The Troops, Throngs, The Companies — Verse 26
39:26 · az-Zumar
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فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخِزۡیَ فِی ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦
fa-adhāqahumu l-lahu l-khiz'ya fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūn
The Troops, Throngs, The Companies / az-Zumar (39:26)
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God gave them the punishment of disgrace in this world to taste; the punishment will be even harder in the Hereafter, if only they knew
fa-adhāqahumu l-lahu l-khiz'ya fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūn
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The Final Destination of the Disbelievers
أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ
(Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection) he will be rebuked and he and the evildoers like him will be told:
ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
(Taste what you used to earn!) `Is this like the one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection' as Allah says:
أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
(Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on the straight way) (67:22);
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
(The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!") (54:48), and
أَفَمَن يُلْقَى فِى النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِى ءَامِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ
(Is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection) (41:40) In each of these Ayat, it was sufficient to refer to one of the two groups.
كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَـهُمُ الْعَـذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ
(Those before them denied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.) means, the previous generations who denied the Messengers were destroyed by Allah for their sins. And none had they to protect them from Allah.
فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْىَ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا
(So Allah made them to taste the disgrace in the present life,) means, by means of the punishment and revenge which He sent down upon them, and the rejoicing of the believers for what happened to them. So, let those who are addressed beware, for they have rejected the noblest of the Messengers and the Seal of the Prophets . And what Allah has promised them of severe punishment in the Hereafter is worse than whatever befell them in this world. Allah says:
وَلَعَذَابُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ
(but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew!)
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ - قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
So God made them taste disgrace abasement and humiliation in the way of being transformed into swine and being killed and otherwise in the life of this world. And the chastisement of the Hereafter will surely be greater had they that is the deniers known the nature of the chastisement thereof they would not have denied.
كذَّب الذين مِن قبل قومك -أيها الرسول- رسلهم، فجاءهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون بمجيئه، فأذاق الله الأمم المكذبة العذاب والهوان في الدنيا، وأعد لهم عذابًا أشد وأشق في الآخرة، لو كان هؤلاء المشركون يعلمون أن ما حلَّ بهم؛ بسبب كفرهم وتكذيبهم لاتَّعظوا.
وقوله جل وعلا "فأذاقهم الله الخزي في الحياة الدنيا" أي بما أنزل بهم من العذاب والنكال وتشفي المؤمنين منهم فليحذر المخاطبون من ذلك فإنهم قد كذبوا أشرف الرسل وخاتم الأنبياء صلى الله عليه وسلم والذي أعده الله جل جلاله لهم في الآخرة من العذاب الشديد أعظم مما أصابهم في الدنيا ولهذا قال عز وجل "ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر لو كانوا يعلمون".
( فَأَذَاقَهُمُ الله الخزي فِي الحياة الدنيا ) أى : العذاب الذى يذلهم ويخزيهم فى الحياة الدنيا ( وَلَعَذَابُ الآخرة ) المعد لهم ( أَكْبَرُ ) كيفا وكمّاً ( لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ ) أى : لو كانوا من أهل العلم والفهم لما ارتكبوا ما ارتكبوا من كفر وفسوق وعصيان ، أدى بهم إلى العذاب المهين .
القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ (26)يقول تعالى ذكره: فعجل الله لهؤلاء الأمم الذين كذبوا رسلهم الهوان في الدنيا, والعذاب قبل الآخرة, ولم ينظرهم إذ عتوا عن أمر ربهم ( وَلَعَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ) يقول: ولعذاب الله إياهم في الآخرة إذا أدخلهم النار, فعذّبهم بها, أكبر من العذاب الذي عذّبهم به في الدنيا, لو كانوا يعلمون، يقول: لو علم هؤلاء المشركون من قريش ذلك.
( فأذاقهم الله الخزي ) العذاب والهوان ، ( في الحياة الدنيا ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر لو كانوا يعلمون ) .
فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الْآَخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ (26)استئناف بياني لأن ما ذكر قبله من مصير المشركين إلى سوء العذاب يوم القيامة ويوم يقال للظالمين هم وأمثالهم : { ذوقوا ما كنتم تكسبون } [ الزمر : 24 ] ، يثير في نفوس المؤمنين سؤالاً عن تمتع المشركين بالنعمة في الدنيا ويتمنون أن يعجل لهم العذاب فكان جواباً عن ذلك قولُه : { كذَّبَ الذين من قبلهم فأتاهم العذابُ من حيثُ لا يشعرونَ } ، أي هم مظنة أن يأتيهم العذاب كما أتى العذابُ الذين مَن قبلهم إذ أتاهم العذاب في الدنيا بدون إنذار غيرَ مترقبين مجيئه ، على نحو قوله تعالى : { فهل ينتظرون إلا مثل أيام الذين خلوا من قبلهم } [ يونس : 102 ] ، فكان عذاب الدنيا خزياً يخزي به الله من يشاء من الظالمين ، وأما عذاب الآخرة فجزاء يَجزي به الله الظالمين على ظلمهم .
فأذاقهم الله الخزي في الحياة الدنياوقال المبرد : يقال لكل ما نال الجارحة من شيء قد ذاقته ، أي : وصل إليها كما تصل الحلاوة والمرارة إلى الذائق لهما . قال : والخزي من المكروه ، والخزاية من الاستحياء . " ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر : أي مما أصابهم في الدنيا " لو كانوا يعلمون " .
Man always tries to save his face from injuries, but the punishment of Doomsday will so encompass man that it will not be possible for him to save any part of his body. In fact he will stand before the ineluctable punishment, as if using his face as a shield against it. In the eyes of God, the greatest crime a man can commit is not to admit to the Truth when it reveals itself to him. Such people can never escape the scourge of God.
Commentary
Verse أَفَمَن يَتَّقِي بِوَجْهِهِ (Tell Me about the one who tries to save himself from the worst punishment with his face ...) carries a description of the terrifying scenario of Jahannam. If one faces something hurtful in his mortal life, he tries to fight it off by using his hands and feet as defensive shields to protect his face. But, refuge with Allah, the people of Jahannam will not be able to use even their hands and feet to defend themselves. The punishment that comes will fall directly on their faces. Even if he wished to ward off the punishment in defense, he would have no option but to use his very face as the shield, because he would have been thrown in Jahannam with his hands and feet tied. We seek refuge with Allah from such a fate.
Out of the authorities of Tafsir, ` Ata and Ibn Zayd said that a person condemned to Jahannam will have his hands and feet tied before being dragged in there. (Qurtubi)
(Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world) He made them taste the chastisement of the life of this world, (and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater) than the chastisement they incurred in the life of this world (if they did but know) but they do not know.