10:9 Yunus (Jonas)

فلما ذكر عقابهم ذكر ثواب المطيعين فقال‏ :ـيقول تعالى ‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ جمعوا بين الإيمان، والقيام بموجبه ومقتضاه من الأعمال الصالحة، المشتملة على أعمال القلوب وأعمال الجوارح، على وجه الإخلاص والمتابعة‏.‏ ‏{‏يَهْدِيهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ بسبب ما معهم من الإيمان، يثيبهم الله أعظم الثواب، وهو الهداية، فيعلمهم ما ينفعهم، ويمن عليهم بالأعمال الناشئة عن الهداية، ويهديهم للنظر في آياته، ويهديهم في هذه الدار إلى الصراط المستقيم وفي الصراط المستقيم، وفي دار الجزاء إلى الصراط الموصل إلى جنات النعيم،‏.‏ ولهذا قال‏:‏ ‏{‏تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ‏}‏ الجارية على الدوام ‏{‏فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ‏}‏ أضافها الله إلى النعيم، لاشتمالها على النعيم التام، نعيم القلب بالفرح والسرور، والبهجة والحبور، ورؤية الرحمن وسماع كلامه، والاغتباط برضاه وقربه، ولقاء الأحبة والإخوان، والتمتع بالاجتماع بهم، وسماع الأصوات المطربات، والنغمات المشجيات، والمناظر المفرحات‏.‏ ونعيم البدن بأنواع المآكل والمشارب، والمناكح ونحو ذلك، مما لا تعلمه النفوس، ولا خطر ببال أحد، أو قدر أن يصفه الواصفون‏.‏

هذا إخبار عن حال السعداء الذين آمنوا بالله وصدقوا المرسلين وامتثلوا ما أمروا به فعملوا الصالحات بأنه سيهديهم بإيمانهم يحتمل أن تكون الباء ههنا سببية فتقديره أي بسبب إيمانهم في الدنيا يهديهم الله يوم القيامة على الصراط المستقيم حتى يجوزوه ويخلصوا إلى الجنة. ويحتمل أن تكون للإستعانة كما قال مجاهد في قوله "يهديهم ربهم بإيمانهم" قال يكون لهم نورا يمشون به; وقال ابن جريج في الآية يمثل له عمله في صورة حسنة وريح طيبة إذا قام من قبره يعارض صاحبه ويبشره بكل خير فيقول له من أنت؟ فيقول أنا عملك فيجعل له نوره من بين يديه حتى يدخله الجنة فذلك قوله تعالى "يهديهم ربهم بإيمانهم" والكافر يمثل له عمله في صورة سيئة وريح منتنة فيلزم صاحبه ويلاده حتى يقذفه في النار وروي نحوه عن قتادة مرسلا فالله أعلم.

The Good Reward is for the People of Faith and Good Deeds

In these two Ayat, Allah promises the happy blessings for those who believed in Allah and His Messengers. And for those that have complied with what they were commanded to follow. The promise is that He will guide them because of their faith, or it may mean through their faith. As to the first interpretation, the meaning is that Allah will guide them on the Day of Resurrection to the straight path until they pass into Paradise because of their faith in this world. The other meaning is that their faith will assist them on the Day of Resurrection as Mujahid said:

يَهْدِيهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ

(Their Lord will guide them through their faith) meaning "Their faith will be a light in which they will walk."

دَعْوَهُمْ فِيهَا سُبْحَـنَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَتَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلاَمٌ وَءَاخِرُ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنِ الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ

(Their way of request therein will be: "Glory to You, O Allah!" And Salam (peace, safety from evil) will be their greetings therein! And the close of their request will be: "All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.") meaning this is the condition of the people of Paradise. This is similar to what is found in the following Ayat:

تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلَـمٌ

(Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be "Salam Peace!") 33:44,

لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْواً وَلاَ تَأْثِيماً - إِلاَّ قِيلاً سَلَـماً سَلَـماً

(No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech. But only the saying of: Salam! Salam!!") 56:25-26,

سَلاَمٌ قَوْلاً مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ

((It will be said to them): "Salam" -- a Word from the Lord, Most Merciful.) 36:58,

وَالمَلَـئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن كُلِّ بَابٍسَلَـمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ

(And angels shall enter unto them from every gate (saying): "Salamun `Alaykum (peace be upon you)!") 13:23-24 In Allah's statement,

وَءَاخِرُ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنِ الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ

(And the close of their request will be: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.") There is an indication that Allah Almighty is the Praised One always, the Worshipped at all times. This is why He praised Himself at the beginning and the duration of His creation. He also praised Himself in the beginning of His Book and the beginning of its revelation. Allah said:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَنْزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَـبَ

(All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has sent down to His servant the Book (the Qur'an).) 18:1,

الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ

(All praise is due to Allah, Who (alone) created the heavens and the earth,) 6:1, and many other citations with this meaning. The Ayah also indicates that Allah is the Praised One in this world and in the Hereafter and in all situations. In a Hadith recorded by Muslim:

«إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يُلْهَمُونَ التَّسْبِيحَ وَالتَّحْمِيدَ كَمَا يُلْهَمُونَ النَّفَس»

(The people of Paradise will be inspired to glorify Allah and praise Him as they instinctively breath.) This will be their nature because of the increasing bounties of Allah upon them. These bounties are repeated and brought back again and increased with no limit or termination. So praise be to Allah for there is no God but He and no Lord save He.

Truly those who believe and perform righteous deeds their Lord will guide them He will lead them through their faith in Him by appointing for them a light with which they will be able to find their way on the Day of Resurrection. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Bliss

Mentioned in the third verse (9) are those fortunate people who pondered over the signs of the most exalted Allah. Thereby, they recognized Him, believed in Him and, by acting in accordance with the dictates of their faith, became duty-bound to say and do what was good and right (al-a` mal as-salihah: good deeds).

The good return and reward made due by the Holy Qur'an for these wonderful people has been mentioned in a particular manner. It was said: يَهْدِيهِمْ رَ‌بُّهُم بِإِيمَانِهِمْ (their Lord will guide them by virtue of their belief), that is, ` take them to their destination, the Jannah [ Paradise ], where rivers shall be flowing in the Gardens of Bliss.'

The well known meaning of the word: ھِدَیَہ (hidayah) used here is to tell or show the way. Then, on occasions, it is also used in the sense of taking someone all the way to the desired destination. At this place, this is the meaning intended. As for the desired destination, it means Jannah that stands clarified by the words appearing later.

It will be recalled that the punishment of the first group was the outcome of their own misdeeds. Here, similar to that, it was said about the reward of the second group (of believers), that they have been blessed with this reward by virtue of their belief. And since, belief has been bracketed with good deeds earlier, therefore, 'Iman or belief mentioned at this place will mean belief that is supported by good deeds (al-a` mal as-salilhah). The return for belief and good deeds is Jannah, the place of unimaginable and unparalleled bliss.

Surely those who have faith and do wholesome deeds, their Lord will guide them in their faith. In terms of allusion according to the tasting of the folk of recognition, this verse has another inti- mation. He is saying that in reality the faithful and the good men are those whom the Unity keeps under the domes of jealousy through the blessing of generosity. He nurtures them with the beauty of solicitude, He gives them access to recognition of Him, and He brings them close to companion- ship with Him so that they will become one for Him and estranged from other than Him. The Pir of the Tariqah said, " TawḤīd is not just that you know Him to be one. True tawḤīd is that you be one for Him and estranged from other than Him. " The beginning of solicitude is that He gives them a goal in the Unseen to take them away from the world. When they become solitary, they are worthy for union with the Solitary. Your seeker must be solitary like You- he must be free of every defect and pain. Until the diver cuts his heart away from the kingdom of life, it is not permissible for the hand of his seeking to reach the desired pearl. What then do you say about someone who, in seeking His majesty and beauty, aims for the greatest salvation? As long as he does not wash his hands of love for life, how will he reach union with the proximity of the Beloved? In the session of Moses a poor man let out a cry. In anger Moses shouted at him. At once Gabriel came: " O Moses! God says, 'In your session, the owner of pain and possessor of heart was that one man. It was he who was present in your session for My sake. You shouted at him. Even though you are My speaking companion and My dear one, you do not see the secret that we have placed under a black blanket. It is yearning for My beauty that brings the friends into ecstasy. It is the demand for My beauty that pulls their hearts into the world of fear and hope, contraction and expansion. And God contracts and expands [2:245]. When the eyes are full of this world, they cannot hold the attribute of the afterworld.