Allah says: `Even if these idolators who associate others with Allah
disbelieve in you, O Muhammad, and go against the Message of Tawhid that you
have brought, you have an example in the Messengers who came before you.' They
also brought a clear Message to their people and told them to worship Allah
alone, but their people denied them and went against them.
[وَإِلَى اللَّهِ
تُرْجَعُ الأُمُورُ]
(And to Allah return all matters (for decision).) means, `We will requite
them for that in full.' Then Allah says:
[يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ
إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ]
(O mankind! Verily, the promise of Allah is true.) meaning the Resurrection
will undoubtedy come to pass.
[فَلاَ
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا]
(So, let not this present life deceive you,) means, `this life is as nothing
in compare to the great good that Allah has promised to His close friends and
the followers of His Messengers, so do not let these transient attractions
distract you from that which is lasting.'
[وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم
بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ]
(and let not the chief deceiver deceive you about Allah.) This refers to
Shaytan, as stated by Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him. Meaning, do not
let the Shaytan tempt you and divert you away from following the Messengers of
Allah and believing what they say, for he is the chief deceiver and arch-liar.
This Ayah is like the Ayah that appears at the end of Surah Luqman:
[فَلاَ
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ
الْغَرُورُ]
(let not then this (worldly) present life deceive you, nor let the chief
deceiver deceive you about Allah) (31:33). Then Allah tells us of the enmity of
Iblis towards the sons of Adam:
[إِنَّ الشَّيْطَـنَ
لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوّاً]
(Surely, Shaytan is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy.)
meaning, `he has declared his enmity towards you, so be even more hostile
towards him, oppose him and do not believe the things with which he tries to
tempt you.'
[إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو
حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُواْ مِنْ أَصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ]
(He only invites his followers that they may become the dwellers of the
blazing Fire.) means, `he only wants to misguide you so that you will enter the
blazing Fire with him.' This is a manifest enemy, and we ask Allah, the
All-Powerful and Almighty to make us enemies of Shaytan and to make us followers
of the Book of Allah and of the way of His Messengers. For He is able to do
whatever He wills and He will respond to all supplication. This is like the
Ayah:
[وَإِذَا قُلْنَا
لِلْمَلَـئِكَةِ اسْجُدُواْ لآِدَمَ فَسَجَدُواْ إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ
الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ
أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـلِمِينَ بَدَلاً
]
(And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves unto
Adam.'' So they prostrated themselves except Iblis. He was one of the Jinn; he
disobeyed the command of his Lord. Will you then take him (Iblis) and his
offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me while they are enemies to you
What an evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.) (18:50)
[الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ لَهُم
مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ - أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ
حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ
نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ ]
(7. Those who disbelieve, theirs will be a severe torment; and those who
believe and do righteous good deeds, theirs will be forgiveness and a great
reward.) (8. Is he, then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fairseeming, so
that he considers it as good Verily, Allah sends astray whom He wills, and
guides whom He wills. So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them. Truly, Allah
is the All-Knower of what they do!)
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