Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz Amma - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (89)

Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

had forgotten it in this world. But on the Day of Resurrection, his deeds will be presented, and every soul will know what it sent ahead and left behind. The purpose of this warning is to caution the servant against acting contrary to Allah and His Messenger, for he will come to know of it and be called to account for it.

“O man!” It has been said that “man” here refers to the disbeliever, and it has also been said that it refers to man as such, for man by nature is deeply unjust and profoundly ignorant—deeply unjust and utterly ungrateful: “Indeed, man is truly most unjust and utterly ungrateful” [Ibrahim: 34].

Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says, “O man!” addressing man as such, irrespective of his religion. “What has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord?” That is: What has deceived you concerning Allah, so that you deny the Resurrection and disobey His commands and prohibitions? Indeed, some people even deny Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. What, then, has deceived you?!

Some scholars have said that His statement, “What has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord?” points to the answer: what deceived man was Allah’s generosity, His granting of respite, and His forbearance. Yet man must not be deceived by this, for Allah grants the wrongdoer respite, but when He seizes him, He does not let him escape. Thus, what has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord? The answer is His generosity and forbearance. This is what deceived man and led him to persist in sin and denial and to continue in defiance.

“Who created you”: He created you from nothing and brought you into existence from nothing. “Then fashioned you” means that He made your form symmetrical: one hand is not longer than the other, nor one leg longer than the other, nor one finger longer than its counterpart on the other hand. Thus, a long finger on one hand corresponds to a long finger on the other, and a short one to a short one, and so on. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, fashioned man symmetrically in every aspect of his physical form.

“And proportioned you.” In one of the seven canonical readings, it is read, “and made you upright,” meaning that He made you upright in stature and well proportioned in form. You are not like beasts, which were not made upright but move upon their forelimbs and hind limbs. Allah singled man out for this distinction.

“Composing you in whatever form He willed”—meaning that Allah composed you in whatever

في الدنيا قد نسي، لكن يوم القيامة يعرض العمل فتعلم كل نفس ما قدمت وأخرت، والغرض من هذا التحذير تحذير العبد من أن يعمل مخالفة لله ورسوله؛ لأنه سوف يعلم بذلك ويحاسب عليه، ﴿يا أيها الإنسان﴾ المراد بالإنسان هنا قيل: هو الكافر، وقيل: الإنسان من حيث هو إنسان؛ لأن الإنسان من حيث هو إنسان ظلوم جهول، ظلوم كفار ﴿إن الإنسان لظلوم كفار﴾ [إبراهيم: ٣٤] . فيقول الله ﷿: ﴿يا أيها الإنسان﴾ ويخاطب الإنسان من حيث هو إنسان بقطع النظر عن ديانته ﴿ما غرك بربك الكريم﴾ يعني أي شيء غرك بالله حيث تكذبه في البعث، تعصيه في الأمر والنهي، بل ربما يوجد من ينكر الله ﷿ فما الذي غرك؟! قال بعض العلماء: إن قوله تعالى: ﴿ما غرك بربك الكريم﴾ إشارة إلى الجواب، وهو أن الذي غر الإنسان كرم الله ﷿ وإمهاله وحلمه، لكنه لا يجوز أن يغتر الإنسان بذلك فإن الله يملي للظالم حتى إذا أخذه لم يفلته، إذاً ما غرك بربك الكريم؟ الجواب: كرمه وحلمه هذا هو الذي غر الإنسان وصار يتمادى في المعصية في التكذيب، يتمادى في المخالفة ﴿الذي خلقك﴾ خلقك من العدم، وأوجدك من العدم، ﴿فسواك﴾ أي جعلك مستوي الخلقة ليست يد أطول من يد، ولا رجل أطول من رجل، ولا أصبع أطول من أصبع، بحسب اليدين والرجلين، فتجد الطويل في يد هو الطويل في اليد الأخرى، والقصير هو القصير، وهلم جرى، سوّى الله ﷿ الإنسان من كل ناحية من ناحية الخلقة ﴿فعدَلك﴾ وفي قراءة سبعية ﴿فعدَّلك﴾ أي جعلك معتدل القامة، مستوي الخلقة لست كالبهائم التي لم تكن معدّلة بل تسير على يديها ورجليها، أما الإنسان فإنه خصّه الله بهذه الخصيصة ﴿في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك﴾ يعني الله ركبك في أي