Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 35

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وَأَمَّا تَكْرِيرُهُ الْإِهْبَاطَ فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي قَوْلِهِ : ﴿ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِى الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ . فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ * قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعاً فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَاهُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ . وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنا أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

As for His repeating the descent in Surat al-Baqarah in His saying: 'And We said, "Go down, some of you an enemy to others, and for you on the earth is a place of settlement and provision for a time." 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. 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. And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those are companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."'.

فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ : الْمُرَادُ بِالْإِهْبَاطِ الْأَوَّلِ : الْهُبُوطُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَبِالثَّانِي : مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ

Some exegetes said: The intended meaning of the first descent is the descent from Paradise to the lowest heaven, and by the second, from the lowest heaven to the earth.

وَهَذَا ضَعِيفٌ لِقَوْلِهِ فِي الْأَوَّلِ : ﴿ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ ﴾ فَدَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُمُ اهْبِطُوا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ بِالْإِهْبَاطِ الْأَوَّلِ ... وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ

This is weak because of His saying in the first [instance]: 'And We said, "Go down, some of you an enemy to others, and for you on the earth is a place of settlement and provision for a time."' This indicates that they were sent down to the earth with the first descent... and Allah knows best.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 61 nouns)

• هَبَطَ — to descend
• تَلَقَّى — to receive
• تَابَ — to repent
• تَكْرِير — repetition
• إِهْبَاط — descent
• سُورَة — surah