7:92 Al-A'raaf (The Heights)

الذين كذَّبوا شعيبًا كأنهم لم يقيموا في ديارهم، ولم يتمتعوا فيها، حيث استؤصلوا، فلم يبق لهم أثر، وأصابهم الخسران والهلاك في الدنيا والآخرة.

قال تعالى ناعيا حالهم { الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَأَنْ لَمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا ْ} أي: كأنهم ما أقاموا في ديارهم، وكأنهم ما تمتعوا في عرصاتها، ولا تفيئوا في ظلالها، ولا غنوا في مسارح أنهارها، ولا أكلوا من ثمار أشجارها، حين فاجأهم العذاب، فنقلهم من مورد اللهو واللعب واللذات، إلى مستقر الحزن والشقاء والعقاب والدركات ولهذا قال: { الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا هُمُ الْخَاسِرِينَ ْ} أي: الخسار محصور فيهم، لأنهم خسروا دينهم وأنفسهم وأهليهم يوم القيامة، ألا ذلك هو الخسران المبين، لا من قالوا لهم: { لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَخَاسِرُونَ ْ}

قال تعالى "كأن لم يغنوا فيها" أي كأنهم لما أصابتهم النقمة لم يقيموا بديارهم التي أرادوا إجلاء الرسول وصحبه منها ثم قال تعالى مقابلا لقيلهم "الذين كذبوا شعيبا كانوا هم الخاسرين".

Those who denied Shu‘ayb alladhīna kadhdhabū Shu‘ayban this constitutes the subject of the sentence the predicate of which is introduced by the following ka-an ‘as if’ it is as if ka-an has been softened its subject omitted in other words understand it as ka-annahum they had never dwelt never had residence there in those dwelling-places of theirs; those who denied Shu‘ayb they were the losers the emphasis effected by the repetition of the relative clause alladhīna kadhdhabū Shu‘ayban ‘those who denied Shu‘ayb’ and what follows it is intended as a refutation of what they had said previously sc. ‘if you follow Shu‘ayb you shall indeed be losers’.

In verse 92, the fate of the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) has been cited as a lesson - which is the real purpose behind the description of this event. It was said: الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا (Those who belied Shu'aib are as if they never dwelt there). One of the meanings of the word: غِنیٰ (ghina) is to live at some place in peace and comfort. At this place, this is the meaning intended. The sense of the sentence is that the homes where they lived in peace and comfort, turned so deserted after this punishment as if peace and comfort had never existed there. Then, it was said: الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا هُمُ الْخَاسِرِ‌ينَ (Those who belied Shu'aib were themselves the losers). The hint given is that these were the people threatening to throw Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) and his believing companions out from their city, but, in the end, the loss hit none but them.