The Star — Verse 59

Do you then marvel in denial at this discourse the Qur’ān

أفمِن هذا القرآن تعجبون -أيها المشركون- من أن يكون صحيحًا، وتضحكون منه سخرية واستهزاءً، ولا تبكون خوفًا من وعيده، وأنتم لاهون معرضون عنه؟ فاسجدوا لله وأخلصوا العبادة له وحده، وسلِّموا له أموركم.

قال تعالى منكرا على المشركين في استماعهم القرآن وإعراضهم عنه وتلهيهم "تعجبون" من أن يكون صحيحا.

والاستفهام فى قوله - تعالى - : ( أَفَمِنْ هذا الحديث تَعْجَبُونَ ) للإنكار والتوبيخ .أى : أفمن هذا القرآن وما اشتمل عليه من هدايات وتشريعات . . . تتعجبون ، وتنكرون كونه من عند الله - تعالى - .

( لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ).وقوله: ( لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ) يقول تعالى ذكره: ليس للآزفة التي قد أزفت, وهي الساعة التي قد دنت من دون الله كاشف, يقول: ليس تنكشف فتقوم إلا بإقامة الله إياها, وكشفها دون من سواه من خلقه, لأنه لم يطلع عليها مَلَكا مقرّبا, ولا نبيا مرسلا. وقيل: كاشفة, فأنثت, وهي بمعنى الانكشاف; كما قيل: فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُمْ مِنْ بَاقِيَةٍ بمعنى: فهل ترى لهم من بقاء; وكما قيل: العاقبة وماله من ناهية, وكما قيل لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ بمعنى تكذيب, وَلا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى خَائِنَةٍ مِنْهُمْ بمعنى خيانة.القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ (59)يقول تعالى ذكره لمشركي قريش: أفمن هذا القرآن أيها الناس تعجبون, أنْ نـزلَ على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم , وتضحكون منه استهزاءً به, ولا تبكون مما فيه من الوعيد لأهل معاصي الله, وأنتم من أهل معاصيه ( وَأَنْتُمْ سَامِدُونَ ) يقول: وأنتم لاهون عما فيه من العِبر والذكر, معرضون عن آياته; يقال للرجل: دع عنا سُمودَك, يراد به: دع عنا لهوك, يقال منه: سَمَدَ فلان يَسْمُد سُمُودا.وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل وإن اختلفت ألفاظهم بالعبارة عنه, فقال بعضهم: غافلون. وقال بعضهم: مغنون. وقال بعضهم: مُبَرْطمون.* ذكر من قال ذلك:

" أفمن هذا الحديث "، يعني القرآن، " تعجبون "

أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ (59(تفريع على { هذا نذير من النذر الأولى } [ النجم : 56 ] وما عطف عليه وبُينّ به من بيان أو صفة ، فرع عليه استفهام إنكار وتوبيخ .والحديث : الكلام والخبر .والإِشارة إلى ما ذكر من الإِنذار بأخبار الذين كذبوا الرسل ، فالمراد بالحديث بعض القرآن بما في قوله : { أفبهذا الحديث أنتم مدهنون } [ الواقعة : 81 ] .ومعنى العجب هنا الاستبعاد والإِحالة كقوله : { أتعجبين من أمر الله } [ هود : 73 ] ، أو كناية عن الإنكار .

ثم توعد المنكرين لرسالة الرسول محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، المكذبين لما جاء به من القرآن الكريم، فقال: { أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ } ؟ أي: أفمن هذا الحديث الذي هو خير الكلام وأفضله وأشرفه تتعجبون منه، وتجعلونه من الأمور المخالفة للعادة الخارقة للأمور [والحقائق] المعروفة؟ هذا من جهلهم وضلالهم وعنادهم، وإلا فهو الحديث الذي إذا حدث صدق، وإذا قال قولا فهو القول الفصل الذي ليس بالهزل، وهو القرآن العظيم، الذي لو أنزل على جبل لرأيته خاشعا متصدعا من خشية الله، الذي يزيد ذوي الأحلام رأيا وعقلا، وتسديدا وثباتا، وإيمانا ويقينا والذي ينبغي العجب من عقل من تعجب منه، وسفهه وضلاله.

قوله تعالى : أفمن هذا الحديث يعني القرآن . وهذا استفهام توبيخ تعجبون تكذيبا به

The history of the prophets as related in the Quran shows that the denial of Truth and its fatal result are as close to each other as two fingers of the same hand. If a man has the ability to comprehend, as soon as he indulges in denial of the Truth and becomes arrogant, he will sense that God’s wrath is about to descend on him; he will consequently give up the way of arrogance and adopt the way of obedience. But man is so intoxicated that he is unable to see things which are right in front of him.

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ (Do you then wonder at this discourse, and laugh [ at it ], and not weep....53:59-60). The phrase this discourse' refers to the Qur'an. That is, the Qur'an, the Divine Discourse, which is itself a miracle, has already come to them. They are surprised at it and laugh in jest and mock at it, and do not weep at their sins and shortcomings.

(Marvel ye then at this statement) He says: are you mocking-and it is said: are you denying-this Qur'an which Muhammad (pbuh) recites to you, O people of Mecca,

A Warning and Exhortation, the Order to prostrate and to be humble Allah said, هَـذَا نَذِيرٌ (This is a warner) in reference to Muhammad ﷺ , مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الاٍّوْلَى (from the warners of old.) means, just like the warners of old, he was sent as a Messenger as they were sent as Messengers. Allah the Exalted said, قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعاً مِّنَ الرُّسُلِ (Say: "I am not a new thing among the Messengers.")(46:9) Allah said; أَزِفَتِ الاٌّزِفَةُ (The Azifah draws near.) that which is near, the Day of Resurrection, has drawn nearer, لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ (None besides Allah can avert it.) no one besides Allah can prevent it from coming, nor does anyone know when it will come, except Him. The warner is eager to convey his knowledge of the imminence of a calamity, so that it does not befall those to whom he is a warner. As He said; إِنِّينَذِيرٌ لَّكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ (He is only a warner to you in face of a severe torment.) (34:46) And in the Hadith: «أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَان» (I am the naked warner,) meaning, I was in such a hurry to warn against the evil I saw coming, that I did not wear anything. In this case, one rushes to warn his people in such haste that he will be naked. This meaning befits the meaning of the A0yah, أَزِفَتِ الاٌّزِفَةُ (the Azifah draws near.), in reference to the nearing Day of Resurrection. Allah said in the beginning of the Surah: اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ (The Hour has drawn near.)(54:1) Imam Ahmad recorded that Sahl bin Sa`d said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ، فَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ نَزَلُوا بِبَطْنِ وَادٍ، فَجَاءَ ذَا بِعُودٍ وَجَاءَ ذَا بِعُودٍ، حَتْى أَنْضَجُوا خُبْزَتَهُمْ، وَإِنَّ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ، مَتَى يُؤْخَذُ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا، تُهْلِكُه» (Beware of small sins! The example of the effect of small sin is that of people who settled near the bottom of a valley. One of them brought a piece of wood, and another brought another piece of wood, until they cooked their bread! Verily, small sins will destroy its companion, if one is held accountable for them.) Allah the Exalted admonishes the idolators because they hear the Qur'an, yet they turn away from it in heedless play, تَعْجَبُونَ (wonder) doubting that it is true. وَتَضْحَكُونَ (And you laugh) in jest and mock at it, وَلاَ تَبْكُونَ (and weep not,) just as those who believe in it weep, وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلاٌّذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا (And they fall down on their faces weeping and it increases their humility.)(17:109) Allah said; وَأَنتُمْ سَـمِدُونَ (While you are Samidun.) Sufyan Ath-Thawri reported that his father narrated that Ibn `Abbas said about Samidun, "Singing; in Yemenite dialect `Ismid for us' means `Sing for us."' `Ikrimah said something similar. In another narration from Ibn `Abbas, he said that, سَـمِدُونَ (Samidun) means, "Turning away." Similar was reported from Mujahid and `Ikrimah. Allah the Exalted ordered His servants to prostrate to Him, worship Him according to the way of His Messenger, and to fulfill the requirement of Tawhid and sincerity, فَاسْجُدُواْ لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُواْ (So fall you down in prostration to Allah and worship Him.) meaning, with submission, sincerity, and Tawhid. Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Ma`mar said that `Abdul-Warith said that Ayyub said that `Ikrimah said that, Ibn `Abbas said, "The Prophet prostrated upon reciting An-Najm and the Muslims, idolators, Jinns and mankind who were present prostrated along with him." Only Muslim collected this Hadith. Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Muttalib bin Abi Wada`ah said, "While in Makkah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once recited Surat An-Najm, then prostrated along with all those who were with him at the time. I raised my head, however, and I refused to prostrate." Al-Muttalib had not embraced Islam yet, but ever since he became Muslim, he would never hear anyone recite this Surah until the end, without prostrating with whomever was prostrating after reciting it. An-Nasa'i also collected this Hadith in the Book of Al-Bukhari, excluding prayer in his Sunan. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat An-Najm. All praise and thanks are due to Allah.