22:14 Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

لما ذكر تعالى المجادل بالباطل، وأنه على قسمين، مقلد، وداع، ذكر أن المتسمي بالإيمان أيضا على قسمين، قسم لم يدخل الإيمان قلبه كما تقدم، والقسم الثاني: المؤمن حقيقة، صدق ما معه من الإيمان بالأعمال الصالحة، فأخبر تعالى أنه يدخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار، وسميت الجنة جنة، لاشتمالها على المنازل والقصور والأشجار والنوابت التي تجن من فيها، ويستتر بها من كثرتها، { إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ } فما أراده تعالى فعله من غير ممانع ولا معارض، ومن ذلك، إيصال أهل الجنة إليها، جعلنا الله منهم بمنه وكرمه.

لما ذكر أهل الضلالة الأشقياء عطف بذكر الأبرار السعداء من الذين آمنوا بقلوبهم وصدقوا إيمانهم بأفعالهم فعملوا الصالحات من جميع أنواع القربات وتركوا المنكرات فأورثهم ذلك سكنى الدرجات العاليات في روضات الجنات ولما ذكر تعالى أنه أضل أولئك وهدى هؤلاء قال " إن الله يفعل ما يريد ".

The Reward of the Righteous

The mention of the misguided who are doomed is followed by mention of the righteous who are blessed. They are those who believe firmly in their hearts and confirm their faith by their actions, doing all kinds of righteous deeds and avoiding evil actions. Because of this, they will inherit dwellings in the lofty ranks of the gardens of Paradise. So Allah tells us that He sends those astray and guides these, and says:

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

(Verily, Allah does what He wills.)

Truly God shall admit those who believe and perform righteous deeds in the way of obligatory and supererogatory acts of worship into gardens underneath which rivers flow. Indeed God does whatever He desires in the way of showing beneficence to those who obey Him and degrading those who disobey Him.

Commentary

(And among men there is one who worships Allah (standing) on the verge - 22:11.) Bukhari and Ibn Abi Haim have related from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that when the Holy Prophet ﷺ migrated to Madinah, people flocked to him and accepted the new religion. But there were some among them whose conversion to Islam was far from being genuine, and whose sole motive for their action was to seek self-advancement, and they lacked conviction. If, after becoming Muslims, favorable circumstances resulted in an increase in their prosperity and their children, they thought Islam was a very good religion, but they were equally ready to condemn it if things went against their personal interests. This verse was revealed to describe such people who were mere opportunists and were easily swayed either way depending on where their selfish interests lay.