Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

of the messengers and enabled them to bear patiently with their peoples, they would not have endured this ordeal. Moreover, their peoples who denied them did not stop there. Rather, they harmed them physically, just as they inflicted immense harm upon the Messenger—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. They even took up arms against them. Anyone whose conduct is such will be recompensed with Hell—a fitting recompense corresponding precisely to his deeds—as stated in this noble verse:

“A fitting recompense. Indeed, they did not expect a reckoning and utterly denied Our signs.”

Regarding the words of Allah Most High, “And We have recorded everything in writing,” “everything” includes all that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, does in creating and governing the universe. It also includes all the words and deeds of His servants, and everything great and small. “We have recorded” means that We have precisely enumerated it, without any discrepancy.

“In writing” means that We wrote it down. It is established in an authentic hadith that Allah Most High wrote the decrees of everything until the Hour is established, (1) and this includes the deeds of the children of Adam, for they too are written down. Indeed, every word is recorded. Allah Most High says:

“There is no word he utters without a vigilant watcher ready to record it” [Qāf: 18].

“A vigilant watcher” means one who watches, while “ready” means present. A man once entered upon Imam Ahmad—may Allah have mercy on him—while he was ill and moaning from his sickness. The man said to him, “Abū Abd Allah, Tāwūs—one of the renowned Followers—says that a sick person’s moaning is recorded.” Imam Ahmad—may Allah have mercy on him—then stopped moaning, fearing that the moaning caused by his illness might be recorded against him.

What, then, of limitless and unrestrained speech—words pouring forth throughout the night and day without any thought being given to them? Everything is recorded. Even an intention is recorded, either in one’s favor or against one. If someone intends an evil deed but does not commit it only because he is incapable of doing so, it is recorded against him. But if he intends it and then abandons it for Allah’s sake, it is recorded in his favor, (2) so nothing is lost: “And We have recorded everything in writing.”

(1) Recorded by Muslim, *The Book of Divine Decree*, chapter: “The Debate between Adam and Moses, peace and blessings be upon them both” (2653). (2) Recorded by al-Bukhārī, *The Book of Heart-Softening Narrations*, chapter: “Whoever Intends a Good or Evil Deed” (6491); and Muslim, *The Book of Faith*, chapter: “When a Servant Intends a Good Deed, It Is Recorded, and When He Intends an Evil Deed, It Is Not Recorded” (203) (128).
الرسل وصبرهم على قومهم ما صبروا على هذا الأمر، ثم إن قومهم المكذبين لهم لم يقتصروا على هذا بل آذوهم بالفعل كما فعلوا مع الرسول ﵊ من الأذية العظيمة بل آذوهم بحمل السلاح عليهم، فمن كانت هذه حاله فجزاؤه جهنم جزاءً موافقاً مطابقاً لعمله كما في هذه الآية الكريمة: ﴿جزاء وفاقاً. إنهم كانوا لا يرجون حساباً. وكذبوا بآياتنا كذاباً﴾ . قوله تعالى: ﴿وكل شيء أحصيناه كتاباً﴾ ﴿كل شيء﴾ يشمل ما يفعله الله ﷿ من الخلق والتدبير في الكون، ويشمل ما يعمله العباد من أقوال وأفعال، ويشمل كل صغير وكبير ﴿أحصيناه﴾ أي ضبطناه بالإحصاء الدقيق الذي لا يختلف. ﴿كتاباً﴾ يعني كتباً، وقد ثبت في الحديث الصحيح أن الله تعالى كتب مقادير كل شيء إلى أن تقوم الساعة، (١) ومن جملة ذلك أعمال بني آدم فإنها مكتوبة، بل كل قول يكتب، قال الله تعالى: ﴿ما يلفظ من قول إلا لديه رقيب عتيد﴾ [ق: ١٨] . رقيب يعني مراقب، والعتيد يعني الحاضر. ودخل رجل على الإمام أحمد ﵀ وهو مريض يئن من مرضه فقال له: يا أبا عبد الله إن طاووساً وهو أحد التابعين المشهورين يقول: إن أنين المريض يكتب، فتوقف ﵀ عن الأنين خوفاً من أن يكتب عليه أنين مرضه. فكيف بأقوال لا حدّ لها ولا ممسك لها، ألفاظ تترى طوال الليل والنهار ولا يحسب لها الحساب، فكل شيء يكتب حتى الهم يكتب إما لك وإما عليك، من همّ بالسيئة فلم يعملها عاجزاً عنها فإنها تكتب عليه، وإن هم بها وتركها لله فإنها تكتب له، (٢) فلا يضيع شيء كل شيء أحصيناه كتاباً.
(١) أخرجه مسلم، كتاب القدر، باب حجاج آدم وموسى صلى الله عليهما وسلم (٢٦٥٣) . (٢) أخرجه البخاري، كتاب الرقاق، باب من هم بحسنة أو بسيئة (٦٤٩١) ، ومسلم، كتاب الإيمان، باب إذا هم العبد بحسنة كتبت وإذا هم بسيئة لم تكتب (٢٠٣) (١٢٨) .

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