Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (512)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(99–101) “Thus We recount to you some of the accounts of those who have gone before, and We have certainly given you a Reminder from Us. Whoever turns away from it will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection, abiding in it forever. What an evil burden it will be for them on the Day of Resurrection!”

Allah Most High reminds His Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, of His favor in recounting to him the accounts of earlier peoples and the histories of those who have passed away, such as this momentous story and the rulings and other lessons it contains—things that none of the People of the Scripture can deny. You neither studied the accounts of earlier peoples nor learned them from anyone who had studied them. Your conveying the certain truth about them is therefore proof that you truly are the Messenger of Allah and that what you have brought is true. Hence He said, “And We have certainly given you from Us”—that is, a precious gift and a bountiful grant from Us—“a Reminder,” namely this Noble Quran.

It relates events past and yet to come, and it is a reminder through which one calls to mind Allah Most High’s names and perfect attributes, the injunctions concerning what He commands and forbids, and the rulings concerning recompense. This shows that the Quran contains the finest and most excellent rulings, whose beauty and perfection are affirmed by reason and innate human nature. The Quran also calls to mind what Allah has instilled within them. Since the Quran is a reminder for the Messenger and his nation, it must be received with acceptance, submission, obedience, and reverence; its light must be followed to the straight path; and people must devote themselves to learning and teaching it.

To respond to it by turning away—or, worse still, by denying it—is ingratitude for this blessing. Whoever does so deserves punishment. Hence He said, “Whoever turns away from it”—by not believing in it, treating its commands and prohibitions lightly, or neglecting to learn those of its meanings that one is required to learn—“will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection.” This is the burden of his sin, because of which he turned away from the Quran and treated it with disbelief and abandonment. “Abiding in it forever”—that is, ⦗513⦘ in the burden of their sins, for the punishment is the deeds themselves, transformed into torment for those who committed them in proportion to their gravity or slightness.

“What an evil burden it will be for them on the Day of Resurrection!” That is, how evil the burden they will bear and the torment they will suffer on the Day of Resurrection! He then proceeded to mention the conditions and terrors of the Day of Resurrection, saying:

﴿٩٩ - ١٠١﴾ ﴿كَذَلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ وَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ مِنْ لَدُنَّا ذِكْرًا * مَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وِزْرًا * خَالِدِينَ فِيهِ وَسَاءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حِمْلا﴾ . يمتن الله تعالى على نبيه ﷺ بما قصه عليه من أنباء السابقين، وأخبار السالفين، كهذه القصة العظيمة، وما فيها من الأحكام وغيرها، التي لا ينكرها أحد من أهل الكتاب، فأنت لم تدرس أخبار الأولين، ولم تتعلم ممن دراها، فإخبارك بالحق اليقين من أخبارهم، دليل على أنك رسول الله حقا، وما جئت به صدق، ولهذا قال: ﴿وَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ مِنْ لَدُنَّا﴾ أي: عطية نفيسة، ومنحة جزيلة من عندنا. ﴿ذِكْرًا﴾ وهو هذا القرآن الكريم، ذكر للأخبار السابقة واللاحقة، وذكر يتذكر به ما لله تعالى من الأسماء والصفات الكاملة، ويتذكر به أحكام الأمر والنهي، وأحكام الجزاء، وهذا مما يدل على أن القرآن مشتمل على أحسن ما يكون من الأحكام، التي تشهد العقول والفطر بحسنها وكمالها، ويذكر هذا القرآن ما أودع الله فيها، وإذا كان القرآن ذكرا للرسول ولأمته، فيجب تلقيه بالقبول والتسليم والانقياد والتعظيم، وأن يهتدى بنوره إلى الصراط المستقيم، وأن يقبلوا عليه بالتعلم والتعليم. وأما مقابلته بالإعراض، أو ما هو أعظم منه من الإنكار، فإنه كفر لهذه النعمة، ومن فعل ذلك، فهو مستحق للعقوبة، ولهذا قال: ﴿مَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ﴾ فلم يؤمن به، أو تهاون بأوامره ونواهيه، أو بتعلم معانيه الواجبة ﴿فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وِزْرًا﴾ وهو ذنبه، الذي بسببه أعرض عن القرآن، وأولاه الكفر والهجران، ﴿خَالِدِينَ فِيهِ﴾ أي: ⦗٥١٣⦘ في وزرهم، لأن العذاب هو نفس الأعمال، تنقلب عذابا على أصحابها، بحسب صغرها وكبرها. ﴿وَسَاءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حِمْلا﴾ أي: بئس الحمل الذي يحملونه، والعذاب الذي يعذبونه يوم القيامة، ثم استطرد، فذكر أحوال يوم القيامة وأهواله فقال: