17:41 Al-Israa (The Night Journey)

يخبر تعالى أنه صرف لعباده في هذا القرآن أي: نوع الأحكام ووضحها وأكثر من الأدلة والبراهين على ما دعا إليه، ووعظ وذكر لأجل أن يتذكروا ما ينفعهم فيسلكوه وما يضرهم فيدعوه. ولكن أبى أكثر الناس إلا نفورا عن آيات الله لبغضهم للحق ومحبتهم ما كانوا عليه من الباطل حتى تعصبوا لباطلهم ولم يعيروا آيات الله لهم سمعا ولا ألقوا لها بالا. ومن أعظم ما صرف فيه الآيات والأدلة التوحيد الذي هو أصل الأصول، فأمر به ونهى عن ضده وأقام عليه من الحجج العقلية والنقلية شيئا كثيرا بحيث من أصغى إلى بعضها لا تدع في قلبه شكا ولا ريبا.

يقول تعالى: "ولقد صرفنا للناس في هذا القرآن من كل مثل" أي صرفنا فيه من الوعيد لعلهم يذكرون ما فيه من الحجج والبينات والمواعظ فينزجروا عما هم فيه من الشرك والظلم والإفك "وما يزيدهم" أي الظالمين منهم إلا "نفورا" أي عن الحق وبعدا منه.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ

(And surely, We have explained in this Qur'an) meaning, `We have explained Our warni- ngs so that they may remember the proof, evidence and exhorta- tions contained there- in, and be prevented from Shirk, wrong- doing and scandal.'

وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ

(but it increases them in naught) the wrong- doers among them

إِلاَّ نُفُورًا

(save aversion.) aversion towards the truth; they go further away from it.

And verily We have dispensed We have elucidated in this Qur’ān similitudes promises of reward and threats of retribution so that they may remember that they may be admonished but it that elucidation only increases them in aversion to the Truth.

After having described details of the injunctions appearing above, it was said in the last verse: كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُ عِندَ رَ‌بِّكَ مَكْرُ‌وهًا (That which is evil, of all these, is detestable in the sight of your Lord - 38).

As for what has been forbidden in the said injunctions, their repugnance is obvious. But, within these there are some commandments where rights of parents and relatives have been enjoined or fulfillment of promises has been made mandatory. Here too, the purpose is to avoid doing the opposite of it, like hurting parents, breaking off from relatives and going back on solemn promises. Since all these things are haram or reprehensible, therefore, it has been called 'makruh' in a general sense of 'detestable' which includes the haram and makruh both. (Bayan al-Qur an)

Note

The injunctions described in the fifteen verses cited above are, in a way, the explanation of the effort acceptable in the sight of Allah mentioned in: وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا (and makes effort for it as due - 19). There it was said that not every effort is acceptable with Allah. Instead, the effort made in accordance with the Sunnah and teaching of the Holy Prophet ﷺ is the only one acceptable with Him. Main divisions of such acceptable effort have been mentioned in these injunctions which take up the rights of Allah first and then the rights of the servants of Allah.

A gist of Torah in fifteen verses

Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said that the commandments of the entire Torah have been reduced to fifteen verses of Surah Bani Isra'il. (Mazhari)