The Poets — Verse 116
26:116 · ash-Shu`ara`
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قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِینَ ١١٦
qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:116)
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Q 26:111 (ash-Shu`ara`)
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Q 26:112 (ash-Shu`ara`)
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Q 54:10 (al-Qamar)
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So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’
qālū la-in lam tantahi yānūḥu latakūnanna mina l-marjūmīn
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His People's Threat, Nuh's Prayer against Them, and Their Destruction
Nuh stayed among his people for a long time, calling them to Allah night and day, in secret and openly. The more he repeated his call to them, the more determined were they to cling to their extreme disbelief and resist his call. In the end, they said:
لَئِنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ ينُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُرْجُومِينَ
(If you cease not, O Nuh you will surely be among those stoned.) meaning, `if you do not stop calling us to your religion,'
لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُرْجُومِينَ
(you will surely be among those stoned.) meaning, `we will stone you.' At that point, he prayed against them, and Allah responded to his prayer. Nuh said:
رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِفَافْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحاً
(My Lord! Verily, my people have denied me. Therefore judge You between me and them.) This is like the Ayah:
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنُّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ
(Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!")(54:10) And Allah says here:
فَأَنجَيْنَـهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ - ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَـقِينَ
(And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship. Then We drowned the rest thereafter.) The "laden ship" is one that is filled with cargo and the couples, one pair from every species, that were carried in it. This Ayah means: `We saved Nuh and all of those who followed him, and We drowned those who disbelieved in him and went against his commands, all of them.'
إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
(Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers. And verily your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.)
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ - إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
They said ‘Lo! if you do not desist O Noah from what you say to us you will assuredly be among those assailed’ with stones or curses.
عدل قوم نوح عن المحاورة إلى التهديد، فقالوا له: لئن لم ترجع- يا نوح- عن دعوتك لتكوننَّ مِنَ المقتولين رميًا بالحجارة.
لما طال مقام نبي الله بين أظهرهم يدعوهم إلي الله تعالى ليلا ونهارا وسرا وجهارا وكلما كرر عليهم الدعوة صمموا على الكفر الغليظ والامتناع الشديد وقالوا في الآخر "لئن لم تنته يا نوح لتكونن من المرجومين" أي لئن لم تنته عن دعوتك إيانا إلى دينك "لتكونن من المرجومين" أي لنرجمنك فعند ذلك دعا عليهم دعوة استجاب الله منه.
لذا نراهم وقد أخرسهم المنطق المستقيم الذى سلكه نوح معهم ، يلجأون إلى التهديد والوعيد لنبيهم - عليه السلام - : ( قَالُواْ لَئِنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يانوح لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المرجومين ) .أى : إذا لم تكف يا نوح عن مجادلتك لنا ، ومن دعوتك إيانا إلى ترك عبادة آلهتنا ، لنكونن من المرجومين منا بالحجارة حتى تموت .وهكذا الطغاة يلجأون إلى القوة والتهديد والوعيد ، عندما يجدون أنفسهم وقد حاصرهم أصحاب الحق من كل جوانبهم ، بالحجة الواضحة ، وبالرأى السديد .
( قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ ) يقول: قال لنوح قومه: لئن لم تنته يا نوح عما تقول, وتدعو إليه, وتعيب به آلهتنا, لتكوننّ من المشتومين, يقول: لنشتمك.
( قالوا لئن لم تنته يا نوح ) عما تقول ، ( لتكونن من المرجومين ) قال مقاتل والكلبي : من المقتولين بالحجارة . وقال الضحاك : من المشتومين .
قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ (116 لما أعياهم الاستدلال صاروا إلى سلاح المبطلين وهو المناضلة بالأذى .والرجم : الرمي بالحجارة ، وقد غلب استعماله في القتل به ، و { من المرجومين } يفيد من بين الذين يعاقبون بالرجم ، أي من فئة الدعّار الذين يستحقون الرجم ، كما تقدم في قوله : { وما أنا من المهتدين } في سورة الأنعام ( 56 ) .
فاستمر نوح عليه الصلاة والسلام على دعوتهم ليلا ونهارا سرا وجهارا فلم يزدادوا إلا نفورا و قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ من دعوتك إيانا إلى الله وحده لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ أي لنقتلك شر قتلة بالرمي بالحجارة كما يقتل الكلب فتبا لهم ما أقبح هذه المقابلة يقابلون الناصح الأمين الذي هو أشفق عليهم من أنفسهم بشر مقابلة لا جرم لما انتهى ظلمهم واشتد كفرهم دعا عليهم نبيهم بدعوة أحاطت بهم فقال رَبِّ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا الآيات.
قوله تعالى : قالوا لئن لم تنته يا نوح أي عن سب آلهتنا وعيب ديننا لتكونن من المرجومين أي بالحجارة ; قاله قتادة . وقال ابن عباس ومقاتل : من المقتولين . قال الثمالي : كل " مرجومين " في القرآن فهو القتل إلا في مريم : لئن لم تنته لأرجمنك أي لأسبنك . وقيل : من المرجومين من المشتومين ; قاله السدي . ومنه قول أبي دؤاد
Noah strove for centuries so that his community could realize the truth, but they refused to accept it. The moral debasement of his people had reached its acme and the disbelievers now threatened Noah either to stop preaching or be stoned to death. Noah then prayed to God to judge decisively between him and the disbelievers. His prayer was answered. At God’s behest, Noah constructed a large boat, in which all his companions and the male and female counterparts of each animal species were accommodated. Thereafter, God sent a severe storm; water gushed out of the earth, and there was a heavy downpour of rain from the skies. All the living creatures, except those on the boat, were destroyed. This historical example is an embodiment of the fact that while true believers would remain protected, all others would face destruction.
Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾
They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do not know about what they do. (26:111-112)
It is related in this verse that the disbelievers rejected the invitation of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) to accept the faith on the plea that his followers were worthless poor people. So, how could they, the elite and noble, mix up with them? On this Nuh (علیہ السلام) replied that he did not know about their acts, thereby hinting that their understanding of nobility on the basis of family background, wealth, or status was wrong, and that the nobility or meanness and honour or disgrace is dependent on one's deeds and morals. Hence, it was their ignorance to put the label of sordidness on his followers, because they did not know about their deeds and disposition. Unless one knows fully well about the morals and deeds of others, it is not right to pass any judgment about them. (Qurtubi).
(They said: If thou cease not) from what you are saying, (O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death)) we will kill you just as we killed the strangers who believed in you.