Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 885

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إِذَا انْقَطَعَ غَيْرُهَا، وَلَا تَضْمَحِلُّ، هِيَ الصَّالِحَاتُ مِنْهَا مِنْ صَلَاةٍ، وَزَكَاةٍ وَصَوْمٍ، وَحَجٍّ وَعُمْرَةٍ، وَقِرَاءَةٍ، وَتَسْبِيحٍ وَتَكْبِيرٍ، وَتَحْمِيدٍ وَتَهْلِيلٍ وَإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، وَأَعْمَالٍ قَلْبِيَّةٍ وَبَدَنِيَّةٍ فَهَذِهِ الْأَعْمَالُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا، وَخَيْرٌ مَرَدًّا أَيْ: خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ثَوَابُهَا وَأَجْرُهَا، وَكَثِيرٌ لِلْعَامِلِينَ نَفْعُهَا، وَرَدُّهَا، وَهَذَا مِنْ بَابِ اسْتِعْمَالِ أَفْعَلِ التَّفْضِيلِ فِي غَيْرِ بَابِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَا ثَمَّ غَيْرُ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ عَمَلٌ يَنْفَعُ وَلَا يَبْقَى لِصَاحِبِهِ ثَوَابُهُ وَلَا يَنْجَعُ، وَمُنَاسَبَةُ ذِكْرِ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ - وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ أَنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ جَعَلُوا أَحْوَالَ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْمَالِ وَالْوَلَدِ، وَحُسْنَ الْمَقَامِ وَنَحْوَ ذَلِكَ عَلَامَةً لِحُسْنِ حَالِ صَاحِبِهَا أَخْبَرَ هُنَا أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ لَيْسَ كَمَا زَعَمُوا، بَلِ الْعَمَلُ الَّذِي هُوَ عُنْوَانُ السَّعَادَةِ وَمَنْشُورُ الْفَلَاحِ، هُوَ الْعَمَلُ بِمَا يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَيَرْضَاهُ.

(from previous page) ⟵ So whoever treads a path in knowledge, faith, and righteous deeds, Allah increases him from it, makes it easy for him, facilitates it for him, and grants him other matters that are not within his earning. This is evidence for the increase and decrease of faith, as the righteous predecessors said, and it is supported by His saying, may He be exalted: "and that those who believe may increase in faith" and "And when His verses are recited to them, they increase them in faith." It is also supported by reality, for faith is the saying of the heart and tongue, and the action of the heart, tongue, and limbs. Believers differ greatly in these matters. Then He said: "And the enduring good deeds," meaning the lasting deeds that do not cease when others cease and do not perish. These are the righteous deeds among them, such as prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, Umrah, recitation, glorification, magnification, praise, declaration of Allah's oneness, kindness to creatures, and both heartfelt and physical actions. These deeds are better in reward with your Lord and better in return, meaning their reward and recompense are better with Allah, and their benefit and return are great for the doers. This is from the use of the superlative form in a context other than its usual one, for there is no deed other than the enduring good deeds that benefits and whose reward does not remain for its doer and does not succeed. The appropriateness of mentioning the enduring good deeds - and Allah knows best - is that when He mentioned that the wrongdoers made the conditions of the world, such as wealth, children, good status, and the like, a sign of the good condition of its owner, He informed here that the matter is not as they claimed. Rather, the deed that is the sign of happiness and the banner of success is the deed that Allah loves and approves.

{أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا * أَطْلَعَ الْغَيْبَ أَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا * كَلَّا سَنَكْتُبُ مَا يَقُولُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ مَدًّا * وَنَرِثُهُ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِينَا فَرْدًا * وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لِيَكُونُوا لَهُمْ عِزًّا * كَلَّا سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا}

{Have you seen the one who disbelieved in Our verses and said, 'I will surely be given wealth and children'? * Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken a covenant from the Most Merciful? * No! We will record what he says and extend his punishment. * We will inherit what he speaks of, and he will come to Us alone. * They have taken deities other than God so they might be a source of might for them. * No! They will deny their worship and become their opponents.}

أَيْ: أَفَلَا تَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ حَالَةِ هَذَا الْكَافِرِ الَّذِي جَمَعَ بَيْنَ كُفْرِهِ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَدَعْوَاهُ الْكَبِيرَةِ، أَنَّهُ سَيُؤْتَى فِي الْآخِرَةِ مَالًا، وَوَلَدًا أَيْ: يَكُونُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ هَذَا مِنْ أَعْجَبِ الْأُمُورِ، فَلَوْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا بِاللَّهِ وَادَّعَى هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَى، لَسَهُلَ الْأَمْرُ.

Meaning: Are you not amazed at the state of this disbeliever who combined his disbelief in God's signs with his grand claim that he will be given wealth and children in the Hereafter—meaning he will be among the people of Paradise? This is one of the most amazing things; if he were a believer in God and made this claim, the matter would be easier.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (40 verbs · 93 nouns)

• اِنْقَطَعَ — to be cut off
• تَضَامَحَلَّ — to vanish
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• صَالِحَة — righteous
• صَلَاة — prayer
• زَكَاة — alms