Tafsir al-Baghawi - Al-Baghawi - (5/267)

Tafsir al-BaghawiAl-Baghawi

“And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed. Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me; so worship Me and establish the prayer for My remembrance. Indeed, the Hour is coming—I almost conceal it—so that every soul may be recompensed according to what it strives for.”

“And I have chosen you”: that is, I have singled you out for My messages. Hamzah recited it, “And We have chosen you,” with a stressed nun, using the plural of majesty. “So listen to what is revealed” to you. “Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me; so worship Me,” and worship none besides Me. “And establish the prayer for My remembrance.” Mujahid said: “Establish the prayer so that you may remember Me within it.” Mujahid also said: “If you have missed a prayer and then remember it, perform it.”

Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Salihin informed us; Abu Amr Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muzani informed us; Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Hafid informed us; al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Bajali informed us; Affan informed us; Qatadah informed us, from Anas, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever forgets a prayer should perform it when he remembers it; it has no expiation other than that.” (1) He then said: I heard him say thereafter: “And establish the prayer for My remembrance.”

“Indeed, the Hour is coming—I almost conceal it.” It was said that its meaning is: Indeed, the Hour is coming; I conceal it. The phrase “I almost” is additional. Most exegetes said that it means: “I almost conceal it from Myself.” This is likewise found in the codices of Ubayy ibn Kab and Abd Allah ibn Masud: “I almost conceal it from Myself; so how could any created being know it?”

In some readings, it is: “So how could I disclose it to you?” This is mentioned in accordance with the Arabs’ custom: when they wish to stress the utmost concealment of something, they say, “I have concealed your secret from myself,” meaning, “I have hidden it most completely.” Yet nothing is hidden from Allah, mighty is His name.

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari in The Times of Prayer, chapter: “Whoever forgets a prayer should perform it when he remembers it,” 2/70; Muslim in The Mosques, chapter: “Making up missed prayers and the recommendation to hasten their performance,” no. 684, 1/477; and by the compiler in Sharh al-Sunnah, 2/241.

﴿وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى (١٣) إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي (١٤) إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى (١٥) ﴾ ﴿وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ﴾ اصْطَفَيْتُكَ بِرِسَالَاتِي، قَرَأَ حَمْزَةُ: "وَأَنَّا " مُشَدَّدَةَ النُّونِ، "اخْتَرْنَاكَ" عَلَى التَّعْظِيمِ. ﴿فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى﴾ إِلَيْكَ.:. ﴿إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي﴾ وَلَا تَعْبُدْ غَيْرِي، ﴿وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي﴾ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِتَذْكُرَنِي فِيهَا، وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: إِذَا تَرَكْتَ الصَّلَاةَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتَهَا، فَأَقِمْهَا. أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عبد الله الصالحين أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَفِيدُ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ البَجَلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ "مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا، لَا كَفَّارَةَ لَهَا إِلَّا ذَلِكَ" (١) ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ: ﴿وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي﴾ ﴿إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا﴾ قِيلَ مَعْنَاهُ إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أُخْفِيهَا. وَ"أَكَادُ " صِلَةٌ. وَأَكْثَرُ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ قَالُوا: مَعْنَاهُ: أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا مِنْ نَفْسِي، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي مُصْحَفِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا مِنْ نَفْسِي فَكَيْفَ يَعْلَمُهَا مَخْلُوقٌ. وَفِي بَعْضِ الْقِرَاءَاتِ: فَكَيْفَ أُظْهِرُهَا لَكُمْ. وَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَادَةِ الْعَرَبِ إِذَا بَالَغُوا فِي كِتْمَانِ الشَّيْءِ يَقُولُونَ: كَتَمْتُ سِرَّكَ مِنْ نَفْسِي، أَيْ: أَخْفَيْتُهُ غَايَةَ الْإِخْفَاءِ، وَاللَّهُ عَزَّ اسْمُهُ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ.

(١) أخرجه البخاري في المواقيت، باب من نسي صلاة فليصل إذا ذكر. .: ٢ / ٧٠ ومسلم في المساجد، باب قضاء الصلاة الفائتة واستحباب تعجيل قضائها برقم (٦٨٤) ١ / ٤٧٧، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ٢ / ٢٤١.