25:77 Al-Furqaan (The Criterion)

فأخبر تعالى أنه لا يبالي ولا يعبأ بغير هؤلاء وأنه لولا دعاؤكم إياه دعاء العبادة ودعاء المسألة ما عبأ بكم ولا أحبكم فقال: { قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَبِّي لَوْلَا دُعَاؤُكُمْ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا} أي: عذابا يلزمكم لزوم الغريم لغريمه وسوف يحكم الله بينكم وبين عباده المؤمنين.

ثم قال تعالى "قل ما يعبأ بكم ربي" أي لا يبالي ولا يكترث بكم إذا لم تعبدوه فإنه إنما خلق الخلق ليعبدوه ويوحدوه ويسبحوه بكرة وأصيلا قال مجاهد وعمرو بن شعيب "ما يعبأ بكم ربي" يقول ما يفعل بكم ربي وقال علي بن أبي طلحة عن ابن عباس في قوله "قال ما يعبأ بكم ربي" الآية يقول لولا إيمانكم وأخبر تعالى الكفار أنه لا حاجة له بهم إذ لم يخلقهم مؤمنين ولو كان له بهم حاجة لحبب إليهم الإيمان كما حببه إلى المؤمنين وقوله تعالى "فقد كذبتم" أيها الكافرون "فسوف يكون لزاما" أي فسوف يكون تكذيبكم لزاما لكم يعني مقتضيا لعذابكم وهلاككم ودماركم في الدنيا والآخرة ويدخل في ذلك يوم بدر كما فسره بذلك عبدالله بن مسعود وأبي بن كعب ومحمد بن كعب القرظي ومجاهد والضحاك وقتادة والسدي وغيرهم وقال الحسن البصري "فسوف يكون لزاما" أي يوم القيامة ولا منافاة بينهما. آخر تفسير سورة الفرقان ولله الحمد والمنة.

The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah

After mentioning the beautiful attributes of His believing servants, and their fine words and deeds, Allah then says:

أُوْلَـئِكَ

(Those) meaning, the people who are described in this manner,

يُجْزَوْنَ

(will be rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection,

الْغُرْفَةَ

(with the highest place), which is Paradise. Abu Ja`far Al-Baqir, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi said, "It was so called because of its elevation."

بِمَا صَبَرُواْ

(because of their patience.) means, their patience in doing what they did.

وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا

(Therein they shall be met) means, in Paradise.

تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَـماً

(with greetings and the word of peace and respect.) This means that they will be greeted first with words of welcome and honor. Peace will be theirs and they will be wished peace. And angels shall enter unto them from every gate, saying, "Peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home!"

خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَآ

(Abiding therein) means, they will settle there and never leave or move or die, they will never exit or wish to move to somewhere else. This is like the Ayah,

وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِى الْجَنَّةِ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَـوَتُ وَالاٌّرْضُ

(And those who are blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure) (11:108).

حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماً

(excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in.) Its appearance is beautiful and it is a good place in which to rest and to dwell. Then Allah says:

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا بِكُمْ رَبِّى

(Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him...") meaning, He would not care to pay attention to you if you did not worship Him, for He only created mankind to worship Him Alone and to glorify Him morning and evening. His saying:

فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ

(But now you have indeed denied. ) "O you disbelievers."

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَاماً

(So the torment will be yours forever.) So your denial will remain with you forever, i.e., it will lead to your punishment, doom and destruction in this world and the Hereafter. This also refers to the day of Badr, as it was interpreted by `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Ubayy bin Ka`b, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَاماً

(So the torment will be yours forever.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "The Day of Resurrection." And there is no conflict between the two interpretations. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Furqan, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.

Say O Muhammad (s) to the people of Mecca ‘My Lord would not be concerned with you mā is for negation were it not for your supplications to Him when you are in adversity which He then removes. But why should He be concerned with you when you have denied the Messenger and the Qur’ān and so that the chastisement will remain binding’ permanently bound to you in the Hereafter in addition to what will befall you in this world; and so on the day of Badr seventy of them were slain the response to the conditional lawlā ‘were it not for …’ is indicated the preceding words.

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَ‌بِّي لَوْلَا دُعَاؤُكُمْ (Say (0 Prophet) My Lord will never care about you, if you will not invoke Him - 25:77). Different versions are given in the interpretation of this verse, but the one given in the text above is the simplest and straight forward; that is you would have no value or importance before God if you do not call Him and pray to Him. It is because the very purpose of man's creation is that he should worship Allah as mentioned in the verse وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ (I have not created Jinn and mankind except to worship Me - 51:56). After declaring the principle that man has no value and importance without worship, the infidels and disbelievers are addressed: فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ that is "since you have belied (the truth) " you are of no consequence before Him." فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا (the punishment will be inseparable from you - 77). That is now this rejection and disbelief have become an integral part of your being and will keep clinging to you until you are thrown in the Fire of Hell forever.

Al-hamdulillah

The Commentary on

Surah AI-Furqan

Ends here.