Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (358)

Tafsir al-SadiAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

(7–8) “Indeed, those who do not hope to meet Us, who are content with the life of this world and are at ease in it, and who are heedless of Our signs—their abode will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.”

Allah Most High says, “Indeed, those who do not hope to meet Us,” meaning that they do not desire to meet Allah, though this is the greatest object of desire and the loftiest hope of all who aspire. Instead, they turn away from it and may even deny it. They “are content with the life of this world” in place of the Hereafter.

They “are at ease in it,” meaning that they rely upon it and make it their ultimate aspiration (1) and final objective. They strive for it and devote themselves to its pleasures and desires, obtaining them by whatever means they can and rushing toward them from whichever direction they appear. They direct all their desires, intentions, thoughts, and deeds toward it.

It is as though they were created to remain in this world forever and as though it were not merely a place of passage from which travelers take provisions for the everlasting abode—the abode to which all people, the first and the last, will journey, and for whose bliss and delights those granted success strive earnestly.

They “are heedless of Our signs,” so they derive no benefit from the signs of the Quran or from the signs in the world around them and within themselves. Turning away from the evidence necessarily entails turning away from—and remaining heedless of—what that evidence is intended to establish.

“It is they”—those who possess these qualities—“whose abode will be the Fire,” meaning their permanent home and dwelling, from which they will never depart.

“Because of what they used to earn” of disbelief, polytheism, and every kind of sin. After mentioning their punishment, He mentioned the reward of those who obey Him, saying:

(1) Manuscript B reads: *amrihim* (their affair).

﴿٧ - ٨﴾ ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا وَرَضُوا بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاطْمَأَنُّوا بِهَا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ * أُولَئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمُ النَّارُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ﴾ . يقول تعالى ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا﴾ أي: لا يطمعون بلقاء الله، الذي هو أكبر ما طمع فيه الطامعون، وأعلى ما أمله المؤملون، بل أعرضوا عن ذلك، وربما كذبوا به ﴿وَرَضُوا بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا﴾ بدلا عن الآخرة. ﴿وَاطْمَأَنُّوا بِهَا﴾ أي: ركنوا إليها، وجعلوها غاية مرامهم (١) ونهاية قصدهم، فسعوا لها وأكبوا على لذاتها وشهواتها، بأي طريق حصلت حصلوها، ومن أي وجه لاحت ابتدروها، قد صرفوا إرادتهم ونياتهم وأفكارهم وأعمالهم إليها. فكأنهم خلقوا للبقاء فيها، وكأنها ليست دار ممر، يتزود منها المسافرون إلى الدار الباقية التي إليها يرحل الأولون والآخرون، وإلى نعيمها ولذاتها شمر الموفقون. ﴿وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ﴾ فلا ينتفعون بالآيات القرآنية، ولا بالآيات الأفقية والنفسية، والإعراض عن الدليل مستلزم للإعراض والغفلة، عن المدلول المقصود. ﴿أُولَئِكَ﴾ الذين هذا وصفهم ﴿مَأْوَاهُمُ النَّارُ﴾ أي: مقرهم ومسكنهم التي لا يرحلون عنها. ﴿بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ﴾ من الكفر والشرك وأنواع المعاصي، فلما ذكر عقابهم ذكر ثواب المطيعين فقال:

(١) في ب: أمرهم.