The Family of Imran, The House of Imran — Verse 58

Meaning of `Take You Allah said, إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ (I will take you and raise you to Myself) while you are asleep. Allah said in a similar Ayat, وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَتَوَفَّـكُم بِالَّيْلِ (It is He Who takes your souls by night (when you are asleep).) 6:60, and, اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الاٌّنفُسَ حِينَ مِوْتِـهَا وَالَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِـهَا (It is Allah Who takes away the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep.) 39:42. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the following words when he would awaken; «الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُور» (All the thanks are due to Allah Who brought us back to life after He had caused us to die (sleep), and the Return is to Him). Allah said, وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَـناً عَظِيماً وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ (And because of their disbelief and allegations against Maryam and because of their saying "We killed Al-Masih `Isa, son of Maryam, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ـ but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared that way to them) until, وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلاَّ اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِيناً - بَل رَّفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ إِلاَّ لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيداً (For surely; they killed him not But Allah raised him up unto Himself. And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise. And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) but must believe in him before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection, he `Isa will be a witness against them.) 4:156-159 `His death' refers to `Isa, and the Ayah means that the People of the Book will believe in `Isa, before `Isa dies. This will occur when `Isa comes back to this world before the Day of Resurrection, as we will explain. By that time, all the People of the Book will believe in `Isa, for he will annul the Jizyah and he will only accept Islam from people. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Al-Hasan said that Allah's statement, إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ (I will take you) is in reference to sleep, for Allah raised `Isa while he was asleep. Altering the Religion of `Isa Allah said, وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ (And purify save you from those who disbelieve) by raising you to heaven, وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ (And I will make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve, till the Day of Resurrection) This is what happened. When Allah raised `Isa to heaven, his followers divided into sects and groups. Some of them believed in what Allah sent `Isa as, a servant of Allah, His Messenger, and the son of His female-servant. However, some of them went to the extreme over `Isa, believing that he was the son of Allah. Some of them said that `Isa was Allah Himself, while others said that he was one of a Trinity. Allah mentioned these false creeds in the Qur'an and refuted them. The Christians remained like this until the third century CE, when a Greek king called, Constantine, became a Christian for the purpose of destroying Christianity. Constantine was either a philosopher, or he was just plain ignorant. Constantine changed the religion of `Isa by adding to it and deleting from it. He established the rituals of Christianity and the so-called Great Trust, which is in fact the Great Treachery. He also allowed them to eat the meat of swine, changed the direction of the prayer that `Isa established to the east, built churches for `Isa, and added ten days to the fast as compensation for a sin that he committed, as claimed. So the religion of `Isa became the religion of Constantine, who built more then twelve thousand churches, temples and monasteries for the Christians as well as the city that bears his name, Constantinople (Istanbul). Throughout this time, the Christians had the upper hand and dominated the Jews. Allah aided them against the Jews because they used to be closer to the truth than the Jews, even though both groups were and still are disbelievers, may Allah's curse descend on them. When Allah sent Muhammad , those who believed in him also believed in Allah, His Angels, Books and Messengers in the correct manner. So they were the true followers of every Prophet who came to earth. They believed in the unlettered Prophet , the Final Messenger and the master of all mankind, who called them to believe in the truth in its entirety. This is why they had more right to every Prophet than his own nation, especially those who claim to follow their Prophet's way and religion, yet change and alter his religion. Furthermore, Allah abrogated all the laws that were sent down to the Prophets with the Law He sent Muhammad with, which consists of the true religion that shall never change or be altered until the commencement of the Last Hour. Muhammad's religion shall always be dominant and victorious over all other religions. This is why Allah allowed Muslims to conquer the eastern and western parts of the world and the kingdoms of the earth. Furthermore, all countries submitted to them; they demolished Kisra (king of Persia) and destroyed the Czar, ridding them of their treasures and spending these treasures for Allah's sake. All this occurred just as their Prophet told them it would, when he conveyed Allah's statement, وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى الاْرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِى ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدّلَنَّهُمْ مّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْناً يَعْبُدُونَنِى لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْئاً (Allah has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession in the land, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practice their religion which He has chosen for them. And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they worship Me and do not associate anything with Me.) 24:55. Therefore, Muslims are the true believers in `Isa. The Muslims then acquired Ash-Sham from the Christians, causing them to evacuate to Asia Minor, to their fortified city in Constantinople. The Muslims will be above them until the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, he, Muhammad , who is truthful and who received the true news, has conveyed to Muslims that they will conquer Constantinople in the future, and seize its treasures. Threatening the Disbelievers with Torment in This Life and the Hereafter Allah said, إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يعِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ - فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً شَدِيداً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالاٌّخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّن نَّـصِرِينَ (And I will make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve till the Day of Resurrection. Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute. As to those who disbelieve, I will punish them with a severe torment in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.) This is what Allah did to the Jews who disbelieved in `Isa and the Christians who went to the extreme over him. Allah tormented them in this life; they were killed, captured, and lost their wealth and kingdoms. Their torment in the Hereafter is even worse and more severe, وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ (And they have no Waq (defender or protector) against Allah) 13:34. وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ (And as for those who believe and do righteous good deeds, Allah will pay them their reward in full) in this life, with victory and domination, and in the Hereafter, with Paradise and high grades, وَاللَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّـلِمِينَ (And Allah does not like the wrongdoers.) Allah then said, ذَلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الآيَـتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ (This is what We recite to you of the verses and the Wise Reminder.) meaning, "What We narrated to you, O Muhammd, regarding `Isa, his birth and his life, is what Allah conveyed and revealed to you, sent down from the Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet). So there is no doubt in it. Similarly, Allah said in Surah Maryam; ذلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتُرُونَ - مَا كَانَ للَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَـنَهُ إِذَا قَضَى أَمْراً فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ (Such is `Isa, son of Maryam. (It is) a statement of truth, about which they doubt (or dispute). It befits not Allah that He should beget a son. Glorified be He. When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: "Be!" and it is.)

This what is mentioned of the matter of Jesus We recite to you narrate to you O Muhammad (s) of verses and wise clear remembrance namely the Qur’ān min al-āyāt ‘of verses’ is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the suffixed pronoun hā’ of natlūhu and its operator is the demonstrative import of dhālika ‘this’.

As for the disbelievers I will chastise them with a terrible chastisement in this world and the hereafter; they shall have no helpers. But as for the believers who do deeds of righteousness He will pay them in full their wages. God loves not the evildoers. This We recite to you of verses and wise remembrance. �This We recite to you O Muḥammad to inform you of the meanings of what We have revealed to you. [These meanings do not reach you] through your exertion to attain knowledge nor by your learning from parables nor by your deduction by any sort of reasoning.�

As for the disbelievers I will chastise them with a terrible chastisement in this world and the hereafter; they shall have no helpers. But as for the believers who do deeds of righteousness He will pay them in full their wages. God loves not the evildoers. This We recite to you of verses and wise remembrance. �This We recite to you O Muḥammad to inform you of the meanings of what We have revealed to you. [These meanings do not reach you] through your exertion to attain knowledge nor by your learning from parables nor by your deduction by any sort of reasoning.�

ذلك الذي نقصُّه عليك في شأن عيسى، من الدلائل الواضحة على صحة رسالتك، وصحة القرآن الحكيم الذي يفصل بين الحق والباطل، فلا شك فيه ولا امتراء.

ثم قال تعالى "ذلك نتلوه عليك من الآيات والذكر الحكيم" أي هذا الذي قصصنا عليك يا محمد في أمر عيسى ومبدأ ميلاده وكيفية أمره هو مما قاله تعالى وأوحاه إليك ونزله عليك من اللوح المحفوظ فلا مرية فيه ولا شك كما قال تعالى في سورة مريم "ذلك عيسى ابن مريم قول الحق الذي فيه يمترون ما كان لله أن يتخذ من ولد سبحانه إذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كن فيكون" وههنا قال تعالى:" إن مثل عيسى عند الله كمثل آدم خلقه من تراب ثم قال له كن فيكون".

قوله - تعالى - { ذلك نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الآيَاتِ والذكر الحكيم } اسم الإشارة فيه وهو " ذلك " مشار به إلى المذكور من قصى آل عمران وقصة مريم وأمها ، وقصة زكريا وندائه لربه ، وقصة عيسى وما أجراه الله - تعالى - على يديه من معجزات وما خصه به من كرامات .أى ذلك القصص الحكيم الذى قصصناه عليك يا محمد { ذلك نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ } أى نقصه عليك متتابعا بعضه تلو بعض من غير أن يكون لك اطلاع سابق عليه . فأنت لم تكن معاصراً لهؤلاء الذين ذكرنا لك قصصهم وأحوالهم وهذا من أكبر الأدلة على صدقك فيما تبلغه عن ربك .وقوله { ذلك } مبتدأ وقوله { نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ } خبره .وقوله { مِنَ الآيَاتِ } حال من الضمير المنصوب في { نَتْلُوهُ } .والمراد بالآيات الحجج الدالة على صدق النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم وقوله { والذكر الحكيم } أى والقرآن المحكم الذى لا يأتيه الباطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه ، والمشتمل على الحكم التى من شأنها أن تهدى الناس إلى ما يسعدهم متى اتبعوها وقيل المراد بالذكر الحكيم اللوح المحفوظ الذى نقلت منه جميع الكتب المنزلة على الأنبياء - عليهم الصلاة والسلام- .

القول في تأويل قوله : ذَلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَليْكَ مِنَ الآيَاتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ (58)قال أبو جعفر: يعني بقوله جل ثناؤه: " ذلك "، هذه الأنباءَ التي أنبأ بها نبيه عن عيسى وأمِّه مريم، وأمِّها حَنَّة وزكريا وابنه يحيى، وما قصَّ من أمر الحواريين واليهودَ من بنى إسرائيل =" نتلوها عليك "، يا محمد، يقول: نقرؤها عليك يا محمد على لسان جبريل صلى الله عليه وسلم، (17) بوحيناها إليك =" من الآيات "، يقول: من العبر والحجج على من حاجَّك من وفد نصارى نجران، (18) ويهود بني إسرائيل الذين كذَّبوك وكذبوا ما جئتهم به من الحق من عندي =" والذكر "، يعني: والقرآن (19) =" الحكيم "، يعني: ذي الحكمة الفاصلة بين الحقّ والباطل، (20) وبينك وبين ناسبي المسيح إلى غير نسبه، كما:-7157 - حدثنا ابن حميد قال، حدثنا سلمة، عن ابن إسحاق، عن محمد بن جعفر بن الزبير: " ذلك نتلوه عليك من الآيات والذكر الحكيم "، القاطع الفاصل الحقّ، الذي لم يخلطه الباطل من الخبر عن عيسى وعما اختلفوا فيه من أمره، فلا تقبلنّ خبرًا غيره. (21)7158 - حدثني المثنى قال، حدثنا إسحاق قال، حدثنا أبو زهير، عن جويبر، عن الضحاك: " ذلك نتلوه عليك من الآيات والذكر الحكيم "، قال: القرآن.7159 - حدثني المثنى قال، حدثنا عبد الله بن صالح قال، حدثني معاوية بن صالح، عن علي، عن ابن عباس قوله: " والذكر "، يقول: القرآن =" الحكيم " الذي قد كمَلَ في حكمته.------------------------الهوامش :(17) انظر معنى"التلاوة" فيما سلف 2: 411 ، 569.(18) انظر معنى"الآيات" ، فيما سلف قريبًا ، ومادة (أيي) من فهارس اللغة.(19) انظر تفسير"الذكر" فيما سلف 1: 94 ، 99.(20) انظر تفسير"الحكيم" فيما سلف ، في مادة (حكم) من فهارس اللغة.(21) الأثر: 7157- سيرة ابن هشام 2: 231 ، وهو من تتمة الآثار التي آخرها رقم: 7147 ، وكان في المطبوعة: "فلا يقبلن" بالياء ، وهو خطأ ، والصواب ما أثبت.

قوله تعالى : ( ذلك ) أي هذا الذي ذكرته لك من الخبر عن عيسى ومريم والحواريين ( نتلوه عليك ) [ نخبرك به بتلاوة جبريل عليك ] ( من الآيات والذكر الحكيم ) يعني القرآن والذكر ذي الحكمة ، وقال مقاتل : الذكر الحكيم أي المحكم الممنوع من الباطل وقيل : الذكر الحكيم هو اللوح المحفوظ ، وهو معلق بالعرش من درة بيضاء وقيل من الآيات أي العلامات الدالة على نبوتك لأنها أخبار لا يعلمها إلا قارئ كتاب أو من يوحى إليه وأنت أمي لا تقرأ .

تذييل : فإنّ الآياتتِ والذكر أعمّ من الذي تُلي هنا ، واسم الإشارة إلى الكلام السابق من قوله تعالى : { إذ قالت الملائكة يا مريم إن الله يبشرك بكلمة منه } [ آل عمران : 45 ] وتذكير اسم الإشارة لتأويل المشار إليه بالكلام أو بالمذكورِ . وجملة نتلوه حال من اسم الإشارة على حدّ { وهذا بَعْلي شيخاً } [ هود : 72 ] وهو استعمال عربي فصيح وإن خالف في صحة مجيء الحال من اسم الإشارة بعض النحاة .وقوله : { من الآيات } خبر { ذلك } أيّ إنّ تلاوة ذلك عليك من آيات صدقك في دعوى الرسالة؛ فإنك لم تكن تعلمَ ذلك ، وهو ذِكر وموعظة للناس ، وهذا أحسن من جعل نتلوه خبراً عن المبتدأ ، ومن وجوه أخرى . والحكيم بمعنى المُحكَم ، أو هو مجاز عقلي أي الحكيم عالمُه أو تاليه .

{ ذلك نتلوه عليك من الآيات والذكر الحكيم } وهذا منة عظيمة على رسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى أمته، حيث أنزل عليهم هذا الذكر الحكيم، المحكم المتقن، المفصل للأحكام والحلال والحرام وإخبار الأنبياء الأقدمين، وما أجرى الله على أيديهم من الآيات البينات والمعجزات الباهرات، فهذا القرآن يقص علينا كل ما ينفعنا من الأخبار والأحكام، فيحصل فيها العلم والعبرة وتثبيت الفؤاد ما هو من أعظم رحمة رب العباد

ذلك نتلوه عليك ذلك في موضع رفع بالابتداء وخبره نتلوه . ويجوز : الأمر ذلك ، على إضمار المبتدأ .

Jesus Christ was born into the Jewish community, but the Jews did not affirm his prophethood. Instead, they made out a false case against him and took him to the Roman court in Palestine. The court decreed to have him crucified, but God saved him and the Roman soldiers crucified another person who resembled Christ, taking him to be Christ. To punish this crime of the Jews, God decreed that the believers in Jesus Christ, would forever, till Doomsday, have dominion over the Jewish people. This is what was decreed by God for this world. The Hereafter however, is a different matter.

Sequence In the previous verse (56), it was said that Allah will be the final judge and decision-maker in what they used to differ in between them-selves. This verse describes that decision. Commentary Are the sufferings of this world beneficial for the next life? The words "I shall punish them in this world and in the Hereafter" in verse 56 may create a little doubt. Since the statement here relates to the Judgment to be pronounced on the Last Day, how can the statement -'I shall punish them in this world and in the hereafter`- be explained as this world of ours would not exist at that time and even though it exists today, but the Judgment is to be given on the Day of Resurrection? This difficulty can be resolved by turning to an analogy. This saying is similar to the saying of a judge to a culprit -'Right now I am sending you to the jail for a year; if you misbehave there, I shall make it for two years'- which simply means that those two years will be counted from the day the punishment is being awarded. Based on this, it is certain that following any misbehaviour the two-year punishment will become effective. So, given the misconduct, the validity of this whole will regulate itself for one more year as 'add-on'. The same applies here as the punishment in the world has already been given; now the punishment of the Hereafter will be added on and the sum-total will be finally executed on the Last Day, that is, having been punished in the world will not serve as expiation for the punishment of the Hereafter. This is contrary to the condition of believers who, when struck by suffering in the mortal world, have their sins forgiven and find the punishment due in the Hereafter lightened or warded off. For this reason, a hint to this effect has been made in لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِي and Allah does not like transgressors -v. 57), that is, believers are dear because of their belief and the beloved ones are always treated in such a manner. The disbelievers are detested because of their disbelief and those detested do not receive such treatment. (Bayan a1-Qur'an)

(This) that I have told you about, O Muhammad, regarding the story of Jesus ((which) We recite unto thee) with which We send Gabriel to you (is a revelation) He says: they are revelations of the Qur'an, conveying commands and prohibitions (and a wise reminder) that enjoins what is lawful and what is unlawful; it is also said this means: it corroborates the Torah and the Gospel; and it is also said this means: it confirms that which is in the Guarded Tablet.