Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating — Verse 35
83:35 · al-Mutaffifin
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عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
AAala al-ara-iki yanthuroona
Defrauding, The Defrauders, The Cheats, Cheating / al-Mutaffifin (83:35)
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as they sit on couches, gazing around
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upon couches in Paradise gazing out from their dwellings at the disbelievers while they are being tortured; and they will laugh at them just as they the disbelievers had laughed at them in the world.
على المجالس الفاخرة ينظر المؤمنون إلى ما أعطاهم الله من الكرامة والنعيم في الجنة، ومن أعظم ذلك النظر إلى وجه الله الكريم. هل جوزي الكفار - إذ فُعل بهم ذلك- جزاءً وفاق ما كانوا يفعلونه في الدنيا من الشرور والآثام؟
أي إلى الله عز وجل في مقابلة من زعم فيهم أنهم ضالون وليسوا بضالين بل هم من أولياء الله المقربين ينظرون إلى ربهم في دار كرامته.
وأنهم لا ينظرون إلا إلى ما يسرهم ويبهج نفوسهم .
القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : عَلَى الأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ (35)( عَلَى الأرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ) يقول: على سررهم التي في الحجال ينظرون إليهم وهم في الجنة، والكفار في النار يعذّبون.وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثني محمد بن سعد، قال: ثني أبي، قال: ثني عمي، قال: ثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن ابن عباس، قوله: ( فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ * عَلَى الأرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ) قال: يعني: السُّرر المرفوعة عليها الحِجال. وكان ابن عباس يقول: إن السور الذي بين الجنة والنار يُفتح لهم فيه أبواب، فينظر المؤمنون إلى أهل النار، والمؤمنون على السرر ينظرون 24-305كيف يعذّبون، فيضحكون منهم، فيكون ذلك مما أقرّ الله به أعينهم، كيف ينتقم الله منهم.حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة ( فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ) ذُكر لنا أن كعبا كان يقول: إن بين الجنة والنار كوى، فإذا أراد المؤمن أن ينظر إلى عدّو كان له في الدنيا، اطلع من بعض الكوى، قال الله جل ثناؤه: فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ أي في وسط النار، وذُكر لنا أنه رأى جماجم القوم تغلي.حدثنا ابن عبد الأعلى، قال: ثنا ابن ثور، عن معمر، عن قتادة، قال كعب: إن بين أهل الجنة وبين أهل النار كوى، لا يشاء رجل من أهل الجنة أن ينظر إلى غيره من أهل النار إلا فعل.حُدثت عن الحسين، قال: سمعت أبا معاذ يقول: ثنا عبيد، قال: سمعت الضحاك يقول في قوله: ( فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ * عَلَى الأرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ) كان ابن عباس يقول: السور بين أهل الجنة والنار، فيفتح لأهل الجنة أبواب، فينظرون وهم على السُّرر إلى أهل النار كيف يعذّبون، فيضحكون منهم، ويكون ذلك مما أقرّ الله به أعينهم، كيف ينتقم الله منهم.حدثنا ابن حميد، قال: ثنا مهران، عن سفيان ( فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ ) قال: يُجاء بالكفار حتى ينظروا إلى أهل الجنة في الجنة،على سرر، فحين ينظرون إليهم تغلق دونهم الأبواب، ويضحك أهل الجنة منهم، فهو قوله: ( فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ * عَلَى الأرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ ) .
( على الأرائك ) [ من الدر والياقوت ] ( ينظرون ) إليهم في النار .
عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ (35)ومفعول { ينظرون } محذوف دل عليه قوله : { من الكفار يضحكون } تقديره : ينظرونهم ، أي يشاهدون المشركين في العذاب والإِهانة .
{ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ } وهي السرر المزينة، { يُنْظَرُونَ } إلى ما أعد الله لهم من النعيم، وينظرون إلى وجه ربهم الكريم.
على الأرائك ينظرون وقد مضى هذا في أول سورة ( البقرة ) .
One who disregards his worldly considerations for the sake of the Hereafter is regarded as a fool and becomes diminished in the eyes of the worldly wise. But when the Hereafter comes, it will appear that the really wise ones were those who were considered foolish in the present world.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ (Indeed those who were guilty used to laugh at those who believed, 83:29). In these verses, Allah depicts fully the attitudes of the followers of falsehood [ non-believers ] towards the upholders of truth [ the believers ]. The non-believers used to laugh at the believers in the worldly life. In other words, they would mock at them and despise them. Whenever they would pass by the believers, they would wink at each other in contempt of them. When the non-believers returned home, they would take great pleasure in describing the mocking manner in which they treated the poor believers, saying that Muhammad has misled the simpletons.
If we review the situation today, [ it is no better ]. People, whose minds are contaminated with contemporary secular education, are careless about the religion and the Hereafter. Belief in Allah and the Holy Prophet ﷺ is nominal. They treat the [ religious ] scholars and righteous people exactly in the same manner as the non-believers used to treat the Companions ؓ in the days of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ]. May Allah salvage the Muslims from this painful scourge. There is much solace in this verse for the righteous believers. Never bother about their laughter and mockery. How well a poet puts it:
ہنسے جانے سے جب تک ہم ڈریں گے زمانہ ہم پہ ہنسا ہی رہے گا
'So long as we fear people's laughter [ at us ],
the people will continue laughing at us'
All amdulillah
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(On high couches) in curtained canopies, (gazing) looking at the people of the Fire being dragged therein.
The Wicked Behavior of the Criminals and Their mocking of the Believers
Allah informs that the criminals used to laugh at the believers in the worldly life. In other words, they would mock them and despise them. Whenever they would pass by the believers, they would wink at each other about them, meaning in contempt of them.
وَإِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْ انقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ
(And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting.) meaning, when these criminals turn back, or return to their homes, they go back pleased. This means that whatever they request, they find it. Yet, with this, they still are not grateful for Allah's favor upon them. Rather they busy themselves with despising and envying the believers.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُواْ إِنَّ هَـؤُلاَءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
(And when they saw them, they said: "Verily, these have indeed gone astray!") meaning, `because they are upon a religion other than their own religion.' Allah then says,
وَمَآ أُرْسِلُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـفِظِينَ
(But they were not sent as watchers over them.) meaning, these criminals have not been sent as guardians over the deeds and statements of these believers. These wrongdoers have not been made responsible for them. So, why are they so concerned with them, and why have they made them the focus of their attention This is as Allah says,
قَالَ اخْسَئُواْ فِيهَا وَلاَ تُكَلِّمُونِ
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَحِمِينَ - فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِيّاً حَتَّى أَنسَوْكُمْ ذِكْرِى وَكُنْتُمْ مِّنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ - إِنِّى جَزَيْتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُونَ
(He (Allah) will say: "Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me!" Verily there was a party of My servants, who used to say: "Our Lord! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of all who show mercy!" But you took them for a laughing stock, so much so that they made you forget My remembrance while you used to laugh at them! Verily, I have rewarded them this Day for their patience: they are indeed the ones that are successful.) (23:108-111) Thus, Allah says here,
فَالْيَوْمَ
(But this Day) meaning, the Day of Judgement.
الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ
(those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers) meaning, as retribution for how those people laughed at them.
عَلَى الاٌّرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ
(On thrones, looking.) meaning, looking at Allah as reward for bearing the false claims against them that they were misguided. They were not misguided at all. Rather they were the close Awliya' of Allah, who will be looking at their Lord in the place of His honor. Concerning Allah's statement,
هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفْعَلُونَ
(Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do) meaning, `will the disbelievers be recompensed for their mockery and belittlement against the believers, or not' This means that they surely will be paid in full, completely and perfectly (for their behavior). This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Mutaffifin, and all praise and thanks are due to Allah.