Al-An'aam
سورة الأنعامThis is the Arabic text of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī and Jalāl al-Dīn as-Suyūṭī as the OpenITI corpus has it, from the copy of altafsir.com that the COBHUNI project of Hamburg University took: only the commentary on the verses, with no introductions, no edition and no pagination. Nobody has compared it with a printed book or a manuscript, and no scholar has reviewed it. Each passage stands beside the verses it comments on, which are the Qur’ān text of Tanzil, shown as it is there. Beneath each passage stands its English translation by Feras Hamza, as the copy of Tarteel’s Quranic Universal Library has it; nobody has compared that copy with the printed book either.
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ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَ ۖ ثُمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ 1
{ الحمد } وهو الوصف بالجميل ثابت { لله } وهل المراد الإعلام بذلك للإيمان به أو الثناء به، أو هما؟ احتمالات أفيدها الثالث قاله الشيخ في (سورة الكهف) [1:18] { الذى خلق السموات والأرض } خصهما بالذكر لأنهما أعظم المخلوقات للناظرين { وجعل } خلق { الظلمت والنور } أي كل ظلمة ونور، وجمعها دونه لكثرة أسبابها، وهذا من دلائل وحدانيته { ثم الذين كفروا } مع قيام هذا الدليل { بربهم يعدلون } يسوون به غيره في العبادة.
Praise, which means to describe in beautiful terms, be, [ever] established, to God: is this meant to be informative, so that one believes in it? Or, is it meant as a eulogy, or both? These are three possibilities, the most likely of which is the last, as the Shaykh [Jalāl al-Dīn al-Mahallī] states in [his commentary on] sūrat al-Kahf [Q. 18:1]; Who created the heavens and the earth — He singles out these two for mention because for the observer they constitute the most awesome [visible] creation; and He appointed, He created, darknesses and light, that is, every darkness (zulma) and every light: the use of the plural only in the case of the former is because it [darkness] has many causes; and this is one of the proofs of His Oneness; then those who disbelieve, despite the existence of this proof, ascribe equals to their Lord, they worship others equally.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا ۖ وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ 2
{ هو الذى خلقكم من طين } بخلق أبيكم آدم منه { ثم قضى أجلا } لكم تموتون عند انتهائه { وأجل مسمى } مضروب { عنده } لبعثكم { ثم أنتم } أيها الكفار { تمترون } تشكون في البعث بعد علمكم أنه ابتدأ خلقكم، ومن قدر على الابتداء فهو على الإعادة أقدر.
It is He Who created you from clay, by creating your father Adam from it; then He decreed a term, for [each of] you, at the conclusion of which you die. A term is stated, fixed, with Him, for your resurrection; yet thereafter you, O disbelievers, doubt, you are uncertain about the Resurrection, when you know that it was He Who initiated your creation, and One Who has the power to initiate [creation], is even more capable of bringing you back [to life after death].
وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّكُمْ وَجَهْرَكُمْ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُونَ 3
{ وهو الله } مستحق للعبادة { في السموات وفى الأرض يعلم سركم وجهركم } ما تسرون وما تجهرون به بينكم { ويعلم ما تكسبون } تعملون من خير وشر.
He is God, the One worthy of being worshipped, in the heavens and in the earth. He knows your secrets and your utterance, what you keep secret and what you utter openly among yourselves, and He knows what you earn, what you do of good and evil.
وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ 4
{ وما تأتيهم } أي أهل مكة { من } زائدة { ءاية من ربهم } من القرآن { إلا كانوا عنها معرضين }.
Not a verse (min āya: min introduces a relative clause) of the verses of their Lord, in the Qur’ān, comes to them, that is, [to] the Meccans, but they turn away from it.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ 5
{ فقد كذبوا بالحق } بالقرآن { لما جآءهم فسوف يأتيهم أنباء } عواقب { ما كانوا به يستهزءون }.
They denied the truth, the Qur’ān, when it came to them, but there shall come to them the news, the consequences, of what they were mocking.
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ 6
{ ألم يروا } في أسفارهم إلى الشام وغيرها { كم } خبرية بمعنى كثيرا { أهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن } أمة من الأمم الماضية { مكنهم } أعطيناهم مكانا { فى الأرض } بالقوة والسعة { ما لم نمكن } نعط { لكم } فيه التفات عن الغيبة { وأرسلنا السمآء } المطر { عليهم مدرارا } متتابعا { وجعلنا الأنهر تجرى من تحتهم } تحت مساكنهم { فأهلكنهم بذنوبهم } بتكذيبهم الأنبياء { وأنشأنا من بعدهم قرءنا ءاخرين }.
Have they not seen, in their travels to Syria and to other places, how many, (kam is predicative [and not interrogative], meaning ‘many’) a generation, [how many] a community of past communities, We destroyed before them; We established them, We assigned them an [established] place, in the earth, through strength and abundance, as We have not established, [as] We have [not] assigned, you (there is a shift in the address here from third person [to second]); and how We unleashed the heaven, the rain, upon them in torrents, one torrent after another, and made the rivers to flow beneath them?, beneath their dwellings. Then We destroyed them because of their sins, because of their denial of the prophets; and We raised up after them another generation.
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَـٰبًا فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ 7
{ ولو نزلنا عليك كتبا } مكتوبا { فى قرطاس } رق كما اقترحوه { فلمسوه بأيديهم } أبلغ من (عاينوه)، لأنه أنفى للشك { لقال الذين كفروا إن } ما { هذآ إلا سحر مبين } تعنتا وعنادا.
And had We revealed to you a Scripture, inscribed, on parchment, as they requested, and had they then touched it with their hands — this is more powerful than saying, ‘had they seen it with their eyes’, since it [touch] is more effective in eliminating doubt; the disbelievers would have said, in disobedience and obduracy: ‘This is nothing but manifest sorcery’.
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ ۖ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَّقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ 8
{ وقالوا لولآ } هلا { أنزل عليه } على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم { ملك } يصدقه { ولو أنزلنا ملكا } كما اقترحوا فلم يؤمنوا { لقضى الأمر } بهلاكهم { ثم لا ينظرون } يمهلون لتوبة أو معذرة، كعادة الله فيمن قبلهم من إهلاكهم عند وجود مقترحهم إذا لم يؤمنوا.
And they say, ‘Why has an angel not been sent down to him?’, to Muhammad (s), to confirm his truthfulness; yet had We sent down an angel, as they have requested and if they then did not believe, the matter, that they be destroyed, would have been decreed, and then they would not be given any respite, they would [not] be given any extra time for repentance or an excuse, as is God’s custom [in dealing] with those before them, destroying them when they disbelieve after their request is granted.
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ 9
{ ولو جعلنه } أي المنزل إليهم { ملكا لجعلنه } أي الملك { رجلا } أي على صورته ليتمكنوا من رؤيته إذ لا قوة للبشر على رؤية الملك { و } لو أنزلناه وجعلناه رجلا { للبسنا } شبهنا { عليهم ما يلبسون } على أنفسهم بأن يقولوا (ما هذا إلا بشر مثلكم).
And had We appointed him, the one who is sent down to them, an angel, We would assuredly have made him, the angel, a man, that is, [We would have sent him] in the form of a man, so that they would be able to see him, since no human being is capable of seeing an angel; and, had We sent him down and made him a man, We would have assuredly confused, obscured, for them what they are confusing, for themselves, when they say, ‘This is but a mere mortal like the rest of you’.
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ 10
{ ولقد استهزىء برسل من قبلك } فيه تسلية للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم { فحاق } نزل { بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون } وهو العذاب، فكذا يحيق بمن استهزأ بك.
And messengers were indeed mocked before you — this is meant as a consolation for the Prophet, (s) — but those who scoffed at them were encompassed by that which they mocked, namely, [by the] punishment [sent down on them]: those who mock you will be encompassed likewise.
قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ 11
{ قل } لهم { سيروا فى الأرض ثم انظروا كيف كان عقبة المكذبين } الرسل من هلاكهم بالعذاب ليعتبروا.
Say, to them: ‘Travel in the land, and see the nature of the consequence for the deniers’, of the messengers, how they were destroyed through chastisement; perhaps they will take heed.
قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ قُل لِّلَّهِ ۚ كَتَبَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ ۚ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ 12
{ قل لمن ما في السموات والأرض قل لله } إن لم يقولوه لا جواب غيره { كتب } قضى { على نفسه الرحمة } فضلا منه، وفيه تلطف في دعائهم إلى الإيمان { ليجمعنكم إلى يوم القيمة } ليجازيكم بأعمالكم { لا ريب } شك { فيه الذين خسروا أنفسهم } بتعريضها للعذاب مبتدأ خبره { فهم لا يؤمنون }.
Say: ‘To whom belongs what is in the heavens and in the earth?’ Say: ‘To God, for even if they do not say this, there is no other response. He has prescribed, He has decreed, for Himself mercy, as a bounty from Him — this is a gentle summoning of them to the faith. He will surely gather you together on the Day of Resurrection of which there is no doubt, no uncertainty, in order to requite you for your deeds. Those who have forfeited their own souls (this is the subject) — by exposing them to the chastisement — they do not believe (this is the predicate).