Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 57

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اللَّهُ بِهِ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمَا خَاصَّةً، وَسَائِرَ الْخَلْقِ عَامَّةً، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: (أَنَا دَعْوَةُ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ).

(from previous page) ⟵ So by Your might and Your wisdom, send among them this Messenger. And Allah answered their prayers, so Allah sent this noble Messenger, through whom Allah had mercy on their offspring in particular, and on all of creation in general. For this reason, peace and blessings be upon him, he said: "I am the prayer of my father Abraham."

وَلَمَّا عَظَّمَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هَذَا التَّعْظِيمَ وَأَخْبَرَ عَنْ صِفَاتِهِ الْكَامِلَةِ قَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَمَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ * إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ * وَوَصَّى بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ * أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ إِلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ آبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ * تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ}

When God glorified Abraham in this manner and revealed his perfect attributes, He said: {And who would turn away from the religion of Abraham except one who fools himself? We chose him in this world, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous. When his Lord said to him, “Submit,” he said, “I have submitted to the Lord of the worlds.” Abraham instructed his sons to do the same, as did Jacob, saying, “O my sons, God has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except as Muslims.” Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, “What will you worship after me?” They said, “We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac—one God. We are in submission to Him.” That was a nation that has passed on. It will have the consequence of what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. You will not be asked about what they used to do.}

أَيْ: مَا يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بَعْدَ مَا عَرَفَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ أَيْ: جَهِلَهَا وَامْتَهَنَهَا، وَرَضِيَ لَهَا بِالدُّونِ، وَبَاعَهَا بِصَفْقَةِ الْمَغْبُونِ، كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا أَرْشَدَ وَأَكْمَلَ مِمَّنْ رَغِبَ فِي مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ عَنْ حَالَتِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ: {وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا} أَيْ اخْتَرْنَاهُ وَوَفَّقْنَاهُ لِلْأَعْمَالِ، الَّتِي صَارَ بِهَا مِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارِ.

Meaning: No one turns away from the religion of Abraham after knowing his virtue except one who makes a fool of himself—that is, one who is ignorant of his own soul, degrades it, settles for the inferior, and sells it in a losing deal. Conversely, there is no one more guided or perfect than one who desires the religion of Abraham. Then God informed us of his state in this world and the Hereafter, saying: {We chose him in this world}, meaning: We selected him and granted him success in the deeds through which he became one of the chosen, the best.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (48 verbs · 62 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• عَظَّمَ — to magnify
• أَخْبَرَ — to inform
• ذُرِّيَّة — offspring
• خَاصَّة — speciality
• خَلْق — creation