Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (325)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

“But if they intend to deceive you, Allah is surely sufficient for you. He is the One who supported you with His help and with the believers, and brought their hearts together. Had you spent all that is on earth, you could not have brought their hearts together, but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Almighty, All-Wise. O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.”

“But if they intend to deceive you, Allah is surely sufficient for you”—that is, He will protect you from whatever may harm you. He oversees all that benefits and concerns you. There has already been granted [to you], through His protection and support, that which reassures your heart.

For “He is the One who supported you with His help and with the believers.” That is, He aided you with heavenly assistance—His own support, which nothing can withstand—and with the assistance of the believers, whom He brought forth to support you.

“And brought their hearts together”: they united and became harmonious, and their strength increased because of their unity. This was not achieved through anyone’s efforts or by any power other than Allah’s. Even if you had spent everything on earth—gold, silver, and all else—to reconcile them after such intense estrangement and division, “you could not have brought their hearts together,” for none but Allah Most High has the power to turn hearts.

“But Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Almighty, All-Wise.” One manifestation of His might is that He brought their hearts together and united them after their division, as Allah Most High says: “Remember Allah’s favor upon you when you were enemies, and He brought your hearts together, so that by His favor you became brothers. You were on the brink of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it.”

Allah Most High then says: “O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you”—that is, He suffices you—“and for the believers who follow you”; that is, He also suffices your believing followers. This is Allah’s promise to His believing servants who follow His Messenger that He will suffice them and grant them victory over their enemies.

Thus, when they fulfill the condition of faith and obedience, He will assuredly suffice them in all matters of religion and worldly life that concern them. His sufficiency fails to manifest only when its condition is absent.

﴿وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ * وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِي الأرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ * يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ . ﴿وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ﴾ أي: كافيك ما يؤذيك، وهو القائم بمصالحك ومهماتك، فقد سبق [لك] من كفايته لك ونصره ما يطمئن به قلبك. فلـ ﴿هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ أي: أعانك بمعونة سماوية، وهو النصر منه الذي لا يقاومه شيء، ومعونة بالمؤمنين بأن قيضهم لنصرك. ﴿وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ﴾ فاجتمعوا وائتلفوا، وازدادت قوتهم بسبب اجتماعهم، ولم يكن هذا بسعي أحد، ولا بقوة غير قوة الله، فلو أنفقت ما في الأرض جميعا من ذهب وفضة وغيرهما لتأليفهم بعد تلك النفرة والفرقة الشديدة ﴿مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ﴾ لأنه لا يقدر على تقليب القلوب إلا الله تعالى. ﴿وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴾ ومن عزته أن ألف بين قلوبهم، وجمعها بعد الفرقة كما قال تعالى: ﴿وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا﴾ ثم قال تعالى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ﴾ أي: كافيك ﴿وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ أي: وكافي أتباعك من المؤمنين،.وهذا وعد من الله لعباده المؤمنين المتبعين لرسوله، بالكفاية والنصرة على الأعداء. فإذا أتوا بالسبب الذي هو الإيمان والاتباع، فلا بد أن يكفيهم ما أهمهم من أمور الدين والدنيا، وإنما تتخلف الكفاية بتخلف شرطها.