Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (541)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(49–51) “Say, O mankind, I am only a clear warner to you. Those who believe and do righteous deeds shall have forgiveness and a generous provision. But those who strive against Our signs, seeking to thwart them, are the inhabitants of the Hellfire.” (1)

Allah Most High commands His servant and Messenger Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—to address all people, declaring that he is truly the Messenger of Allah, giving the believers glad tidings of Allah’s reward and warning the disbelievers and wrongdoers of His punishment. “Clear” means that his warning is plain, for warning means instilling fear by making known what is to be feared. This is because he presented compelling proofs establishing the truth of that against which he warned them.

Allah then details the warning and the glad tidings, saying: “Those who believe” in their hearts with true and sincere faith “and do righteous deeds” with their limbs are “in Gardens of Bliss”—gardens in which they enjoy every kind of delight: food, drink, spouses, sights, sounds, the joy of seeing their Generous Lord, and hearing ⦗542⦘ His speech. “Those who disbelieved”—that is, who denied their Lord’s favor and rejected His messengers and signs—are the inhabitants of the Hellfire. They shall remain with it and accompany it at all times: none of its torment will be lightened for them, nor will its punishment relent for even a moment.

(1) In a slip of the pen, the shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him—moved ahead to verse (56) of this surah and combined it with the present verse, writing: “Those who believe and do righteous deeds are in Gardens of Bliss, while those who disbelieve and reject Our signs are the inhabitants of the Hellfire.” He then interpreted the passage in accordance with what he had written. I therefore corrected the verse but left the commentary unchanged.

﴿٤٩ - ٥١﴾ ﴿قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ * فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ * وَالَّذِينَ سَعَوْا فِي آيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِينَ أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ﴾ (١) . يأمر تعالى عبده ورسوله محمدا ﷺ أن يخاطب الناس جميعا، بأنه رسول الله حقا، مبشرا للمؤمنين بثواب الله، منذرا للكافرين والظالمين من عقابه، وقوله: ﴿مُبِينٌ﴾ أي: بين الإنذار، وهو التخويف مع الإعلام بالمخوف، وذلك لأنه أقام البراهين الساطعة على صدق ما أنذرهم به، ثم ذكر تفصيل النذارة والبشارة فقال: ﴿فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا﴾ بقلوبهم إيمانا صحيحا صادقا ﴿وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ﴾ بجوارحهم ﴿في جنات النعيم﴾ أي: الجنات التي يتنعم بها بأنواع النعيم من المآكل والمشارب والمناكح والصور والأصوات والتنعم برؤية الرب الكريم وسماع ⦗٥٤٢⦘ كلامه ﴿والذين كفروا﴾ أي: جحدوا نعمة ربهم وكذبوا رسله وآياته فأولئك أصحاب الجحيم أي: الملازمون لها، المصاحبون لها في كل أوقاتهم، فلا يخفف عنهم من عذابها ولا يفتر عنهم لحظة من عقابها.

(١) سبق قلم الشيخ ﵀ إلى الآية رقم (٥٦) من هذه السورة فجمع بينها وبين هذه الآية فكتب (فالذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات في جنات النعيم والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا فأولئك أصحاب الجحيم) ثم فسرها بما يوافق الذي كتب، فعدلت الآية وصوبتها، وأبقيت التفسير كما هو.