Al-Bukhari recorded from `Amr that Mus`ab who said: "I asked my father --
meaning Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas -- about Allah's saying,
[قُلْ هَلْ
نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالاٌّخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـلاً ]
(Say: "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds'')
`Are they the Haruriyyah' He said, `No, they are the Jews and Christians. As for
the Jews, they disbelieved in Muhammad , and as for the Christians, they
disbelieved in Paradise and said that there is no food or drink there, and the
Haruriyyah are those who break Allah's covenant after ratifying it.' Sa`d used
to call them Al-Fasiqin (the corrupt). `Ali bin Abi Talib, Ad-Dahhak and others
said: "They are the Haruriyyah,'' so this means, that according to `Ali, may
Allah be pleased with him, this Ayah includes the Haruriyyah just as it includes
the Jews, the Christians and others. This does not mean that the Ayah was
revealed concerning any of these groups in particular; it is more general than
that, because the Ayah was revealed in Makkah, before the Qur'an addressed the
Jews and Christians, and before the Khawarij existed at all. So the Ayah is
general and refers to everyone who worships Allah in a way that is not
acceptable, thinking that he is right in doing that and that his deeds will be
accepted, but he is mistaken and his deeds will be rejected, as Allah says:
[وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
خَـشِعَةٌ - عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ - تَصْلَى نَاراً حَامِيَةً ]
(Some faces, that Day will be humiliated. Laboring, weary. They will enter in
the hot blazing Fire.) [88:2-4]
[وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَى
مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُوراً ]
(And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did, and We shall make such deeds
as scattered floating particles of dust.) [25:23]
[وَالَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَآءً حَتَّى
إِذَا جَآءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئاً]
(As for those who disbelieved, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The
thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it, he finds it to be
nothing) [24:39] And in this Ayah Allah says:
[قُلْ هَلْ
نُنَبِّئُكُم]
(Say: "Shall We tell you...'') meaning, `Shall We inform you;'
[بِالاٌّخْسَرِينَ
أَعْمَـلاً]
(the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds) Then Allah explains who
they are, and says:
[الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ
سَعْيُهُمْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا]
(Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life) meaning, they did deeds
that do not count, deeds that are not in accordance with the prescribed way that
is acceptable to Allah.
[وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ
أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا]
(while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds.) means,
they thought that there was some basis for their deeds and that they were
accepted and loved.
[أُوْلَـئِكَ
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَائِهِ]
(They are those who deny the Ayat of their Lord and the meeting with Him.)
they denied the signs of Allah in this world, the proofs that He has established
of His Oneness and of the truth of His Messengers, and they denied the
Hereafter.
[فَلاَ نُقِيمُ
لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَزْناً]
(and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall assign no weight for them.) means,
`We will not make their Balance heavy because it is empty of any goodness.'
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said:
«إِنَّهُ لَيَأْتِي
الرَّجُلُ الْعَظِيمُ السَّمِينُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللهِ
جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ وَقَالَ: اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ:
[فَلاَ نُقِيمُ
لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَزْناً]
»
(A huge fat man will come forward on the Day of Resurrection and he will
weigh no more than the wing of a gnat to Allah. Recite, if you wish:) (and on
the Day of Resurrection, We shall assign no weight for them) It was also
recorded by Muslim.
[ذَلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ
جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُواْ]
(That shall be their recompense, Hell; because they disbelieved) means, `We
will punish them with that because of their disbelief and because they took the
signs and Messengers of Allah as a joke, mocking them and disbelieving them in
the worst way.'
[إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ
نُزُلاً - خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا لاَ يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلاً ]
(107. "Verily, those who believe and do righteous deeds, shall have the
Gardens of Al-Firdaws for their entertainment.'') (108. "Wherein they shall
dwell (forever). No desire will they have for removal therefrom.'')
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