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Al-Isra 17:97

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وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا

And whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides, We increase [for] them blazing fire.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Guidance and Misguidance are in the Hands of Allah

Allah tells us how He deals with His creation and how His rulings are carried out. He tells us that there is none who can put back His judgement, for whomever He guides cannot be led astray,وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِ(and whomever He leaves astray can never find helpers other than Him)to guide him.

As Allah says:مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا(He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him) 18:17The Punishment of the People of Misguidanceوَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ(and We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces,) Imam Ahmad recorded from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how will the people be gathered on their faces" He said,«الَّذِي أَمْشَاهُمْ عَلَى أَرْجُلِهِمْ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُمْشِيَهُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِم»(The One Who made them walk on their feet is able to make them walk on their faces.) It was also reported (by Al-Bukhari and Muslim) in the Two Sahihs.عُمْيًا(blind) means, unable to see.وَبُكْمًا(dumb) means, unable to speak.وَصُمًّا(deaf) means, unable to hear. They will be in this state as a punishment for the way they were in this world, blind, dumb and deaf to the truth.

This will be their recompense when they are gathered on the Day of Resurrection, at the time when they need these faculties most of all.مَأْوَاهُمُ(their abode) means, their destination.جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ(will be Hell; whenever it abates,) Ibn `Abbas said, "(This means) calms down," Mujahid said, (It means) is extinguished,"زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا(We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire.) meaning, increasing its flames and heat and coals, as Allah says:فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلاَّ عَذَاباً (So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.) (78:30)ذَلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا وَقَالُواْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In the last verse (95), it was said that they, despite being human, can-not demand that their messenger should be an angel. This demand was unreasonable. Yes, if angels had been living on the Earth and there was the need to send a messenger to them, then, indeed, an angel would have been sent as a messenger. It will be noted that the attribute of an-gels living on the Earth has been described here in the words: يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ (walking about in peace). This tells us that the need to send an angel deputed as a messenger to other angels would have come up only at a time when the angels of the Earth could not themselves go to the heavens rather remained living on the Earth alone. Otherwise, had they themselves possessed the power to go to the heavens, there would have remained just no need to send a messenger to the Earth.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ومن يهده الله فهو المهتدي إلى الحق، ومن يضلله فيخذلْه ويَكِلْه إلى نفسه فلا هادي له من دون الله، وهؤلاء الضُّلال يبعثهم الله يوم القيامة، ويحشرهم على وجوههم، وهم لا يرون ولا ينطقون ولا يسمعون، مصيرهم إلى نار جهنم الملتهبة، كلما سكن لهيبها، وخمدت نارها، زدناهم نارًا ملتهبة متأججة.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى مخبرا عن تصرفه في خلقه ، ونفوذ حكمه ، وأنه لا معقب له ، بأنه من يهده فلا مضل له ) ومن يضلل فلن تجد لهم أولياء من دونه ) أي : يهدونهم ، كما قال : ( من يهد الله فهو المهتد ومن يضلل فلن تجد له وليا مرشدا ) [ الكهف : 17 ] .وقوله : ( ونحشرهم يوم القيامة على وجوههم ) قال الإمام أحمد :حدثنا ابن نمير ، حدثنا إسماعيل عن نفيع قال : سمعت أنس بن مالك يقول : قيل : يا رسول الله ، كيف يحشر الناس على وجوههم ؟ قال : " الذي أمشاهم على أرجلهم قادر على أن يمشيهم على وجوههم " . وأخرجاه في الصحيحين .وقال الإمام أحمد أيضا : [ حدثنا يزيد ] ، حدثنا الوليد بن جميع القرشي ، عن أبيه ، حدثنا أبو الطفيل عامر بن واثلة ، عن حذيفة بن أسيد قال : قام أبو ذر فقال : يا بني غفار ، قولوا ولا تحلفوا ، فإن الصادق المصدوق حدثني أن الناس يحشرون على ثلاثة أفواج : فوج راكبين طاعمين كاسين ، وفوج يمشون ويسعون ، وفوج تسحبهم الملائكة على وجوههم وتحشرهم إلى النار . فقال قائل منهم : هذان قد عرفناهما ، فما بال الذين يمشون ويسعون ؟

قال : يلقي الله - عز وجل - الآفة على الظهر حتى لا يبقى ظهر ، حتى إن الرجل لتكون له الحديقة المعجبة ، فيعطيها بالشارف ذات القتب ، فلا يقدر عليها .وقوله : ( عميا ) أي : لا يبصرون ) وبكما ) يعني : لا ينطقون ) وصما ) : لا يسمعون . وهذا يكون في حال دون حال جزاء لهم كما كانوا في الدنيا بكما وعميا وصما عن الحق فجوزوا في محشرهم بذلك أحوج ما يحتاجون إليه ) مأواهم ) أي : منقلبهم ومصيرهم ) جهنم كلما خبت ) قال ابن عباس : سكنت . وقال مجاهد : طفئت ) زدناهم سعيرا ) أي : لهبا ووهجا وجمرا ، كما قال : ( فذوقوا فلن نزيدكم إلا عذابا ) [ النبإ : 30 ] .

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