Hud — Verse 33
11:33 · Hud
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قَالَ إِنَّمَا یَأۡتِیكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَاۤءَ وَمَاۤ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِینَ ٣٣
qāla innamā yatīkum bihi l-lahu in shāa wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīn
Hud / Hud (11:33)
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He said, ‘It is God who will bring it down, if He wishes, and you will not be able to escape
qāla innamā yatīkum bihi l-lahu in shāa wamā antum bimuʿ'jizīn
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The People's Request of Nuh to bring the Torment and His Response to Them
Allah, the Exalted, informs that the people of Nuh sought to hasten Allah's vengeance, torment, anger and the trial (His punishment). This is based on their saying,
قَالُواْ ينُوحُ قَدْ جَادَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَالَنَا
(They said: "O Nuh! You have disputed with us and much have you prolonged the dispute with us...") They meant by this, "You (Nuh) have argued with us long enough, and we are still not going to follow you."
فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ
(now bring upon us what you threaten us with,) What he (Nuh) promised is referring to the vengeance and torment (from Allah). They were actually saying, "Supplicate against us however you wish, and let whatever you have supplicated come to us."
إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَقَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ
("...if you are of the truthful." (In reply to this,) He said: "Only Allah will bring it (the punishment) on you, if He wills, and then you will escape not.)11:32-33 This means, `It is only Allah Who can punish you and hasten your punishment for you. He is the One from Whom nothing escapes. '
وَلاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِى إِنْ أَرَدْتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ
(And my advice will not profit you, even if I wish to give you good counsel, if Allah's will is to keep you astray.) This means: something that could be useful to you (in acceptance) of my preaching to you, warning you and advising you.
إِن كَانَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ
(if Allah's will is to keep you astray.) This means: your deception and your ultimate destruction.
هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
(He is your Lord! and to Him you shall return.) He is the Owner of the finality of all matters. He is the Controller, the Judge, the Most Just and He does not do any injustice. Unto Him belongs the creation and the command. He is the Originator and the Repeater (of the creation). He is the Owner of this life and the Hereafter.
He said ‘Only God will bring it upon you if He wills to hasten it on for you for the decision is His not mine; and you cannot escape Him elude God.
قال نوح لقومه: إن الله وحده هو الذي يأتيكم بالعذاب إذا شاء، ولستم بفائتيه إذا أراد أن يعذبكم؛ لأنه سبحانه لا يعجزه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء.
أي إنما الذي يعاقبكم ويعجلها لكم الله الذي لا يعجزه شيء.
ولكن نوحا - عليه السلام - لم يخرجه هذا التحدى عن سمته الكريم ، ولم يعقده عناد قومه عن مداومة النصح لهم ، وإرشادهم إلى الحقيقة التى ضلوا عنها ، فقد رد عليهم بقوله ( إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ الله إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ ) .أى : إنما يأتيكم بهذا العذاب الذى تستعجلونه الله - تعالى - وحده ، إن شاء ذلك ، لأنه هو الذى يملكه ( وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ ) أى : وما أنتم بمستطيعين الهروب من عذابه متى اقتضت مشيئته - سبحانه - إنزاله لكم ، لأنه - تعالى - لا يعجزه شئ .
القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ (33)قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره: قال نوح لقومه حين استعجلوه العذاب: يا قوم ، ليس الذي تستعجلون من العذاب إليّ، إنما ذلك إلى الله لا إلى غيره، هو الذي يأتيكم به إن شاء ، (وما أنتم بمعجزين) ، يقول: ولستم إذا أراد تعذيبكم بمعجزيه، أي بفائتيه هربًا منه ، لأنكم حيث كنتم في ملكه وسلطانه وقدرته ، حكمهُ عليكم جارٍ (2) .----------------------الهوامش :(2) انظر تفسير " الإعجاز " فيما سلف ص : 286 ، تعليق : 1 ، والمراجع هناك .
( قال إنما يأتيكم به الله إن شاء ) يعني : بالعذاب ، ( وما أنتم بمعجزين ) بفائتين .
والقصر في قوله : { إنما يأتيكم به الله إن شاء } قصر قلب بناء على ظاهر طلبهم ، حملاً لكلامهم على ظاهره على طريقة مجاراة الخصم في المناظرة ، وإلاّ فإنهم جازمون بتعذّر أن يأتيهم بما وعدهم لأنهم يحسبونه كاذباً وهم جازمون بأنّ الله لم يتوعدهم ، ولعلّهم كانوا لا يؤمنون بوجود الله . وقوله : { إن شاء } احتراس راجع إلى حمل العذاب على عذاب الدنيا .ومعنى { وما أنتم بمعجزين } ما أنتم بناجين وفالتين من الوعيد ، يريد أن العذاب واقع لا محالة . ولعل نوحاً عليه السّلام لم يكن له وحي من الله بأن يحلّ بهم عذاب الدنيا ، فلذلك فوّضه إلى المشيئة؛ أو لعلّه كان يوقن بنزوله بهم فيكون التعليق ب { إن شاء } منظوراً فيه إلى كون العذاب معجلاً أو مؤخراً .
ولهذا عدلوا - من جهلهم وظلمهم - إلى الاستعجال بالعذاب، وتعجيز الله، ولهذا أجابهم نوح عليه السلام بقوله: { إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ } أي: إن اقتضت مشيئته وحكمته، أن ينزله بكم، فعل ذلك. { وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ } لله، وأنا ليس بيدي من الأمر شيء.
قوله تعالى : قال إنما يأتيكم به الله إن شاء أي إن أراد إهلاككم عذبكم .وما أنتم بمعجزين أي بفائتين . وقيل : بغالبين بكثرتكم ; لأنهم أعجبوا بذلك ; كانوا ملئوا الأرض سهلا وجبلا على ما يأتي .
Noah did not indulge in disputes or debating sessions ( jidal) with his community. He used simply to present his righteous message to them in a serious manner. But his serious call appeared to his community to be quite the opposite. The reason for this is man’s weakness: when he himself is affected, he loses all seriousness. He does not see things in the light of reason or proof. He straightaway rejects the Truth without giving it serious consideration. Even the solid reasoning of the preacher appears to him to be meaningless discussion and jidal. The statement, ‘Noah, you have argued with us, and argued to excess’ is not intended to indicate what Noah said, but rather shows how little importance was attached to his word by his hearers. Similarly, the demand for their own punishment made by Noah’s opponents was not really seriously meant, but was intended rather to ridicule Noah. What is really meant was, ‘See, this person is talking of something which is never going to happen.’ They thought that their position was so strong that there was no scope for any punishment to be meted out to them. Adopting this attitude, they said, ‘Bring on us that punishment of which you have been warning us, as a result of our rejection.’ And since, according to them, such punishment was never going to occur, their statement implied: ‘We are based on Truth and you on untruth.’ Noah replied that they were looking at the matter in the context of his personality and it was because he was a weak person, that they were unable to understand how any punishment could ever come upon them. He added that had they looked at the matter in relation to God, they would not have taken this stand, because then they would have realised that God’s retribution against the transgressor in this world was as certain as the rising of the sun and as terrible as the eruption of an earthquake. Acceptance of the message of the missionary of Truth mostly depends on the hearer not looking at it in the context of the messenger’s personality, but rather valuing it on the basis of its content. Since Noah’s community took his word as that of an ordinary man, he said that with that mentality they would never be able to discover the real value of what he had to say. Therefore, the only option now left to them was to wait for the Day when God would appear right in front of them.
Fourthly, it was stated: In your sight these poor people may appear lowly and disgraceful. But, I cannot say as you say that Allah Ta'ala will not bless them with what is good, because good relates to one's heart, not wealth, and only Allah knows the secrets of hearts and He knows whose heart is worthy of receiving good and whose heart is not.
Then, it was said: If I too were to start calling them lowly and disgraceful, I too would become unjust.
(He said) Noah said: (Only Allah will bring it Upon you) he said: the One who will bring chastisement on you is Allah (if He will) to punish you, (and ye can by no means escape) His chastisement.