Tafsir al-Baghawi - Al-Baghawi - (7/450)

Ibn ‘Abbas also said: The angels will not question the guilty, because they will recognize them by their marks. The evidence for this is what follows. This was the view of Mujahid (1).

Ibn ‘Abbas was asked how to reconcile this verse with His saying, “So by your Lord, We shall surely question them all” (al-Hijr, 92). He replied: He will not ask them, “Did you do such and such?” for He knows that better than they do; rather, He will ask them, “Why did you do such and such?”

‘Ikrimah said: These are different situations: they will be questioned in some of them and not questioned in others.

Ibn ‘Abbas also said: They will not be questioned in a manner of compassion and mercy; rather, they will be questioned by way of rebuke and reproach.

Abu al-‘Aliyah said: No one other than the guilty person will be questioned concerning the guilty person’s sin (2).

“So which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny?” (40)

(1) Reported by al-Tabari, 27:143; and Ibn Kathir, 4:276. Al-Suyuti, in al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:704, attributed it to Abd ibn Humayd, Ibn Jarir, Adam, Ibn al-Mundhir, and al-Bayhaqi in al-Shu'ab. (2) See al-Bahr al-Muhit, 8:195.

وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا: لَا تَسْأَلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ. دَلِيلُهُ: مَا بَعْدَهُ، وَهَذَا قَوْلُ مُجَاهِدٌ (١) . وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ وَبَيْنَ قوله: "فوربك لنسئلنهم أَجْمَعِينَ"، (الْحِجْرِ -٩٢) ، قَالَ: لَا يَسْأَلُهُمْ هَلْ عَمِلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ لِأَنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَسْأَلُهُمْ لِمَ عَمِلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ وَعَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا مَوَاطِنُ، يَسْأَلُ فِي بَعْضِهَا وَلَا يَسْأَلُ فِي بَعْضِهَا. وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَيْضًا: لَا يُسْأَلُونَ سُؤَالَ شَفَقَةٍ وَرَحْمَةٍ وَإِنَّمَا يُسْأَلُونَ سُؤَالَ تَقْرِيعٍ وَتَوْبِيخٍ. وَقَالَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ: لَا يُسْأَلُ غَيْرُ الْمُجْرِمِ عَنْ ذَنْبِ الْمُجْرِمِ (٢) . ﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٤٠)

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