The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City — Verse 38
15:38 · al-Hijr
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إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٣٨
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūm
The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City / al-Hijr (15:38)
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Q 7:12 (al-A`raf)
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‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.’
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūm
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The Expulsion of Iblis from Jannah, and His Reprieve until the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us how He issued an unconditional command to Iblis to leave the position he held among the highest of heights. He told him that he was an outcast, i.e., cursed, and that he would be followed by a curse that would hound him until the Day of Resurrection. It was reported that Sa`id bin Jubayr said: "When Allah cursed Iblis, his image into something different from that of the angels, and he made a sound like a bell. Every bell that rings on this earth until the Day of Resurrection is part of that. This was reported by Ibn Abi Hatim.
until the day of the known time’ the time of the blowing of the First Trumpet.
قال الله له: فإنك ممن أخَّرْتُ هلاكهم إلى اليوم الذي يموت فيه كل الخلق بعد النفخة الأولى، لا إلى يوم البعث، وإنما أُجيبَ إلى ذلك استدراجًا له وإمهالا وفتنة للثقلين.
فلما تحقق النظرة قبحه الله.
قال ابن كثير : أجابه الله - تعالى - إلى ما سأل ، لما له فى ذلك من الحكمة والإِرادة والمشيئة التى لا تخالف . ولا تمانع ولا معقب لحكمه وهو سريع الحساب .وقال بعض العلماء : وهذا الإِنظار رمز إلهى على أن ناموس الشر لا ينقضى من عالم الحياة الدنيا ، وأن نظامها قائم على التصارع بين الخير والشر ، وبين الأخيار والأشرار .قال - تعالى - : ( بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بالحق عَلَى الباطل فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ . . . ) ولذلك لم يستغن نظام العالم عن إقامة قوانين العدل والصلاح ، وإيداعها إلى الكفاة لتنفيذها والذود عنها .
إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم لهلاك جميع خلقي، وذلك حين لا يبقى على الأرض من بني آدم دَيَّار.
( قال فإنك من المنظرين إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم ) أي : الوقت الذي يموت فيه الخلائق ، وهو النفخة الأولى .ويقال : إن مدة موت إبليس أربعون سنة وهي ما بين النفختين .ويقال : لم تكن إجابة الله تعالى إياه في الإمهال إكراما له ، بل كانت زيادة في بلائه وشقائه .
وعبر عن يوم البعث ب { يوم الوقت المعلوم } تفنّناً تفادياً من إعادة اللفظ قضاء لحق حسن النظم ، ولما فيه من التعليم بأن الله يعلم ذلك الأجل . فالمراد : المعلوم لدينا . ويجوز أن يراد المعلوم للناس أيضاً علماً إجمالياً .وفيه تعريض بأن من لم يؤمنوا بذلك اليوم من الناس لا يعبأ بهم فهم كالعدم .
تفسير الآيات من 36 الى 38 :ـ { قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي } أي: أمهلني { إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ } وليس إجابة الله لدعائه كرامة في حقه وإنما ذلك امتحان وابتلاء من الله له وللعباد ليتبين الصادق الذي يطيع مولاه دون عدوه ممن ليس كذلك، ولذلك حذرنا منه غاية التحذير، وشرح لنا ما يريده منا.
قال ابن عباس : ( أراد به النفخة الأولى ) , أي حين تموت الخلائق .وقيل : الوقت المعلوم الذي استأثر الله بعلمه , ويجهله إبليس .فيموت إبليس ثم يبعث ; قال الله تعالى : " كل من عليها فان " [ الرحمن : 26 ] .وفي كلام الله تعالى له قولان :أحدهما : كلمه على لسان رسوله .الثاني : كلمه تغليظا في الوعيد لا على وجه التكرمة والتقريب .
The turn of events after the creation of the first human made Satan the permanent enemy of humanity. Now, till Doomsday, man is within the range of Satan’s evil. It is imperative that man should be vigilant against the fraudulence of Satan. It is in this present world that the decision is taken about both a man’s success and his failure.
The Command to Prostrate was Given to Angels - Iblis was to Follow Suit
Addressing Iblis in Surah Al-A` raf, it was said: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ (What stopped you from prostrating when I ordered you? - 7:12). This shows that the command to prostrate was given, along with the angels, to Iblis as well. However, the verses you have gone through a little earlier apparently give the sense that the command was particular to the an-gels. This could mean that the command was originally given to the angels but, as Iblis too was present among the angels, therefore, he too was covered by this command as a corollary - because, when the command went forth for the most august creation of Allah Ta’ ala, that is, the an-gels, that they pay their homage to Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) ، it was obvious that any other creation was bound to follow suit under this command. It was for this reason that Iblis did not respond by saying that he was never asked to prostrate to begin with, so he could not be charged with the crime of non-compliance of the order. Perhaps, the words of the Qur’ an here: ' أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ' (He refused to be among those who prostrated - 30) may contain a hint in that direction. Rather than say: أَبَىٰ أَن یَّسجُدَ 1 that is, 'he refused to prostrate', what was actually said was: ' أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ' he refused to be among those who prostrated. This indicates that the main prostraters were after all the angels but Iblis too, being present with them, was reason-bound to join the prostrating an-gels. So, the Divine wrath was against his failure to join.
(Till an appointed time) the first blast of the Trumpet