21:37 Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

{ خُلِقَ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ْ} أي: خلق عجولا، يبادر الأشياء، ويستعجل بوقوعها، فالمؤمنون، يستعجلون عقوبة الله للكافرين، ويتباطئونها، والكافرون يتولون ويستعجلون بالعذاب، تكذيبا وعنادا، ويقولون: { مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ْ} والله تعالى، يمهل ولا يهمل ويحلم، ويجعل لهم أجلا مؤقتا { إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ْ} ولهذا قال: { سَأُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِي ْ} أي: في انتقامي ممن كفر بي وعصاني { فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ْ} ذلك

وقوله " خلق الإنسان من عجل " كما قال في الآية الأخرى " وكان الإنسان عجولا " أي في الأمور قال مجاهد خلق الله آدم بعد كل شيء من آخر النهار من يوم خلق الخلائق فلما أحيا الروح عينيه ولسانه ورأسه ولم يبلغ أسفله قال يا رب استعجل بخلقي. قبل غروب الشمس وقال ابن أبي حاتم حدثنا أحمد بن سنان حدثنا يزيد بن هارون أنبأنا محمد بن علقمة بن وقاص الليثي عن أبي سلمة عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " خير يوم طلعت فيه الشمس يوم الجمعة فيه خلق آدم وفيه أدخل الجنة وفيه أهبط منها وفيه تقوم الساعة وفيه ساعة لا يوافقها عبد مؤمن يصلي - وقبض أصابعه يقللها - فسأل الله خيرا إلا أعطاه إياه " قال أبو سلمة فقال عبد الله بن سلام قد عرفت تلك الساعة هي آخر ساعات النهار من يوم الجمعة وهي التي خلق الله فيها آدم قال الله تعالى " خلق الإنسان من عجل سأريكم آياتي فلا تستعجلون " والحكمة في ذكر عجلة الإنسان ههنا أنه لما ذكر المستهزئين بالرسول صلوات الله وسلامه عليه وقع في النفوس سرعة الانتقام منهم واستعجلت ذلك فقال الله تعالى خلق الإنسان من عجل لأنه تعالى يملي للظالم حتى إذا أخذه لم يفلته يؤجل ثم يعجل وينظر ثم لا يؤخر ولهذا قال " سأريك آياتي " أي نقمي وحكمي واقتداري علي من عصاني " فلا تستعجلون ".

How the Idolators mocked the Prophet Allah tells His Prophet ...

وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ

(And when those who disbelieved see you,) meaning, the disbelievers of the Quraysh, such as Abu Jahl and his like.

إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً

(they take you not except for mockery) means, they make fun of you and insult you, saying,

أَهَـذَا الَّذِى يَذْكُرُ آلِهَتَكُمْ

("Is this the one who talks about your gods") meaning, is this the one who insults your gods and ridicules your intelligence Allah says:

وَهُمْ بِذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ هُمْ كَـفِرُونَ

(While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Gracious.) meaning, they disbelieve in Allah and yet they mock the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. As Allah says:

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً - إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلاَ أَن صَبْرَنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً

(And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger He would have nearly misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were patient and constant in their worship!" And they will know, when they see the torment, who it is that is most astray from the path!) 25:41-42

خُلِقَ الإنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ

(Man is created of haste.) This is like the Ayah:

وَكَانَ الإِنْسَـنُ عَجُولاً

(and man is ever hasty) 17:11, in all matters. The reason why the haste of man is mentioned here is that when mention is made of those who mock the Messenger , (the believers) will want to avenge them swiftly, and that so should happen sooner. Allah says,

خُلِقَ الإنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ

(Man is created of haste.) because He delays (the punishment) until a time when, once He seizes him, He will never let him go. He delays it, then He hastens it; He waits, then He does not delay any longer. So He says:

سَأُوْرِيكُمْ ءَايَـتِى

(I will show you My Ayat) meaning, My vengeance, ruling and power over those who disobey Me.

فَلاَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

(So ask Me not to hasten (them).)

The following was revealed regarding their demand that chastisement be hastened Man was created of haste that is to say because he is so hasty in his affairs it is as if he had been created out of it. Assuredly I shall show you My signs My promises of chastisement so do not demand that I hasten in sending it. And so He God made them suffer death at the battle of Badr.

Haste is undesirable

خُلِقَ الْإِنسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ (Man is made of haste. - 21:37). عَجَل ('ajal) means haste or hurry. The word is used in situations when one desires things to happen before their time, and this trait is bad by its very nature. In another place also the word is used to denote human weakness. For instance وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ عَجُولًا i.e. Man is prone to haste - 17:11, meaning that he is very impatient. When Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) went to the mount Tur in a hurry leaving his people behind, he was censured by Allah Ta` ala.

Prophets (علیہم السلام) and the devout people who try to excel each other in the performance of righteous deeds have been commended and their zeal to do good deeds does not constitute haste and hurry because they do not try to do these deeds before their time. In fact they do the deeds on time, but try to excel each other in quantity and quality.

Here خُلِقَ الْإِنسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ (Man is made of haste - 21:37) means that haste and hurry is one of the many weaknesses which are inherent in human nature. When a man is identified by some intrinsic trait of his character, me Arabs used to say that he is 'made of that trait. For instance a short tempered man would be called a 'man made of anger'.

سَأُرِ‌يكُمْ آيَاتِي فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ (I shall show you my signs -.21:37) Here the word آیات (signs) refers to those miracles and events which bear evidence to the honesty of the Holy Prophet ﷺ and the truth of his message. (Qurtubi)

These miracles also occurred during the battle of Badr (غزوہ بدر) when the Muslims who were considered weak and worthy of contempt gained a great victory over their enemies.

Man was created of haste. I shall show you My signs, so seek not to hasten Me. Man was created of haste. Haste is one thing, hurry is something else. Haste is unapproved and blamed, and a prohibition has come concerning it: “so seek not to hasten Me.” Hurry is approved and praised, and a command has come in it: “Hurry!” [3:133]. Haste is to go forth to a work before its moment, and hurry is to rush to a work that is commanded at the beginning of its moment. Haste is the result of Satan's disquieting, and hurry is a requisite of success-giving and reverence for the command. From haste come regret and the heart's turmoil, and from hurry the joining of spirit and heart with tranquility: He it is who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the faithful [48:4]. God sends down repose on the hearts of the faithful so that they will recognize Him without having found Him and love Him without having seen Him. They turn away from their own work to His work, they come from remembering themselves to remembering Him, and they go from love for themselves to love for Him. All rememberings save remembering Him are negligence, all objects of desire save His object of desire are diversions, and all loves save love for Him are idle talk.