Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 49

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بَصِيرٌ {وَقَالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَى تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ * بَلَى مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ}

(from previous page) ⟵ Then Allah commanded them to engage in the present time in establishing prayer, giving zakat, and performing all acts of closeness, and He promised them that whatever good they do, it will not be lost with Allah, but they will find it with Him in abundance, preserved by Him. "Indeed, Allah is All-Seer of what you do." "And they say, 'None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian.' These are their [wishful] desires. Say, 'Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.' Yes, whoever submits his face to Allah while being a doer of good, then he will have his reward with his Lord, and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve."

أَيْ: قَالَ الْيَهُودُ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى: لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ نَصَارَى، فَحَكَمُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَحْدَهُمْ، وَهَذَا مُجَرَّدُ أَمَانِيَّ غَيْرُ مَقْبُولَةٍ إِلَّا بِحُجَّةٍ وَبُرْهَانٍ، فَأْتُوا بِهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ، وَهَكَذَا كُلُّ مَنِ ادَّعَى دَعْوَى لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْبُرْهَانَ عَلَى صِحَّةِ دَعْوَاهُ، وَإِلَّا فَلَوْ قُلِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ دَعْوَاهُ، وَادَّعَى مُدَّعٍ عَكْسَ مَا ادَّعَى بِلَا بُرْهَانٍ لَكَانَ لَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَالْبُرْهَانُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَدِّقُ الدَّعَاوَى أَوْ يُكَذِّبُهَا، وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ بُرْهَانٌ عُلِمَ كَذِبُهُمْ بِتِلْكَ الدَّعْوَى.

Meaning: The Jews claimed that only Jews would enter Paradise, and the Christians claimed that only Christians would. They reserved Paradise for themselves alone, but these are merely empty wishes, unacceptable without evidence and proof. Bring your proof if you are truthful. Anyone making such a claim must establish its validity; otherwise, if the claim were turned against them, and someone else claimed the opposite without proof, there would be no difference between the two. Proof is what validates or falsifies a claim. Since they had no proof, their claim was clearly false.

ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ تَعَالَى الْبُرْهَانَ الْجَلِيَّ الْعَامَّ لِكُلِّ أَحَدٍ، فَقَالَ: {بَلَى} أَيْ: لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَدَعَاوِيكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ {مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ} أَيْ: أَخْلَصَ لِلَّهِ أَعْمَالَهُ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلَيْهِ بِقَلْبِهِ، {وَهُوَ} مَعَ إِخْلَاصِهِ {مُحْسِنٌ} فِي عِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ، بِأَنْ عَبَدَهُ بِشَرْعِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَحْدَهُمْ.

The Almighty then provided the clear, universal proof for everyone, saying: {Rather}, meaning: It is not by your wishes or claims, but {whoever submits himself to Allah}, meaning: whoever makes his deeds sincere to Allah, turning to Him with his heart, {and he is}, along with his sincerity, {a doer of good} in his worship by following His law—those are the only people of Paradise.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (32 verbs · 63 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• كَانَ — to be
• بَصِير — all-seeing
• جَنَّة — paradise
• أُمْنِيَّة — wish