Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (751)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(44) “Had We made it a Quran in a non-Arabic language, they would certainly have said, ‘Why were its verses not clearly explained? A non-Arabic Book and an Arab messenger?’ Say, ‘For those who believe, it is guidance and healing. But as for those who do not believe, there is deafness in their ears, and it is blindness to them. Those are being called from a distant place.’”

Allah Most High tells of His grace and generosity in revealing an Arabic Book to an Arab Messenger in the language of his people so that he could make it clear to them. This gave them all the more reason to draw enrichment from it, embrace it, and submit to it. Had He made it a Quran in a language other than Arabic, the deniers would have objected and said, “Why were its verses not clearly explained?” That is, why were its verses not made plain, clarified, and expounded? “A non-Arabic Book and an Arab messenger?” That is, how could Muhammad be an Arab while the Book was non-Arabic? This would not be fitting. Thus, Allah Most High removed from His Book everything that might give the advocates of falsehood grounds for doubt and described it with every quality that should lead them to submit. Yet the believers whom Allah enabled to accept the truth benefited from it and were elevated, while everyone else experienced the opposite.

He therefore said: “For those who believe, it is guidance and healing.” That is, it guides them to the way of right conduct and the straight path, and teaches them beneficial knowledge through which complete guidance is attained. It is also a healing for ailments of the body and heart, because it restrains them from evil character and the vilest deeds, and urges them to sincere repentance, which washes away sins and heals the heart.

“But as for those who do not believe” in the Quran, “there is deafness in their ears”—that is, they are deaf to hearing it and turn away from it—“and it is blindness to them.” That is, they perceive no right guidance through it, are not guided by it, and it only increases them in error. Whenever they reject the truth, they add blindness to their blindness and waywardness to their waywardness.

“Those are being called from a distant place.” That is, they are called and invited to faith, but they do not respond. They are like someone being called while far away, who neither hears the caller nor answers the one calling. The point is that those who do not believe in the Quran do not benefit from its guidance, perceive by its light, or gain any good from it, because through their rejection and disbelief they have closed the doors of guidance upon themselves.

﴿٤٤﴾ ﴿وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَقَالُوا لَوْلا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُولَئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ﴾ . يخبر تعالى عن فضله وكرمه، حيث أنزل كتابا عربيًا، على الرسول العربي، بلسان قومه، ليبين لهم، وهذا مما يوجب لهم زيادة الاغتناء به، والتلقي له والتسليم، وأنه لو جعله قرآنا أعجميًا، بلغة غير العرب، لاعترض، المكذبون وقالوا: ﴿لَوْلا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ﴾ أي: هلا بينت آياته، ووضحت وفسرت. ﴿أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ﴾ أي: كيف يكون محمد عربيًا، والكتاب أعجمي؟ هذا لا يكون فنفى الله تعالى كل أمر، يكون فيه شبهة لأهل الباطل، عن كتابه، ووصفه بكل وصف، يوجب لهم الانقياد، ولكن المؤمنون الموفقون، انتفعوا به، وارتفعوا، وغيرهم بالعكس من أحوالهم. ولهذا قال: ﴿قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ﴾ أي: يهديهم لطريق الرشد والصراط المستقيم، ويعلمهم من العلوم النافعة، ما به تحصل الهداية التامة وشفاء لهم من الأسقام البدنية، والأسقام القلبية، لأنه يزجر عن مساوئ الأخلاق وأقبح الأعمال، ويحث على التوبة النصوح، التي تغسل الذنوب وتشفي القلب. ﴿وَالَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ بالقرآن ﴿فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ﴾ أي: صمم عن استماعه وإعراض، ﴿وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى﴾ أي: لا يبصرون به رشدًا، ولا يهتدون به، ولا يزيدهم إلا ضلالا فإنهم إذا ردوا الحق، ازدادوا عمى إلى عماهم، وغيًّا إلى غيَّهم. ﴿أُولَئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ﴾ أي: ينادون إلى الإيمان، ويدعون إليه، فلا يستجيبون، بمنزلة الذي ينادي، وهو في مكان بعيد، لا يسمع داعيًا ولا يجيب مناديًا. والمقصود: أن الذين لا يؤمنون بالقرآن، لا ينتفعون بهداه، ولا يبصرون بنوره، ولا يستفيدون منه خيرًا، لأنهم سدوا على أنفسهم أبواب الهدى، بإعراضهم وكفرهم.