10:2 Yunus (Jonas)

ومع هذا فأعرض أكثرهم، فهم لا يعلمون، فتعجبوا ‏{‏أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنْذِرِ النَّاسَ‏}‏ عذاب الله، وخوفهم نقم الله، وذكرهم بآيات الله‏.‏ ‏{‏وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا‏}‏ إيمانا صادقا ‏{‏أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ لهم جزاء موفور وثواب مذخور عند ربهم بما قدموه وأسلفوه من الأعمال الصالحة الصادقة‏.‏ فتعجب الكافرون من هذا الرجل العظيم تعجبا حملهم على الكفر به، فـ ‏{‏قَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ‏}‏ عنه‏:‏ ‏{‏إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ مُبِينٌ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ بين السحر، لا يخفى بزعمهم على أحد، وهذا من سفههم وعنادهم، فإنهم تعجبوا من أمر ليس مما يتعجب منه ويستغرب، وإنما يتعجب من جهالتهم وعدم معرفتهم بمصالحهم‏.‏ كيف لم يؤمنوا بهذا الرسول الكريم، الذي بعثه الله من أنفسهم، يعرفونه حق المعرفة، فردوا دعوته، وحرصوا على إبطال دينه، والله متم نوره ولو كره الكافرون‏.‏

وقوله "أكان للناس عجبا" الآية. يقول تعالى منكرا على من تعجب من الكفار من إرسال المرسلين من البشر كما أخبر تعالى عن القرون الماضين من قولهم "أبشر يهدوننا" وقال هود وصالح لقومهما "أوعجبتم أن جاءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم" وقال تعالى مخبرا عن كفار قريش أنهم قالوا "أجعل الآلهة إلها واحدا إن هذا لشيء عجاب" وقال الضحاك عن ابن عباس لما بعث الله تعالى محمدا صلي الله عليه وسلم رسولا أنكرت العرب ذلك أو من أنكر منهم فقالوا الله أعظم من أن يكون رسوله بشرا مثل محمد قال فأنزل الله عز وجل" أكان للناس عجبا" الآية. وقوله "أن لهم قدم صدق عند ربهم" اختلفوا فيه فقال علي بن أبي طلحة عن ابن عباس في قوله "وبشر الذين آمنوا أن لهم قدم صدق" يقول سبقت لهم السعادة في الذكر الأول وقال العوفي عن ابن عباس "أن لهم قدم صدق عند ربهم" يقول أجرا حسنا بما قدموا وكذا قال الضحاك والربيع بن أنس وعبدالرحمن بن زيد بن أسلم وهذا كقوله تعالى "لينذر بأسا شديدا" الآية. وقال مجاهد" أن لهم قدم صدق عند ربهم" قال الأعمال الصالحة صلاتهم وصومهم وصدقتهم وتسبيحهم قال: ومحمد صلي الله عليه وسلم يشفع لهم وكذا قال زيد بن أسلم ومقاتل بن حيان وقال قتادة سلف صدق عند ربهم واختار ابن جرير قول مجاهد أن الأعمال الصالحة التي قدموها كما يقال له قدم في الإسلام كقول حسان: لنا القدم العليا إليك وخلفنا لأولنا في طاعة الله تابع وقول ذي الرمة: لكم قدم لا ينكر الناس إنها مع الحسب العادي طمت على البحر وقوله تعالى "قال الكافرون إن هذا لساحر مبين" أي مع أنا بعثنا إليهم رسولا منهم رجلا من جنسهم بشيرا ونذيرا"قال الكافرون إن هذا لساحر مبين" أي ظاهروهم الكاذبون في ذلك.

Which was revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

تِلْكَ ءاَيَـتُ الْكِتَـبِ الْحَكِيمِ

(These are the verses of the Book (the Qur'an) Al-Hakim.) This indicates that these are verses of the Qur'an, in which the wisdom of judgment is clear.

The Messenger cannot be but a Human Being

Allah rebukes the attitude of the disbelievers with the words

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا

(Is it a wonder for mankind...) They have always found it strange that Allah would send Messengers to them from among mankind. Allah also tells us about other people from previous nations who said,

أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا

(Shall mere men guide us) (64:6) Hud and Salih said to their people:

أَوَ عَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْكُمْ

(Do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you.) (7:63) Allah also told us what the disbelievers from Quraysh said:

أَجَعَلَ الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

(Has he made the gods into one God Verily, this is a curious thing!) (38:5) Ad-Dahhak reported Ibn `Abbas that he said: "When Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ as a Messenger, most of the Arabs denied him and his message and said: Allah is greater than sending a human Messenger like Muhammad ﷺ. " Ibn `Abbas said, "So Allah revealed:

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا

(Is it a wonder for mankind...)" Allah's statement;

أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ

(that they shall have with their Lord the rewards of their good deeds) Scholars have differed over the meaning of the reward for the good deeds in this Ayah:

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ

(and give good news to those who believe that they shall have with their Lord the rewards of their good deeds.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah, "Eternal happiness has been written for them." Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "It is the good reward for what they have done." Mujahid said: "It is their good deeds -- their prayers, fasting, charity, and glorification." He then said, "And Muhammad will intercede for them." Allah said:

قَالَ الْكَـفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَـذَا لَسَـحِرٌ مُّبِينٌ

((But) the disbelievers say: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!") This means that the disbelievers said this although Allah has sent a Messenger from among themselves to them, a man of their own race as a bearer of good news and as a warner. But they are the liars in saying that.

Is it for the people the people of Mecca this interrogative is meant as a disavowal; the preposition li- ‘for’ and its dependent genitive noun al-nās ‘the people’ constitute a circumstantial qualifier of His saying a wonder ‘ajaban read in the accusative as a predicate of kāna; or if read in the nominative ‘ajabun as its subject its predicate which is also its subject if read according to the former accusative reading is the following an awhaynā that We have inspired a man from among them Muhammad (s) saying an ‘that’ is explicative ‘Warn threaten the people the disbelievers with chastisement and give good tidings to those who believe that they have a prior a preceding promise of truth with their Lord’? that is a preceding fair reward in return for the deeds they have sent forward. The disbelievers say ‘Truly this Qur’ān that comprises all of that mentioned is manifest sorcery’ a variant reading for la-sihrun has la-sāhirun ‘a sorcerer’ where it is the Prophet s to whom they are referring as being ‘a manifest sorcerer’.

The second verse refers to a doubt expressed by the Mushriks, and provides its answer. In a nutshell, these people had, out of their ignorance, somehow decided that a Messenger or Prophet who comes from Allah Ta ala should not be a human being (al-bashar), instead, he should be an angel. The Qur'an has refuted this absurd idea of theirs on several occasions from different angles. In one such verse, it was قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْ‌ضِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَلَكًا رَّ‌سُولًا ﴿95﴾ said: (Say, Had there been angels walking in peace on the Earth, We would have certainly sent to them from the heavens an angel-messenger!" - 17:95). In sum, the mission of a messenger cannot be accomplished unless there is a mutual homogeneity between this messenger and those to whom he is sent. Angels are homogenous to angels and human beings to human beings. If the purpose is to send a messenger for human beings, only a human being has to be made a messenger.

The same subject has been taken up in this verse in a different manner. The text sees no reason why would people wonder that a human being was made a messenger? Why was a human being entrusted with the mission of warning the disobedient ones against the punishment of Allah? Why was the task of heralding the good news of His re-wards to the obedient ones assigned again to a human being? This kind of wondering deserves a counter-wonder, for sending a human messenger to the human race is perfect commonsense.

Good news to believers has been given in this verse by saying: قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَ‌بِّهِمْ (that they will have a perfect place with their Lord). The initial meaning of the word: قَدَم (qadam) used here is ` step' as in English. Since 'qadam' is the medium of a person's effort, and advancement in its wake, therefore, a higher rank is called a 'qadam' in a figurative sense. Then, by attributing 'qadam' (high rank, place of honor) to صِدق ` sidq' (perfect as being true, certain, abiding, everlasting), it was emphasized that the high rank they were to get was real, certain, established, abiding and everlasting. This was not something like the ranks and offices of the mortal world. To begin with, it is never certain that one would get these at all. If, as a result of some extra effort, one does get one of these, their continuity cannot be certain. In fact, what is certain is that these will vanish in time. Sometimes, this could happen within one's lifetime. But, when comes the time to die, one goes empty-handed. All ranks, offices, blessings remain behind. So, the word: (sidq) includes the sense of certainty, and also that of being perfect and everlasting in it. Therefore, the sentence means: 0 Proph-et, give believers the good news that they will have a perfect place with their Lord, an asset that is certain and lasting.

Some commentators have said: Through the introduction of the word sidq at this place, an indication has been given that these high ranks can be achieved only through truth and absolute sincerity. Mere verbal claims of having faith and a formal recital of the Kalimah of 'Iman is not enough, until one embraces the faith, truly and duly, verbally and emotionally and intellectually. It will invariably result in adherence to good deeds and avoidance of the evil ones.

Give good news to those with faith that they have a footing of truthfulness with their Lord. MuḤammad ibn ʿAlī al-Tirmidhī said, " The footing of truthfulness is the leader of the wholesome and the sincerely truthful, the obeyed interceder, the asker who receives response, MuḤammad. " It has been said that the footing of truthfulness is the precedence of solicitude and the bounty of guidance. On the first day during the First Compact, He gave the drink of affection to the spirits of the faithful during the session of intimacy from the bowl of love in the cup of kindness. That wine made them drunk and dizzy. He promised them a straight and truthful promise: " We shall bring you back to this domicile of generosity and We shall caress you again with increase over this excellence: He will increase them from His bounty [4:173]. " This is why He says,