Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 481

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وَالصَّحِيحُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، أَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ تَسَاوَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُمْ وَسَيِّئَاتُهُمْ، فَلَا رَجَحَتْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ فَدَخَلُوا النَّارَ، وَلَا رَجَحَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُمْ فَدَخَلُوا الْجَنَّةَ، فَصَارُوا فِي الْأَعْرَافِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُدْخِلُهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ الْجَنَّةَ، فَإِنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ تَسْبِقُ وَتَغْلِبُ غَضَبَهُ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

(from previous page) ⟵ This is like His saying, exalted be He: "Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed. And whenever they passed by them, they would wink at each other." Until He said: "So today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers, looking on from couches." The people of knowledge and the exegetes differed as to who the people of Al-A'raf are and what their deeds are. The correct view on this is that they are a people whose good deeds and bad deeds are equal, so their bad deeds did not outweigh their good deeds, causing them to enter Hell, nor did their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds, causing them to enter Paradise. So they remained in Al-A'raf as long as Allah willed, then Allah Almighty will admit them to Paradise by His mercy, for His mercy precedes and overcomes His wrath, and His mercy encompasses all things.

{وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ * الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَالْيَوْمَ نَنْسَاهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَذَا وَمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ * وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَاهُمْ بِكِتَابٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ * هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي تَأْوِيلُهُ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ قَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَنَا أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ قَدْ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ}

{And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, 'Pour some water upon us, or share some of what Allah has provided you.' They will reply, 'Indeed, Allah has forbidden both to the disbelievers' * {Those who took their religion as amusement and play, and whom worldly life deluded. So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs, and for their rejection of Our verses} * {We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed with knowledge—as guidance and mercy for a people who believe} * {Do they await anything but its fulfillment? The Day its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, 'The messengers of our Lord certainly came with the truth. Do we have any intercessors to intercede for us, or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?' They will have lost themselves, and what they used to invent will have vanished from them.}

أَيْ: يُنَادِي أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ حِينَ يَبْلُغُ مِنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ، وَحِينَ يَمَسُّهُمُ الْجُوعُ الْمُفْرِطُ وَالظَّمَأُ الْمُوجِعُ يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِهِمْ، فَيَقُولُونَ: {أَفِيضُوا عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ} مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَأَجَابَهُمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ بِقَوْلِهِمْ: {إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا} أَيْ: مَاءَ الْجَنَّةِ وَطَعَامَهَا {عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ}.

Meaning: The companions of the Fire will call out to the companions of Paradise when their torment reaches its peak and extreme hunger and painful thirst afflict them. They will seek their help, saying: {Pour some water upon us, or share some of what Allah has provided you} of food. The people of Paradise will answer them: {Indeed, Allah has forbidden both}—meaning the water and food of Paradise—{to the disbelievers}.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (52 verbs · 55 nouns)

• تَسَاوَى — to be equal
• رَجَحَ — to outweigh
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• صَحِيح — correct, healthy (adjective)
• قَوْم — people
• حَسَنَة — good deed