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Ar-Ra'd 13:41

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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allāh decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Punishment is by Allah, and the Messenger's Job is only to convey the Message

Allah said to His Messenger ,وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ`(Whether We show you) O Muhammad, part of the disgrace and humiliation We have promised your enemies in this life,أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ(or cause you to die) before that,فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَـغُ(your duty is only to convey We have only sent you to convey to them Allah's Message, and by doing so, you will have fulfilled the mission that was ordained on you,وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ(and on Us is the reckoning), their reckoning and recompense is on Us.' Allah said in similar Ayat,فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ - لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُسَيْطِرٍ - إِلاَّ مَن تَوَلَّى وَكَفَرَ - فَيْعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّكْبَرَ - إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ - ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ(So remind them - you are only one who reminds. You are not a dictator over them - Save the one who turns away and disbelieves. Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Verily, to Us will be their return, Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.)88:21-26 Allah said next,أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّا نَأْتِى الاٌّرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا(See they not that We gradually reduce the land from its outlying borders.) Ibn `Abbas commented, "See they not that We are granting land after land to Muhammad ﷺ" Al-Hasan and Ad-Dahhak commented that this Ayah refers to Muslims gaining the upper hand over idolators, just as Allah said in another Ayah,وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرَى(And indeed We have destroyed towns round about you.) 46:27

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In verse وَإِن مَّا نُرِ‌يَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ (And if We show you some of what We promise them, or We take you back to Us), it is to comfort and assure the Holy Prophet ﷺ that he has been given the good news that the promises Allah has made to him that Islam will have the final victory and disbelief and disbelievers will be disgraced shall come to pass definitely. But, he is told, 'you should not concern yourself as to when this victory will finally come.' May be, this happens within his life time, and it is also possible that it comes after his departure from this mortal world. ` For your peace of heart, even this much is enough that you are continuously witnessing that We are causing the lands of the dis-believers to keep being sliced off their sides,' that is, these sides pass on under Muslim control whereby the land occupied by them keeps reducing in area. This causes well-being for Muslims and a day will come when the final phase of their victory shall stand completed. The command is in the very hands of Allah Ta` ala.

There is no one who can avert this command. And He is the One swift at reckoning.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أو لم يبصر هؤلاء الكفار أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها، وذلك بفتح المسلمين بلاد المشركين وإلحاقها ببلاد المسلمين؟ والله سبحانه يحكم لا معقِّب لحكمه وقضائه، وهو سريع الحساب، فلا يستعجلوا بالعذاب; فإن كل آت قريب.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( أولم يروا أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها ) قال ابن عباس : أو لم يروا أنا نفتح لمحمد الأرض بعد الأرض ؟وقال في رواية : أو لم يروا إلى القرية تخرب ، حتى يكون العمران في ناحية ؟وقال مجاهد وعكرمة : ( ننقصها من أطرافها ) قال : خرابها .وقال الحسن والضحاك : هو ظهور المسلمين على المشركين .وقال العوفي عن ابن عباس : نقصان أهلها وبركتها .وقال مجاهد : نقصان الأنفس والثمرات وخراب الأرض .وقال الشعبي : لو كانت الأرض تنقص لضاق عليك حشك ، ولكن تنقص الأنفس والثمرات . وكذا قال عكرمة : لو كانت الأرض تنقص لم تجد مكانا تقعد فيه ، ولكن هو الموت .وقال ابن عباس في رواية : خرابها بموت فقهائها وعلمائها وأهل الخير منها .

وكذا قال مجاهد أيضا : هو موت العلماء .وفي هذا المعنى روى الحافظ ابن عساكر في ترجمة أحمد بن عبد العزيز أبي القاسم المصري الواعظ سكن أصبهان ، حدثنا أبو محمد طلحة بن أسد المرئي بدمشق ، أنشدنا أبو بكر الآجرى بمكة قال : أنشدنا أحمد بن غزال لنفسه :الأرض تحيا إذا ما عاش عالمها متى يمت عالم منها يمت طرف كالأرض تحيا إذا ما الغيث حل بهاوإن أبى عاد في أكنافها التلفوالقول الأول أولى ، وهو ظهور الإسلام على الشرك قرية بعد قرية ، [ وكفرا بعد كفر ، كما قال تعالى : ( ولقد أهلكنا ما حولكم من القرى ) [ الأحقاف : 27 ] الآية ، وهذا اختيار ابن جرير ، رحمه الله ]

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