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to those who drink it—and rivers of purified honey.﴾ [Muhammad: 15].

﴿That is the great triumph.﴾ “That” refers to the gardens and the bliss they contain. ﴿The great triumph﴾ means deliverance from everything feared and attainment of everything desired, for triumph consists in attaining what is desired and being spared what is disliked. Such is Paradise: it contains everything desired, while everything feared has been removed from it. They will taste neither death, disease, sickness, anxiety, nor fatigue therein.

Allah then says: ﴿Indeed, your Lord’s seizure is severe.﴾ ﴿Seizure﴾ means His taking people to task through punishment, while “severe” means powerful, as Allah Most High says: ﴿Know that Allah is severe in punishment and that Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.﴾ (al-Mā’idah: 98). Allah’s seizure thus means His retribution. His taking to task is severe and tremendous, but it befalls those who deserve it. As for those who do not deserve it, Allah Most High treats them with His all-encompassing mercy. How many sins Allah pardons, how many faults He conceals, how many afflictions He wards off, and how many blessings He bestows! Yet when He seizes a wrongdoer, He does not let him escape. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “Allah grants the wrongdoer respite, but when He seizes him, He does not let him escape.” He then recited the words of Allah Most High: ﴿Such is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are wrongdoing. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.﴾ (1)
﴿Hūd: 102﴾.

Accordingly, we say that ﴿your Lord’s seizure﴾ applies to those who deserve to be seized. As for those who do not, Allah Most High treats them with mercy, generosity, and munificence. Allah Most High’s mercy has preceded His wrath.

﴿Indeed, it is He who originates and restores.﴾ ﴿al-Rūm: 27﴾ This means that the beginning and the return of all things belong to Him. It is like the words of Allah Most High: ﴿He is the One who originates creation and then restores it.﴾ He is the One who brought all things into being, and to Him all things ultimately return. Everything originates with Him and returns to Him in every respect: creation is from Allah and returns to Him; the revealed laws are from Allah and return to Him; and all affairs are from Allah and return to Him. That is why He says:

(1) Recorded by al-Bukhārī, Book of Quranic Commentary, chapter on the verse, “Such is your Lord’s seizure when He seizes the towns while they are wrongdoing. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe” (4686); and Muslim, Book of Virtue and Maintaining Ties, chapter “The Prohibition of Oppression” (2583), (61).

للشاربين وأنهار من عسل مصفى﴾ [محمد: ١٥] . ﴿ذلك الفوز الكبير﴾ ﴿ذلك﴾ المشار إليه الجنات وما فيها من النعيم ﴿الفوز الكبير﴾ يعني الذي به النجاة من كل مرهوب وحصول كل مطلوب؛ لأن الفوز هو عبارة عن حصول المطلوب وزوال المكروه، والجنة كذلك فيها كل مطلوب، وقد زال عنها كل مرهوب، فلا يذوقون فيها الموت، ولا المرض، ولا السقم، ولا الهم، ولا النصب. ثم قال تعالى: ﴿إن بطش ربك لشديد﴾ ﴿بطش﴾ يعني أخذه بالعقاب، والشديد القوي كما قال تعالى:) اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ) (المائدة: ٩٨) فبطش الله يعني أنتقامه وأخذه شديد عظيم ولكنه لمن يستحق ذلك أما من لا يستحق ذلك فإن رحمة الله تعالى أوسع، ما أكثر ما يعفو الله عن الذنوب وما أكثر ما يستر من العيوب، ما أكثر ما يدفع من النقم، وما أكثر ما يجري من النعم، لكن إذا أخذ الظالم لم يفلته كما قال النبي ﵊: «إن الله ليملي للظالم حتى إذا أخذه لم يفلته» ، وتلى قوله تعالى: ﴿وكذلك أخذ ربك إذا أخذ القرى وهي ظالمة إن أخذه أليم شديد﴾ (١) ﴿هود: ١٠٢﴾ ، وعلى هذا فنقول: ﴿بطش ربك﴾ أي فيمن يستحق البطش، أما من لا يستحقه فإن الله تعالى يعامله بالرحمة، ويعامله بالكرم، ويعامله بالجود، ورحمة الله تعالى سبقت غضبه ﴿إنه هو يبدىء ويعيد﴾ ﴿الروم: ٢٧﴾ يعني أن الأمر إليه ابتداء وإعادة وهذا كقوله تعالى: ﴿وهو الذي يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده﴾ فهو الذي بدأ الأشياء، وإليه تنتهي الأشياء، الأشياء منه وإليه في كل شيء، الخلق من الله وإليه، الشرائع من الله وإليه، كل الأمور من الله وإليه، ولهذا قال

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