Tafsir as-Saadi (تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان) — Page 992

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بِذَلِكَ، لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَيْهِ بِالذُّلِّ وَالِاسْتِسْلَامِ، فَلَمْ يَنْجَعْ فِيهِمْ، وَلَا نَجَحَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، {فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ} أَيْ: خَضَعُوا وَذَلُّوا {وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ} إِلَيْهِ وَيَفْتَقِرُونَ بَلْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ زَالَ كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُصِبْهُمْ، لَمْ يَزَالُوا فِي غَيِّهِمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ، وَلَكِنْ وَرَاءَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ الَّذِي لَا يُرَدُّ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ: {حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ} كَالْقَتْلِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَغَيْرِهِ، {إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ} آيِسُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ قَدْ حَضَرَهُمُ الشَّرُّ وَأَسْبَابُهُ، فَلْيَحْذَرُوا قَبْلَ نُزُولِ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ الشَّدِيدِ، الَّذِي لَا يُرَدُّ، بِخِلَافِ مُجَرَّدِ الْعَذَابِ، فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا أَقْلَعَ عَنْهُمْ، كَالْعُقُوبَاتِ الدُّنْيَوِيَّةِ، الَّتِي يُؤَدِّبُ اللَّهُ بِهَا عِبَادَهُ قَالَ تَعَالَى فِيهَا: {ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ}.

(from previous page) ⟵ And We certainly seized them with punishment. The commentators said: What is meant by that is the famine that afflicted them for seven years, and that Allah tested them with that, so that they might return to Him with humility and submission, but it did not benefit them, and no one among them succeeded, "So they did not humble themselves to their Lord," meaning: they did not submit and humble themselves, "nor did they supplicate" to Him and show their need, but rather that passed over them and then disappeared as if it had not afflicted them. They remained in their error and disbelief, but behind them is the punishment that cannot be averted, and that is His saying: "Until when We opened upon them a door of severe punishment," like the killing on the day of Badr and other occasions, "behold, they were therein in despair," hopeless of all good, for evil and its causes had come upon them. So let them beware before the descent of Allah's severe punishment, which cannot be averted, unlike mere punishment, for it may sometimes cease from them, like worldly punishments, with which Allah disciplines His servants. Allah Almighty said concerning them: "Corruption has appeared on land and sea by what the hands of people have earned, so that He may let them taste some of what they have done, that perhaps they might return."

78 - 80 {وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ * وَهُوَ الَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ * وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ}

78-80 {It is He who produced for you hearing, vision, and hearts; little are you grateful. * It is He who dispersed you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. * It is He who gives life and causes death, and to Him belongs the alternation of night and day. Will you not then reason?}

يُخْبِرُ تَعَالَى بِمِنَنِهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ الدَّاعِيَةِ لَهُمْ إِلَى شُكْرِهِ، وَالْقِيَامِ بِحَقِّهِ فَقَالَ: {وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ} لِتُدْرِكُوا بِهِ الْمَسْمُوعَاتِ، فَتَنْتَفِعُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ وَدُنْيَاكُمْ، {وَالْأَبْصَارَ} لِتُدْرِكُوا بِهَا الْمُبْصَرَاتِ، فَتَنْتَفِعُوا بِهَا فِي مَصَالِحِكُمْ.

Allah Almighty speaks of the favors He has bestowed upon His servants, which call them to thank Him and fulfill His rights, saying: {It is He who produced for you hearing} so that you may perceive sounds and benefit in your religious and worldly affairs, {and vision} so that you may perceive visible things and benefit from them in your interests.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (63 verbs · 63 nouns)

• رَجَعَ — to return
• نَجَعَ — to be effective
• نَجَحَ — to succeed
• ذُلٌّ — humiliation
• اسْتِسْلَامٌ — submission
• أَحَدٌ — one/anyone