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Tafsir al-BaghawiAl-Baghawi

“On the Day when Allah gathers the messengers and asks, ‘How were you answered?’ They will say, ‘We have no knowledge. Truly, You alone are the Knower of all that is unseen.’ (109)

When Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother: when I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit, so that you spoke to people in the cradle and in maturity; when I taught you the Book, wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel; when you fashioned from clay the form of a bird by My leave, then breathed into it and it became a bird by My leave; when you healed the blind from birth and the leper by My leave; when you brought forth the dead by My leave; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from harming you, when you came to them with clear proofs, whereupon those among them who disbelieved said, “This is nothing but manifest magic.” (110)

And when I inspired the disciples, “Believe in Me and in My Messenger.” They said, “We believe; bear witness that we are Muslims.” (111)’

His saying, exalted is He, “On the Day when Allah gathers the messengers”: this is the Day of Resurrection. “And asks, ‘How were you answered?’” That is: How did your communities answer you? What response did your people give you when you called them to affirm My oneness and obey Me? “They will say”—that is, they will say—“We have no knowledge.” Ibn Abbas said: Its meaning is, We possess no knowledge beyond that knowledge of which You know more than we do. It was also said: We do not know the wisdom behind Your asking us about a matter of which You know more than we do. Ibn Jurayj said: We have no knowledge of the ultimate outcome of their affair and of what they introduced after us. The evidence for this is His saying, “Truly, You alone are the Knower of all that is unseen”: that is, You are the One who knows what is hidden, whereas we know only what we witness.

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Numaymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Ismail informed us; Muslim ibn Ibrahim informed us; Wuhayb informed us; Abd al-Aziz informed us, from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Some people from among my Companions will surely come to me at the Cistern. Then, when I recognize them, they will be pulled away from me, and I will say, ‘My Companions!’ It will be said:”

﴿يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ (١٠٩) إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى وَالِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدْتُكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِي فَتَنْفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي وَتُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتَى بِإِذْنِي وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ (١١٠) وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ (١١١) ﴾ قَوْلُهُ ﷿ ﴿يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ﴾ وَهُوَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، ﴿فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أُجِبْتُمْ﴾ أَيْ: مَا الَّذِي أَجَابَتْكُمْ أُمَّتُكُمْ؟ وَمَا الَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْمُكُمْ حِينَ دَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ إِلَى تَوْحِيدِي وَطَاعَتِي؟ ﴿قَالُوا﴾ أَيْ: فَيَقُولُونَ ﴿لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا﴾ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَعْنَاهُ: لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنَّا، وَقِيلَ: لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا بِوَجْهِ الْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ سُؤَالِكَ إِيَّانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنَّا، وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا بِعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِهِمْ وَبِمَا أَحْدَثُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ، دَلِيلُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ﴿إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ﴾ أَيْ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَعْلَمُ مَا غَابَ وَنَحْنُ لَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا مَا نُشَاهِدُ. أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمُلَيْحِيُّ أَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النُّعَيْمِيُّ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَا وُهَيْبٌ أَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ﵁ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "لَيَرِدَنَّ عَلَيَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي الْحَوْضَ حَتَّى إِذَا عَرَفْتُهُمُ اخْتَلَجُوا دُونِي، فَأَقُولُ: أَصْحَابِي، فَيُقَالُ: