Ya Sin, Ya-Seen — Verse 61
36:61 · Ya Sin
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وَأَنِ ٱعۡبُدُونِیۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰطࣱ مُّسۡتَقِیمࣱ ٦١
wa-ani uʿ'budūnī hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmu
Ya Sin, Ya-Seen / Ya Sin (36:61)
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No verses on this ayah are cited by 2 or more commentators using numeric S:A notation. All extracted references come from a single source's commentary.
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Q 10:28 (Yunus)
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Q 30:14 (ar-Rum)
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Q 30:43 (ar-Rum)
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Q 36:60 (Ya Sin)
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Q 37:22 (as-Saffat)
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Q 37:23 (as-Saffat)
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) 5 verses
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran 1 verse
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but to serve Me? This is the straight path
wa-ani uʿ'budūnī hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmu
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Tafsir Commentary
The Isolation of the Disbelievers and Their Rebuke on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us what the end of the disbelievers will be on the Day of Resurrection, when He commands them to get apart from the believers, i.e., to stand apart from the believers. This is like the Ayat:
وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواْ مَكَانَكُمْ أَنتُمْ وَشُرَكَآؤُكُمْ فَزَيَّلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ
(And the Day whereon We shall gather them all together, then We shall say to those who did set partners in worship with Us: "Stop at your place! You and your partners." Then We shall separate them) (10:28).
وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ
(And on the Day when the Hour will be established -- that Day shall they be separated.) (30:14)
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ
(On that Day they shall be divided) (30:43) which means, they will be divided into two separate groups.
احْشُرُواْ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزْوَجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعْبُدُونَ - مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَاهْدُوهُمْ إِلَى صِرَطِ الْجَحِيمِ
((It will be said to the angels): "Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions and what they used to worship, instead of Allah, and lead them on to the way of flaming Fire (Hell).") (37:22-23).
أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يبَنِى ءَادَمَ أَن لاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ الشَّيطَـنَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ
(Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan Verily, he is a plain enemy to you.) This is a rebuke from Allah to the disbelievers among the sons of Adam, those who obey the Shaytan even though he was a plain enemy to them, and they disobeyed Ar-Rahman Who created them and granted them provision. Allah says:
وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِى هَـذَا صِرَطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
(And that you should worship Me. That is the straight path.) meaning, `I commanded you in the world to disobey the Shaytan, and I commanded you to worship Me, and this is the straight path, but you followed a different path and you followed the commands of the Shaytan.' Allah says:
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً
(And indeed he did lead astray a great multitude of you.) meaning, a large number of people. This was the view of Mujahid, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Sufyan bin `Uyaynah.
أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْقِلُونَ
(Did you not then understand) means, `did you not have any understanding, when you went against the command of your Lord to worship Him alone, with no partner or associate, and you preferred to follow the Shaytan'
and that you should worship Me and that you should affirm My Oneness and obey Me — that is the straight path?
وأمرتكم بعبادتي وحدي، فعبادتي وطاعتي ومعصية الشيطان هي الدين القويم الموصل لمرضاتي وجنَّاتي.
ولهذا قال تعالى: "وأن اعبدوني هذا صراط مستقيم" أي قد أمرتكم في دار الدنيا بعصيان الشيطان وأمرتكم بعبادتي وهذا هو الصراط المستقيم فسلكتم غير ذلك واتبعتم الشيطان فيما أمركم به.
وقوله : ( وَأَنِ اعبدوني هذا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ) بيان لما يجب عليهم أن يفعلوه بعد النهى عما يجب عليهم أن يجتنبوه .و " أن " فى قوله ( أَن لاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ ) وفى قوله ( وَأَنِ اعبدوني ) مفسرة ، والجملة الثانية معطوفة على الأولى .أى : لقد عهدت إليكم بأن تتركوا عبادة الشيطان ، وعهدت إليكم أن تعبدونى وحدى دون غيرى .والإِشارة فى قوله : ( هذا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ) تعود إلى إخلاص العبادة لله - تعالى - .أى : هذا الذى أمرتكم به من إخلاص العبادة والطاعة لى هو الطريق الواضح المستقيم ، الذى يوصلكم إلى عز الدنيا ، وسعادة الآخرة .
وقوله ( وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ) يقول: وألم أعهد إليكم أن اعبدوني دون كلّ ما سواي من الآلهة والأنداد، وإياي فأطيعوا، فإن إخلاص عبادتي، وإفراد طاعتي، ومعصية الشيطان، هو الدين الصحيح، والطريق المستقيم.
( وأن اعبدوني ) أطيعوني ووحدوني ( هذا صراط مستقيم ) .
وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ (61) وجملة { وأننِ اعْبُدُوني } عطف على { أن لا تعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطانَ } بإعادة { أن } التفسيرية فهما جملتان مفسرتان لعهدين .وعدل عن الإِتيان بصيغة قصر لأن في الإِتيان بهاتين الجملتين زيادة فائدة لأن من أهل الضلالة الدهريين والمعطلين فهم وإن لم يعبدوا الشيطان ولكنهم لم يعبدوا الله فكانوا خاسئين بالعهد .والإِشارة في قوله : { هذا صِراطٌ مستقيم } للعهد المفهوم من فعل { أعْهَد } أو للمذكور في «تفسيره» من جملتي { لا تعبدوا الشيطان } { وأننِ اعْبُدُوني } ، أي هذا المذكور صراط مستقيم ، أي كالطريق القويم في الإِبلاغ إلى المقصود . والتنوين للتعظيم .
" وأن اعبدوني " بكسر النون على الأصل ، ومن ضم كره كسرة بعدها ضمة . هذا صراط مستقيم أي : عبادتي دين قويم .
Modern research has proved that a man’s skin is a form of record on which his utterances are recorded and from where they can also be reproduced. This is a sign which makes it understandable that in the Hereafter man’s entire being would bear witness to his deeds.
In verse 60, it was said: أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ (Did I not direct you, 0 children of 'Adam, that you must not worship the Shaitan, (because) he is an open enemy for you,- 36:60). In other words, this would be said on the day of Qiyamah to all human beings, (even to the Jinn). But, the question remains that the disbelievers did not generally worship the Shaitan. They worshipped idols or other things. Therefore, how does this blame fall on them? The answer is that submitting before some entity in the absolute sense and to obey that entity in word and deed in everything and under all conditions is nothing but worship. Since these people always followed Shaitanic teachings, therefore, they were called the worshipers of the Shaitan - as said in Hadith that a person who, driven by love for money or spouse, starts doing everything that would increase wealth or please the spouse, even at the cost of the displeasure of Allah, is an obedient servant of the silver coin and the obedient servant of the spouse (Abd-ud-dirham, Abd-uz-zawjah).
(But that ye worship Me) but that you should believe in My divine Oneness? (That) the profession of Allah's divine Oneness (was the right path) a straight, true religion.