Tafsir al-Baghawi - Al-Baghawi - (7/387)

Tafsir al-BaghawiAl-Baghawi

“Is this magic, then, or do you not see? (15) Enter it, then; whether you endure patiently or do not endure patiently, it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed for what you used to do. (16) Indeed, the God-fearing will be amid gardens and bliss, (17) delighting in what their Lord has bestowed upon them, and because their Lord has protected them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire.” (18)

Then He made clear when this would take place, saying:

“On the Day when the heaven will sway with a dreadful swaying”—that is, it will revolve like a millstone and reel with its inhabitants as a ship reels. Qatadah said: “It will move.” Ata al-Khurasani said: “Its parts will intermingle with one another.” It was also said: “It will convulse.” The term mawr (swaying) encompasses all these meanings; linguistically, it denotes going and coming, back-and-forth movement, revolving, and agitation.

“And the mountains will move away with a movement”: they will be removed from their places and become scattered dust.

“So woe”—that is, severe punishment—“on that Day to those who deny the truth, those who are engrossed in vain discourse, playing”: they plunge (1) into falsehood, playing heedlessly and distractedly.

“On the Day when they will be thrust into the Fire of Hell with a violent thrust”: that is, they will be driven forward harshly and roughly. The wardens of Hell will bind their hands to their necks and draw their forelocks down to their feet; then they will drive them into the Fire, forcing them forward upon their faces and thrusting them from behind until they reach the Fire. When they draw near to it, its wardens will say to them:

“This is the Fire which you used to deny” in the life of this world. “Is this magic, then?” This is because they used to accuse Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, of sorcery, claiming that he clouded people’s sight through magic. They were therefore rebuked with this and told: “Is this magic, then, or do you not see?”

“Enter it”: experience its severity. “Whether you endure patiently or do not endure patiently, it is all the same for you”—whether you are patient or distressed—“you are only being recompensed for what you used to do.”

“Indeed, the God-fearing will be amid gardens and bliss, delighting”: pleased with this and living in comfort, “in what their Lord has bestowed upon them, and because their Lord has protected them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire.” And they will be told:

(1) In manuscript "A": "they conjecture."

﴿أَفَسِحْرٌ هَذَا أَمْ أَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ (١٥) اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (١٦) إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ (١٧) فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ (١٨) ﴾ ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ مَتَى يَقَعُ فَقَالَ: ﴿يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا﴾ أَيْ: تَدُورُ كَدَوَرَانِ الرَّحَى وَتَتَكَفَّأُ بِأَهْلِهَا تَكَفُّؤَ السَّفِينَةِ. قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: تَتَحَرَّكُ. قَالَ عَطَاءٌ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ: تَخْتَلِفُ أَجْزَاؤُهَا بَعْضُهَا فِي بَعْضٍ. وَقِيلَ: تَضْطَرِبُ، وَ"الْمَوْرُ" يَجْمَعُ هَذِهِ الْمَعَانِي، فَهُوَ فِي اللُّغَةِ: الذَّهَابُ وَالْمَجِيءُ وَالتَّرَدُّدُ وَالدَّوَرَانُ وَالِاضْطِرَابُ. ﴿وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا﴾ فَتَزُولُ عَنْ أَمَاكِنِهَا وَتَصِيرُ هَبَاءً مَنْثُورًا. ﴿فَوَيْلٌ﴾ فَشِدَّةُ عَذَابٍ، ﴿يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ﴾ يَخُوضُونَ (١) فِي الْبَاطِلِ يَلْعَبُونَ غَافِلِينَ لَاهِينَ. ﴿يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ﴾ يُدْفَعُونَ، ﴿إِلَى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا﴾ دَفْعًا بِعُنْفٍ وَجَفْوَةٍ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ خَزَنَةَ جَهَنَّمَ يَغُلُّونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ، وَيَجْمَعُونَ نَوَاصِيَهُمْ إِلَى أَقْدَامِهِمْ، ثُمَّ يَدْفَعُونَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ دَفْعًا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ، وَزَجًّا فِي أَقْفِيَتِهِمْ حَتَّى يَرِدُوا النَّارَ، فَإِذَا دَنَوْا مِنْهَا قَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا: ﴿هَذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ﴾ فِي الدُّنْيَا. ﴿أَفَسِحْرٌ هَذَا﴾ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَنْسُبُونَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ إِلَى السِّحْرِ، وَإِلَى أَنَّهُ يُغَطِّي عَلَى الْأَبْصَارِ بِالسِّحْرِ، فَوُبِّخُوا بِهِ، وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ: ﴿أَفَسِحْرٌ هَذَا أَمْ أَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ﴾ . ﴿اصْلَوْهَا﴾ قَاسُوا شِدَّتَهَا، ﴿فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ الصَّبْرُ وَالْجَزَعُ، ﴿إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴾ . ﴿إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ فَاكِهِينَ﴾ مُعْجَبِينَ بِذَلِكَ نَاعِمَيْنِ ﴿بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ﴾ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ:

(١) في "أ" يخرصون.