Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 843

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مَالُهُ، وَوَلَدُهُ، أَنَّهَا هِيَ النِّعْمَةُ الْحَقِيقِيَّةُ، وَأَنَّ مَا عَدَاهَا مُعَرَّضٌ لِلزَّوَالِ وَالْعُقُوبَةِ عَلَيْهِ وَالنَّكَالِ، فَقَالَ: {إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا * فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا * أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُ طَلَبًا * وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مَا أَنْفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا * وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِرًا * هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا}

(from previous page) ⟵ So he acknowledged the Lordship of his Lord, and His uniqueness in it, and committed to His obedience and worship, and that he would not associate anyone from the creation with Him. Then he informed him that the grace of Allah upon him through faith and Islam, even with little wealth and children, is the true blessing, and that anything else is exposed to perishing, punishment, and exemplary retribution. So he said: {If you see me less than you in wealth and children, then perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send upon it a thunderbolt from the sky, so it becomes a barren, slippery ground, or its water becomes sunken, and you will never be able to seek it. And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began wringing his hands over what he had spent on it, while it lay desolate upon its trellises, and he was saying, 'Oh, I wish I had not associated anyone with my Lord!' And he had no party to help him besides Allah, nor was he able to help himself. There, the sovereignty is for Allah, the True. He is best in reward and best in outcome.}

أَيْ: قَالَ لِلْكَافِرِ صَاحِبُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَنْتَ - وَإِنْ فَخَرْتَ عَلَيَّ بِكَثْرَةِ مَالِكَ وَوَلَدِكَ، وَرَأَيْتَنِي أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا - فَإِنَّ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى، وَمَا يُرْجَى مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَإِحْسَانِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الدُّنْيَا، الَّتِي يَتَنَافَسُ فِيهَا الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ.

Meaning: The believer said to his disbelieving companion, 'Even if you boast to me of your wealth and children, and see me as less than you in them, what is with Allah is better and more lasting. What is hoped for from His goodness and kindness is superior to the entire world, for which competitors vie.'

فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا أَيْ: عَلَى جَنَّتِكَ الَّتِي طَغَيْتَ بِهَا وَغَرَّتْكَ {حُسْبَانًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ} أَيْ: عَذَابًا، بِمَطَرٍ عَظِيمٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ {فَتُصْبِحَ} بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ {صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا} أَيْ قَدِ اقْتُلِعَتْ أَشْجَارُهَا، وَتَلِفَتْ ثِمَارُهَا وَغَرِقَ زَرْعُهَا، وَزَالَ نَفْعُهَا.

'Then perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send upon it'—meaning upon your garden, with which you transgressed and which deluded you—'{a thunderbolt from the sky},' meaning a punishment of great rain or otherwise, '{and it will become}' because of that '{a smooth, barren plain},' meaning its trees have been uprooted, its fruits destroyed, its crops drowned, and its utility vanished.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (56 verbs · 69 nouns)

• رَأَى — to see
• عَسَى — to hope
• آتَى — to give
• مَال — wealth
• وَلَد — child
• نِعْمَة — blessing