Muhammad 47:18
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فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ ١٨
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
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Ibn Kathir
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Commentary on 47:18
وقوله : ( فهل ينظرون إلا الساعة أن تأتيهم بغتة ) أي : وهم غافلون عنها ، ( فقد جاء أشراطها ) أي : أمارات اقترابها ، كقوله تعالى : ( هذا نذير من النذر الأولى أزفت الآزفة ) [ النجم : 56 ، 57 ] ، وكقوله : ( اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر ) [ القمر : 1 ] وقوله : ( أتى أمر الله فلا تستعجلوه ) [ النحل : 1 ] ، وقوله : ( اقترب للناس حسابهم وهم في غفلة معرضون ) [ الأنبياء : 1 ] فبعثة رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - من أشراط الساعة ; لأنه خاتم الرسل الذي أكمل الله به الدين ، وأقام به الحجة على العالمين . وقد أخبر - صلوات الله وسلامه عليه - بأمارات الساعة وأشراطها ، وأبان عن ذلك وأوضحه بما لم يؤته نبي قبله ، كما هو مبسوط في موضعه .
وقال الحسن البصري : بعثة محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - من أشراط الساعة . وهو كما قال ; ولهذا جاء في أسمائه عليه السلام ، أنه نبي التوبة ، ونبي الملحمة ، والحاشر الذي يحشر الناس على قدميه ، والعاقب الذي ليس بعده نبي .
وقال البخاري : حدثنا أحمد بن المقدام ، حدثنا فضيل بن سليمان ، حدثنا أبو حازم ، حدثنا سهل بن سعد قال : رأيت رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال بأصبعيه هكذا ، بالوسطى والتي تليها : " بعثت أنا والساعة كهاتين " .
ثم قال تعالى : ( فأنى لهم إذا جاءتهم ذكراهم ) أي : فكيف للكافرين بالتذكر إذا جاءتهم القيامة ، حيث لا ينفعهم ذلك ، كقوله تعالى : ( يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى ) [ الفجر : 23 ] ،
( وقالوا آمنا به وأنى لهم التناوش من مكان بعيد ) [ سبأ : 52 ] .
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47:12
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأۡكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ وَٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوٗى لَّهُمۡ ١٢
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who have believed and done righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow, but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them.
47:13
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةٗ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ ١٣
And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.
47:14
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُم ١٤
So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?
47:15
مَّثَلُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۖ فِيهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيۡرِ ءَاسِنٖ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن لَّبَنٖ لَّمۡ يَتَغَيَّرۡ طَعۡمُهُۥ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ خَمۡرٖ لَّذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ عَسَلٖ مُّصَفّٗىۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ كَمَنۡ هُوَ خَٰلِدٞ فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُواْ مَآءً حَمِيمٗا فَقَطَّعَ أَمۡعَآءَهُمۡ ١٥
Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered,1 rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord... [Are its inhabitants] like those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
1 translator’s note
- In taste or smell, neither stagnant nor polluted. ↩
47:16
وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ١٦
And among them, [O Muḥammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge,1 "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allāh has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.
1 translator’s note
- From among the Prophet's companions. ↩
47:17
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهۡتَدَوۡاْ زَادَهُمۡ هُدٗى وَءَاتَىٰهُمۡ تَقۡوَىٰهُمۡ ١٧
And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.1
1 translator’s note
- Taqwā, meaning piety, consciousness and fear of Allāh, and care to avoid His displeasure. ↩
47:18
فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ ١٨
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
47:19
فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمۡ وَمَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ ١٩
So know, [O Muḥammad], that there is no deity except Allāh and ask forgiveness for your sin1 and for the believing men and believing women. And Allāh knows of your movement and your resting place.
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 40:55. ↩