The Poets — Verse 118
26:118 · ash-Shu`ara`
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فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحࣰا وَنَجِّنِی وَمَن مَّعِیَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ١١٨
fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:118)
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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 make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’
fa-if'taḥ baynī wabaynahum fatḥan wanajjinī waman maʿiya mina l-mu'minīn
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Tafsir Commentary
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
so judge conclusively between me and them and deliver me and the believers who are with me’.
فلما سمع نوح قولهم هذا دعا ربه بقوله: رب إن قومي أصروا على تكذيـبي، فاحكم بيني وبينهم حكمًا تُهلك به مَن جحد توحيدك وكذَّب رسولك، ونجني ومَن معي من المؤمنين مما تعذب به الكافرين.
فقال "رب إن قومي كذبون فافتح بيني وبينهم فتحا" الآية كما قال في الآية الأخرى "فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر" إلى آخر الآية.
( فافتح بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحاً وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِي مِنَ المؤمنين ) أى فاحكم بقدرتك العادلة بينى وبينهم حكما من عندك ، تنجى به أهل الحق ، وتمحق به أهل الباطل .وسمى الحكم فتحا ، لما فيه من إزالة الإشكال فى الأمر ، كما أن فتح الشىء المغلق يؤدى إلى إزالة هذا الإغلاق . ولذا قيل للحاكم فاتح لفتحه أغلاق الحق .
( فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا ) يقول: فاحكم بيني وبينهم حكما من عندك تهلك به المبطل, وتنتقم به ممن كفر بك وجحد توحيدك, وكذب رسولك.كما حدثنا الحسن, قال: أخبرنا عبد الرزاق, قال: أخبرنا معمر, عن قتادة, في قوله: ( فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا ) قال: فاقض بيني وبينهم قضاء.حدثني يونس, قال: أخبرنا ابن وهب, قال: قال ابن زيد, في قوله: ( فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا ) قال: يقول: اقض بيني وبينهم.( ونجني ) يقول: ونجني من ذلك العذاب الذي تأتي به حكما بيني وبينهم.( وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ) يقول: والذين معي من أهل الإيمان بك والتصديق لي.
( قال رب إن قومي كذبون فافتح ) فاحكم ، ( بيني وبينهم فتحا ) حكما ، ( ونجني ومن معي من المؤمنين )
فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (118 والفَتح : الحُكم ، وتأكيده ب { فَتْحاً } لإرادة حكم شديد ، وهو الاستئصال
فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا أي أهلك الباغي منا وهو يعلم أنهم البغاة الظلمة ولهذا قال وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
والفتح الحكم وقد تقدم .
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).
(Therefore judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgement) a fair judgement, (and save me and those believers who are with me) from their torment.