ﴿مُصَدِّقاً﴾ صفة كتابا ﴿لِما﴾ متعلقان بمصدقا ﴿بَيْنَ﴾ ظرف مكان ﴿يَدَيْهِ﴾ مضاف إليه ﴿يَهْدِي﴾ مضارع فاعله مستتر والجملة صفة كتابا ﴿إِلَى الْحَقِّ﴾ متعلقان بالفعل ﴿وَإِلى طَرِيقٍ﴾ معطوفان على ما قبلهما ﴿مُسْتَقِيمٍ﴾ صفة طريق.
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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. ↩