The Ant, The Ants — Verse 73
27:73 · an-Naml
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣
wa-inna rabbaka ladhū faḍlin ʿalā l-nāsi walākinna aktharahum lā yashkurūn
The Ant, The Ants / an-Naml (27:73)
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Q 11:5 (Hud)
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Q 13:10 (ar-Ra`d)
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Q 17:51 (al-Isra`)
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Q 20:7 (Ta Ha)
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Q 22:70 (al-Hajj)
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Q 27:66 (an-Naml)
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Q 29:54 (al-`Ankabut)
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) 6 verses
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran 1 verse
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Your Lord is bountiful to people, though most of them are ungrateful
wa-inna rabbaka ladhū faḍlin ʿalā l-nāsi walākinna aktharahum lā yashkurūn
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ
(And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful") Allah said, responding to them:
قُلْ
(Say) `O Muhammad,'
عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close." This was also the view of Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, `Ata Al-Khurasani, Qatadah and As-Suddi. This is also what is meant in the Ayat:
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
(And they say: "When will that be" Say: "Perhaps it is near!") (17:51)
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌ بِالْكَـفِرِينَ
(They ask you to hasten on the torment. And verily, Hell, of a surety, will encompass the disbelievers) (29:54).
عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم
(may be close behind you.) means, it is being hastened for you. This was reported from Mujahid. Then Allah says:
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ
(Verily, your Lord is full of grace for mankind,) meaning, He abundantly bestows His blessings on them even though they wrong themselves, yet despite that they do not give thanks for those blessings, except for a few of them.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
(And verily, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they reveal.) means, He knows what is hidden in their hearts just as He knows what is easily visible.
سَوَآءٌ مِّنْكُمْ مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِهِ
(It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it openly) (13:10),
يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى
(He knows the secret and that which is yet more hidden) (20: 7),
أَلا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
(Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal) (11:5). Then Allah tells us that He is the Knower of the unseen in the heavens and on earth, and that He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, i.e., that which is unseen by His servants and that which they can see. And Allah says:
وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ
(and there is nothing hidden) Ibn `Abbas said, "This means, there is nothing
فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ فِى كِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ
(in the heaven and the earth but it is in a Clear Book.) This is like the Ayah,
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِنَّ ذلِكَ فِى كِتَـبٍ إِنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
(Know you not that Allah knows all that is in the heaven and on the earth Verily, it is (all) in the Book. Verily, that is easy for Allah.) (22:70)
And surely your Lord is bountiful to mankind an example of which is His deferring chastisement for the disbelievers but most of them are not thankful — disbelievers are not grateful for the deferring of chastisement since they reject the fact that it will ever come to pass.
وإنَّ ربك لذو فضل على الناس؛ بتركه معاجلتهم بالعقوبة على معصيتهم إياه وكفرهم به، ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون له على ذلك، فيؤمنوا به ويخلصوا له العبادة.
أي في إسباغه نعمه عليهم مع ظلمهم لأنفسهم وهم مع ذلك لا يشكرونه على ذلك إلا القليل منهم.
ثم بين - سبحانه - بعض مظاهر فضله على الناس ، فقال : ( وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الناس ولكن أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ ) .أى : وإن ربك - أيها الرسول الكريم - لذو فضل عظيم ، وإنعام كبير على الناس . ومن مظاهر ذلك : أنه لم يعاجلهم بالعقوبة مع كفرهم وعصيانهم ، ولكن أكثر هؤلاء الناس لا يشكرونه - سبحانه - على فضله وإنعامه .والتعبير " بأكثر " للإشعار بأن هناك قلة مؤمنة من الناس ، ملازمة لشكر الله - تعالى - فى السراء والضراء ، والعسر واليسر .
يقول تعالى ذكره: (وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ ) يا محمد (لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ ) بتركه معاجلتهم بالعقوبة على معصيتهم إياه, وكفرهم به, وذو إحسان إليهم في ذلك وفي غيره من نعمه عندهم (وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَشْكُرُونَ ) لا يشكرونه على ذلك من إحسانه وفضله عليهم, فيخلصوا له العبادة, ولكنهم يشركون معه في العبادة ما يضرّهم ولا ينفعهم ومن لا فضل له عندهم ولا إحسان.
( وإن ربك لذو فضل على الناس ) قال مقاتل : على أهل مكة حيث لم يعجل عليهم العذاب ، ( ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون ) ذلك .
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ (73)موقع هذا موقع الاستدراك على قوله { عسى أن يكون ردف لكم بعض الذي تستعجلون } [ النمل : 72 ] أي أن تأخير العذاب عنهم هو من فضل الله عليهم . وهذا خبر خاص بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم تنبيهاً على أن تأخير الوعيد أثر من آثار رحمة الله لأن أزمنة التأخير أزمنة إمهال فهم فيها بنعمة ، لأن الله ذو فضل على الناس كلهم . وقد كنا قدمنا مسألة أن نعمة الكافر نعمة حقيقية أو ليست نعمة والخلاف في ذلك بين الأشعري والماتريدي .والتعبير ب { ذو فضل } يدل على أن الفضل من شؤونه . وتنكير { فضل } للتعظيم . والتأكيد ب { إن } واللام منظور فيه إلى حال الناس لا إلى حال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فالتأكيد واقع موقع التعريض بهم بقرينة قوله { ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون } .و { لكن } استدراك ناشىء عن عموم الفضل منه تعالى فإن عمومه وتكرره يستحق بأن يعلمه الناس فيشكروه ولكن أكثر الناس لا يشكرون كهؤلاء الذين قالوا { متى هذا الوعد } [ النمل : 71 ] فإنهم يستعجلون العذاب تهكماً وتعجيزاً في زعمهم غير قادرين قدر نعمة الإمهال .
ينبه عباده على سعة جوده وكثرة أفضاله ويحثهم على شكرها، ومع هذا فأكثر الناس قد أعرضوا عن الشكر واشتغلوا بالنعم عن المنعم.
وإن ربك لذو فضل على الناس في تأخير العقوبة وإدرار الرزق ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون فضله ونعمه .
The words ‘do not grieve’ are not meant to prevent the preacher from grieving. It is, in fact, meant to contradict the impression that Truth is helpless. It means that, in spite of unfavourable conditions, the Truth and supporters of the Truth will finally meet with success. When the adversaries of the preacher of Truth contradict him, they think that they are dealing with a human being. They do not understand that this is tantamount to setting themselves up against God Himself and not merely opposing an ordinary mortal. This state of affairs (i.e. the temporary success of the opponents) continues only till the expiry of the period of human trial. As soon this period is over, God will appear and all these opponents will vanish into thin air. There is no foolishness greater than mistaking the temporary respite during the trial period for unconditional and unlimited liberty to indulge in arrogance.
بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ ﴿66﴾
Rather, their knowledge failed in the matter of Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are blind to it. 27:66.
There are different recitations for the word اِدّٰرَکَ (iddaraka) and their meanings are also different. Those who are interested should refer to different commentaries for the details. It is enough to understand here that some commentators have taken it to mean "completion" and have explained the verse thus: "Their knowledge and understanding will be completed in the Hereafter", because then the truth about every thing shall be laid bare. But knowledge of truth at that time will be of no avail, because they had been contradicting the Hereafter in the world. But some other commentators have taken the word in the meaning of 'having failed' and 'hating been lost'. The sense in this case would be that their knowledge about the Hereafter was lost, and they could not understand what it was.
(Lo! thy Lord) O Muhammad (is full of bounty for mankind) for deferring His punishment, (but most of them do not give thanks) for the deferment of punishment.
And surely your Lord is bountiful to mankind�He said:His withholding (manʿ) is a bounty (faḍl), just as His giving (ʿaṭāʾ) is a bounty, but it is only the elite among the friends [of God] (awliyāʾ) who know the situations in which deprivation is a bounty.His words, Exalted is He: