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11:116
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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
11:116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍۢ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ١١٦
If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
Why were there not, out of the generations that passed away before you, righteous men who would forbid others from causing corruption on the earth? And if such were there, they were only a few whom We had saved from those generations, or else the wrong-doers kept pursuing the ease and comfort which had been conferred upon them, thus losing themselves in sinfulness.
يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: فَهَلَّا وُجِدَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الْمَاضِيَةِ بَقَايَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ، يَنْهَوْنَ عَمَّا كان يقع بينهم من الشُّرُورِ وَالْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَالْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ.
وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿إِلا قَلِيلا﴾ أَيْ: قَدْ وُجِدَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَذَا الضَّرْبِ قَلِيلٌ، لَمْ يَكُونُوا كَثِيرًا، وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَاهُمُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ غِيَره، وَفَجْأَةِ نِقَمه؛ وَلِهَذَا أَمَرَ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ الشَّرِيفَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا مَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾ [آلِ عِمْرَانَ: ١٠٤] . وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: "إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا الْمُنْكِرَ فَلَمْ يُغَيِّرُوهُ، أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُم اللَّهُ بِعِقَابٍ"؛ وَلِهَذَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿فَلَوْلا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ أُولُو بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الأرْضِ إِلا قَلِيلا مِمَّنْ أَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ﴾ .
وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا أُتْرِفُوا فِيهِ﴾ أَيْ: اسْتَمَرُّوا عَلَى مَا هُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي وَالْمُنْكَرَاتِ، وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتُوا إِلَى إِنْكَارِ أُولَئِكَ، حَتَّى فَجَأهم العذابُ، ﴿وَكَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ﴾ .
ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُهْلِكْ قَرْيَةً إِلَّا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ [لِنَفْسِهَا] [[زيادة من ت، أ.]] وَلَمْ يَأْتِ قَرْيَةً مُصْلِحَةً بَأْسُهُ وَعَذَابُهُ قَطُّ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا هُمُ الظَّالِمِينَ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَكِنْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ﴾ [هُودٍ: ١٠١] ، وقال ﴿وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ﴾ [فصلت: ٤٦] .
About this surah
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Summary
This Surah has been named after Prophet Hud whose story has been related in vv. 50-60.
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