65. Prophetic Commentary on the Quran

٦٥۔ كتاب التفسير

65.34 Surat Saba’ (Sheba) (contd …)

٦٥۔٣٤ سورة سَبَإٍ

[Machine] It is said: "{mu’aajizeen} musaabiqeen {bi-mu’aajizeen} bi-faa’iteen {mu’aajizeen} mughalibeena {sabaqoo} faatoo {laa yu’jizoon} laa yafutoon {yasbiqoona} yu’jizoona qawlhu: {bi-mu’aajizeen} bi-faa’iteen, wa ma’naa {mu’aajizeen} mughalibeena yureedu kullu waahidin minhuma an yuzhir ajzah saahibihi. Mi’ashaar. ‘ushrun ul-ukul ut-thamar {baa’id} wa ba’did waahidun. Wa qala Mujahidun: {laa ya’zub} laa yagheeb. Al-‘arimu s-suddu maa’un ahmaru arsalahu Allah fi s-suddi fashaqqahu wa hadamahu wa hafara al-waadiya fa-arta’atata ‘anil-janbayn, wa ghaaba ‘anhumaa al-ma’u fayabisataa, wa lam yakun al-maa’u al-ahmaru mina s-suddi, wa lakinn kana ‘adhaaban arsalahu Allah ‘alayhim min haythu shaa’a. Wa qala ‘Amru ibn Shurahbeel al-‘arimu al-musan’nah bilahni ahlil-yaman. Wa qala ghayruhu al-‘arimu al-waadi. As-saabighaatu d-duroo’. Wa qala Mujahidun yujazaa yu’aqabu. {‘a’izuukum bi-waahidatin} bi-taa’atillah. {mathnaa wa furaadaa} waahidun wa-ithnayn. {at-tanaawushu} ar-raddu min al-aakhirah ila ad-dunyaa. {wa bayna maa yashtahoon} min maalin aw waladin aw zahratin. {bi-ashyaa’ihim} bi-amthaalihim. Wa qala ibnu ‘Abbaas: {kal-jawaabi} kal-jawbati min al-ardh. Al-khamtu al-araaku. Wal-athalu aTTarfah. Al-‘arimu ash-shadeedu."

يُقَالُ: {مُعَاجِزِينَ} مُسَابِقِينَ {بِمُعْجِزِينَ} بِفَائِتِينَ {مُعَاجِزِينَ} مُغَالِبِينَ {سَبَقُوا} فَاتُوا {لاَ يُعْجِزُونَ} لاَ يَفُوتُونَ {يَسْبِقُونَا} يُعْجِزُونَا قَوْلُهُ: {بِمُعْجِزِينَ} بِفَائِتِينَ، وَمَعْنَى {مُعَاجِزِينَ} مُغَالِبِينَ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَنْ يُظْهِرَ عَجْزَ صَاحِبِهِ. مِعْشَارٌ. عُشْرٌ الأُكُلُ الثَّمَرُ {بَاعِدْ} وَبَعِّدْ وَاحِدٌ.وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: {لاَ يَعْزُبُ} لاَ يَغِيبُ. الْعَرِمُ السُّدُّ مَاءٌ أَحْمَرُ أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ فِي السُّدِّ فَشَقَّهُ وَهَدَمَهُ وَحَفَرَ الْوَادِيَ، فَارْتَفَعَتَا عَنِ الْجَنْبَيْنِ، وَغَابَ عَنْهُمَا الْمَاءُ فَيَبِسَتَا، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَاءُ الأَحْمَرُ مِنَ السُّدِّ، وَلَكِنْ كَانَ عَذَابًا أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ.وَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ الْعَرِمُ الْمُسَنَّاةُ بِلَحْنِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ.وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ الْعَرِمُ الْوَادِي. السَّابِغَاتُ الدُّرُوعُ.وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ يُجَازَى يُعَاقَبُ.{أَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ} بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ.{مَثْنَى وَفُرَادَى} وَاحِدٌ وَاثْنَيْنِ.{التَّنَاوُشُ} الرَّدُّ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا.{وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ} مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ وَلَدٍ أَوْ زَهْرَةٍ.{بِأَشْيَاعِهِمْ} بِأَمْثَالِهِمْ.وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: {كَالْجَوَابِ} كَالْجَوْبَةِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ. الْخَمْطُ الأَرَاكُ. وَالأَثَلُ الطَّرْفَاءُ. الْعَرِمُ الشَّدِيدُ.

65.34.1 "...So much so that when fear is banished from their (angels') hearts, they (angels) say: 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say: 'The truth. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.'" (V.34:23).

٦٥۔٣٤۔١ باب {حَتَّى إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ، قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ}

bukhari:4800al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Abū Hurayrah

Allah's Prophet said, "When Allah decrees some order in the heaven, the angels flutter their wings indicating complete surrender to His saying which sounds like chains being dragged on rock. And when the state of fear disappears, they ask each other, "What has your Lord ordered? They say that He has said that which is true and just, and He is the Most High, the Most Great." (34.23). Then the stealthy listeners (devils) hear this order, and these stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other." (Sufyan, a sub-narrator demonstrated that by holding his hand upright and separating the fingers.) A stealthy listener hears a word which he will convey to that which is below him and the second will convey it to that which is below him till the last of them will convey it to the wizard or foreteller. Sometimes a flame (fire) may strike the devil before he can convey it, and sometimes he may convey it before the flame (fire) strikes him, whereupon the wizard adds to that word a hundred lies. The people will then say, 'Didn't he (i.e. magician) tell such-and-such a thing on such-and-such date?' So that magician is said to have told the truth because of the Statement which has been heard from the heavens."  

البخاري:٤٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ الأَمْرَ فِي السَّمَاءِ ضَرَبَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا خُضْعَانًا لِقَوْلِهِ كَأَنَّهُ سِلْسِلَةٌ عَلَى صَفْوَانٍ فَإِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا لِلَّذِي قَالَ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ فَيَسْمَعُهَا مُسْتَرِقُ السَّمْعِ وَمُسْتَرِقُ السَّمْعِ هَكَذَا بَعْضُهُ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ وَوَصَفَ سُفْيَانُ بِكَفِّهِ فَحَرَفَهَا وَبَدَّدَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَيَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ فَيُلْقِيهَا إِلَى مَنْ تَحْتَهُ ثُمَّ يُلْقِيهَا الآخَرُ إِلَى مَنْ تَحْتَهُ حَتَّى يُلْقِيَهَا عَلَى لِسَانِ السَّاحِرِ أَوِ الْكَاهِنِ فَرُبَّمَا أَدْرَكَ الشِّهَابُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُلْقِيَهَا وَرُبَّمَا أَلْقَاهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ فَيَكْذِبُ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ فَيُقَالُ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ لَنَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيُصَدَّقُ بِتِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي سَمِعَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ  

65.34.2 "...He (Muḥammad pbuh) is only a warner to you in face of a severe torment." (V.34:46)

٦٥۔٣٤۔٢ باب قَوْلِهِ {إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ}

bukhari:4801ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Khāzim > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

One day the Prophet ﷺ ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! " All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?" He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said, "Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1)  

البخاري:٤٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّفَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ قَالُوا مَا لَكَ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ يُصَبِّحُكُمْ أَوْ يُمَسِّيكُمْ أَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ تَبًّا لَكَ أَلِهَذَا جَمَعْتَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ}