Taysir al-Latif al-Mannan fi Khulasat Tafsir al-Quran - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (الكتاب/34)

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

The furthest a weak servant can reach is that Allah has made him but one small link in the chain of causes through which these momentous realities have come to be. This in itself points to Allah’s mercy and His attentive care for His creatures, and it summons all people to worship Him alone, without partner, and to turn back to Him in every circumstance.

“And what Allah has sent down from the sky of water” — that is the rain that falls from the clouds;
“and by it He revived the earth after its death,” so that it brings forth every kind of provision and countless varieties of trees and plants, without which human beings could not survive.

Is this not a conclusive proof of the power of the One who sent the rain, of the mercy and kindness He shows His servants, and of the creation’s utter dependence on Him in all their affairs? Does it not urge them to devote their worship purely to Him, to return to Him, and to fulfill His servitude both outwardly and inwardly?

It is also a sign that Allah will bring the dead to life, as He, the Exalted, says: “And among His signs is that you see the earth humbled; then, when We send down water upon it, it quivers and swells. Indeed, He who revived it is surely the One who will give life to the dead; truly, He is powerful over all things” (Fussilat 41:39).

Allah repeats this proof of resurrection in many verses, just as He cites the beginning of creation as evidence that He can bring it back again. He points to the perfection of His knowledge and power, to His creation of the heavens and the earth, and to His bringing forth fire for people from the green tree — all of them clear demonstrations that the Resurrection is certain.

His words, “and He scattered in it every kind of creature,” mean that He spread throughout the earth a great variety of living beings and subjected them to humankind, who benefit from them in many ways. Yet He is the One who sustains them and guarantees their provisions, for “there is no creature on earth but that its provision rests upon Allah; He knows its dwelling place and its temporary repository” (Hud 11:6).

وغايةُ العبدِ الضعيفِ أنْ جعلَهُ اللهُ جزءًا من أجزاءِ الأسبابِ التي بها وُجدَتْ هذهِ الأمورُ العظامُ. فهذا يدلُّ على رحمةِ اللهِ وعنايتهِ بعبادهِ، ويدعُو العبادَ إلى أنْ يعبدوهُ وحدَهُ لا شريكَ لهُ، وينيبُوا إليهِ في كلِّ حالٍ. * ﴿وَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ مَاءٍ﴾: وهو المطرُ النازلُ من السحابِ. * ﴿فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا﴾: فأظهرَتْ أنواعَ الأقواتِ، وأصنافَ الأشجارِ والنباتاتِ، التي لا يمكنُ للعبادِ أنْ يعيشُوا بدونِها. أليسَ ذلكَ برهانًا على قدرةِ مَنْ أنزلَهُ، وأخرجَ بهِ ما أخرجَ، وعلى رحمتهِ ولطفهِ بعبادهِ، وشدةِ افتقارِ الخليقةِ إليهِ في كلِّ أحوالِهم، وهوَ يحدوُهم إلى إخلاصِ الدِّينِ لهُ، والإنابةِ إليهِ، والقيامِ بعبوديتهِ ظاهرًا وباطنًا؟! وكذلكَ هوَ دليلٌ على إحياءِ اللهِ للموتَى، كما قالَ تعالى: ﴿وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الْأَرْضَ خَاشِعَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْيِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (٣٩)﴾ [فصلت: ٣٩]. وقدْ ذكرَ اللهُ هذا البرهانَ على البعثِ في عدةِ آياتٍ، كما ذكرَ ابتداءَ الخلقِ برهانًا على إعادتهِ، وكما ذكرَ كمالَ علمهِ وقدرتهِ، وخَلْقَ السمواتِ والأرضِ، وأنهُ جعلَ للعبادِ من الشجرِ الأخضرِ نارًا - برهانًا بيِّنًا على البعثِ. * وقولهُ: ﴿وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ﴾ أي: نشَرَ في أقطارِ الأرضِ من الدوابِّ المتنوعةِ، وسخرَها للآدميينَ ينتفعونَ بها من وجوهٍ كثيرةٍ، ومعَ هذا فهوَ قائمٌ بأرزاقِها، متكفلٌ بأقواتِها، فما ﴿مِنْ دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا﴾ [هود: ٦].