The Story, Stories, The Narrative — Verse 41

28:41 · al-Qasas

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وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَىِٕمَّةࣰ یَدۡعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِۖ وَیَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ لَا یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١
wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yadʿūna ilā l-nāri wayawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūn
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We made them leaders calling [others] only to the Fire: on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped
wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yadʿūna ilā l-nāri wayawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūn

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Tafsir Commentary

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
The Arrogance of Fir`awn and His ultimate Destiny Allah tells us of Fir`awn's disbelief and wrongdoing, and how he falsely claimed divinity for his evil self, may Allah curse him. فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ (Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him.) 43:54 He called on his people to recognize his divinity, and they responded, because of their weak and foolish minds. So, he said: يأَيُّهَا الْملأ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرِى (O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than me.) Allah tells us about Fir`awn: فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَى - فَقَالَ أَنَاْ رَبُّكُمُ الاٌّعْلَى - فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الاٌّخِرَةِ وَالاٍّوْلَى - إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَى (Then he gathered (his people) and cried aloud, saying: "I am your lord, most high." So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allah.) (79:23-26) meaning: he brought his people together and called to them in a loud voice, shouting that, and they responded to him obediently. So Allah took revenge on him, and made him a lesson to others in this world and the Hereafter. He even confronted Musa with that, and said: لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـهَاً غَيْرِى لأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ (If you choose a god other than me, I will certainly put you among the prisoners) (26:29). فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَهَـمَـنُ عَلَى الطِّينِ فَاجْعَل لِّى صَرْحاً لَّعَلِّى أَطَّلِعُ إِلَى إِلَـهِ مُوسَى (So kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake (bricks out of) clay, and set up for me a Sarh in order that I may look at the God of Musa;) He commanded his minister and adviser Haman to bake bricks for him, i.e., to make bricks in order to build a Sarh, a exalted towering palace. This is like the Ayah, وَقَالَ فَرْعَوْنُ يهَـمَـنُ ابْنِ لِى صَرْحاً لَّعَـلِّى أَبْلُغُ الاٌّسْبَـبَ - أَسْبَـبَ السَّمَـوَتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَى إِلَـهِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّى لاّظُنُّهُ كَـذِباً وَكَـذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ وَصُدَّ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَمَا كَـيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلاَّ فِى تَبَابٍ (And Fir`awn said: "O Haman! Build me a Sarh that I may arrive at the ways -- the ways of the heavens, and I may look upon the God of Musa, but verily, I think him to be a liar." Thus it was made fair seeming, in Fir`awn's eyes, the evil of his deeds, and he was hindered from the path; and the plot of Fir`awn led to nothing but loss and destruction) (40:36-37). Fir`awn built this tower, which was the highest structure ever seen on earth, because he wanted to show his people that Musa was lying when he claimed that there was a God other than Fir`awn. Fir`awn said: وَإِنِّى لأَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ (and verily, I think that he (Musa) is one of the liars.) meaning, `when he says that there is a lord other than me.' The issue was not whether Allah had sent Musa, because he did not acknowledge the existence of the Creator in the first place. On the contrary, he said: وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ (And what is the Lord of Al-`Alamin) (26:23) and: لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـهَاً غَيْرِى لأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ (If you choose a god other than me, I will certainly put you among the prisoners.) (26:29) and he said: يأَيُّهَا الْملأ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرِى (O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than me.) This was the view of Ibn Jarir. وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ فِى الاٌّرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّواْ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لاَ يُرْجَعُونَ (And he and his armies were arrogant in the land, without right, and they thought that they would never return to Us.) means, they were arrogant oppressors who spread much mischief in the land, and they believed that there would be no Resurrection. فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ - إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ (So, your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).) (89:13-14). Allah says here: فَأَخَذْنَـهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَـهُمْ فِى الْيَمِّ (So, We seized him and his armies, and We threw them all into the sea.) meaning, `We drowned them in the sea in a single morning, and not one of them was left.' فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الظَّـلِمِينَوَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ (So, behold what was the end of the wrongdoers. And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire) for those who followed them and took the same path as they did, rejecting the Messengers and denying the Creator. وَيَوْمَ الْقِيـمَةِ لاَ يُنصَرُونَ (and on the Day of Resurrection, they will not be helped.) their humiliation in this world is combined with and connected to their humiliation in the Hereafter, as Allah says: أَهْلَكْنَـهُمْ فَلاَ نَـصِرَ لَهُمْ (We have destroyed them. And there was none to help them) (47:13). وَأَتْبَعْنَـهُم فِى هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً (And We made a curse to follow them in this world,) Allah decreed that they and their king Fir`awn should be cursed by the believers among His servants who follow His Messengers, just as in this world they were cursed by the Prophets and their followers. وَيَوْمَ القِيَـمَةِ هُمْ مِّنَ الْمَقْبُوحِينَ (and on the Day of Resurrection, they will be among disgraced.) Qatadah said, "This Ayah is like the Ayah, وَأُتْبِعُواْ فِى هَـذِهِ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ (They were pursued by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of Resurrection. Evil indeed is the gift given.) (11:99)."
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And We made them in this world leaders read a-imma pronouncing both hamzas or by changing the second one into a yā’ chieftains of idolatry who invite to the Fire by inviting to idolatry and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped by having the chastisement averted from them.
Tafsir Muyassar
وجعلنا فرعون وقومه قادة إلى النار، يَقتدي بهم أهل الكفر والفسق، ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون؛ وذلك بسبب كفرهم وتكذيبهم رسول ربهم وإصرارهم على ذلك.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
" وجعلناهم أئمة يدعون إلى النار" أي لمن سلك وراءهم وأخذ بطريقتهم في تكذيب الرسل وتعطيل الصانع "ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون" أي فاجتمع عليهم خزي الدنيا موصولا بذل الآخرة كما قال تعالى: "أهلكناهم فلا ناصر لهم".
Tafsir Al Wasit
( وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ ) أى : فرعون وجنوده ، ( أَئِمَّةً ) فى الكفر والفسوق والعصيان بسبب أنهم ( يَدْعُونَ ) ، غيرهم إلى ما يوصل ( إِلَى النار ) وسعيرها والاحتراق بها .( وَيَوْمَ القيامة لاَ يُنصَرُونَ ) أى : ويوم القيامة لا يجدون من ينصرهم ، بأن يدفع العذاب عنهم بأية صورة من الصور .
Tafsir al-Tabari
القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لا يُنْصَرُونَ (41)يقول تعالى ذكره: وجعلنا فرعون وقومه أئمة يأتمّ بهم أهل العتوّ على الله والكفر به, يدعون الناس إلى أعمال أهل النار ( وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لا يُنْصَرُونَ ) يقول جلّ ثناؤه: ويوم القيامة لا ينصرهم إذا عذّبهم الله ناصر, وقد كانوا في الدنيا يتناصرون, فاضمحلت تلك النصرة يومئذ.
Tafseer Al-Baghawi
( وجعلناهم أئمة ) قادة ورؤساء ، ( يدعون إلى النار ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون ) لا يمنعون من العذاب .
Tafseer Tanwir al-Miqbas
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ (41)عطف على جملة { واستكبر هو وجنوده } [ القصص : 39 ] أي استكبروا فكانوا ينصرون الضلال ويبثونه ، أي جعلناه وجنوده أيمة للضلالة المفضية إلى النار فكأنهم يدعون إلى النار فكل يدعو بما تصل إليه يده؛ فدعوة فرعون أمره ، ودعوة كهنته باختراع قواعد الضلالة وأوهامها ، ودعوة جنوده بتنفيذ ذلك والانتصار له .والأيمة : جمع إمام وهو من يقتدى به في عمل من خير أو شر قال تعالى { وجعلناهم أيمة يهدون بأمرنا } [ الأنبياء : 73 ] . ومعنى جعلهم أيمة يدعون إلى النار : خلق نفوسهم منصرفة إلى الشر ومعرضة عن الإصغاء للرشد وكان وجودهم بين ناس ذلك شأنهم . فالجعل جعل تكويني بجعل أسباب ذلك ، والله بعث إليهم الرسل لإرشادهم فلم ينفع ذلك فلذلك أصروا على الكفر .والدعاء إلى النار هو الدعاء إلى العمل الذي يوقع في النار فهي دعوة إلى النار بالمآل . وإذا كانوا يدعون إلى النار فهم من أهل النار بالأحرى فلذلك قال { ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون } أي لا يجدون من ينصرهم فيدفع عنهم عذاب النار . ومناسبة عطف { ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون } هي أن الدعاء يقتضي جنداً وأتباعاً يعتزون بهم في الدنيا ولكنهم لا يجدون عنهم يوم القيامة { وقال الذين اتبعوا لو أن لنا كرة فنتبرأ منهم كما تبرءوا منا } [ البقرة : 167 ] .
Tafseer Al Saddi
{ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ } أي جعلنا فرعون وملأه من الأئمة الذين يقتدي بهم ويمشي خلفهم إلى دار الخزي والشقاء. { وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ } من عذاب اللّه، فهم أضعف شيء، عن دفعه عن أنفسهم، وليس لهم من دون اللّه، من ولي ولا نصير.
Tafseer Al Qurtubi
وجعلناهم أئمة أي جعلناهم زعماء يتبعون على الكفر ، فيكون عليهم وزرهم ووزر من اتبعهم حتى يكون عقابهم أكثر وقيل : جعل الله الملأ من قومه رؤساء السفلة منهم ، فهم يدعون إلى جهنم . وقيل : أئمة يأتم بهم ذوو العبر ويتعظ بهم أهل البصائر . يدعون إلى النار أي إلى عمل أهل النار ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون
Tazkirul Quran
Moses’ mission was to bring about a godly revolution in the human individual. His aim was that man should develop fear of God. This was aimed at all individuals, including the individual who occupied the throne of the country. It is common for one who attains to power and authority to develop a false sense of pride. This was equally true of Pharaoh. Moses warned Pharaoh that if he conducted himself arrogantly, he would be seized upon by God. But Pharaoh refused to accept his advice. The result was that he was drowned.
Ma'arif-ul-Quran
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ‌ (And We had made them leaders who called (people) towards hell. - 28:41). Allah Ta` ala had elevated the courtiers of the Pharaoh as leaders of their people, but these wrong-doers were busy inviting the people towards fire - jahannam. Most commentators have taken the expression ` invitation to fire' as a metaphor. That is, by fire the allusion is toward evil deeds that will result in burning in the fire of Jahannam. But according to the work of my respected teacher Sayyidna Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri a (رح) the reward of the Hereafter is the deed itself. One's deeds in this world will change their forms first in barzakh and then in mahshar. The righteous deeds will change into flowers and gardens and take the shape of the bounties of paradise; and the evil deeds will turn into snakes and scorpions, ultimately manifesting themselves in various types of torments. Therefore, if someone invites any one in this world toward evil and infidelity, he in fact is bidding him to go into the fire. Although these evils do not manifest themselves in this world as fire, yet in reality they are fire. Thus there is no metaphor in the verse, and it rests with its true meaning. If this course of argument is adopted in explaining the verses of Qur'an, then many of them will get rid of dependence on metaphors; and it will make the reading easy and straightforward. For instance, وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِرً‌ا (And they will find what they did all there - 18:49) or مَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّ‌ةٍ خَيْرً‌ا يَرَ‌هُ. (Whoever does good to the measure of a particle will see it. 99:7)mmmm48
Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas
(And We made them patterns) We forsook them (that invite unto) they were leaders to disbelief and error to (the Fire) to disbelief, idolatry and the worship of idols, (and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped) they will not be saved from the Fire.
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