30:16 Ar-Room (The Romans)

{ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا } وجحدوا نعمه وقابلوها بالكفر { وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا } التي جاءتهم بها رسلنا { فَأُولَئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ } فيه، قد أحاطت بهم جهنم من جميع جهاتهم واطَّلع العذاب الأليم على أفئدتهم وشوى الحميم وجوههم وقطَّع أمعاءهم، فأين الفرق بين الفريقين وأين التساوي بين المنعمين والمعذبين؟\"

هذا تسبيح منه تعالى لنفسه المقدسة وإرشاد لعباده إلى تسبيحه وتحميده في هذه الأوقات المتعاقبة الدالة على كمال قدرته وعظيم سلطانه عند المساء وهو إقبال الليل بظلامه وعند الصباح وهو إسفار النهار بضيائه. ثم اعترض بحمده مناسبة للتسبيح وهو التحميد.

اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ

(Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it,) Just as He was able to create it in the first place, so He is also able to repeat it.

ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

(then to Him you will be returned.) on the Day of Resurrection, when each will be requited according to his deeds. Then Allah says:

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

(And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will be plunged into destruction with despair.) Ibn `Abbas said, "The sinners will be filled with despair." Mujahid said, "The sinners will be exposed;" according to another report he said, "The sinners will grieve."

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمْ شُفَعَاءُ

(No intercessors will they have from those whom they made equal with Allah,) means, the gods whom they used to worship instead of Allah will not intercede for them; they will reject them and betray them despite their desperate need of them. Then Allah says:

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ

(And on the Day when the Hour will be established -- that Day shall (all men) be separated.) Qatadah said: "By Allah, this refers to the separation after which there will be no reunion." In other words, if one person is taken up to the highest heights and another is sent down to the lowest depths of Hell, that is the last they will ever see of one another. Allah says:

فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ فَهُمْ فِى رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ

(Then as for those who believed and did righteous good deeds, such shall be honored and made to enjoy a luxurious life in a Garden of Delight.) Mujahid and Qatadah said, "This means, they will enjoy a life of luxury."

But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our signs namely the Qur’ān and the encounter of the Hereafter the Resurrection and other matters those they shall be arraigned into the chastisement.

Commentary

فَهُمْ فِي رَ‌وْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُ‌ونَ (They will be in a garden, extremely delighted - 30:15). Yuhbarun (يُحْبَرُ‌ونَ ) is derived from hubur, (حَبُور)which means happiness, joy, or delight. This word encompasses all types of delight, which the dwellers of paradise will draw from the bounties of Paradise. The Holy Qur'an has not specified this, and has rather kept it generalized. At another place it is said فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّ‌ةِ أَعْيُنٍ (32:17) that is, ` no one knows in this world what delight and joy is in store for them (the people of Paradise) in Paradise'. While explaining this verse some commentators have mentioned various delightful things, which all fall under the category of joy and delight.