Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz Amma - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (50)

Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

an arrogant, wicked man? And what was the outcome? Consider also how Moses, peace be upon him, left Egypt fearful for his life and keeping a watchful eye out, just as the Messenger, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, left Mecca watchfully. Yet the final outcome favored both the Messenger, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, and Moses, peace be upon him. The Messenger’s victory came through what he and his Companions did, as Allah punished their enemies at their hands, whereas Moses’ victory came through the act of Allah, Glorified and Exalted. These are lessons from which a person may take heed, setting himself and his heart aright thereby until the matter becomes clear.

“Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven? He built it * He raised its canopy and fashioned it perfectly * He darkened its night and brought forth its daylight * After that He spread out the earth * He brought forth from it its water and pasture * And He firmly anchored the mountains * as provision for you and your livestock.”

“Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven?” This question is intended to establish that resurrection is possible, for the polytheists denied what the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, told them concerning the resurrection. They said, “Who will give life to bones after they have decayed?” [Yā Sīn: 78]. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, therefore says, “Are you more difficult to create, or the heaven?” The answer is obvious to everyone: the heaven is. As Allah Most High says, “The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind, but most people do not know” [Ghāfir: 57].

“He built it.” This sentence is not connected syntactically to the one preceding it. Therefore, when reciting, the reader should pause after the words “or the heaven?” and then begin afresh: “He built it.” It is an independent sentence introduced to explain the greatness of the heaven. “He built it” means that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, built it. In another verse, in Surah al-Dhāriyāt, Allah, Exalted be He, explains that He built it with strength, saying, “And the heaven We built with might”—meaning—

مستكبر خبيث؟ وكيف كانت النتيجة؟ وكيف كان موسى ﵊، خرج من مصر خائفاً على نفسه يترقب كما خرج الرسول ﵊ من مكة يترقب، وصارت العاقبة للرسول ﵊ ولموسى ﵊، لكن العاقبة للرسول ﷺ بفعله وأصحابه، عذب الله أعداءهم بأيديهم، وعاقبة موسى بفعل الله ﷿، فهي عبر يعتبر بها الإنسان يصلح بها نفسه وقلبه حتى يتبين الأمر. ﴿أَءَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ بَنَهَا * رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا * وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَهَا * وَالَاْرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَحَهَا * أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَهَا * وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَهَا * مَتَعاً لَّكُمْ وَلَاِنْعَمِكُمْ﴾ . ﴿ءأنتم أشد خلقاً أم السماء﴾ هذا الاستفهام لتقرير إمكان البعث؛ لأن المشركين كذبوا النبي ﵌ بالبعث وقالوا: ﴿من يحيي العظام وهي رميم﴾ [يس: ٧٨] . فيقول الله ﷿: ﴿ءأنتم أشد خلقاً أم السماء﴾ الجواب معلوم لكل أحد أنه السماء كما قال تعالى: ﴿لخلق السماوات والأرض أكبر من خلق الناس ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون﴾ [غافر: ٥٧] . ﴿بناها﴾ هذه الجملة لا تتعلق بالتي قبلها، ولهذا ينبغي للقارىء إذا قرأ أن يقف على قوله ﴿أم السماء﴾ ثم يستأنف فيقول: ﴿بناها﴾ فالجملة استئنافية لبيان عظمة السماء، ﴿بناها﴾ أي بناها الله ﷿ وقد بين الله ﷾ في آية أخرى في سورة الذاريات أنه بناها بقوة فقال: ﴿والسماء بنيناها بأيد﴾ أي