Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers — Verse 129
37:129 · as-Saffat
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وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ فِی ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ١٢٩
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn
Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers / as-Saffat (37:129)
We let him be praised by succeeding generations
wataraknā ʿalayhi fī l-ākhirīn
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إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ
(When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa") means, `do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him'
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَـلِقِينَ
(Will you call upon Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators,) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba`l means lord. `Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah. `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba`labak (Baalbek) which is to the west of Damascus. Ad-Dahhak said, "It is an idol which they used to worship."
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً
(Will you call upon Ba`l) means, `will you worship an idol,'
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَـلِقِينَ - اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(and forsake the Best of creators, Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers) means, `He is the One Who is deserving of your worship alone, with no partners or associates.'
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
(But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth,) means, for the punishment on the Day of Reckoning.
إِلاَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
(Save the chosen servants of Allah.) means, those who believe in Him alone.
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الاٌّخِرِينَ
(And We left for him among the later generations.) means, he is praised and spoken of highly.
سَلَـمٌ عَلَى إِلْ يَاسِينَ
(Salam (peace!) be upon Ilyasin!) Similarly, one might say for Isma`il, Isma`in. This is the language (dialect) of Bani Asad; they say Mikal, Mika'il, and Mika'in. They say Ibrahim and Ibraham; Isra'il, Isra'in; Tur Sina', Tur Sinin. All of that is fine.
إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good. Verily, he was one of Our believing servants.) We have already discussed the meaning of this above. And Allah knows best.
and We left for him among posterity fair praise namely
وجعلنا لإلياس ثناءً جميلا في الأمم بعده. تحية من الله، وثناءٌ على إلياس. وكما جزينا إلياس الجزاء الحسن على طاعته، نجزي المحسنين من عبادنا المؤمنين. إنه من عباد الله المؤمنين المخلصين له العاملين بأوامره.
أي ثناء جميلا.
( وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الآخرين ) أى : وأبقينا على إلياس فى الأمم الآخرين .
( وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الآخِرِينَ ) يقول: وأبقينا عليه الثناء الحسن في الآخرين من الأمم بعده.
" وتركنا عليه في الآخرين "
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآَخِرِينَ (129) وكذلك قوله : { وتركنا عليهِ في الآخرينَ سلامٌ على آل ياسينَ } إلى آخر الآية تقدم نظيره . وقوله : { آلْ ياسينَ } قيل أريد به إلياس خاصة وعبر عنه ب { ياسين } لأنه يُدعَى به . قال في «الكشاف» : ولعل لزيادة الألف والنون في لغتهم معنى ويكون ذكر { آل } إقحاماً كقوله : { أدخلوا آل فرعون أشد العذاب } [ غافر : 46 ] على أحد التفسيرين فيه ، وفي قوله : { فقد آتينا آل إبراهيم الكتاب والحكمة } [ النساء : 54 ] .وقيل : إن ياسين هو أبو إلياس . فالمراد : سلام على إلياس وذويه من آل أبيه .
{ وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ } أي: على إلياس { فِي الْآخِرِينَ } ثناء حسنا.
وتركنا عليه في الآخرين تقدم .
Elijah (Elias or Ilyas) was probably a descendant of Aaron (Harun). He lived in the ninth century B.C. at a time when Israel (Palestine) was governed by the Jewish King, Ahab, while Lebanon, was ruled by Phoenicians, polytheists who worshipped Baal (ba‘l). Ahab married the daughter of the King of Lebanon. Under the influence of their Queen, the Jews began worshipping Baal. Then, Elijah calling upon the Jews to worship One God, which was their original (ancestral) religion. A detailed account of Elijah is given in the Bible. Only a few Jews supported Elijah in his mission. Many of them opposed him to the extent of hatching plots to murder him. But Elijah subsequently attained a high status among the Jews. Now, in Jewish history, he is treated as a great prophet.
In verse 128, it was said: إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّـهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (except the chosen servants of Allah). Here, the word used is: مُخْلَصِينَ (mukhlasin) (pronounced with a fathah on the letter lam) which means chosen, elected, people Divinely identified as special. As such, these will be people whom Allah has elected to become recipients of the honor of having obeyed Him perfectly and made themselves deserving of the best returns and rewards from Him. Hence, it would be more appropriate to translate it in the sense of 'the chosen' rather than 'sincere.'
(And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation)) We left for Elias good praise among the people who came after him: