Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 43

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فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا إِيمَانًا عَلَى زَعْمِكُمْ، فَبِئْسَ الْإِيمَانُ الدَّاعِي صَاحِبَهُ إِلَى الطُّغْيَانِ وَالْكُفْرِ بِرُسُلِ اللَّهِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْعِصْيَانِ، وَقَدْ عُهِدَ أَنَّ الْإِيمَانَ الصَّحِيحَ يَأْمُرُ صَاحِبَهُ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَيَنْهَاهُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، فَوَضَحَ بِهَذَا كَذِبُهُمْ، وَتَبَيَّنَ تَنَاقُضُهُمْ.

(from previous page) ⟵ You did not accept His commands and prohibitions except after being threatened and having Mount Tur raised above you. So you committed yourselves by word, but broke your commitment by deed. What kind of faith is this that you claimed, and what kind of religion is this? If this is faith, as you claim, then woe to the faith that calls its owner to tyranny and disbelief in God's messengers and to much disobedience. It is known that true faith commands its owner to all good and forbids him from all evil. Thus, their lies became clear, and their contradictions became evident.

{قُلْ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ * وَلَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ * وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلَى حَيَاةٍ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ أَنْ يُعَمَّرَ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ}

{Say, "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is exclusively for you, to the exclusion of others, then wish for death if you are truthful." * But they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have sent forth. Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers. * You will surely find them the most eager of all people for life—even more so than those who associate others with Allah. Each one of them wishes to live a thousand years, but such a long life would not save him from the punishment. Allah is Seeing of what they do.}

أَيْ: {قُلْ لَهُمْ عَلَى وَجْهِ تَصْحِيحِ دَعْوَاهُمْ: {إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ} يَعْنِي الْجَنَّةَ {خَالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ} كَمَا زَعَمْتُمْ، أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَى، وَأَنَّ النَّارَ لَنْ تَمَسَّهُمْ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَةً، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ بِهَذِهِ الدَّعْوَى {فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ} وَهَذَا نَوْعُ مُبَاهَلَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

This means: {Say to them, by way of challenging their claim: {If the home of the Hereafter is for you}—meaning Paradise—{exclusively and not for other people}, as you claim, believing that only Jews or Christians will enter Paradise and that the Fire will touch you only for a limited number of days, then if you are truthful in this claim, {then wish for death}. This is a form of mutual imprecation (mubahala) between them and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (33 verbs · 60 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• دَعَا — to call
• عَهِدَ — to be known
• إِيمَان — faith
• زَعْم — claim
• طُغْيَان — tyranny