Taysir al-Latif al-Mannan fi Khulasat Tafsir al-Quran - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (الكتاب/19)

Taysir al-Latif al-Mannan fi Khulasat Tafsir al-QuranAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

He then speaks of His majesty and grandeur: His Footstool spans the heavens and the earth, and He safeguards them and all the worlds they contain through the causes and orderly systems He has embedded in His creation. Yet their preservation does not weary Him—that is, it imposes no burden—because His greatness is perfect, His power irresistible, and His wisdom boundless in every decree.

“And He is the Most High”: exalted in His essence above all His creatures, the One lifted far above everything He has made. He is also the Most High by virtue of the magnificence of His attributes, possessing every quality of perfection in its utmost and final degree.

“And He is the Most High”: the One who has subdued every created thing; all existence yields to Him, every hardship melts before Him, and every neck is humbled in His presence.

“The Magnificent”: the One who combines within Himself every attribute of greatness, majesty, and glory—He whom hearts love and spirits revere. Those endowed with insight know that the greatness of any being, no matter how exalted it may appear, fades away beside the greatness of the Most High, the Magnificent. Blessed is Allah, Lord of majesty and honour.

A verse that gathers these meanings—the loftiest and most obligatory truths for humanity—rightly deserves to be called the greatest verse in the Quran. Whoever recites it with reflection and understanding will find his heart filled with certainty, knowledge, and faith, and by means of it he will be protected from the evils of Satan.

The Creator has described His noble Self with these very attributes in several other verses of His Book (1).

(1) As in the divine words: “Allah—there is no deity except Him, al-Hayy al-Qayyum (the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting)” (Al Imran 3:2); “All faces will be humbled before al-Hayy al-Qayyum, and lost indeed is he who bears wrongdoing” (Ta Ha 20:111); “He is al-Hayy; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him with sincere devotion. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds” (Ghafir 40:65); “They possess no power of intercession, except those who have taken a covenant with al-Rahman (the Most Merciful)” (Maryam 19:87); “On that Day, intercession will benefit none except the one to whom al-Rahman grants permission and whose word He approves” (Ta Ha 20:109); and “To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and He is al-Ali al-Azim (the All-High, the Magnificent)” (al-Shura 42:4).

* ثم أخبرَ عن عظمتهِ وجلالهِ، وأنَّ كرسيَّهُ وَسِعَ السمواتِ والأرضَ، وأنهُ قدْ حفظَهما بما فيهما من العوالمِ، بالأسبابِ والنظاماتِ التي جعلَها اللهُ في مخلوقاتهِ، ومعَ ذلكَ فلا يؤودُهُ أي: يثقلُهُ ﴿حِفْظُهُمَا﴾؛ لكمالِ عظمتهِ، وقوةِ اقتدارهِ، وسعةِ حكمتهِ في أحكامهِ. * ﴿وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ﴾: بذاتهِ على جميعِ مخلوقاتهِ، فهوَ الرفيعُ الذي باينَ جميعَ مخلوقاتهِ، وهوَ العليُّ بعظمةِ صفاتهِ، الذي لهُ كلُّ صفةِ كمالٍ، ومِن تلكَ الصفاتِ أكملُها ومنتهاها. ﴿وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ﴾: الذي قهرَ جميعَ المخلوقاتِ، ودانَتْ لهُ كلُّ الموجوداتِ، وخضعَتْ لهُ الصعابُ، وذلَّتْ لهُ الرقابُ. * ﴿الْعَظِيمُ﴾: الجامعُ لجميعِ صفاتِ العظمةِ والكبرياءِ والمجدِ، الذي تحبهُ القلوبُ، وتعظِّمهُ الأرواحُ، ويعرفُ العارفونَ أنَّ عظمةَ كلِّ موجودٍ -وإنْ جلَّتْ عن الصفةِ- فإنها مضمحِلةٌ في جانبِ عظمةِ العليِّ العظيمِ، فتباركَ اللهُ ذو الجلالِ والإكرامِ. * فآيةٌ احتوَتْ على هذهِ المعاني التي هيَ أجلُّ المعاني، وأفرضُها على العبادِ؛ يحقُّ أنْ تكونَ أعظمَ آياتِ القرآنِ، ويحقُّ لمن قرأَها متدبرًا متفهمًا أنْ يمتلئَ قلبهُ من اليقينِ والعرفانِ والإيمانِ، وأنْ يكونَ بذلكَ محفوظًا من شرورِ الشيطانِ. وقدْ نَعَتَ البارِي نفسَهُ الكريمةَ بهذهِ الأوصافِ في عدةِ آياتٍ من كتابهِ (١).

(١) كما في قوله تعالى: ﴿اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ (٢)﴾ [آل عمران: ٢]، ﴿وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا (١١١)﴾ [طه: ١١١]، ﴿هُوَ الْحَيُّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (٦٥)﴾ [غافر: ٦٥]، ﴿لَا يَمْلِكُونَ الشَّفَاعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا (٨٧)﴾ [مريم: ٨٧]، ﴿يَوْمَئِذٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهُ قَوْلًا (١٠٩)﴾ [طه: ١٠٩]، ﴿لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ (٤)﴾ [الشورى: ٤].