The Forgiver, The Forgiving One — Verse 73

40:73 · Ghafir

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ثُمَّ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٧٣
thumma qīla lahum ayna mā kuntum tush'rikūn
The Forgiver, The Forgiving One / Ghafir (40:73)
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and asked, ‘Where now are those you called upo
thumma qīla lahum ayna mā kuntum tush'rikūn

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
The End of Those Who dispute and deny the Signs of Allah Allah says, `do you not wonder, O Muhammad, at those who deny the signs of Allah and dispute the truth by means of falsehood, how their minds are diverted from the truth and are misguided' الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِالْكِـتَـبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِ رُسُلَنَا (Those who deny the Book, and that with which We sent Our Messengers) means, guidance and clear proof. فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ (they will come to know.) This is a stern warning and clear threat from the Lord to these people. This is like the Ayah: وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ (Woe that Day to the deniers!) (77:15) إِذِ الاٌّغْلَـلُ فِى أَعْنَـقِهِمْ والسَّلَـسِلُ (When iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains.) means, the chains will be attached to the iron collars, and the keepers of Hell will drag them along on their faces, sometimes to the boiling water, and sometimes to the Fire. Allah says: يُسْحَبُونَ فِىالْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى النَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ (they shall be dragged along, in the boiling water, then they will be burned in the Fire. ) This is like the Ayat: هَـذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ - يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ (This is the Hell which the criminals denied. They will go between it and the fierce boiling water!) (55:43-44). After describing how they will eat Zaqqum (a bitter tree of Hell) and drink Hamim (boiling water), Allah says: ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ (Then thereafter, verily, their return is to the flaming fire of Hell.) (37:68), And Allah says: وَأَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ - فِى سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ - وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ - لاَّ بَارِدٍ وَلاَ كَرِيمٍ h(And those on the Left Hand -- how (unfortunate) will be those on the Left Hand In fierce hot wind and boiling water, and shadow of black smoke, (that shadow) neither cool nor (even) pleasant.) until ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا الضَّآلُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ - لاّكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ - فَمَالِـُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ - فَشَـرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ - فَشَـرِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيمِ - هَـذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ (Then moreover, verily, -- you the erring-ones, the deniers (of Resurrection)! You verily, will eat of the trees of Zaqqum. Then you will fill your bellies therewith, and drink boiling water on top of it. And you will drink (that) like thirsty camels! That will be their entertainment on the Day of Recompense!) (56: 41-44, 51-56), إِنَّ شَجَرَةَ الزَّقُّومِ - طَعَامُ الاٌّثِيمِ - كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى الْبُطُونِ - كَغَلْىِ الْحَمِيمِ - خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَى سَوَآءِ الْجَحِيمِ - ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ - ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ - إِنَّ هَـذَا مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ (Verily, the tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinners. Like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies, like the boiling of scalding water. (It will be said:) "Seize him and drag him into the midst of blazing Fire, then pour over his head the torment of boiling water. Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous! Verily, this is that whereof you used to doubt!") (44:43-50) i.e., this will be said to them to rebuke and ridicule them. ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ (Then it will be said to them: "Where are (all) those whom you considered partners -- besides Allah") means, it will be said to them, `where are the idols whom you used to worship instead of Allah Can they help you today' قَـالُواْ ضَـلُّواْ عَنَّا (They will say: "They have vanished from us...") mean, they have gone away and they cannot do anything for us.' بَل لَّمْ نَكُنْ نَّدْعُواْ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْئاً (Nay, we did not invoke (worship) anything before. ) means, they will deny that they worshipped them. This is like the Ayah: ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ (There will then be (left) no Fitnah (excuse) for them but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah.") (6:23) Allah says: كَذَلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الْكَـفِرِينَ (Thus Allah leads astray the disbelievers). ذَلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ (That was because you had been exulting in the earth without any right, and that you used to rejoice extremely.) means, the angels will say to them, `what you are suffering now is your recompense for your exulting in the earth without any right, and for your extravagance.' ادْخُلُواْ أَبْوَبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ (Enter the gates of Hell to abide therein, and (indeed) what an evil abode of the arrogant!) means, what a terrible abode and final destination, filled with humiliation and severe punishment for those who arrogantly ignored the signs of Allah and refused to accept His proof and evidence. And Allah knows best.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Then it will be said to them in reproach ‘Where are those whom you used to make partners
Tafsir Muyassar
ثم قيل لهم توبيخًا، وهم في هذه الحال التعيسة: أين الآلهة التي كنتم تعبدونها من دون الله؟ هل ينصرونكم اليوم؟ فادعوهم؛ لينقذوكم من هذا البلاء الذي حلَّ بكم إن استطاعوا، قال المكذبون: غابوا عن عيوننا، فلم ينفعونا بشيء، ويعترفون بأنهم كانوا في جهالة من أمرهم، وأن عبادتهم لهم كانت باطلة لا تساوي شيئًا، كما أضل الله هؤلاء الذين ضلَّ عنهم في جهنم ما كانوا يعبدون في الدنيا من دون الله، يضل الله الكافرين به.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
قوله تعالى "ثم قيل لهم أينما كنتم تشركون من دون الله" أي قيل لهم أين الأصنام التي كنتم تعبدونها من دون الله هل ينصرونكم اليوم.
Tafsir Al Wasit
وقوله - تعالى - : ( ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ ) تبكيت وتأنيب لهم .أى : ثم قيل بعد هذا العذاب المهين لهم : أين تلك الآلهة التى كنتم تعبدونها من دون الله ، لكى تدفع عنكم شيئا من العذاب الأليم الذى نزل بكم؟
Tafsir al-Tabari
وقوله: ( ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ) يقول: ثم قيل: أين الذين كنتم تشركون بعبادتكم إياها من دون الله من آلهتكم وأوثانكم حتى يغيثوكم فينقذوكم مما أنتم فيه من البلاء والعذاب, فإن المعبود يغيث من عبد وخدمه; وإنما يقال هذا لهم توبيخا وتقريعا على ما كان منهم في الدنيا من الكفر بالله وطاعة الشيطان, فأجاب المساكين عند ذلك فقالوا: ضلوا عنا: يقول: عدلوا عنا, فأخذوا غير طريقنا, وتركونا في هذا البلاء, بل ما ضلوا عنا, ولكنا لم نكن ندعو من قبل في الدنيا شيئا: أي لم نكن نعبد شيئا.
Tafseer Al-Baghawi
" ثم قيل لهم أين ما كنتم تشركون "
Tafseer Tanwir al-Miqbas
ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ (73) ( ثمّ ) هذه للتراخي الرتبي لا محالة لأن هذا القول يقال لهم قبل دخول النار ، بدليل أن مما وقع في آخر القول : { ادخُلوا أبْوَابَ جَهَنَّم } ، ودخول أبواب جهنم قبل السحْب في حميمها والسَّجْرِ في نارها . وهذا القيل ارتقاء في تقريعهم وإعلان خطَل آرائهم بين أهل المحشر وهو أشد على النفس من ألم الجسم ، ولأن هذا القول مقدمة لتسليط العذاب عليهم لاشتماله على بيان سبب العذاب من عبادة الأصنام وازدهائهم في الأرض بكفرهم ومَرَحِهم ، وهو أيضاً ارتقاء في وصف أحوالهم الدالة على نكالهم إذْ ارتقى من صفة جزائهم على إشراكهم وهو شيء غير مستغرب ترتُّبه على الشرك إلى وصف تحقيرهم آلهتهم التي كانوا يعبدونها وذلك غريب من أحوالهم وأشدّ دلالة على بطلان إلهية أصنامهم وهو المقصد المهم من القوارع التي سلطت عليهم في هذه السورة . فموقع المعطوف ب ( ثمّ ) هنا كموقع المعطوف بها في قول أبي نواس :قُل إن ساد ثم سادَ أبوه ... قَبله ثم سادَ من قبلُ جدُّه
Tafseer Al Qurtubi
ثم قيل لهم أين ما كنتم تشركون من دون الله وهذا تقريع وتوبيخ .
Tazkirul Quran
Who were the ones who were happy with untruth and indulged in false pride? These were men who held great stature in their times. They attained some worldly elevation, which alongwith their material possessions made them arrogant and vain. Their success in worldly matters had developed in them a false impression that they were the ones who had attained success, though in actual fact they were the truly deprived people. As the high ranking men of a society become the rejecters of the Truth, the common people also follow them and start denying the Truth. In these verses, a scene of the world Hereafter has been described, when these people will be cast into Hell to be punished for their arrogant behaviour. Their overweening pride would have ultimately dragged them to such low levels that they will find no way to uplift themselves from their position.
Ma'arif-ul-Quran
Commentary In verses 71 and 72, it was said: يُسْحَبُونَ فِي الْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِي النَّارِ‌ يُسْجَرُ‌ونَ (They will be dragged [ 71] into the hot water after which they will be thrown in the Fire as a fuel.). The word: الْحَمِيمِ (al-hameem) is boiling hot water. The verse seems to suggest that the people of Jahannam will first be put into the hameem, then, into the jahim, that is, the Jahannam. Again, it also seems to suggest that the hameem is somewhere outside the Jahannam. The verse: ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْ‌جِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ (Then, their return is but to the Fire - As-Saffat, 37:68) also appears to be suggesting that the hameem is located somewhere outside the Jahannam. The people of Jahannam will be brought here to drink its water, and will then be returned to Jahannam. Then there are some verses of the Qur'an that suggest that the hameem too is within the jahim or Jahannam as in: هَـٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِ‌مُونَ يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ (This is the Jahannam (Hell) that the guilty people deny. They will circle around between it and between hot, boiling water - Ar-Rahmn, 55:43-44). Here too, it is explicitly said that the hameem is also within the Jahannam. A little deliberation shows that there is no contradiction between these two things. There will be many strata or sections of Jahannam itself serving as venues of many kinds of punishment. One of these could be that of hameem which could as well be called as being outside the Jahannam because of its separate and distinct location, and since this is also a section of Jahannam itself, therefore, it could also be called the Jahannam. Ibn Kathir has said that the people of Jahannam, shackled in chains, will sometime be dragged into the hameem and at others, in Jahannam.
Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas
Then it is said unto them) then the angels of the Fire will say to them: (Where are (all) that ye used to make partners) where are those you used to worship
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