Iqtiḍāʾ al-Ṣirāṭ al-MustaqīmIbn Taimiya

He hastens for the believers a share of mercy within their hearts and elsewhere: the sweetness of faith they sense and taste, the expansion of their breasts for Islam, and other delights that flow from faith, knowledge, and righteous deeds—joys beyond description.

The Exalted, in completing His account of the hypocrites, said:

"Like those before you: they were mightier than you in strength and more abundant in wealth and children" (Q 9:69).

Regarding this prefixed kāf of comparison, one opinion holds that it is in the nominative, functioning as the predicate of an omitted subject—i.e., "You are like those before you." Another opinion is that it is in the accusative, governed by an omitted verb, meaning: "You acted like those before you," as al-Namir ibn Tawlab said:

"Like today—sought after yet none pursue,"
meaning, "I have never seen the like of today." On both of these views, the likeness pertains to the deeds of the previous peoples.

A third view is that the comparison concerns the punishment; the governing verb is therefore suppressed, the sense being: "He cursed and punished them just as He cursed those who were before you."

(1) In manuscript B: “mimma yajidunahu” (of what they find). (2) In the printed edition: “wa-al-ʿilm al-nafiʿ” (and beneficial knowledge). (3) Qurʾan, Surah al-Tawbah, part of verse 69. (4) The sentence is incomplete; the sense would be clearer had it read: “It is in the nominative case.” Manuscript T instead has: “he said: it is a predicate of a (hidden) subject.” (5) Likewise, here it would have been clearer to say: “It is in the accusative case.” Manuscript A reads: “and it is said: accusative.” (6) The person mentioned is al-Namir b. Tulayb b. Zuhayr b. Aqays al-ʿUkli, a muhdarim poet who lived long in the pre-Islamic era, embraced Islam, and visited the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—who gave him a written message for his people. He transmitted one hadith, and was known for intelligence, generosity, wealth, and social standing. ʿUmar b. al-Khattab once invoked mercy for him. Historians class him among the long-lived; he died either at the end of Abu Bakr’s caliphate or during that of ʿUmar. See: Usd al-ghabah, 5:39; al-Aʿlam, 8:48. (7) In manuscript B: “just as Allah cursed those before you.”
يعجل للمؤمنين من الرحمة في قلوبهم، وغيرها بما (١) يجدونه من حلاوة الإيمان ويذوقونه من طعمه، وانشراح صدورهم للإسلام، إلى غير ذلك من السرور بالإيمان، والعلم (٢) والعمل الصالح، بما لا يمكن وصفه. وقال سبحانه في تمام خبر المنافقين: {كَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا} [التوبة: ٦٩] (٣) وهذه الكاف قد قيل: إنها رفع (٤) خبر مبتدأ محذوف، تقديره: أنتم كالذين من قبلكم. وقيل: إنها (٥) نصب بفعل محذوف تقديره: فعلتم كالذين من قبلكم، كما قال النمر بن تولب: (٦) " كاليوم مطلوبا ولا طالبا " أي: لم أر كاليوم، والتشبيه - على هذين القولين - في أعمال الذين من قبل، وقيل: إن التشبيه في العذاب ثم قيل: العامل محذوف، أي: لعنهم وعذبهم كما لعن (٧) الذين من قبلكم،
(١) في (ب) : مما يجدونه. (٢) في المطبوعة: والعلم النافع. (٣) سورة التوبة: من الآية ٦٩. (٤) الكلام ناقص، ويتم السياق لو قال: إنها في موضع رفع. وفي (ط) : قال: إنها خبر مبتدأ. (٥) وكذلك هنا لو قال: إنها في موضع نصب؛ لكان أتم للمعنى. وفي (أ) : وقيل: نصب. (٦) هو: النمر بن تولب بن زهير بن أقيس العكلي، شاعر مخضرم عاش في الجاهلية طويلا، وأدرك الإسلام فأسلم، وفد على النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم فكتب عنه كتابا لقومه، روى عن الرسول صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم حديثا، وكان رجلا كيسا كريما من ذوي النعمة والوجاهة، ذكره عمر بن الخطاب يوما فترحم عليه، ويعده المؤرخون من المعمرين، توفي في آخر خلافة أبي بكر أو في خلافة عمر. راجع: أسد الغابة (٥ / ٣٩) ؛ والأعلام للزركلي (٨ / ٤٨) . (٧) في (ب) : كما لعن الله من قبلكم.

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