Ruku 332 ع
Section 332 of 556 • 16 Verses
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
Commentary:
This and the next few verses deal with a worn out and hackneyed objection of disbelievers about life after death. It further says that these people—the Arabs, have completely despaired of their future. They do not believe that the appearance of the Holy Prophet will raise them from a degraded and corrupt people into a living nation and therefore instead of accepting him, they oppose him.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
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Commentary:
This and the next few verses deal with a worn out and hackneyed objection of disbelievers about life after death. It further says that these people—the Arabs, have completely despaired of their future. They do not believe that the appearance of the Holy Prophet will raise them from a degraded and corrupt people into a living nation and therefore instead of accepting him, they oppose him.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
23:84.
23:84.
23:84.
b
23:84.
b
23:84.
b
23:84.
قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
Commentary:
In this verse the disbelievers are warned that they will not be allowed to arrest or retard the progress of the Holy Prophet’s noble cause; on the contrary, by opposing him they will only bring ruin upon themselves. The lesson is writ large on the pages of history that denial of truth has always led disbelievers to destruction and desolation. In the next verse the Holy Prophet is consoled and comforted that he should not feel distressed because of the plots and conspiracies of his enemies, as their evil designs can do him no harm and will only recoil on their own heads.
c
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
c
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
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Commentary:
In this verse the disbelievers are warned that they will not be allowed to arrest or retard the progress of the Holy Prophet’s noble cause; on the contrary, by opposing him they will only bring ruin upon themselves. The lesson is writ large on the pages of history that denial of truth has always led disbelievers to destruction and desolation. In the next verse the Holy Prophet is consoled and comforted that he should not feel distressed because of the plots and conspiracies of his enemies, as their evil designs can do him no harm and will only recoil on their own heads.
c
16:37; 30:43; 40:83.
وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ
15:89; 16:128.
15:89; 16:128.
15:89; 16:128.
d
15:89; 16:128.
a
15:89; 16:128.
d
15:89; 16:128.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
Commentary:
The disbelievers tauntingly ask the Holy Prophet not to refer to what had happened to other peoples in the past but to "let us know when the punishment about which you hold out to us a threat will overtake us."
e
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
b
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
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Commentary:
The disbelievers tauntingly ask the Holy Prophet not to refer to what had happened to other peoples in the past but to "let us know when the punishment about which you hold out to us a threat will overtake us."
e
10:49; 21:39; 34:30; 36:49.
قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
Commentary:
To the challenge of disbelievers referred to in the preceding verse as to when the promise about the departure of their glory and greatness will be fulfilled, they are told that a part of it will be fulfilled very soon. At another place in the Quran it is stated that the promise of punishment to the disbelievers will be fulfilled within a year after the Holy Prophet’s flight from Mecca when "the glory of Kedar (Quraish) shall depart" (34:31).
f
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
c
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
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Commentary:
To the challenge of disbelievers referred to in the preceding verse as to when the promise about the departure of their glory and greatness will be fulfilled, they are told that a part of it will be fulfilled very soon. At another place in the Quran it is stated that the promise of punishment to the disbelievers will be fulfilled within a year after the Holy Prophet’s flight from Mecca when "the glory of Kedar (Quraish) shall depart" (34:31).
f
22:48; 26:205; 29:55.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
10:61; 40:62.
10:61; 40:62.
10:61; 40:62.
Commentary:
To the demand for punishment made by disbelievers and mentioned in v. 72 above, the present and the preceding verse constitute a befitting answer. The preceding verse purported to say that the disbelievers will soon receive Divine punishment but it will not be a devastating and all-destructive punishment, but will only constitute a part of what they demanded because God is gracious to mankind i.e. in deference to the Holy Prophet his people will be shown mercy and like the disbelievers of the former Prophets they will not get a destructive punishment.
g
10:61; 40:62.
d
10:61; 40:62.
2862A
Commentary:
To the demand for punishment made by disbelievers and mentioned in v. 72 above, the present and the preceding verse constitute a befitting answer. The preceding verse purported to say that the disbelievers will soon receive Divine punishment but it will not be a devastating and all-destructive punishment, but will only constitute a part of what they demanded because God is gracious to mankind i.e. in deference to the Holy Prophet his people will be shown mercy and like the disbelievers of the former Prophets they will not get a destructive punishment.
a
10:61; 40:62.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
2:78; 16:24; 28:70; 36:77.
2:78; 16:24; 28:70; 36:77.
h
2:78; 16:24; 28:70; 36:77.
a
2:78; 16:24; 28:70; 36:77; 40:20.
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Commentary:
This and the next verse refer to the plots and conspiracies that disbelievers were hatching against Islam and the Holy Prophet.
b
2:78; 16:24; 28:70; 36:77.
وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ
إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكْثَرَ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
The implied reference in this verse may be to Solomon whom the Jews accused of resorting to Shirk (idolatry) in order to win the affection of the Queen of Sheba. As there had existed difference of opinion among the Jews about Solomon’s behaviour towards the Queen, the Qur’an has lifted the veil from this obscure fact.
Commentary:
The implied reference in this verse may be to Solomon whom the Jews accused of resorting to Shirk (idolatry) in order to win the affection of an idolatrous woman. The Quran absolves him of this most heinous charge (as it absolves all other Prophets of the charges levelled against them by the Jews) by stating that far from stooping to idol worship in order to win the love of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon actually converted her to the worship of the One True God and made her renounce the worship of false gods. As there had existed difference of opinion among the Jews about Solomon’s behaviour towards the Queen, the Quran has lifted the veil from the real fact. The verse may possess general application also.
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Commentary:
The implied reference in this verse may be to Solomon whom the Jews accused of resorting to Shirk (idolatry) in order to win the affection of an idolatrous woman. The Quran absolves him of this most heinous charge (as it absolves all other Prophets of the charges levelled against them by the Jews) by stating that far from stooping to idol worship in order to win the love of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon actually converted her to the worship of the One True God and made her renounce the worship of false gods. As there had existed difference of opinion among the Jews about Solomon’s behaviour towards the Queen, the Quran has lifted the veil from the real fact. The verse may possess general application also.
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The implied reference in this verse may be to Solomon whom the Jews accused of resorting to Shirk (idolatry) in order to win the affection of the Queen of Sheba. As there had existed difference of opinion among the Jews about Solomon’s behaviour towards the Queen, the Qur’an has lifted the veil from this obscure fact.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلْمُبِينِ
11:124; 25:59; 33:49.
11:124; 25:59; 33:49.
11:124; 25:59; 26:218; 33:49.
a
11:124; 25:59; 33:49.
a
11:124; 25:59; 26:218; 33:49.
c
11:124; 25:59; 33:49.
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ
10:43; 30:53.
10:43; 30:53.
The words, when they retreat turning their backs, make it clear that 'the dead' mentioned here are 'the spiritually dead' just as 'the blind' in the next verse are 'the spiritually blind.'
10:43; 30:53.
Commentary:
The words, "when they turn back retreating", can equally be applied to both "the dead" and "the deaf", thus making it clear that "the dead" mentioned here are "the spiritually dead" as the blind in the next verse are "the spiritually blind". Wherever in the Quran the Holy Prophet is mentioned with reference to "the dead" they are the "spiritually dead" or "the dead of heart" (8:25).
b
10:43; 30:53.
b
10:43; 30:53.
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Commentary:
The words, "when they turn back retreating", can equally be applied to both "the dead" and "the deaf", thus making it clear that "the dead" mentioned here are "the spiritually dead" as the blind in the next verse are "the spiritually blind". Wherever in the Quran the Holy Prophet is mentioned with reference to "the dead" they are the "spiritually dead" or "the dead of heart" (8:25).
d
10:43; 30:53.
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The words, when they retreat turning their backs, make it clear that 'the dead' mentioned here are 'the spiritually dead' just as 'the blind' in the next verse are 'the spiritually blind.'
وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
10:44; 30:54.
یہاں مُسْلِم کا لفظ ہے جس کے معنے ہیں عملاً فرمانبرداری کرنے والا (مفردات راغب)
10:44; 30:54.
10:44; 30:54.
c
10:44; 30:54.
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یہاں مُسْلِم کا لفظ ہے جس کے معنے ہیں عملاً فرمانبرداری کرنے والا (مفردات راغب)
c
10:44; 30:54.
a
10:44; 30:54.
۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ
这是有关后期出现一种瘟疫的预言。这节经文是由穆圣亲口解释的。但是 دَآبَّة (Dabbah) 的意义如果认为是指完全热衷于获得今世财富与物质享受的一个十足的实利主义者 (34:15) 的话, 这节经文指的, 看来是西方实利主义的那些国家 “他们的工作完全化在探究今世生活有关的事物方面” (18:105), 而且他们竭尽全力于今世的生命。
یہاں عَلَیْھِمْ آیا ہے۔ اور عَلٰی بالعموم یہ بتاتا ہے کہ جس کے متعلق عذاب کی خبر ہے اس کے خلاف بات ظاہر ہو گئی پس وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ کے بعد چونکہ عَلٰی کا لفظ آیا ہے تو اس کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ ان کی تباہی کی خبر پوری ہو جائے گی۔
دَآبَّۃٌ سے مراد طاعون کا کیڑا ہے جس کے آخری زمانہ میں ظاہر ہونے کی خبر دی گئی تھی۔ وہ کیڑا جس کے جسم کو کاٹ کر اندر داخل ہو جاتا ہے۔ وہ ہلاک ہو جاتا ہے۔ چنانچہ رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ایک حدیث میں بیان فرمایا کہ آخری زمانہ میں خداتعالیٰ دَآبَّۃُ الْاَرْضِ پیدا فرمائے گا (دیکھئے ابن کثیر برحاشیہ فتح البیان سورۂ نمل صفحہ۲۳۱) اسی طرح دوسری حدیث میں فرمایا کہ آخری زمانہ میں نغـف کی بیماری پیدا ہوگی (مسلم) ان دونوں حدیثوں کو ملا کر یہ نتیجہ نکلتا ہے کہ حدیثوں میں یہ خبر دی گئی تھی کہ آخری زمانہ میں طاعون کی مرض پھیلے گی جو ایک مخفی کیڑے کے ساتھ بھی تع
The words, Waqa‘al-Qaulu ‘Alaihim, mean, the sentence or the decree became due against them or came to pass; they made themselves deserving of the Divine sentence or the Divine decree (Aqrab).
This is a prophecy concerning the appearance of plague in the Latter Days. The verse was so construed by the Holy Prophet himself. But if Dabbah is taken in the sense of a grossly materialistic person all whose endeavours are wholly directed to the acquisition of worldly riches and material comforts (34:15), the reference in the verse seems to be to the materialistic Western nations 'whose labour is all lost in search after things pertaining to the life of this World' (18:105) and who have fallen on this world with all their might and main.
Important Words:
وقع (is passed). They say وقع الشیء من یدہ, the thing fell from his hand. وقع الحق means, the truth became established (Lane & Aqrab).
قول is inf. n. from قال and means, decree, sentence or the prophecy about punishment. واقع الطیر علی الشجر means, the bird descended upon the tree. The expression وقع القول علیھم means, the sentence or the decree became due against them; they made themselves deserving of the sentence or the decree (Lane & Aqrab).
دابة (insect) is active participle from دب which means, he or it crept or crawled slowly like an ant or a reptile or a weak person. دابة signifies all such animals or insects as creep or crawl or walk slowly, all animals big or small, whether walking on two legs or on four legs or creeping on the belly, etc. The word is also used about beasts like the horse, the mule, the donkey, etc. (Lane & Aqrab). In the Quran the expression دابة الارض has also been used for a worldly-minded man whose efforts are wholly devoted to the acquisition of material benefits; a grossly materialistic person, a worthless creature or worm of the earth (34:15).
تکلمھم (shall wound them) is aorist from کلم (kallama). کلمه means, he talked to him or he conversed with him much and freely; he wounded him (Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse seems to imply two prophetic references. Taking دابة الارض in the sense of a grossly materialistic person whose endeavours are wholly directed to the acquisition of worldly riches and material comforts, the reference seems to be to the materialistic western nations "whose labour is all lost in search after things pertaining to the life of this world" (18:105) and who have fallen on this world with all their might and main. The verse purports to say that when men will reject the signs of God and by indulging in evil deeds will make themselves deserving of Divine punishment, they will fall a victim to the plunder and pillage of the materialistic and mechanistic western nations. Taking the word in the sense of "a worm or insect of the earth," the reference may be to the bubonic plague which was to have appeared in the time of the Promised Messiah and from whose ravages his followers were to remain miraculously immune, thus bearing witness to the truth of his claims.
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这是有关后期出现一种瘟疫的预言。这节经文是由穆圣亲口解释的。但是 دَآبَّة (Dabbah) 的意义如果认为是指完全热衷于获得今世财富与物质享受的一个十足的实利主义者 (34:15) 的话, 这节经文指的, 看来是西方实利主义的那些国家 “他们的工作完全化在探究今世生活有关的事物方面” (18:105), 而且他们竭尽全力于今世的生命。
2
یہاں عَلَیْھِمْ آیا ہے۔ اور عَلٰی بالعموم یہ بتاتا ہے کہ جس کے متعلق عذاب کی خبر ہے اس کے خلاف بات ظاہر ہو گئی پس وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ کے بعد چونکہ عَلٰی کا لفظ آیا ہے تو اس کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ ان کی تباہی کی خبر پوری ہو جائے گی۔
3
دَآبَّۃٌ سے مراد طاعون کا کیڑا ہے جس کے آخری زمانہ میں ظاہر ہونے کی خبر دی گئی تھی۔ وہ کیڑا جس کے جسم کو کاٹ کر اندر داخل ہو جاتا ہے۔ وہ ہلاک ہو جاتا ہے۔ چنانچہ رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے ایک حدیث میں بیان فرمایا کہ آخری زمانہ میں خداتعالیٰ دَآبَّۃُ الْاَرْضِ پیدا فرمائے گا (دیکھئے ابن کثیر برحاشیہ فتح البیان سورۂ نمل صفحہ۲۳۱) اسی طرح دوسری حدیث میں فرمایا کہ آخری زمانہ میں نغـف کی بیماری پیدا ہوگی (مسلم) ان دونوں حدیثوں کو ملا کر یہ نتیجہ نکلتا ہے کہ حدیثوں میں یہ خبر دی گئی تھی کہ آخری زمانہ میں طاعون کی مرض پھیلے گی جو ایک مخفی کیڑے کے ساتھ بھی تع
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Important Words:
وقع (is passed). They say وقع الشیء من یدہ, the thing fell from his hand. وقع الحق means, the truth became established (Lane & Aqrab).
قول is inf. n. from قال and means, decree, sentence or the prophecy about punishment. واقع الطیر علی الشجر means, the bird descended upon the tree. The expression وقع القول علیھم means, the sentence or the decree became due against them; they made themselves deserving of the sentence or the decree (Lane & Aqrab).
دابة (insect) is active participle from دب which means, he or it crept or crawled slowly like an ant or a reptile or a weak person. دابة signifies all such animals or insects as creep or crawl or walk slowly, all animals big or small, whether walking on two legs or on four legs or creeping on the belly, etc. The word is also used about beasts like the horse, the mule, the donkey, etc. (Lane & Aqrab). In the Quran the expression دابة الارض has also been used for a worldly-minded man whose efforts are wholly devoted to the acquisition of material benefits; a grossly materialistic person, a worthless creature or worm of the earth (34:15).
تکلمھم (shall wound them) is aorist from کلم (kallama). کلمه means, he talked to him or he conversed with him much and freely; he wounded him (Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse seems to imply two prophetic references. Taking دابة الارض in the sense of a grossly materialistic person whose endeavours are wholly directed to the acquisition of worldly riches and material comforts, the reference seems to be to the materialistic western nations "whose labour is all lost in search after things pertaining to the life of this world" (18:105) and who have fallen on this world with all their might and main. The verse purports to say that when men will reject the signs of God and by indulging in evil deeds will make themselves deserving of Divine punishment, they will fall a victim to the plunder and pillage of the materialistic and mechanistic western nations. Taking the word in the sense of "a worm or insect of the earth," the reference may be to the bubonic plague which was to have appeared in the time of the Promised Messiah and from whose ravages his followers were to remain miraculously immune, thus bearing witness to the truth of his claims.
2190
The words, Waqa‘al-Qaulu ‘Alaihim, mean, the sentence or the decree became due against them or came to pass; they made themselves deserving of the Divine sentence or the Divine decree (Aqrab).
2191
This is a prophecy concerning the appearance of plague in the Latter Days. The verse was so construed by the Holy Prophet himself. But if Dabbah is taken in the sense of a grossly materialistic person all whose endeavours are wholly directed to the acquisition of worldly riches and material comforts (34:15), the reference in the verse seems to be to the materialistic Western nations 'whose labour is all lost in search after things pertaining to the life of this World' (18:105) and who have fallen on this world with all their might and main.