Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas

Attributed to Ibn Abbas — b. -3 AH / 619 CE · d. 68 AH / 687 CE Sunni Companion (Sahabi)

Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas al-Fajr الفَجْر (The Dawn, Daybreak) 30 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
89:1 ›
وَالْفَجْرِ
Abdel Haleem
By the Daybreak
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said concerning the interpretation of Allah's saying (By the Dawn): '(By the Dawn) He says: He swears by the dawn which is the breaking of day; it is also said it is the whole day; and it is also said that this refers to the dawn of the year.

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89:2 ›
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Abdel Haleem
by the Ten Nights
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And ten nights) the first ten nights of Dhu'l-Hijjah,

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89:3 ›
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
Abdel Haleem
by the even and the odd
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And the Even) the day of 'Arafah and the day of immolation (and the Odd) three days after the day of immolation; it is also said that the Even refers to all prayers which are made of an even number of units: two or four units of prayer-the Subh, Zuhr, 'Asr and 'Isha' prayers-while the Odd refers to the prayers which consists of an odd number of units of prayer such as the Maghrib and Witr prayers; it is also said that the Even refers to Heaven and earth, the life of the world and the Hereafter, Paradise and hell, the Throne and the Stool, the sun and the moon, while the Odd refers to everything that is odd in number; it is also said that the Even refers to the male and female, disbeliever and believer, the sincere and hypocrite, the righteous and the sinful, while the Odd refers to Allah.

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89:4 ›
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Abdel Haleem
by the passing night––
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And the night when it departeth) this refers to the night of Muzdalifah; it is also said this means: the night in which people come and go; Allah swore by all these things that: your Lord, O Muhammad, is ever Watchful. He says:

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89:5 ›
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Abdel Haleem
is this oath strong enough for a rational person
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(There) in that which I have mentioned (surely is an oath for thinking man.

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89:6 ›
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Abdel Haleem
Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

Dost thou not consider) have you not been informed, O Muhammad, in the Qur'an (how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) 'Aad) the people of Hud, how Allah, Exalted is He, destroyed them when they disbelieved,

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89:7 ›
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Abdel Haleem
of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(With many columned) powerful (Iram) the son of Iram; Iram is Shem son of Noah who had a son called Shim and the later had a son called Ham who himself had a son called 'Aad,

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89:8 ›
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Abdel Haleem
whose like has never been made in any land
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(The like of which was not created in the lands) the like of their strength and height were not created in the land; it is also said that Iram is the name of a town built by Shadid and Shaddad whose columns were of gold and silver and the like of its beauty was not created in the land;

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89:9 ›
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
Abdel Haleem
and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And with (the tribe of) Thamud) He says: and how He destroyed Thamud, the people of Salih, (who clove the rocks in the valley) of Qura;

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89:10 ›
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
Abdel Haleem
and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And with Pharaoh) and how He destroyed Pharaoh, (firm of right) Pharaoh erected four pillars to which he tied and tortured anyone with whom he was angry until the latter died, as he did with his wife Asiyah Bint Muzahim,

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89:11 ›
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Abdel Haleem
All of them committed excesses in their lands
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands) they rebelled and declared their disbelief in the land of Egypt; it is also said that their transgression led them to this,

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89:12 ›
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
Abdel Haleem
and spread corruption there
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And multiplied iniquity) and multiplied killing innocent people and spread their idol worship (therein) in the land of Egypt?

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89:13 ›
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Abdel Haleem
your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment) your Lord sent on them a severe punishment.

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89:14 ›
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Abdel Haleem
Your Lord is always watchful
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Lo! thy Lord) O Muhammad (is ever watchful) He says: they, as well as all created beings, will have to go through Him; it is also said that this means: the angels of your Lord will be on the Bridge over hell stopping people at seven different stopping positions at which they will ask them about seven traits.

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89:15 ›
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
Abdel Haleem
[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(As for man) the disbelieving man, in reference here to Ubayy Ibn Khalaf; and it is also said: Umayyah Ibn Khalaf, (whenever his Lord trieth him) whenever his Lord tests him with wealth, richness or means of living (by honouring him) by giving him abundant wealth, (and is gracious unto him) and expands for him his means of living, (he saith: My Lord honoureth me) by giving me wealth and means of living.

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89:16 ›
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
Abdel Haleem
but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(But whenever He trieth him) whenever He tests him with poverty (by straitening his means of life) by tightening his means of living, (he saith: My Lord despiseth me) by giving me poverty and tightening my means of living.

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89:17 ›
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Nay) this is a reply to them: No, but the honour I bestow is due to My acknowledgment of some My servants and the success I give to them, while My despising is because I turn away from some servants and completely forsake them, (but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan) you do not acknowledge the right of the orphan when he is under your care.

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89:18 ›
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Abdel Haleem
you do not urge one another to feed the poor
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And urge not) yourselves or others (on the feeding of the poor) giving alms to the poor,

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89:19 ›
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Abdel Haleem
you consume inheritance greedily
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And ye devour heritages) inheritances (with devouring greed

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89:20 ›
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Abdel Haleem
and you love wealth with a passion
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

And love wealth with abounding love.

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89:21 ›
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

Nay) this is also a reply to them, (but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding) He says: when the earth is quaked again and again,

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89:22 ›
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Abdel Haleem
when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And thy Lord shall come) a coming without any modality (with angels, rank on rank) like the ranks of the people of the life of the world when praying,

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89:23 ›
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And hell is brought near) with 70,000 registers, with each register 70,000 angels leading it to the place of mustering, and then they reveal them (that day) the Day of Judgement; (on that day man) the disbelieving man; i.e. Ubayy Ibn Khalaf and Umayyah Ibn Khalaf (will remember) will be admonished, (but how will the remembrance (then avail him)) when the time for being admonished has passed?

89:24 ›
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
Abdel Haleem
He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(He will say: Ah, would that) wishing: if only (I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!) if only I have worked in my previous perishing life to this everlasting life.

89:25 ›
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day, no one will punish as He punishes
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(None punisheth as He will punish on that day) on the Day of Judgement!

89:26 ›
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
Abdel Haleem
and no one will bind as He binds
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(None bindeth as He then will bind) this can also be understood to mean: none punishes like this and none will inflict that kind of punishment except Allah.

89:27 ›
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Abdel Haleem
‘[But] you, soul at peace
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(But ah! thou soul at peace) which is safe from Allah's chastisement, true in its profession of Allah's divine Oneness, grateful for the blessings Allah bestowed upon it, patient with the trials of Allah, pleased with things decreed by Allah, and content with that which Allah gives!

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89:28 ›
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Abdel Haleem
return to your Lord well pleased and well pleasing
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Return unto thy Lord) return to that which Allah has prepared for you in the Garden; and it is also said this means: return to your master: the body, (content) with Allah's reward (in His good pleasure) because of its belief in Allah's divine Oneness!

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89:29 ›
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
Abdel Haleem
go in among My servants
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Enter thou among My bondmen) enter you among My friends!

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89:30 ›
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
Abdel Haleem
and into My Garden.’
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Enter thou My Garden) which I have prepared for you!'

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