35:5 Faatir (The Originator)

يقول تعالى: { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ } بالبعث والجزاء على الأعمال، { حَقٌّ } أي: لا شك فيه، ولا مرية، ولا تردد، قد دلت على ذلك الأدلة السمعية والبراهين العقلية، فإذا كان وعده حقا، فتهيئوا له، وبادروا أوقاتكم الشريفة بالأعمال الصالحة، ولا يقطعكم عن ذلك قاطع، { فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا } بلذاتها وشهواتها ومطالبها النفسية، فتلهيكم عما خلقتم له، { وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ }

ثم قال تعالى: "يا أيها الناس إن وعد الله حق" أي المعاد كائن لا محالة "فلا تغرنكم الحياة الدنيا" أي العيشة الدنيئة بالنسبة إلى ما أعد الله لأوليائه وأتباع رسله من الخير العظيم فلا تتلهوا عن ذلك الباقي بهذه الزهرة الفانية "ولا يغرنكم بالله الغرور" وهو الشيطان قاله ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أي لا يفتنكم الشيطان ويصرفنكم عن اتباع رسل الله وتصديق كلماته فإنه غرار كذاب أفاك وهذه الآية كالآية التي في آخر لقمان "فلا تغرنكم الحياة الدنيا ولا يغرنكم بالله الغرور" وقال مالك عن زيد بن أسلم هو الشيطان كما قال المؤمنون للمنافقين يوم القيامة حين يضرب "بينهم بسور له باب باطنه فيه الرحمة وظاهره من قبله العذاب ينادونهم ألم نكن معكم قالوا بلى ولكنكم فتنتم أنفسكم وتربصتم وارتبتم وغرتكم الأماني حتى جاء أمر الله وغركم بالله الغرور".

Consolation in the fact that the previous Messengers were denied, and a reminder of the Resurrection

Allah says: `Even if these idolators who associate others with Allah disbelieve in you, O Muhammad, and go against the Message of Tawhid that you have brought, you have an example in the Messengers who came before you.' They also brought a clear Message to their people and told them to worship Allah alone, but their people denied them and went against them.

وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الأُمُورُ

(And to Allah return all matters (for decision).) means, `We will requite them for that in full.' Then Allah says:

يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ

(O mankind! Verily, the promise of Allah is true.) meaning the Resurrection will undoubtedy come to pass.

فَلاَ تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا

(So, let not this present life deceive you,) means, `this life is as nothing in compare to the great good that Allah has promised to His close friends and the followers of His Messengers, so do not let these transient attractions distract you from that which is lasting.'

وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ

(and let not the chief deceiver deceive you about Allah.) This refers to Shaytan, as stated by Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him. Meaning, do not let the Shaytan tempt you and divert you away from following the Messengers of Allah ﷺ and believing what they say, for he is the chief deceiver and arch-liar. This Ayah is like the Ayah that appears at the end of Surah Luqman:

فَلاَ تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ

(let not then this (worldly) present life deceive you, nor let the chief deceiver deceive you about Allah) (31:33). Then Allah tells us of the enmity of Iblis towards the sons of Adam:

إِنَّ الشَّيْطَـنَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوّاً

(Surely, Shaytan is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy.) meaning, `he has declared his enmity towards you, so be even more hostile towards him, oppose him and do not believe the things with which he tries to tempt you.'

إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُواْ مِنْ أَصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ

(He only invites his followers that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire.) means, `he only wants to misguide you so that you will enter the blazing Fire with him.' This is a manifest enemy, and we ask Allah, the All-Powerful and Almighty to make us enemies of Shaytan and to make us followers of the Book of Allah and of the way of His Messengers. For He is able to do whatever He wills and He will respond to all supplication. This is like the Ayah:

وَإِذَا قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـئِكَةِ اسْجُدُواْ لآِدَمَ فَسَجَدُواْ إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـلِمِينَ بَدَلاً

(And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves unto Adam." So they prostrated themselves except Iblis. He was one of the Jinn; he disobeyed the command of his Lord. Will you then take him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me while they are enemies to you What an evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.) (18:50)

O mankind! Indeed God’s promise of resurrection and of other issues is true. So do not let the life of this world deceive you from believing in all of that and do not let the Deceiver Satan deceive you concerning God on account of His forbearance and respiting of sinners in this life.

Commentary

The word: غَرُ‌ورُ‌ (gharur) is an emphatic form of an adjective that means one who is very deceiving (hence, rendered here as 'big deceiver' ). It refers to the Shaitan (Satan) whose sole job is to deceive people and throw them into disbelief and sin. And the expression لَا يَغُرَّ‌نَّكُم بِاللَّـهِ الْغَرُ‌ورُ‌ (5) means 'nor should you be deceived about Allah'. To explain this deception, it can be said that the Shaitan may not, by showing your evil deeds as good, cause you to become so involved with these that you reach the stage when you go on committing a sin and, at the same time, keep thinking that you are of those accepted in the sight of Allah, and that you will not have to undergo any punishment.' (Qurtubi)