Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (137)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(90–91) “Indeed, those who disbelieve after having believed and then increase in disbelief—their repentance will never be accepted. It is they who are astray. Indeed, those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers—not even an earthful of gold would be accepted from any one of them, even if he offered it as ransom. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.”

The Exalted informs us that whoever disbelieves after having believed and then adds further disbelief to his disbelief—persisting in error and misguidance and continuing to forsake sound judgment and guidance—his repentance will not be accepted. That is, such people will not be enabled to offer repentance that would be accepted; rather, Allah leaves them to wander blindly in their transgression. The Exalted says: “We turn their hearts and their eyes away, just as they refused to believe in it the first time,” and: “When they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate.” Thus, evil deeds breed one another, especially in the case of someone who commits the gravest disbelief and abandons the straight path after the proof has been established against him and Allah has made the signs and proofs clear to him. Such a person has actively severed himself from the means leading to his Lord’s mercy and closed the door of repentance upon himself.

For this reason, Allah confines misguidance to this category, saying: “It is they who are astray.” What misguidance could be greater than that of one who knowingly abandons the path? If these disbelievers persist in their disbelief until death, their destruction and everlasting misery become inevitable, and nothing will benefit them. Even if one of them were to offer an earthful of gold to ransom himself from Allah’s punishment, it would be of no avail. Rather, they will remain in the painful punishment, with no intercessor, helper, rescuer, or protector to deliver them from Allah’s punishment. They will despair of every good and become certain that they will abide forever under punishment and wrath. We seek refuge in Allah from their condition.

﴿٩٠ - ٩١﴾ ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَنْ تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الضَّالُّونَ * إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ مِلْءُ الأرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ افْتَدَى بِهِ أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ﴾ . يخبر تعالى أن من كفر بعد إيمانه، ثم ازداد كفرا إلى كفره بتماديه في الغي والضلال، واستمراره على ترك الرشد والهدى، أنه لا تقبل توبتهم، أي: لا يوفقون لتوبة تقبل بل يمدهم الله في طغيانهم يعمهون، قال تعالى ﴿ونقلب أفئدتهم وأبصارهم كما لم يؤمنوا به أول مرة﴾ ﴿فلما زاغوا أزاغ الله قلوبهم﴾ فالسيئات ينتج بعضها بعضا، وخصوصا لمن أقدم على الكفر العظيم وترك الصراط المستقيم، وقد قامت عليه الحجة ووضح الله له الآيات والبراهين، فهذا هو الذي سعى في قطع أسباب رحمة ربه عنه، وهو الذي سد على نفسه باب التوبة، ولهذا حصر الضلال في هذا الصنف، فقال ﴿وأولئك هم الضالون﴾ وأي: ضلال أعظم من ضلال من ترك الطريق عن بصيرة، وهؤلاء الكفرة إذا استمروا على كفرهم إلى الممات تعين هلاكهم وشقاؤهم الأبدي، ولم ينفعهم شيء، فلو أنفق أحدهم ملء الأرض ذهبا ليفتدي به من عذاب الله ما نفعه ذلك، بل لا يزالون في العذاب الأليم، لا شافع لهم ولا ناصر ولا مغيث ولا مجير ينقذهم من عذاب الله فأيسوا من كل خير، وجزموا على الخلود الدائم في العقاب والسخط، فعياذا بالله من حالهم.