34:8 Saba (Sheba)

فهذا الرجل الذي يأتي بذلك, هل { أَفْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا } فتجرأ عليه وقال ما قال, { أَمْ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ } ؟ فلا يستغرب منه, فإن الجنون فنون، وكل هذا منهم, على وجه العناد والظلم, ولقد علموا, أنه أصدق خلق اللّه وأعقلهم, ومن علمهم, أنهم أبدوا وأعادوا في معاداتهم, وبذلوا أنفسهم وأموالهم, في صد الناس عنه، فلو كان كاذبا مجنونا لم ينبغ لكم - يا أهل العقول غير الزاكية - أن تصغوا لما قال, ولا أن تحتفلوا بدعوته، فإن المجنون, لا ينبغي للعاقل أن يلفت إليه نظره, أو يبلغ قوله منه كل مبلغ.ولولا عنادكم وظلمكم, لبادرتم لإجابته, ولبيتم دعوته, ولكن { مَا تُغْنِي الْآيَاتُ وَالنُّذُرُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ } ولهذا قال تعالى: { بَلِ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ } ومنهم الذين قالوا تلك المقالة، { فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَعِيدِ } أي: في الشقاء العظيم, والضلال البعيد, الذي ليس بقريب من الصواب، وأي شقاء وضلال, أبلغ من إنكارهم لقدرة اللّه على البعث وتكذيبهم لرسوله الذي جاء به, واستهزائهم به, وجزمهم بأن ما جاءوا به هو الحق, فرأوا الحق باطلا, والباطل والضلال حقا وهدى.

قالوا: "أفترى على الله كذبا أم به جنة " قال الله عز وجل رادا عليهم " بل الذين لا يومنون بالآخرة فى العذاب والضلال البعيد " أي ليس الأمر كما زعموا ولا كما ذهبوا إليه بل محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم هو الصالح البار الراشد الذي جاء بالحق وهم الكذبة الجهلة الأغبياء " فى العذاب " أي الكفر المفضي بهم إلى عذاب الله تعالى " والضلال البعيد " من الحق في الدنيا ثم قال تعالى منبها لهم على قدرته في خلق السموات والأرض فقال تعالى: " أفلم يروا إلى ما بين أيديهم وما خلقهم من السماء والأرض " أى حيثما توجهوا وذهبوا فالسماء مظلة عليهم والأرض تحتهم كما قال عز وجل " والسماء بنيناها بأيد وإنا لموسعون والأرض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون " قال عبد بن حميد أخبرنا عبد الرزاق عن معمر عن قتادة.

The Disbelievers' Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of Their View

Here Allah tells us how the disbelievers and heretics denied that the Hour will come, and mocked the Messenger ﷺ for speaking of it.

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ

(Those who disbelieve say: "Shall we direct you to a man who will tell you (that) when you have become fully disintegrated into dust with full dispersion...") means, when your bodies have disintegrated into the earth and dispersed without a trace,

إِنَّكُمْ

(then you) means, after this has happened,

لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

(will be created (again) anew) means, you will be restored to life and will receive provision anew. `By telling us this, he is doing one of two things: either he is deliberately fabricating something and saying that Allah has revealed it to him, or he is not doing it deliberately, but he is deluded as crazy and insane people are.' They said:

أَفْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً أَم بِهِ جِنَّةٌ

(Has he invented a lie against Allah, or is there a madness in him) Allah said, refuting their words:

بَلِ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ فِى الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَـلِ الْبَعِيدِ

(Nay, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are (themselves) in a torment, and in far error.) meaning, the matter is not as they claim or as they think; on the contrary, Muhammad ﷺ is the one who is telling the truth, and is righteous and wise; he is the one who has brought the truth, and they are the foolish and ignorant liars.

فِى الْعَذَابِ

are themselves( in a torment, means, their disbelief, which will lead them to the torment of Allah.

وَالضَّلَـلِ الْبَعِيدِ

(and in far error.) far from the truth in this world. Then Allah warns them of His power in the creation of heavens and earth, as He says:

أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ إِلَى مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ

(See they not what is before them and what is behind them, of the heaven and the earth) meaning, wherever they go, in whatever direction, the heavens are above them and the earth is beneath them. This is like the Ayah:

وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ - وَالاٌّرْضَ فَرَشْنَـهَا فَنِعْمَ الْمَـهِدُونَ

(With Hands did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof. And We have spread out the earth; how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!) (51:47-48)

إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الاٌّرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ

(If We will, We shall sink the earth with them, or cause a piece of the heaven to fall upon them.) means, `if We wished, We could do that to them because of their wrongdoing and Our power over them, but We delay it because We are Patient and Forgiving.' Then Allah says:

إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لاّيَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

(Verily, in this is a sign for every Munib servant.) Ma`mar narrating from Qatadah, said that Al-Munib means every one who repents. Sufyan narrated from Qatadah, that Al-Munib is the one who turns to Allah. This means that in looking at the creation of the heavens and the earth, there is a sign for every servant who is intelligent and wise and who turns towards Allah. There is a sign of the Allah's ability to recreate bodies and bring about the Resurrection, because the One Who was able to create these heavens -- with their vast reaches of space, and this earth, as deep and vast as it is -- is able to recreate bodies and revive decayed bones. This is like the Ayat:

أَوَلَـيْسَ الَذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَى

(Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth, Able to create the like of them Yes, indeed!) (36:81)

لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْـثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

(The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not. ) (40:57)

Has he invented read a’ftarā; the hamza read with a fatha vowelling is for the interrogative and suffices in place of the conjunctive hamza a lie against God in this respect or is there a madness in him does he suffer a dementia on account of which he has imagined that? God exalted be He says Nay but those who do not believe in the Hereafter that comprises resurrection and chastisement will be in the chastisement thereat and in error that is far from the truth in this world.

They say: أَفْتَرَ‌ىٰ عَلَى اللَّـهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِ جِنَّةٌ (Has he forged a lie against Allah, or is there a madness in him?"- 34:8). The drive of their remark is that the idea that all totally disintegrated particles of the body will stand reassembled together, turn into the human body once again and be alive as well, is so unreasonable, to start with, that there remains practically no question of entertaining or accepting it. Therefore, this claim of the Holy Prophet ﷺ is either a deliberate attempt to fabricate a lie against Allah Ta’ ala, or the person who says so is insane and no premise of his statement is correct.