Tafsir

The Return of Everything is to Allah

Allah tells us that the return of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection is to Him. He will not leave anyone of them without bringing everyone into being as He brought them in the beginning. Then Allah states that He is going to bring all the creatures into being. وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it (after it has perished); and this is easier for Him.) (30:27), لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ بِالْقِسْطِ(that He may reward with justice those who believed and did deeds of righteousness.) meaning, the reward will be with justice and complete recompense. وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ(But those who disbelieved will have a drink of boiling fluids and painful torment because they used to disbelieve.) meaning, because of their disbelief they will be punished on the Day of Resurrection by different forms of torment, such as fierce hot winds, boiling water, and the shadow of black smoke.

هَـذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ - وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَجٌ (This is so! Then let them taste it; a boiling fluid and dirty wound discharges. And other (torments) of similar kind all together!) (38: 57-58) هَـذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ - يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ (This is the Hell which the criminals denied. They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!) (55:43-44)

The fourth verse describes the ` Aqidah of 'Akhirah (Belief in the Hereafter) إِلَيْهِ مَرْ‌جِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا (Towards Him is the return of you all). The announcement is asserted by saying: وَعْدَ اللَّـهِ حَقًّا (a real [ and true ] promise from Allah). That it must be as promised has been explained through the simple logic of: إِنَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ (Surely, He originates the creation, then He will bring it again). The sentence is telling us that there is nothing surprising about it and that there is no sense in worrying about as to how this entire universe would start pulsating with life after it has been eliminated. The reason is that the Sacred Power who has the mastery to create something the first time, without any pre-existing matter and without any prototype of form and shape, should hardly find any difficulty in creating once again everything He had made then unmade.

إلى ربكم معادكم يوم القيامة جميعًا، وهذا وعد الله الحق، هو الذي يبدأ إيجاد الخلق ثم يعيده بعد الموت، فيوجده حيًا كهيئته الأولى، ليجزي مَن صَدَّق الله ورسوله، وعمل الأعمال الحسنة أحسن الجزاء بالعدل. والذين جحدوا وحدانية الله ورسالة رسوله لهم شراب من ماء شديد الحرارة يشوي الوجوه ويقطِّع الأمعاء، ولهم عذاب موجع بسبب كفرهم وضلالهم.

خبر تعالى أن إليه مرجع الخلائق يوم القيامة ، لا يترك منهم أحدا حتى يعيده كما بدأه . ثم ذكر تعالى أنه كما بدأ الخلق كذلك يعيده ، ( وهو الذي يبدأ الخلق ثم يعيده وهو أهون عليه ) [ الروم : 27 ] .( ليجزي الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات بالقسط ) أي : بالعدل والجزاء الأوفى ، ( والذين كفروا لهم شراب من حميم وعذاب أليم بما كانوا يكفرون ) أي : بسبب كفرهم يعذبون يوم القيامة بأنواع العقاب ، من ( سموم وحميم وظل من يحموم ) [ الواقعة : 42 ، 43 ] . ( هذا فليذوقوه حميم وغساق وآخر من شكله أزواج ) [ ص : 57 ، 58 ] . ( هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن ) [ الرحمن : 43 ، 44 ] .