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16:33
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Verse · Āyah
16:33
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ٣٣
Await they aught say that the angels should come unto them or thy Lord's command should come to pass? Even so did those before them. Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves,
Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allah wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
(O Muhammad), are they waiting for anything else than that the angels should appear before them, or that your Lord's judgement should come? Many before them acted with similar temerity. And then what happened with them was not Allah's wrong-doing; they rather wronged themselves.
يَقُولُ تَعَالَى مُتَهَدِّدًا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى تَمَادِيهِمْ فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَاغْتِرَارِهِمْ بِالدُّنْيَا: هَلْ يَنْتَظِرُ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا الْمَلَائِكَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بِقَبْضِ أَرْوَاحِهِمْ، قَالَهُ قَتَادَةُ.
﴿أَوْ يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ﴾ [[في أ: "أو يأتيهم" وهو خطأ.]] أَيْ: يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَا يُعَايِنُونَهُ [[في أ: "وما يعاينون".]] مِنَ الْأَهْوَالِ.
وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿كَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ﴾ أَيْ: هَكَذَا تَمَادَى فِي شِرْكِهِمْ أَسْلَافُهُمْ وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ وَأَشْبَاهُهُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّى [[في ت: "حين".]] ذَاقُوا بَأْسَ اللَّهِ، وَحَلُّوا فِيمَا هُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالنَّكَالِ. ﴿وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ﴾ ؛ لِأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْذَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَقَامَ حُجَجَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِإِرْسَالِ رُسُلِهِ وَإِنْزَالِ كُتُبِهِ، ﴿وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ﴾ أَيْ: بِمُخَالَفَةِ الرُّسُلِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ بِمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ، فَلِهَذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ [[في ت، ف: "أصابهم".]] عُقُوبَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، ﴿وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ﴾ أَيْ: أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَلِيمِ ﴿مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ﴾ أَيْ: يَسْخَرون مِنَ الرُّسُلِ إِذَا تَوَعَّدُوهُمْ بِعِقَابِ اللَّهِ؛ فَلِهَذَا يُقَالُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: ﴿هَذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ﴾ [الطُّورِ: ١٤] .
About this surah
Makki · order 70
Summary
The name, An-Nahl, of this Surah has been taken from v. 68. This is merely to distinguish it from other Surahs.
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