Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (846)

﴿10﴾ “Private conversation is only from Satan, so that he may grieve those who believe. Yet he cannot harm them at all except by Allah’s permission. Therefore, let the believers put their trust in Allah.”

Allah Most High says: “Private conversation is only from Satan.” That is, the enemies of the believers confer secretly about them, plotting, deceiving, and seeking to do them harm. This is from Satan, whose schemes are weak and whose plotting is ineffective.

“So that he may grieve those who believe.” This is the aim and purpose of such plotting. “Yet he cannot harm them at all except by Allah’s permission,” for Allah Most High has promised the believers His protection and victory over their enemies. Allah Most High also says: “Evil plotting only backfires on those who devise it.” Thus, no matter how the enemies of Allah, His Messenger, and the believers confer secretly and plot, the harm arising from it (1) will return upon themselves. Nothing can harm the believers except what Allah has decreed and ordained. “Therefore, let the believers put their trust in Allah.” That is, let them rely (2) upon Him and trust His promise, for whoever puts his trust in Allah, He will suffice him and take care of his religious and worldly affairs (3).

(1) This is the reading in B. A reads: “the harm they cause.” (2) This is the reading in B. A reads simply: “rely,” without the imperative particle. (3) B reads: “and He will suffice him in his religious and worldly affairs.”

﴿١٠﴾ ﴿إِنَّمَا النَّجْوَى مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ شَيْئًا إِلا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ . يقول تعالى: ﴿إِنَّمَا النَّجْوَى﴾ أي: تناجي أعداء المؤمنين بالمؤمنين، بالمكر والخديعة، وطلب السوء من الشيطان، الذي كيده ضعيف ومكره غير مفيد. ﴿لِيَحزن الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا﴾ هذا غاية هذا المكر ومقصوده، ﴿وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ شَيْئًا إِلا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ﴾ فإن الله تعالى وعد المؤمنين بالكفاية والنصر على الأعداء، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَلا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلا بِأَهْلِهِ﴾ فأعداء الله ورسوله والمؤمنين، مهما تناجوا ومكروا، فإن ضرر ذلك (١) عائد إلى أنفسهم، ولا يضر المؤمنين إلا شيء قدره الله وقضاه، ﴿وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ أي: ليعتمدوا (٢) عليه ويثقوا بوعده، فإن من توكل على الله كفاه، وتولى أمر دينه ودنياه (٣) .

(١) كذا في ب، وفي أ: فإن ضررهم. (٢) كذا في ب، وفي أ: يعتمدوا. (٣) في ب: وكفاه أمر دينه ودنياه.