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تفسير القرآن

Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

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Ghāfir 40:41 Juzʾ 24 Page 472

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?

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تفسير القرآن Al-Samʿānī

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَيَا قوم مَالِي أدعوكم إِلَى النجَاة وتدعونني إِلَى النَّار تدعونني لأكفر بِاللَّه وأشرك بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ لي بِهِ علم وَأَنا أدعوكم إِلَى الْعَزِيز الْغفار﴾ الْعَزِيز هُوَ المنتقم من أعدائه، والغفار هُوَ السَّاتِر لذنوب عباده.

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

تفسير القرآنAl-Samʿānī

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿وَيَا قوم مَالِي أدعوكم إِلَى النجَاة وتدعونني إِلَى النَّار تدعونني لأكفر بِاللَّه وأشرك بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ لي بِهِ علم وَأَنا أدعوكم إِلَى الْعَزِيز الْغفار﴾ الْعَزِيز هُوَ المنتقم من أعدائه، والغفار هُوَ السَّاتِر لذنوب عباده.

‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

تفسير القرآنAl-Samʿānī

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ‏ ‏‏‏ قد بَينا مَعْنَاهُ فِيمَا سبق، وَعَن الْمفضل الضَّبِّيّ الْكُوفِي أَنه قَالَ: لَا جرم أَي: لابد.

وَقَوله: ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ أَي: استجابة دَعْوَة فِي الدُّنْيَا. وَيُقَال: إِيصَال نفع فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْآخِرَة. وَيُقَال: جَوَاب قَوْله: ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ .

وَقَوله: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ أَي: مرجعنا إِلَى الله.

وَقَوله: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ أَي: الْمُشْركين.

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants."

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‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So Allah protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -

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‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

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‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?"

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‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those who had been arrogant will say, "Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allah has judged between the servants."

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‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

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‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error."

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