For if He did not give the water the strength to carry the ships, they would
not sail. So he says:
[لِيُرِيَكُمْ مِّنْ
ءَايَـتِهِ]
(that He may show you of His signs) meaning, by His power.
[إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ
لآيَـتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ]
(Verily, in this are signs for every patient, grateful.) means, every person
who bears difficulty with patience and who gives thanks at times of ease. Then
Allah says:
[وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُمْ
مَّوْجٌ كَالظُّلَلِ]
(And when waves cover them like shades,) meaning, like mountains or clouds,
[دَعَوُاْ اللَّهَ
مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ]
(they invoke Allah, making their invocations for Him only.) This is like the
Ayah,
[وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ
الْضُّرُّ فِى الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَ إِيَّاهُ]
(And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from
you except Him) (17:67).
[فَإِذَا رَكِبُواْ
فِى الْفُلْكِ]
(And when they embark on a ship...) (29:65) Then Allah says:
[فَلَمَّا نَجَّـهُمْ
إِلَى الْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ]
(But when He brings them safe to land, there are among them those that stop
in between.) Mujahid said, "This refers to the disbelievers -- as if he
interpreted the word Muqtasid to mean denier as in the Ayah,
[فَلَمَّا نَجَّاهُمْ
إِلَى الْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ]
(but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their
worship to others) (29:65).
[وَمَا يَجْحَدُ
بِـَايَـتِنَآ إِلاَّ كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ]
(And Our Ayat are not denied except by every Khattar Kafur.) Khattar means
one who betrays or stabs in the back. This was the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan,
Qatadah and Malik, narrating from Zayd bin Aslam. This word describes a person
who, whenever he makes a promise, breaks his promise, and it refers to the worst
form of treachery.
[كَفُورٌ]
(Kafur) means, one who denies blessings and does not give thanks for them,
rather he forgets them and does not remember them.
[يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ
اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ وَاخْشَوْاْ يَوْماً لاَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ وَلاَ
مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِ شَيْئاً إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلاَ
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ
]
(33. O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord, and fear a Day when no father can
avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily, the
promise of Allah is true, let not then this present life deceive you, nor let
the chief deceiver deceive you about Allah.)