وَيَٰقَوۡمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
And O my people! who would help me against Allah if I drove them away? Will ye not then take heed
And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them away? Will ye not then reflect
And O my people! Who will help me against Allah, if I drove them away Will you not then give a thought
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ويا قوم مَن يمنعني من الله إن عاقبني على طردي المؤمنين؟ أفلا تتدبرون الأمور فتعلموا ما هو الأنفع لكم والأصلح؟
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{ وَيَا قَوْمِ مَنْ يَنْصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ طَرَدْتُهُمْ } أي: من يمنعني من عذابه، فإن طردهم موجب للعذاب والنكال، الذي لا يمنعه من دون الله مانع. { أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ } ما هو الأنفع لكم والأصلح، وتدبرون الأمور.
Source: Saadi via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
كما سأل أمثالهم خاتم الرسل صلي الله عليه وسلم أن يطرد عنهم جماعة من الضعفاء ويجلس معهم مجلسا خاصا فأنزل الله تعالى "ولا تطرد الذين يدعون ربهم بالغداة والعشي" الآية. وقال تعالى "وكذلك فتنا بعضهم ببعض ليقولوا أهؤلاء من الله عليهم من بيننا أليس الله بأعلم بالشاكرين" الآية.
Source: Ibn Kathir via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ
(I am not going to drive away those who have believed.) This alludes to the fact that they (the disbelievers) requested Nuh to disassociate himself from the believers, because they were averse to them and felt themselves too important to sit with them. This is similar to the request of disbelievers to the seal of the Messengers ﷺ to disassociate himself from a group of the people who were considered weak in their social status. They wanted the Prophet to sit with them in a special gathering of the elite. Therefore, Allah revealed,
وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ
(And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon.) Allah also says,
وَكَذلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِّيَقُولواْ أَهَـؤُلاءِ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن بَيْنِنَآ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّـكِرِينَ
(Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: "Is it these (poor believers) whom Allah has favored from among us" Does not Allah know best those who are grateful)6:53
Source: Ibn Kathir abridged via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
And O my people who would help who would defend me against God that is against His chastisement if I drive them away? in other words there is none to help me. Will you not then remember? tadhakkarūn the original second tā’ in tatadhakkarūn has been assimilated with the dhāl will you not then be admonished?
Source: Jalalayn (English) via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
Then, they were told: ` As for the condition you impose that I should remove the poor from my company in order that you could believe, then let it be very clear that I cannot do that. They may be poor but they are close to the Highest of the high, the greatest honor one can have. Turning such people out is not a right thing to do.'
And: مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ (They are surely to meet their Lord) could also mean: If, supposedly, I were to turn them out, when they go to their Lord on the day of Qiyamah and complain, what would I have to say? The subject continues in the fourth verse (30): If I were to turn them out, who would save me from Divine punishment? At the end, it was said: All this is nothing but your ignorance and heedlessness. To you being a man is counter to being a prophet, or you go to the other extreme and demand that poor people should be driven away from his company.
Source: Maarif-ul-Quran via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
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