Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 1379

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وَالَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً بِقَدَرٍ لَا يَزِيدُ وَلَا يَنْقُصُ، وَيَكُونُ أَيْضًا بِمِقْدَارِ الْحَاجَةِ، لَا يَنْقُصُ بِحَيْثُ لَا يَكُونُ فِيهِ نَفْعٌ، وَلَا يَزِيدُ بِحَيْثُ يَضُرُّ الْعِبَادَ وَالْبِلَادَ، بَلْ أَغَاثَ بِهِ الْعِبَادَ، وَأَنْقَذَ بِهِ الْبِلَادَ مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ: {فَأَنْشَرْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا} أَيْ: أَحْيَيْنَاهَا بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا {كَذَلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ} أَيْ: فَكَمَا أَحْيَا الْأَرْضَ الْمَيِّتَةَ الْهَامِدَةَ بِالْمَاءِ، كَذَلِكَ يُحْيِيكُمْ بَعْدَ مَا تَسْتَكْمِلُونَ فِي الْبَرْزَخِ لِيُجَازِيَكُمْ بِأَعْمَالِكُمْ.

He who sends down water from the sky in a precise measure—neither too much nor too little—provides exactly what is needed. It is not so little that it lacks benefit, nor so much that it harms the people and the land. Rather, He uses it to aid His servants and save the land from hardship. This is why He said, {Then We revived with it a dead land}, meaning: We brought it back to life after it had died. {Thus you will be brought forth} means: just as He revived the dead, barren earth with water, He will likewise revive you after your time in the Barzakh so that He may recompense you for your deeds.

{وَالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا} أَيْ: الْأَصْنَافَ جَمِيعَهَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ، مِنْ لَيْلٍ وَنَهَارٍ، وَحَرٍّ وَبَرْدٍ، وَذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى، وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ.

{And Who created all the pairs} means: all kinds of things, from what the earth produces, from the people themselves, and from things they do not know—such as night and day, heat and cold, male and female, and more.

{وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ} أَيْ: السُّفُنَ الْبَحْرِيَّةَ الشِّرَاعِيَّةَ وَالنَّارِيَّةَ، مَا تَرْكَبُونَ {وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَى ظُهُورِهِ} وَهَذَا شَامِلٌ لِظُهُورِ الْفُلْكِ وَلِظُهُورِ الْأَنْعَامِ أَيْ لِتَسْتَقِرُّوا عَلَيْهَا، {ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ} بِالِاعْتِرَافِ بِالنِّعْمَةِ لِمَنْ سَخَّرَهَا، وَالثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهِ تَعَالَى بِذَلِكَ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ: {وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ} أَيْ: لَوْلَا تَسْخِيرُهُ لَنَا مَا سَخَّرَ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ، مَا كُنَّا مُطِيقِينَ لِذَلِكَ وَقَادِرِينَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ لُطْفِهِ وَكَرَمِهِ تَعَالَى سَخَّرَهَا وَذَلَّلَهَا وَيَسَّرَ أَسْبَابَهَا.

{And He made for you of the ships}—meaning maritime vessels, whether sailing or powered—what you ride, {and of the cattle what you ride, that you may settle upon their backs}. This applies to both ships and cattle, meaning that you may be seated upon them, {then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon it} by acknowledging the blessing from the One who subjected them to you and praising Him for it. This is why He said, {And say, 'Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise mastered it'}, meaning: were it not for His subjecting these ships and cattle to us, we would not have been able to control or use them. It is out of His kindness and generosity that He subjected them, made them submissive, and provided the means for their use.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (49 verbs · 85 nouns)

• نَزَّلَ — to send down
• زَادَ — to increase
• نَقَصَ — to decrease
• سَمَاء — sky
• مَاء — water
• قَدَر — measure