Mutual Disillusion, Haggling, The Cheating — Verse 10

And as for those who disbelieved and denied Our signs — the Qur’ān — those they will be the inhabitants of the Fire wherein they will abide. And what an evil journey’s end! it is.

والذين جحدوا أن الله هو الإله الحق وكذَّبوا بدلائل ربوبيته وبراهين ألوهيته التي أرسل بها رسله، أولئك أهل النار ماكثين فيها أبدًا، وساء المرجع الذي صاروا إليه، وهو جهنم.

قلت وقد فسر ذلك بقوله تعالى "ومن يؤمن بالله ويعمل صالحا يكفر عنه سيئاته ويدخله جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها أبدا ذلك الفوز العظيم والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا أولئك أصحاب النار خالدين فيها وبئس المصير" وقد تقدم تفسير مثل هذه غير مرة.

( والذين كَفَرُواْ ) بربهم بأن أشركوا معه فى العبادة آلهة أخرى .( وَكَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَآ ) الدالة على وحدانيتنا ، وعلى صدق نبينا - صلى الله عليه وسلم - .( أولئك ) الكافرون المكذبون هم ( أَصْحَابُ النار خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ) خلودا أبديا ( وَبِئْسَ المصير ) مصيرهم النار .ففى هاتين الآيتين الكريمتين ، بيان للتغابن ، وتفصيل له ، لاحتوائهما على بيان منازل السعداء والأشقياء ، وهو ما وقع فيه التغابن .

يقول تعالى ذكره: والذين جحدوا وحدانية الله، وكذّبوا بأدلته وحججه وآي كتابه الذي أنـزله على عبده محمد صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ يقول: ماكثين فيها أبدًا لا يموتون فيها، ولا يخرجون منها( وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ) يقول: وبئس الشيء الذي يُصَار إليه جهنم.

"والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا أولئك أصحاب النار خالدين فيها وبئس المصير".

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآَيَاتِنَا أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (10)والذين كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بھاياتنآ أولئك أصحاب النار خالدين فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ المَصِيرُ } معطوفة على جملة { فآمنوا بالله ورسوله } [ التغابن : 8 ] وهو تفصيل لما أجمل في قوله : { والله بما تعملون خبير } [ التغابن : 8 ] الذي هو تذييل .و { مَن } شرطية والفعل بعدها مستقبل ، أي من يؤمن من المشركين بعد هذه الموعظة نكفر عنه ما فرط من سيئاته .والمراد بالسيئات : الكفر وما سبقه من الأعمال الفاسدة .وتكفير السيئات : العفو عن المؤاخذة بها وهو مصدر كفّر مبالغة في كفَر . وغلب استعماله في العفو عما سلف من السيّئات وأصله : استعارة الستر للإِزالة مثل الغفران أيضاً .وانتصب { صالحاً } على الصفة لمصدر وهو مفعول مطلق محذوف تقديره : عملاً صالحاً .وقرأ نافع وابن عامر وأبو جعفر { نكفر } و { ندخله } بنون العظمة على الالتفات من الغيبة إلى التكلم لأن مقام الوعد مقام إقبال فناسبه ضمير التكلم .وقرأهما الباقون بياء الغيبة على مقتضى الظاهر لأن ضمير الجلالة يؤذن بعناية الله بهذا الفريق . وجملة { ذلك الفوز العظيم } تذييل .وقوله : { والذين كفروا وكذبوا } ، أي كفروا وكذبوا من قبلُ واستمرُّوا على كفرهم وتكذيبهم فلم يستجيبوا لهذه الدعوة ثبت لهم أنهم أصحاب النار . ولذلك جيء في جانب الخبر عنهم بالجملة الاسمية الدالة على الثبات لعراقتهم في الكفر والتكذيب .وجيء لهم باسم الإِشارة لتمييزهم تمييزاً لا يلتبس معه غيرهم بهم مثل قوله : { أولئك على هدى من ربهم } [ البقرة : 5 ] مع ما يفيده اسم الإِشارة من أن استحقاقهم لملازمة النار ناشىء عن الكفر والتكذيب بآيات الله وهذا وعيد .وجملة { وبئس المصير } اعتراض تذييلي لزيادة تهويل الوعيد .

{ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا } أي: كفروا [بها] من غير مستند شرعي ولا عقلي، بل جاءتهم الأدلة والبينات، فكذبوا بها، وعاندوا ما دلت عليه.{ أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ } لأنها جمعت كل بؤس وشدة، وشقاء وعذاب.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَايعني القرآنأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُلما ذكر ما للمؤمنين ذكر ما للكافرين كما تقدم في غير موضع

No trouble arrives of its own accord. Every tribulation comes from God, and it afflicts man so that, through it, he should receive guidance. Trouble softens a man’s heart and jolts him out of his moral slumber. Trouble prods and sharpens a man’s mind. If he refrains from negative reaction, then trouble will become the best Divine instruction for him.

يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْجَمْعِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ التَّغَابُنِ ([ Be mindful of ] the day when He will gather you for the Day of Gathering. That will be the Day of loss and gain…64:9) ‘The Day of Gathering’ and ‘the Day of Loss and gain’ are both the names of the Day of Judgment. The reason why that day is called ‘The Day of Gathering’ is quite obvious. On that day all creations, the earlier generation as well as the later generations, will be brought together to give account of their deeds and for reward and punishment. The reason for calling the day a ‘The Day of Loss and Gain’ is because the word taghabun is derived from ghabn which means ‘loss’. Financial loss as well as mental deficiency is referred to as ghabn. Imam Raghib Isfahani in his Mufrada-ul-Qur’ an says that when the word refers to financial loss, it is expressed in the passive voice thus ghubina fulanun ‘so-and-so suffered financial loss’. When one wants to say that ‘he was or became deficient in his opinion or judgment’, one would express it thus ghabina from the tri-literal verb form, the second radical being vowelled with kasrah [-i-] on the measure of sami’ a. the word taghabun is a two-way process and signifies ‘mutuality of actions’, where two parties mutually cause loss of each other, or they make manifest each other’ s loss. In the context of this verse, however, it is one-sided or one-way process of making manifest of non-believer’ s loss. The latter sense is also its recognized use. ‘The Day of Loss and Gain’ is so called because, according to authentic Traditions, Allah has created two abodes for everyone in the Hereafter_one in Hell and another in Paradise. Before admitting the righteous believers to Paradise, they will be shown the abode in Hell, which they would have received if they failed to believe and act righteously, so that they may appreciate their abode in Paradise more highly and thank Allah more profoundly. On the other hand, the non-believers will be shown their abode in Paradise, which they would have received had they believed and acted righteously, so that they may regret more bitterly and be more remorseful. These narratives also tell us that the abodes in Paradise that were prepared for the non-believers will be given to the believers in Paradise, and the abodes in Hell that were prepared for the believers will be given to the non-believers in Hell. These Traditions are elaborately recorded in the two Sahihs and other collections of Traditions. When the inmates of Paradise will attain the places originally prepared for the disbelievers, the latter will realize what they have lost what they have gained. Sahih Muslim, Tirmidhi and others record on the authority of Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked the noble Companions: “ Do you know who is a pauper?” They replied: “ One who has no possessions.” The Messenger ﷺ said that a pauper in my community is one who will come on the Day of Judgment with a heap of righteous deeds, such as prayers, fasting, alms-giving and so on, but he might have reviled someone in the world, or he might have slandered another person, or he might have killed or murdered some other person, and he might have taken away someone’ s property unlawfully. All these people will gather around him and demand their rights. One will take away his prayers, another will snatch away his fasts, someone will take away his alms and a third person will carry away his other good deeds. When all his good deeds would be exhausted, the sins of the oppressed will be loaded on the oppressor, and in this way the score will be settled. Consequently, he will be purshed into the Fire of Hell. [ Mazhari ] It is recorded in the Sahih of Bukahri that the Holy Prophet ﷺ has said, “ Whoever has an obligation towards someone should discharge it or ask his obligor to forgive it here in this world. Otherwise, he will have no dirhams or dinars (money) there in the Hereafter to set off his liabilities. The obligors will be given the good deeds of the debtor in lieu of their unfulfilled rights. When his good deeds will be exhausted, the sins of the oppressed will be added to the account of the oppressor.” Sayyidna Ibn ‘Abbas ؓ and other leading authorities on Tafsir have given the foregoing reason for naming the Day of Judgment as ‘The Day of Loss and Gain’. Other authorities express the view that the grief of loss will not only be felt by the miserable non-believers, but also by the righteous believers. The latter will feel a sense of loss in that they will bitterly regret that they wasted much of their time in life and failed to carry out more good deeds, so as to attain more blessings and favours in Paradise, as is stated in a Prophetic Tradition. مَن جَلَسَ مَجلِسًا لَّم یَذکُرِ اللہَ فِیہِ کَانَ عَلَیہِ تِرَۃً یَومَ القِیامَۃِ (He who sits in an assembly and does not remember Allah in the entire session, this assembly will be a source of bitter regret for him.) Qurtubi writes that on that Day every believer will feel a sense of loss on account of shortcomings in the fulfillment of his duties and obligations in life. Naming the Judgment Day as the ‘Day of Loss and Gain’ is like its being named as ‘The Day of (Bitter) Regret’ in Surah Maryam, thus وَأَنذِرْ‌هُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَ‌ةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ‌ ‘And warn them of the Day of (Bitter) Regret when the affair will be resolved…19:39). Ruh-ul-Ma’ ani interprets this verse as implying that on that day the unjust and unrighteous people will bitterly regret their shortcomings, and the righteous believers will regret their shortcomings in the performance of their righteous deeds. In this way, everyone on the Day of Judgment will regret and have a feeling of loss as his shortcomings. Therefore, this day is named as the ‘Day of Loss and Gain’.

(But those who disbelieve) in Allah: the disbelievers of Mecca (and deny Our revelations) Muhammad (pbuh) and the Qur'an, (such are owners of the Fire) they are inhabitants of the Fire; (they will abide therein) they will abide in the Fire, never to die or leave it (a hapless journey's end) in the Hereafter in which they have ended up!

Life after Death is True Allah the Exalted informs about the disbelievers, idolators and the atheists that they claim that they will not be resurrected, قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّى لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ (Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of what you did...") meaning, `you will be informed of all of your actions, whether major or minor, big or small,' وَذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ (and that is easy for Allah.) `resurrecting and recompensing you is easy for Allah.' This is the third Ayah in which Allah orders His Messenger to swear by His Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored, that Resurrection occurs. The first is in Surah Yunus, وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِى وَرَبِّى إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ (And they ask you to inform them: "Is it true" Say: "Yes! By my Lord! It is the very truth! and you can not escape it!") (10:53), The second is in Surah Saba', وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لاَ تَأْتِينَا السَّاعَةُ قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّى لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ (Those who disbelieve say: "The hour will not come to us." Say: "Yes, by my Lord, it will come to you...") (34:3), and the third is this Ayah, زَعَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَن لَّن يُبْعَثُواْ قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّى لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ وَذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ (The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected. Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of what you did; and that is easy for Allah.") Allah the Exalted said, فَـَامِنُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالنّورِ الَّذِى أَنزَلْنَا (Therefore, believe in Allah and in His Messenger and in the Light which We have sent down.) that is, the Qur'an, وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ (And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) none of your deeds ever escapes His knowledge. The Day of At-Taghabun Allah said, يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْجَمْعِ (The Day when He will gather you on the Day of Gathering,) meaning the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day when the earlier and later generations will all be gathered in one area, a caller would be heard by them all, and one's vision would easily see them all. Allah said, ذلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ (That is the Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, that is a Day when all will be present.) (11:103), and, قُلْ إِنَّ الاٌّوَّلِينَ وَالاٌّخِرِينَ - لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَـتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ (Say: "(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times. All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.") (56:49-50) Allah's statement, ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ التَّغَابُنِ (that will be the Day of At-Taghabun) Ibn `Abbas said, "It is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, and that is because the people of Paradise will have gained over the people of the Fire." Qatadah and Mujahid said similarly. Muqatil bin Hayyan said, "There is no mutual loss and gain greater than these entering Paradise and those being taken to the Fire." Allah explained His statement saying; يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْجَمْعِ ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ التَّغَابُنِ وَمَن يُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ وَيَعْمَلْ صَـلِحاً يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَـتِهِ وَيُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّـتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الاٌّنْهَـرُ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَداً ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ - وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَآ أُوْلَـئِكَ أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ (And whosoever believes in Allah and performs righteous deeds, He will expiate from him his sins, and will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever; that will be the great success. But those who disbelieved and denied Our Ayat, they will be the dwellers of the Fire, to dwell therein forever. And worst indeed is that destination.) We explained these meanings several times before.