Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 391

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

ذَلِكَ.

(from previous page) ⟵ And since the negation of sinfulness includes the aforementioned and others, he qualified that by saying: "If they fear God and believe and do righteous deeds," meaning: on condition that they abandon sins, believe in God with a sound faith that necessitates them doing righteous deeds, and then persist in that.

وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ يَتَّصِفُ الْعَبْدُ بِذَلِكَ فِي وَقْتٍ دُونَ آخَرَ فَلَا يَكْفِي حَتَّى يَكُونَ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ، وَيَدُومُ عَلَى إِحْسَانِهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ فِي عِبَادَةِ الْخَالِقِ الْمُحْسِنِينَ فِي نَفْعِ الْعَبِيدِ، وَيَدْخُلُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ، مَنْ طَعِمَ الْمُحَرَّمَ، أَوْ فَعَلَ غَيْرَهُ بَعْدَ التَّحْرِيمِ، ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ بِذَنْبِهِ وَتَابَ إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَاتَّقَى وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ وَيَرْتَفِعُ عَنْهُ الْإِثْمُ فِي ذَلِكَ.

Otherwise, a servant might be characterized by such qualities at one time but not another. It is not enough to be so only occasionally; one must persist in this excellence until death. Allah loves those who are excellent in their worship of the Creator and excellent in benefiting His servants. Included in this noble verse is anyone who consumes what is forbidden or commits another prohibited act, then confesses their sin, repents to Allah, fears Him, believes, and does righteous deeds. Allah will forgive them, and the burden of that sin will be lifted.

{يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ اللَّهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَاحُكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَخَافُهُ بِالْغَيْبِ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ * يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَأَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْيًا بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاكِينَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَلِكَ صِيَامًا لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ * أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ}

{O you who have believed, Allah will surely test you with some of the game that your hands and spears can reach, so that Allah may make evident who fears Him unseen. Whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment. O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. Whoever among you kills it intentionally, the penalty is an equivalent of what he killed from the livestock, as determined by two just men among you, as an offering delivered to the Kaaba, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, so that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past, but whoever returns to violation, Allah will take retribution from him. Allah is Exalted in Might, an Avenger. Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of ihram. Fear Allah, to whom you will be gathered.}

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Vocabulary · المفردات (59 verbs · 76 nouns)

• اِتَّصَفَ — to be characterized
• كَفَى — to suffice
• كَانَ — to be
• وَقْت — time
• أَجَل — destiny, term
• إِحْسَان — benevolence