Al-Hadid 57:20
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ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞ وَزِينَةٞ وَتَفَاخُرُۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَتَكَاثُرٞ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيۡثٍ أَعۡجَبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمٗاۖ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ٢٠
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
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Commentary on 57:20
﴿اعْلَمُوا أنَّما الحَياةُ الدُّنْيا لَعِبٌ ولَهْوٌ وزِينَةٌ وتَفاخُرٌ بَيْنَكم وتَكاثُرٌ في الأمْوالِ والأوْلادِ﴾ بَعْدَما بَيَّنَ حالَ الفَرِيقَيْنِ في الآخِرَةِ شَرَحَ حالَ الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا الَّتِي اطْمَأنَّ بِها الفَرِيقُ الثّانِي وأُشِيرَ إلى أنَّها مِن مُحَقَّراتِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي لا يَرْكَنُ إلَيْها العُقَلاءُ فَضْلًا عَنِ الِاطْمِئْنانِ بِها وأنَّها مَعَ ذَلِكَ سَرِيعَةُ الزَّوالِ وشِيكَةُ الِاضْمِحْلالِ حَيْثُ قِيلَ: ﴿كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أعْجَبَ الكُفّارَ﴾ أيِ: الحُرّاثَ.
﴿نَباتُهُ﴾ أيِ: النَّباتُ الحاصِلُ بِهِ.
﴿ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ﴾ أيْ: يَجِفُّ بَعْدَ خُضْرَتِهِ ونَضارَتِهِ.
﴿فَتَراهُ مُصْفَرًّا﴾ بَعْدَ ما رَأيْتَهُ ناضِرًا مُونِقًا، وقُرِئَ "مُصْفارّا" وإنَّما لَمْ يُقَلْ: فَيَصْفَرُّ إيذانًا بِأنَّ اصْفِرارَهُ مُقارِنٌ لِجَفافِهِ وإنَّما المُتَرَتِّبُ عَلَيْهِ رُؤْيَتُهُ كَذَلِكَ.
﴿ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطامًا﴾ هَشِيمًا مُتَكَسِّرًا، ومَحَلُّ الكافِ قِيلَ النَّصْبُ عَلى الحالِيَّةِ مِنَ الضَّمِيرِ في "لَعِبٌ" لِأنَّهُ في مَعْنى الوَصْفِ، وقِيلَ: الرَّفْعُ عَلى أنَّهُ خَبَرٌ بَعْدَ خَبَرٍ "لِلْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا" بِتَقْدِيرِ المُضافِ أيْ: مَثَلُ الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا كَمَثَلِ ...إلَخْ، وبَعْدَ ما بُيِّنِ حَقارَةُ أمْرِ الدُّنْيا تَزْهِيدًا فِيها وتَنْفِيرًا عَنِ العُكُوفِ عَلَيْها أُشِيرَ إلى فَخامَةِ شَأْنِ الآخِرَةِ وعِظَمِ ما فِيها مِنَ اللَّذّاتِ والآلامِ تَرْغِيبًا في تَحْصِيلِ نَعِيمِها المُقِيمِ وتَحْذِيرًا (p-211)مِن عَذابِها الألِيمِ، وقَدْ ذُكِرَ العَذابُ فَقِيلَ: ﴿وَفِي الآخِرَةِ عَذابٌ شَدِيدٌ﴾ لِأنَّهُ مِن نَتائِجِ الِانْهِماكِ فِيما فُصِّلَ مِن أحْوالِ الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا.
﴿وَمَغْفِرَةٌ﴾ عَظِيمَةٌ.
﴿مِنَ اللَّهِ ورِضْوانٌ﴾ عَظِيمٌ لا يُقادَرُ قَدْرُهُ.
﴿وَما الحَياةُ الدُّنْيا إلا مَتاعُ الغُرُورِ﴾ أيْ: لِمَنِ اطْمَأنَّ بِها ولَمْ يَجْعَلْها ذَرِيعَةً إلى الآخِرَةِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ " الدُّنْيا مَتاعُ الغُرُورِ إنْ ألْهَتْكَ عَنْ طَلَبِ الآخِرَةِ فَأمّا إذا دَعَتْكَ إلى طَلَبِ رِضْوانِ اللَّهِ تَعالى فَنِعْمَ المَتاعُ ونِعْمَ الوَسِيلَةُ".
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57:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَۖ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ وَنُورُهُمۡۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٩
And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light.1 But those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of Hellfire.
1 translator’s note
- Another accepted meaning is "And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - they are the supporters of truth. And the martyrs, with their Lord, will have their reward and their light." ↩
57:20
ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞ وَزِينَةٞ وَتَفَاخُرُۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَتَكَاثُرٞ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيۡثٍ أَعۡجَبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمٗاۖ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ٢٠
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
57:21
سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرۡضُهَا كَعَرۡضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢١
Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.
57:22
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّبۡرَأَهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٢٢
No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register1 before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allāh, is easy -
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ). ↩
57:23
لِّكَيۡلَا تَأۡسَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَفۡرَحُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالٖ فَخُورٍ ٢٣
In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -
57:24
ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبُخۡلِۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٤
[Those] who are stingy and enjoin upon people stinginess. And whoever turns away1 - then indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
1 translator’s note
- Refusing to spend for Allāh's cause or refusing obedience to Him. ↩