Smoke, The Evident Smoke — Verse 34

Indeed these ones that is the Meccan disbelievers say

Refutation of Those Who deny the Resurrection Here Allah denounces the idolators for their denial of the Resurrection and their belief that there is nothing after this life and no life or resurrection after death, which they based on the fact that their forefathers had died and had not returned. They said, If the resurrection is true, فَأْتُواْ بِـَابَآئِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (Then bring back our forefathers, if you speak the truth!) This is false evidence and a specious argument, for the resurrection will happen on the Day of Judgement, not in this world; it will happen when this world has ended and ceased to be. Allah will bring all creatures back, created anew. He will make the evildoers fuel for the fire of Hell, and on that Day you will be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger will be a witness over you. Then Allah threatens them and warns them of the irresistible torment other idolators like who denied the resurrection, suffered. Such as the people of Tubba`, i.e., Saba'. Allah destroyed them, wreaked havoc upon their land and scattered them here and there throughout the land, as we have already seen in Surah Saba'. This was brought about because the idolators denied the Resurrection. Here too, the idolaters are compared to them. They Tubba` were Arab descendants of Qahtan, just as these people (Quraysh) were Arab descendants of `Adnan. Among the people of Himyar -- who are also known as Saba' -- when a man became their king, they called him Tubba`, just as the title Chosroes was given to the king of Persia, Caesar to the king of the Romans, Fir`awn to the disbelieving ruler of Egypt, Negus to the king of Ethiopia, and so on among other nations. But it so happened that one of the Tubba` left Yemen and went on a journey of conquest until he reached Samarqand, expanding his kingdom and domain. He is the one who founded Al-Hirah. It is agreed that he passed through Al-Madinah during the days of Jahiliyyah. He fought its inhabitants but they resisted him; they fought him by day and supplied him with food by night, so he felt ashamed before them and refrained from harming them. He was accompanied by two Jewish rabbis who advised him and told him that he would never prevail over this city, for it would be the place to which a Prophet would migrate towards the end of time. So he retreated and took them (the two rabbis) with him to Yemen. When he passed by Makkah, he wanted to destroy the Ka`bah, but they told him not to do that either. They told him about the significance of this House, that it had been built by Ibrahim Al-Khalil, peace be upon him, and that it would become of great importance through that Prophet who would be sent towards the end of time. So he respected it, performed Tawaf around it, and covered it with a fine cloth. Then he returned to Yemen and invited its people to follow the religion of guidance along with him. At that time, the religion of Musa, peace be upon him, was the religion followed by those who were guided, before the coming of the Messiah, peace be upon him. So the people of Yemen accepted the religion of guidance along with him. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «مَا أَدْرِي تُبَّعٌ نَبِيًّا كَانَ، أَمْ غَيْرَ نَبِي» (I do not know whether Tubba` was a Prophet or not.) It was narrated that Tamim bin `Abdur-Rahman said: " `Ata' bin Abi Rabah said, `Do not revile Tubba`, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade reviling him."' And Allah knows best.

إن هؤلاء المشركين مِن قومك -أيها الرسول- ليقولون: ما هي إلا موتتنا التي نموتها، وهي الموتة الأولى والأخيرة، وما نحن بعد مماتنا بمبعوثين للحساب والثواب والعقاب.

يقول تعالى منكرا على المشركين فى إنكارهم البعث والمعاد وأنه ما ثم إلا هذه الحياة الدنيا ولا حياة بعد الممات ولا بعث ولا نشور ويحتجون بأبائهم الماضين الذين ذهبوا فلم يرجعوا فإن كان البعث حقا "فأتوا بأبائنا إن كنتم صادقين".

وبعد هذا الحديث عن موسى - عليه السلام - وعن قومه ، وعن فرعون وشيعته . . بعد كل ذلك انتقلت السورة ، للحديث عن موقف المشركين من قضية البعث والنشور ، وردت عليهم بما يدل على إمكانة البعث وصحته . وأنه واقع لا محالة ، وبينت سوء عاقبة من ينكر ذلك ، ومن يصر على كفره وجحوده فقال الله - تعالى - : ( إِنَّ هؤلاء لَيَقُولُونَ . . . مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ ) .واسم الإِشارة فى قوله - تعالى - : ( إِنَّ هؤلاء لَيَقُولُونَ ) يعود إلى مشركى مكة ، الذين سبق الحديث عنهم فى قوله - تعالى - : ( بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ) الخ .وذكر - سبحانه - قصة فرعون وقومه فى الوسط ، للاشارة إلى التشابه بين الفريقين فى التكذيب للحق ، وفى الإِصرار على الضلال .وكانت الإِشارة للقريب ، لتحقيرهم والتهوين من شأنهم .

القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ (34)يقول تعالى ذكره مخبرًا عن قيل مشركي قريش لنبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن هؤلاء المشركين من قومك يا محمد ( لَيَقُولُونَ إِنْ هِيَ إِلا مَوْتَتُنَا الأولَى ) التي نموتها, وهي الموتة الأولى ( وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ ) بعد مماتنا, ولا بمبعوثين تكذيبا منهم بالبعث والثواب والعقاب.وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل.* ذكر من قال ذلك:

" إن هؤلاء "، يعني مشركي مكة، " ليقولون "

إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ (34) اعتراض بين جملة { يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنّا منتقمون } [ الدخان : 16 ] وجملة { أهم خيرٌ أم قوم تُبّع } [ الدخان : 37 ] فإنه لما هددهم بعذاب الدخان ثم بالبطشة الكبرى وضرب لهم المثل بقوم فرعون أعقب ذلك بالإشارة إلى أن إنكار البعث هو الذي صرفهم عن توقع جزاء السوء على إعراضهم . وافتتاح الكلام بحرف { إنّ } الذي ليس هو للتأكيد لأن هذا القول إلى المشركين لا تردّد فيه حتى يحتاج إلى التأكيد فتعين كون حرف { إنَّ } لمجرد الاهتمام بالخبر ، وهو إذا وقع مثل هذا الموقع أفاد التسبب وأغنى عَن الفاء . فالمعنى : إنا منتقمون منهم بالبطشة الكبرى لأنهم لا يرتدعون بوعيد الآخرة لإنكارهم الحياة الآخرة فلم ينظروا إلا لما هم عليه في الحياة الدنيا من النعمة والقوة فلذلك قدر الله لهم الجزاء على سوء كفرهم جزاء في الحياة الدنيا .

يخبر تعالى { إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ } المكذبين يقولون مستبعدين للبعث والنشور: { إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ } أي: ما هي إلا الحياة الدنيا فلا بعث ولا نشور ولا جنة ولا نار.

يعني , كفار قريش

In every period the root cause of a man’s going astray has been his loss of belief in the life after death. The disbelief of some finds expression in their utterances. Others may not openly express it, but their hearts are devoid of the belief that they have to rise after death and face the reckoning of their deeds before God. The reason for this misunderstanding is generally that man, in view of his strong position in this world, presumes that he is never going to lose his elevated status, though the history of past nations ought to be enough to dispel this illusion. Tubba‘ was the title of the Kings of the ancient Himyar tribe of Yemen. These people enjoyed prominence from 300 B.C. to 115 B.C. and their greatness was much talked about in ancient Arabia. The rise and fall of the Tubba‘ people, a piece of history well-known to the initial addressees of the Quran (the Quraysh), gave proof of the fact that the law of ‘crime and punishment’ was prevalent in this world. Similarly, for every community there is a ‘Tubba‘’ which, by its example, teaches them a lesson. But, man is wont to take such occurrences as being nothing out of the ordinary. The result is that he does not learn those lessons which, by God’s will, are latent in events.

وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُّبِينٌ And We gave them the clear signs in which there was a manifest blessing. (44:33) " The word 'signs' refers to the miracles of the staff, the shining hand and others. The word 1 bala' has two senses: (1) blessing; and (2) trial. Here both senses are possible. (Qurtubi).

(Lo! These) your people, O Muhammad, (forsooth, are saying: