The Letter Qaf — Verse 28

He exalted be He will say ‘Do not dispute in My presence in other words disputing is of no use here for I had already given you in the life of the world the threat of chastisement in the Hereafter should you not believe and so it is now inevitable.

قال الله تعالى: لا تختصموا لديَّ اليوم في موقف الجزاء والحساب؛ إذ لا فائدة من ذلك، وقد قَدَّمْتُ إليكم في الدنيا بالوعيد لمن كفر بي وعصاني.

وقوله تبارك وتعالى "قال لا تختصموا لدي" يقول الرب عز وجل للإنسي وقرينه من الجن وذلك أنهما يختصمان بين يدي الحق تعالى فيقول الإنسي يا رب هذا أضلني عن الذكر بعد إذ جاءني ويقول الشيطان "ربنا ما أطغيته ولكن كان في ضلال بعيد" أي عن منهج الحق فيقول الرب عز وجل لهما "لا تختصموا لدي" أي عندي " وقد قدمت إليكم بالوعيد " أي قد أعذرت إليكم على ألسنة الرسل وأنزلت الكتب وقامت عليكم الحجج والبينات والبراهين.

( قَالَ ) أى : - الخالق - عز وجل ( لاَ تَخْتَصِمُواْ لَدَيَّ ) أى : لا تتنازعوا عندى فى هذا الموقف ، فإن التنازع لا فائدة فيه .( وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بالوعيد ) أى : والحال أنى قد حذرتكم على ألسنة رسلى من سوء عاقبة الكفر ، والآن لا مجال لهذا الاعتذار أو التخاصم .

وقوله ( لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ ) يقول تعالى ذكره: قال الله لهؤلاء المشركين الذين وصف صفتهم, وصفة قرنائهم من الشياطين ( لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ ) اليوم ( وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ ) في الدنيا قبل اختصامكم هذا, بالوعيد لمن كفر بي, وعصاني, وخالف أمري ونهيي في كتبي, وعلى ألسن رسلي.وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثني عبد الله بن أبي زياد, قال: ثنا عبد الله بن أبي بكر, قال: ثنا جعفر, قال: سمعت أبا عمران يقول في قوله ( وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ ) قال: بالقرآن.حدثني عليّ, قال: ثنا أبو صالح, قال: ثني معاوية, عن عليّ, عن ابن عباس, في قوله ( لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ ) قال: إنهم اعتذروا بغير عذر, فأبطل الله حجتهم, وردّ عليهم قولهم.حدثني يونس, قال: أخبرنا ابن وهب, قال: قال ابن زيد, في قوله ( لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ ) قال: يقول: قد أمرتكم ونهيتكم, قال: هذا ابن آدم وقرينه من الجن.حدثنا ابن حُمَيد, قال: ثنا مهران, عن أبي جعفر, عن الربيع, قال: قلت لأبي العالية ( لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ ) قال أبو جعفر الطبريّ: أحسبه قال: هم أهل الشرك, وقال في آية أخرى ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ فهم أهل القبلة.

( قال ) فيقول الله ( لا تختصموا لدي وقد قدمت إليكم بالوعيد ) في القرآن وأنذرتكم وحذرتكم على لسان الرسول ، وقضيت عليكم ما أنا قاض .

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ (28(

قال الله تعالى مجيبًا لاختصامهم: { لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ } أي: لا فائدة في اختصامكم عندي، { و } الحال أني قد { قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ } أي: جاءتكم رسلي بالآيات البينات، والحجج الواضحات، والبراهين الساطعات، فقامت عليكم حجتي، وانقطعت حجتكم، وقدمتم علي بما أسلفتم من الأعمال التي وجب جزاؤها.

لا تختصموا لدي يعني الكافرين وقرناءهم من الشياطين . قال القشيري : وهذا يدل على أن القرين الشيطان .وقد قدمت إليكم بالوعيد أي : أرسلت الرسل . وقيل : هذا خطاب لكل من اختصم . وقيل : هو للاثنين وجاء بلفظ الجمع .

A picture of death and Doomsday thereafter has been drawn in these verses. It shows what will happen to those who, finding themselves free in this world, became arrogant. This pictorial description is so terrible as to cause extreme unease in the minds of all living beings.

لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِالْوَعِيدِ ("Do not quarrel before Me, while I had sent to you My threat well in advance.... 50:28) It means: "I have given you sufficient proof by the words of the past Messengers, and I have sent down the Divine Books; the evidences, signs and proofs have thus been established against you; your flimsy excuses, arguments and disputes will not work today.'

(He saith) Allah says to them: (Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning) I have informed you in the Scripture with which the Messenger was sent about this Day.

The Angel will bear Witness; Allah commands that the Disbeliever be thrown into the Fire Allah the Exalted states that the scribe angel, who is entrusted with recording the deeds of mankind, will testify against him or her about the deeds he or she did on the Day of Resurrection. He will say, هَـذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ ("Here is (his record) ready with me!"), here it is prepared and completed without addition or deletion. This is when Allah the Exalted will judge the creation with fairness, saying, أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ (Both of you throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever.) It appears that Allah will say these words to the Sa'iq and Shahid angels; the Sa'iq drove him to the grounds where Reckoning is held and the Shahid testified. Allah the Exalted will order them to throw him in the fire of Jahannam, and worse it is as a destination, أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ (Both of you throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever.) meaning, whose disbelief and denial of truth was horrendous, who used to stubbornly reject the truth, knowingly contradicting it with falsehood, مَّنَّـعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ (Hinderer of good,) meaning for he did not fulfill the duties he was ordered, nor was he dutiful, keeping ties to kith and kin nor giving charity, مُعْتَدٍ (transgressor,) meaning, he transgresses the limits in spending. Qatadah commented, "He is a transgressor in his speech, behavior and affairs." Allah said, مُرِيبٍ (doubter,) meaning, he doubts and raises doubts in those who scrutinize his behavior, الَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـهاً ءَاخَرَ (who set up another god with Allah.) meaning, he associated others with Allah and worshipped others besides Him, فَأَلْقِيَـهُ فِى الْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ (Then both of you cast him in the severe torment.) Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri said that the Prophet said, «يَخْرُجُ عُنُقٌ مِنَ النَّارِ يَتَكَلَّمُ يَقُولُ: وُكِّلْتُ الْيَوْمَ بِثَلَاثَةٍ: بِكُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ، وَمَنْ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلهًا آخَرَ، وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ، فَتَنْطَوِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَتَقْذِفُهُمْ فِي غَمَرَاتِ جَهَنَّم» (A neck from the Fire will appear and will speak saying, "Today, I have been entrusted with three: Every obstinate tyrant, everyone who ascribed another god with Allah, and he who took a life without right." The neck will then close in on them and throw them in the midst of Jahannam.)" Man and Devil dispute before Allah Allah's saying; قَالَ قرِينُهُ (His companion will say), refers to the devil who is entrusted to every man, according to `Abdullah bin `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and several othes. He will say, رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُ (Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression,) meaning, the devil will say this about the human who came on the Day of Resurrection as a disbeliever. The devil will disown him, saying, رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُ (Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression) meaning, "I did not lead him astray," وَلَـكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـلٍ بَعِيدٍ (but he was himself in error far astray.) meaning, he himself was misguided, accepting falsehood and stubborn to the truth. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said in another Ayah, وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَـنُ لَمَّا قُضِىَ الاٌّمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ لِىَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّن سُلْطَـنٍ إِلاَّ أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِى فَلاَ تَلُومُونِى وَلُومُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ مَّآ أَنَاْ بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِىَّ إِنِّى كَفَرْتُ بِمَآ أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّـلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ (And Shaytan will say when the matter has been decided: "Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, and you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me as a partner with Allah. Verily, there is a painful torment for the wrongdoers.") (14:22) Allah the Exalted said, قَالَ لاَ تَخْتَصِمُواْ لَدَىَّ ((Allah) will say: "Dispute not in front of Me.") The Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored will say this to the man and his devil companion, who will be disputing before Him. The man will say, "O, Lord! This devil has misguided me away from the Remembrance after it came to me," while the devil will declare, رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُ وَلَـكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـلٍ بَعِيدٍ (Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression, but he was himself in error far astray.) from the path of truth. The Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored will say to them, لاَ تَخْتَصِمُواْ لَدَىَّ (Dispute not in front of Me,) or `before Me,' وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِالْوَعِيدِ (I had already in advance sent you the threat.) `I have given you sufficient proof by the words of the Messengers, and I have sent down the Divine Books; the evidences, signs and proofs have thus been established against you,' مَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ (The Sentence that comes from Me cannot be changed, ) "I have made My decision," according to the explanation of Mujahid, وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِظَلَّـمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ (And I am not unjust to the servants.) `I will not punish anyone, except on account of their sins after the proof has been established against them.'