Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (761)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

“You will see them brought before it, humbled by disgrace and casting furtive glances. Those who believe will say, ‘The true losers are those who have lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.’ Truly, the wrongdoers will be in lasting punishment. * They will have no protectors besides Allah to help them. Whoever Allah leaves astray will have no way.”

“You will see them brought before it”—that is, before the Fire—“humbled by disgrace.” That is, you will see their bodies humbled by the disgrace within their hearts. “Casting furtive glances”: that is, they will steal sidelong glances at the Fire because of their dread and fear of it.

“Those who believe will say,” when the ultimate outcomes of all creatures become manifest and the truthful are distinguished from everyone else, “The true losers” are “those who have lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection,” for they deprived themselves of immense reward, incurred painful punishment, and were separated from their families, never to be reunited with them. “Truly, the wrongdoers”—who wronged themselves through disbelief and sins—“will be in lasting punishment”; that is, engulfed in its very midst, never to emerge from it. It will never be lightened for them, and there they will remain in despair.

“They will have no protectors besides Allah to help them,” although in this world they had entertained such hopes. On the Day of Resurrection, it will become clear to them and everyone else that the means upon which they had pinned their hopes have been severed, and that when Allah’s punishment came upon them, nothing warded it off. “Whoever Allah leaves astray will have no way” by which he might attain guidance. These people went astray because they imagined that their supposed partners could confer benefit and ward off harm; at that moment, their error will become clear.

﴿وَتَرَاهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَاشِعِينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنْظُرُونَ مِنْ طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ الْخَاسِرِينَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَلا إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ فِي عَذَابٍ مُقِيمٍ * وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ يَنْصُرُونَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ﴾ . ﴿وَتَرَاهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا﴾ أي: على النار ﴿خَاشِعِينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ﴾ أي: ترى أجسامهم خاشعة للذل الذي في قلوبهم، ﴿يَنْظُرُونَ مِنْ طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّ﴾ أي: ينظرون إلى النار مسارقة وشزرا، من هيبتها وخوفها. ﴿وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا﴾ حيث ظهرت عواقب الخلق، وتبين أهل الصدق من غيرهم: ﴿إِنَّ الْخَاسِرِينَ﴾ على الحقيقة ﴿الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ﴾ حيث فوتوا أنفسهم جزيل الثواب، وحصلوا على أليم العقاب وفرق بينهم وبين أهليهم، فلم يجتمعوا بهم، آخر ما عليهم. ﴿أَلا إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾ أنفسهم بالكفر والمعاصي ﴿فِي عَذَابٍ مُقِيمٍ﴾ أي: في سوائه ووسطه، منغمرين لا يخرجون منه أبدا، ولا يفتر عنهم وهم فيه مبلسون. ﴿وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ يَنْصُرُونَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ﴾ كما كانوا في الدنيا يمنون بذلك أنفسهم، ففي القيامة يتبين لهم ولغيرهم أن أسبابهم التي أملوها تقطعت، وأنه حين جاءهم عذاب الله لم يدفع عنهم. ﴿وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ﴾ تحصل به هدايته، فهؤلاء ضلوا حيث زعموا في شركائهم النفع ودفع الضر، فتبين حينئذ ضلالهم.