Al-A'raf 7:147
The Heights · Juz 9 · Page 168
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡۚ هَلۡ يُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤٧
Those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?
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Commentary on 7:147
ولَمّا ذَكَرَ أحْوالَ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ الَّذِينَ أدّاهم كِبْرُهم إلى التَّكْذِيبِ في الدُّنْيا، ذَكَرَ أحْوالَهم في الآخِرَةِ فَقالَ: ﴿والَّذِينَ﴾ أيْ: كَذَّبُوا بِها والحالُ أنَّ الَّذِينَ ﴿كَذَّبُوا بِآياتِنا﴾ أيْ: فَلَمْ يَعْتَبِرُوا عَظَمَتَها ﴿ولِقاءِ الآخِرَةِ﴾ أيْ: ولِقائِهِمْ إيّاها أوْ لِقائِهِمْ ما وُعِدُوا بِهِ فِيها، اللّازِمِ مِنَ التَّكْذِيبِ بِالآياتِ الحامِلِ التَّصْدِيقِ بِها عَلى مَعالِي الأخْلاقِ ﴿حَبِطَتْ﴾ أيْ: فَسَدَتْ فَسَقَطَتْ ﴿أعْمالُهُمْ﴾ [والآيَةُ مِنَ الِاحْتِباكِ: إثْباتُ الغَفْلَةِ أوَّلًا يَدُلُّ عَلى إرادَتِها ثانِيًا، واللِّقاءُ ثانِيًا يَدُلُّ عَلى إرادَتِهِ أوَّلًا].
(p-٨٥)ولَمّا كانَ كَأنَّهُ قِيلَ: لِمَ بَطَلَتْ؟ قِيلَ: ﴿هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إلا ما﴾ أيْ: جَزاءَ ما ﴿كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾ أيْ: بِإبْطالِ أعْمالِهِمْ وإنْ عَمِلُوا كُلَّ حَسَنٍ سِوى الإيمانِ بِسَبَبِ أنَّهم أبْطَلُوا الآياتِ والآخِرَةَ بِتَكْذِيبِهِمْ بِها، أيْ: عَدُّوها باطِلَةً، والجَزاءُ مِن جِنْسِ العَمَلِ، والحاصِلُ أنَّهم لَمّا عَمُوا عَنِ الآياتِ لِأنَّهم لَمْ يَنْظُرُوا فِيها ولا انْقادُوا مَعَ ما دَلَّتْ عُقُولُهم عَلَيْهِ مِن أمْرِها، بَلْ سَدُّوا بابَ الفِكْرِ فِيها؛ زادَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَمًى فَخَتَمَ عَلى مَدارِكِهِمْ، فَصارَتْ لا يُنْتَفَعُ بِها فَصارُوا لا يَعُونَ، وهَذِهِ الآياتُ أعْظَمُ زاجِرٍ عَنِ التَّكَبُّرِ؛ فَإنَّها بَيَّنَتْ أنَّهُ يُوجِبُ الكُفْرَ والإصْرارَ عَلَيْهِ والوَهْنَ في جَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ،
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7:144
قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّي ٱصۡطَفَيۡتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِي وَبِكَلَٰمِي فَخُذۡ مَآ ءَاتَيۡتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٤
[Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."
7:145
وَكَتَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأَلۡوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡعِظَةٗ وَتَفۡصِيلٗا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ فَخُذۡهَا بِقُوَّةٖ وَأۡمُرۡ قَوۡمَكَ يَأۡخُذُواْ بِأَحۡسَنِهَاۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ دَارَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ١٤٥
And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things - instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], "Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."1
1 translator’s note
- This is a severe warning from Allāh against rebellion. ↩
7:146
سَأَصۡرِفُ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشۡدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗا وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلۡغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا غَٰفِلِينَ ١٤٦
I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness,1 they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., reason and integrity. ↩
7:147
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡۚ هَلۡ يُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤٧
Those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?
7:148
وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوۡمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِنۡ حُلِيِّهِمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌۚ أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ وَلَا يَهۡدِيهِمۡ سَبِيلًاۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ ١٤٨
And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.
7:149
وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِيٓ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَرَأَوۡاْ أَنَّهُمۡ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَرۡحَمۡنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ١٤٩
And when regret overcame them1 and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."
1 translator’s note
- Literally, "When their hands had been descended upon," i.e., bitten by them out of severe regret. ↩