Al-An'am 6:59
The Cattle · Juz 7 · Page 134
۞ وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَا يَعۡلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۚ وَمَا تَسۡقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعۡلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٖ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا رَطۡبٖ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٩
And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.
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Makki ibn Abi Talib
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Commentary on 6:59
قوله: ﴿وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ﴾ الآية.
واحد المفاتح: مِفَتح، بكسر الميم وفتحها، والمعنى: وعند الله خزائن الغيب.
قال ابن عباس: مفاتح الغيب خمس في آخر "لقمان": ﴿إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ﴾ [لقمان: ٣٤] إلى ﴿خَبِيرٌ﴾ [لقمان: ٣٤].
وروي عن النبي عليه السلام أنه قال: مفاتح الغيب خمس لا يعلمها إلا الله: ما تغيض الأرحام، وما في غد، ومتى يأتي المطر، وما تدري نفس ماذا تكسب غداً، وما تدري نفس بأيّ أرضٍ تموت. ورواه ابن عمر عن النبي عليه السلام.
﴿إِلاَّ هُوَ﴾: تمام.
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وقوله: ﴿وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا﴾: أي: ما تسقط من ورقة في الصحاري والبراري والأمصار والقرى إلا الله يَعلَمها، ﴿وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلأَرْضِ﴾ أي: بطون الأودية، ولا رطبها ولا يابسها، ﴿إِلاَّ فِي كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ﴾ وهو اللوح المحفوظ، مرسوم فيه عدده ووقته في اخضِراره ويُبسِه وسقوطه. وكل ذلك عن علم الله غيرُ خارج، وإنما أثبتت في اللوح امتحاناً لحَفَظَة الخلق. فقد روي أنهم مأمورون بكتابة أعمال العباد، ثم يَعرِضها على ما أثبته تعالى في اللوح المحفوظ.
قال عبد الله بن الحارث: ما في الأرض (من) شجرة ولا مغرِز إبرة إلا عليها (ملك) موَكّل يأتي الله بعلمها: يُبْسها إذا يَبِسَت، ورطوبتها إذا رَطُبَت.
وقيل: المعنى في كَتْبِها: أنه لتعظيم الأمر، فمعناه: اعلموا أن هذا الذي ليس فيه ثواب ولا عقاب مكتوب، فكيف ما فيه ثواب وعقاب؟
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6:53
وَكَذَٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعۡضَهُم بِبَعۡضٖ لِّيَقُولُوٓاْ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِنَآۗ أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ٥٣
And thus We have tried some of them through others that they [i.e., the disbelievers] might say, "Is it these whom Allāh has favored among us?" Is not Allāh most knowing of those who are grateful?1
1 translator’s note
- Those referred to in verses 52-54 are the poor Muslims who were sincere believers and students of the Prophet (ﷺ). The influential leaders of Quraysh had disdained to sit with them, saying to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ), "Perhaps if you evicted them, we would follow you." ↩
6:54
وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلۡ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةَ أَنَّهُۥ مَنۡ عَمِلَ مِنكُمۡ سُوٓءَۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٖ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَأَنَّهُۥ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥٤
And when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful."
6:55
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ وَلِتَسۡتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٥٥
And thus do We detail the verses, and [thus] the way of the criminals will become evident.
6:56
قُلۡ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ قُل لَّآ أَتَّبِعُ أَهۡوَآءَكُمۡ قَدۡ ضَلَلۡتُ إِذٗا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ٥٦
Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allāh." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."
6:57
قُلۡ إِنِّي عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَكَذَّبۡتُم بِهِۦۚ مَا عِندِي مَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِهِۦٓۚ إِنِ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِۖ يَقُصُّ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡفَٰصِلِينَ ٥٧
Say, "Indeed, I am on clear evidence from my Lord, and you have denied it. I do not have that for which you are impatient.1 The decision is only for Allāh. He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders."
1 translator’s note
- The disbelievers would challenge the Prophet (ﷺ), telling him to bring on Allāh's punishment if he should be truthful in his warning. ↩
6:58
قُل لَّوۡ أَنَّ عِندِي مَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِهِۦ لَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٨
Say, "If I had that for which you are impatient, the matter would have been decided between me and you, but Allāh is most knowing of the wrongdoers."
6:59
۞ وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَا يَعۡلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۚ وَمَا تَسۡقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعۡلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٖ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا رَطۡبٖ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٩
And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.