Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 13

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً

Recall when your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a successor on the earth."

قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ

They asked, "Will You place there someone who will cause corruption and shed blood, while we declare Your praises and sanctify You?"

قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ.

He replied, "I know what you do not know."

وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ.

He taught Adam the names of all things, then presented them to the angels and said, "Tell me their names, if you are truthful."

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ.

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."

قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَلَمَّا أَنبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ.

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ.

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ،

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.

Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ.

We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ.

And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."

﴿إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَى عِندَ اللهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ﴾.

The example of Jesus in the sight of Allah is like that of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him, "Be," and he was.

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا﴾.

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.

Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 48 nouns)

• وَرَدَ — to occur or appear
• قَالَ — to say
• جَعَلَ — to make
• فَسَدَ — to corrupt
• سَفَكَ — to shed
• سَبَّحَ — to glorify
• قَدَّسَ — to sanctify
• عَلِمَ — to know
• عَرَضَ — to present
• أَنْبَأَ — to inform
• كَانَ — to be
• أَبْدَى — to reveal
• كَتَمَ — to conceal
• سَجَدَ — to prostrate
• أَبَى — to refuse
• اسْتَكْبَرَ — to be arrogant
• سَكَنَ — to dwell
• أَكَلَ — to eat
• شَاءَ — to will
• قَرُبَ — to approach
• أَزَلَّ — to cause to slip
• أَخْرَجَ — to expel
• هَبَطَ — to descend
• تَلَقَّى — to receive
• تَابَ — to repent
• أَتَى — to come
• تَبِعَ — to follow
• حَزِنَ — to grieve
• كَفَرَ — to disbelieve
• كَذَّبَ — to deny
• خَلَقَ — to create
• اتَّقَى — to fear
• بَثَّ — to spread
• تَسَاءَلَ — to ask one another
• فَصْلٌ — chapter
• أَوَّلٌ — first
• خَلْقٌ — creation
• رَبٌّ — lord
• مَلَائِكَةٌ — angels
• أَرْضٌ — earth
• خَلِيفَةٌ — successor
• دَمٌ — blood
• حَمْدٌ — praise
• اسْمٌ — name
• صَادِقٌ — truthful (male)
• عِلْمٌ — knowledge
• عَلِيمٌ — all-knowing
• حَكِيمٌ — wise
• غَيْبٌ — unseen
• سَمَاءٌ — heaven
• كَافِرٌ — disbeliever
• زَوْجٌ — spouse
• جَنَّةٌ — paradise
• رَغَدٌ — abundance
• شَجَرَةٌ — tree
• ظَالِمٌ — wrongdoer (male)
• شَيْطَانٌ — devil
• بَعْضٌ — some
• عَدُوٌّ — enemy
• مُسْتَقَرٌّ — dwelling place
• مَتَاعٌ — provision
• حِينٌ — time
• كَلِمَةٌ — word
• تَوَّابٌ — acceptor of repentance
• رَحِيمٌ — merciful
• جَمِيعٌ — all
• هُدًى — guidance
• خَوْفٌ — fear
• آيَةٌ — sign
• أَصْحَابٌ — companions
• نَارٌ — fire
• خَالِدٌ — eternal (male)
• مَثَلٌ — likeness
• تُرَابٌ — dust
• نَاسٌ — people
• نَفْسٌ — soul
• وَاحِدٌ — one
• رَجُلٌ — man
• كَثِيرٌ — many
• نِسَاءٌ — women
• رَحِمٌ — womb
• رَقِيبٌ — observer