Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz Amma - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (52)

Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

Having reminded His servants of these blessings, which demonstrate the perfection of His power and mercy, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, then reminded them of their inevitable fate, from which there is no escape. He, Mighty and Majestic, said:

“When the Overwhelming Catastrophe comes,
on the Day when man will remember all that he strove for,
and Hellfire is brought plainly into view for all who see;
then as for the one who transgressed
and preferred the life of this world,
Hellfire will indeed be the abode.
But as for the one who feared standing before his Lord and restrained the soul from its desires,
Paradise will indeed be the abode.”

“When the Overwhelming Catastrophe comes”—this is the advent of the Hour. It is called the Overwhelming Catastrophe because it is a tremendous disaster that overwhelms everything preceding it. “The Overwhelming”—meaning that it is greater than every other catastrophe.

“On the Day when man will remember all that he strove for.” This is the day on which the Overwhelming Catastrophe will occur, and on which man will remember all that he strove for. That is, he will remember everything he did in this world, recorded in a book before him which he will read himself. Allah Most High says, “We will bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will find spread open. ‘Read your record! Today you are sufficient to take account of yourself’” [al-Isrā: 13–14].

When he reads it, he will remember all that he strove for—that is, all that he did. Today, however, we have forgotten what we have done. We have done many deeds: some righteous, some frivolous, and some evil, yet we forget all of them. On the Day of Resurrection, all of this will be presented to us in a record, and each person will be told, “Read your record yourself. Today you are sufficient to take account of yourself” [al-Isrā: 14]. He will then remember all that he strove for, “and the disbeliever will say, ‘If only I were dust!’” [al-Naba: 40].

“And Hellfire is brought plainly into view for all who see.” “Brought plainly into view” means made manifest. It will come, led by seventy thousand reins, each rein pulled by seventy thousand angels (1). When the wrongdoers are cast into a confined place within it, shackled together, they will cry out there for destruction,

(1) Narrated by Muslim, *Book of Paradise*, “Chapter on Hell” (2842) (29).

ولما ذكَّر الله ﷿ عباده بهذه النعم الدالة على كمال قدرته ورحمته ذكرهم بمآلهم الحتمي الذي لابد منه، فقال ﷿: ﴿فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى * يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الإِنسَنُ مَا سَعَى * وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَى * فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَى * وَءاثَرَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا * فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِىَ الْمَأْوَى * وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى * فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِىَ الْمَأْوَى﴾ . ﴿فإذا جاءت الطامة الكبرى﴾ وذلك قيام الساعة، وسماها طامة لأنها داهية عظيمة تطم كل شيء سبقها. ﴿الكبرى﴾ يعني أكبر من كل طامة. ﴿يوم يتذكر الإنسان ما سعى﴾ لهذا اليوم الذي تكون فيه الطامة الكبرى وهو اليوم الذي يتذكر فيه الإنسان ما سعى، أي ما يعمله في الدنيا يتذكره مكتوباً بكتاب، عنده يقرأه هو بنفسه قال الله تعالى: ﴿ونخرج له يوم القيامة كتاباً يلقاه منشوراً. اقرأ كتابك كفى بنفسك اليوم عليك حسيباً﴾ [الإسراء: ١٣، ١٤] . فإذا قرأه تذكر ما سعى أي ما عمل، أما اليوم فإننا قد نسينا ما عملنا، عملنا أعمالاً كثيرة منها الصالح، ومنها اللغو، ومنها السيىء، لكن كل هذا ننساه، وفي يوم القيامة يعرض علينا هذا في كتاب ويقال اقرأ كتابك أنت بنفسك ﴿كفى بنفسك اليوم عليك حسيباً﴾ [الإسراء: ١٤] . فحينئذ يتذكر ما سعى ﴿ويقول الكافر يا ليتني كنت تراباً﴾ [النبأ: ٤٠] . ﴿وبُرِّزت الجحيم لمن يرى﴾ ﴿برزت﴾ أظهرت تجيء تقاد بسبعين ألف زمام كل زمام فيه سبعون ألف ملك يجرونها (١) ، إذا ألقي منها الظالمون مكاناً ضيقاً مقرنين دعوا هنالك ثبوراً،

(١) أخرجه مسلم كتاب الجنة، باب جهنم (٢٨٤٢) (٢٩) .