15:14 Al-Hijr (The Rock)

تفسير الآيتين 14 و15 :ـ أي: ولو جاءتهم كل آية عظيمة لم يؤمنوا وكابروا { ولو فتحنا عليهم بابا من السماء } فصاروا يعرجون فيه، ويشاهدونه عيانا بأنفسهم لقالوا من ظلمهم وعنادهم منكرين لهذه الآية: { إنما سكرت أبصارنا } أي: أصابها سكر وغشاوة حتى رأينا ما لم نر، { بل نحن قوم مسحورون } أي: ليس هذا بحقيقة، بل هذا سحر، وقوم وصلت بهم الحال إلى هذا الإنكار، فإنهم لا مطمع فيهم ولا رجاء

يخبر تعالى عن قوة كفرهم وعنادهم ومكابرتهم للحق أنه لو فتح لهم بابا من السماء فجعلوا يصعدون فيه لما صدقوا بذلك.

The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They see

Allah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not believe. Rather, they would say:

إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـرُنَا

(Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.) Mujahid, Ibn Kathir and Ad-Dahhak said, "this means our vision has been blocked." Qatadah narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "this means our eyesight has been taken away." Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "this means we were confused and put under a spell."

سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـرُنَا

(Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.) Ibn Zayd said: "The one who is dazzled lit. intoxicated is the one who cannot reason."

And even if We were to open for them a gate from the heaven and they were to continue ascending through it the gate

A Lexical Note of Explanation

The word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is that Allah Ta’ ala has sent messengers among every group or sect. Here, by using the word: فِی in فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( in place of اِلٰی : ila: to (translated as 'among the groups of earlier peoples' ), the hint given is that the messenger for every group was sent from among that particular group so that people would find it easy to trust him, and that he too, by being aware of their taste and temperament, could make appropriate plans to work for their reform.