The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 36
7:36 · al-A`raf
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وَٱلَّذِینَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوا۟ عَنۡهَاۤ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِیهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ٣٦
wa-alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wa-is'takbarū ʿanhā ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūn
The Heights, The Elevated Places / al-A`raf (7:36)
But those who reject Our revelations and arrogantly scorn them are the people of the Fire and there they will remain
wa-alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wa-is'takbarū ʿanhā ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūn
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Tafsir Commentary
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ
(And every Ummah has), meaning, each generation and nation,
أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ
(its appointed term; when their term comes) which they were destined for,
لاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
(neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)). Allah then warned the Children of Adam that He sent to them Messengers who conveyed to them His Ayat. Allah also conveyed good news, as well as warning,
فَمَنِ اتَّقَى وَأَصْلَحَ
(then whosoever has Taqwa and becomes righteous) by abandoning the prohibitions and performing acts of obedience,
فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَوَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَآ
(on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. But those who reject Our Ayat and treat them with arrogance,) meaning, their hearts denied the Ayat and they were too arrogant to abide by them,
أُولَـئِكَ أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ
(they are the dwellers of the Fire, they will abide therein forever.) without end to their dwelling in it.
And those who deny Our signs and scorn them not believing in them — those shall be the inhabitants of the Fire abiding therein.
And those who deny Our signs, that is, [those] who have obscured Our attributes by the attributes of their souls, and scorn them, by engaging in devilry, those shall be the inhabitants, of the fires of privation.
And those who deny Our signs, that is, [those] who have obscured Our attributes by the attributes of their souls, and scorn them, by engaging in devilry, those shall be the inhabitants, of the fires of privation.
والكفار الذين كذَّبوا بالدلائل على توحيد الله، واستعلَوا عن اتباعها، أولئك أصحاب النار ماكثين فيها، لا يخرجون منها أبدًا.
"والذين كذبوا بآياتنا واستكبروا عنها" أي كذبت بها قلوبهم واستكبروا عن العمل بها "أولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون" أي ماكثون فيها مكثا مخلدا.
ثم أورد القرآن بعد ذلك النداء الرابع والأخير لبنى آدم ، وحضهم فيه على اتباع الرسل ، والسير على الطريق المستقيم فقال : ( يابني ءَادَمَ . . . . ) .المعنى : يا بنى آدم إن يأتكم رسل من أبناء جنسكم ، يتلون عليكم آياتى التى أنزلتها عليهم لهدايتكم فآمنوا بهم وعزروهم وانصروهم ، فإن من آمن بهم واتقى ما نهاه عنه به ، وأصلح نفسه وعمله ، فأولئك لا خوف عليهم يوم القيامة ، ولا هم يحزنون لمفارقتهم الدنيا ، أما الذين كذبوا بآياتنا واستكبروا عنها فأولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون .فالآيتان الكريمتان تخبران جميع بنى آدم أن رسل الله قد بلغوا الرسالة وأدوا الأمانة ، فعلى المرسل إليهم أن يطيعوهم حتى يفوزوا برضاء خالفهم .قال الجمل : " وإنما رسل بلفظ الجمع وإن كان المراد به واحدا وهو النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم ، لأنه خاتم الأنبياء ، وهو مرسل إلى كافة الخلق ، فذكره بلفظ الجمع على سبيل التعظيم ، فعلى هذا يكون الخطاب فى قوله : ( يابني ءَادَمَ ) لأهل مكة ومن يلحق بهم . وقيل أراد جميع الرسل . وعلى هذا الخطاب فى قوله : ( يابني ءَادَمَ ) عام لكل بنى آدم ، وإنما قال منكم أى : من جنسكم ومثلكم من بنى آدم ، لأن الرسول إذا كان من جنسهم كان أقطع لعذرهم وأثبت للحجة عليهم ، لأنهم يعرفونه ويعرفون أحواله ، فإذا أتاهم بما لا يليق بقدرته أو بقدرة أمثاله علم أن ذلك الذى أتى به معجزة له ، وحجة على من خالفه " .
القول في تأويل قوله : وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (36)قال أبو جعفر: يقول جل ثناؤه: وأما من كذّب بإيتاء رسلي التي أرسلتها إليه، وجحد توحيدي، وكفر بما جاء به رسلي، واستكبر عن تصديق حُجَجي وأدلّتي =(فَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ)، يقول: هم في نار جهنم ماكثون, لا يخرجون منها أبدًا. (42)-----------------الهوامش :(42) انظر تفسير ألفاظ هذه الآية فيما سلف من فهارس اللغة .
( والذين كذبوا بآياتنا واستكبروا عنها ) تكبروا عن الإيمان بها ، وإنما ذكر الاستكبار لأن كل مكذب وكافر متكبر . قال الله تعالى " إنهم كانوا إذا قيل لهم لا إله إلا الله يستكبرون " ( الصافات ، 35 ) ، ( أولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون )
وجملة : { والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا أولئك أصحاب النار } معطوفة على جملة { فمن اتَّقى وأصلح }. والرَابط محذوف تقديره : والذين كفروا منكم وكذّبوا .والاستكبار مبالغة في التّكبّر ، فالسين والتّاء للمبالغة . وهو أن يعُد المرء نفسه كبيراً أي عظيماً وما هو به ، فالسّين والتاء لعد والحسبان ، وكلا الأمرين يؤذن بإفراطهم في ذلك وأنّهم عَدَوْا قدرهم .وضمن الاستكبار معنى الإعراض . فعلّق به ضمير الآيات . والمعنى : واستكبروا فأعرضوا عنها .وأفاد تحقيق أنّهم صائرون إلى النّار بطريق قصر ملازمة النّار عليهم في قوله : { أولئك أصحاب النار } لأنّ لفظ أصحاب مؤذن بالملازمة . وبما تدلّ عليه الجملة الاسميّة من الدّوام والثّبات في قوله : { هم فيها خالدون }.
{ وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا } أي: لا آمنت بها قلوبهم، ولا انقادت لها جوارحهم، { أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ } كما استهانوا بآياته، ولازموا التكذيب بها، أهينوا بالعذاب الدائم الملازم.
لا يوجد تفسير لهذه الأية
According to the creation plan one has the opportunity to perform well or badly in the present world till the period of one’s trial is over. But as far as a community or a nation is concerned, there is no such limit for the enforcement of God’s decision. This decision is taken on the basis of that community’s response after the truth has been introduced to it. The community whose period is over, is sometimes destroyed by the inflicting of an extraordinary retributive punishment and sometimes it is punished by being displaced from its position of honour and supremacy. The decision about Heaven or Hell as the final destination for a man is taken on the basis of his response after the truth has appeared before him, supported by arguments whose rationality is testified to by his intellect. This means conveying the message in the full sense. Even after that, if a man refuses to accept the Truth, he does so out of egotism. His desire to maintain his superiority prevents him from lowering himself in comparison to the Truth. For such a man, before God, there is no fate except Hell.
The first and the second verse both mentioned two crimes committed by disbelievers. They took Halal as Haram and made the Haram become Halal for themselves by themselves. The third verse (34) describes their sad end and the punishment they would have in the Hereafter. It was said:
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
(And for every people there is an appointed time. So, when their appointed time comes, they will not be late for a moment, nor will they go before).
In other words, what is being said here is that those committing excesses who, despite their contumacy, are basking in the sunshine of the blessings of Allah Ta` ala, and do not seem to be anywhere close to being punished, they should not lose sight of the customary practice of Allah that He, in His infinite mercy, keeps granting a long leash to sinners so that they would somehow stop doing what they do. But, the term of this leash and the time of this respite stands determined in the ultimate knowledge of Allah Ta` ala. When that time comes, it just comes - neither too late nor too soon. Thus, criminals are caught in punishment. At times, the punishment descends right here in this world - and if, the punishment does not visit them here, it waits to receive them soon after their death.
As for the appointed time not being late or early as stated in this verse, it is a manner of saying, something like saying to a salesperson in a store: at is your last price, more or less? It is obvious that the inquiry is for the lower price, not the higher. But, it is put there as a subordinate suffix. Similarly, the real objective here is to state that there will be no delay after the appointed time. The mention of ` before' along with ` late' makes it closer to common comprehension.
(But they who deny Our revelations) Our Scripture and messenger (and scorn them) scorn believing in them (such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein) forever, never to die or be removed.