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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
2:265
وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًۭا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌۭ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌۭ فَطَلٌّۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٢٦٥
And the likeness of those who spend their wealth in search of Allah's pleasure, and for the strengthening of their souls, is as the likeness of a garden on a height. The rainstorm smiteth it and it bringeth forth its fruit twofold. And if the rainstorm smite it not, then the shower. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allah and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.
In contrast to them, the charity of those, who expend their wealth sincerely with the sole desire of pleasing Allah, may be likened to a garden on a plateau. If heavy rain falls, it yields its produce twofold: and even if there is no heavy rain but only a light shower, that too, is sufficient for it: whatever you do is in the sight of Allah.
وَهَذَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُنْفِقِينَ ﴿أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاةِ اللَّه﴾ عَنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ ﴿وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾ أَيْ: وَهُمْ مُتَحَقِّقُونَ مُثَبتون أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَوْفَرَ الْجَزَاءِ، وَنَظِيرُ هَذَا فِي الْمَعْنَى، قَوْلُهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ [[في جـ، أ، و: "صلى الله عليه وسلم".]] فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمُتَّفِقِ عَلَى صِحَّتِهِ: "مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا. . . " أَيْ: يُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَرَعَهُ، وَيَحْتَسِبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ثَوَابَهُ.
قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ: ﴿وَتَثْبِيتًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾ أَيْ: تَصْدِيقًا وَيَقِينًا [[في و: "وتيقنا".]] . وَكَذَا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ، وَأَبُو صَالِحٍ، وَابْنُ زَيْدٍ. وَاخْتَارَهُ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ. وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ وَالْحَسَنُ: أَيْ: يَتَثَبَّتُونَ أَيْنَ يَضَعُونَ [[في ج: "أي يضعوا".]] صَدَقَاتِهِمْ.
وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ﴾ أَيْ: كَمَثَلِ بُسْتَانٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ. وَهُوَ عِنْدُ الْجُمْهُورِ: الْمَكَانُ الْمُرْتَفِعُ الْمُسْتَوِي مِنَ الْأَرْضِ. وَزَادَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَالضَّحَّاكُ: وَتَجْرِي فِيهِ الْأَنْهَارُ.
قَالَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ: وَفِي الرَّبْوَةِ ثَلَاثُ لُغَاتٍ هُنَّ ثَلَاثُ قِرَاءَاتٍ: بِضَمِّ الرَّاءِ، وَبِهَا قَرَأَ عَامَّةُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْحِجَازِ وَالْعِرَاقِ. وَفَتْحِهَا، وَهِيَ قِرَاءَةُ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَالْكُوفَةِ، وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهَا لُغَةُ تَمِيمٍ. وَكَسْرِ الرَّاءِ، وَيُذْكَرُ أَنَّهَا قِرَاءَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ.
وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿أَصَابَهَا [[في جـ، أ: "فأصابها" وهو خطأ.]] وَابِلٌ﴾ وَهُوَ الْمَطَرُ الشَّدِيدُ، كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ، ﴿فَآتَتْ أُكُلَهَا﴾ أَيْ: ثَمَرَتَهَا [[في جـ، أ، و: "أي ثمرها".]] ﴿ضِعْفَيْن﴾ أَيْ: بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى غَيْرِهَا مِنَ الْجِنَانِ. ﴿فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ﴾ قَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: هُوَ الرَّذَاذ، وَهُوَ اللَّيِّنُ مِنَ الْمَطَرِ. أَيْ: هَذِهِ الْجَنَّةُ بِهَذِهِ الرَّبْوَةِ لَا تَمْحُلُ أَبَدًا؛ لِأَنَّهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَصُبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ، وَأَيًّا مَا كَانَ فَهُوَ كِفَايَتُهَا، وَكَذَلِكَ عَمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنُ لَا يَبُورُ أَبَدًا، بَلْ يَتَقَبَّلُهُ اللَّهُ وَيُكَثِّرُهُ وَيُنَمِّيهِ، كُلُّ عَامِلٍ بِحَسْبِهِ؛ وَلِهَذَا قَالَ: ﴿وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ﴾ أَيْ: لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ عِبَادِهِ شَيْءٌ.
About this surah
Madani · order 87
Summary
Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah into "The Cow" or "The Heifer" as to translate any English name, say Mr. Baker, Mr. Rice, Mr. Wolf etc., into their equivalents in other languages or vice versa, because this would imply that the Surah dealt with the subject of "The Cow". Many more Surahs of the Quran have been named in the same way because no comprehensive words exist in Arabic (in spite of its richness) to denote the wide scope of the subject discussed in them. As a matter of fact all human languages suffer from the same limitation.
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