Al-A'raf: 53

Ayah

Word by Word

هَلۡ

يَنظُرُونَ

they wait

إِلَّا

except

تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ

(for) its fulfillment

يَوۡمَ

(The) Day

يَأۡتِي

(will) come

تَأۡوِيلُهُۥ

its fulfillment

يَقُولُ

will say

ٱلَّذِينَ

those who

نَسُوهُ

had forgotten it

مِن

from

قَبۡلُ

before

قَدۡ

Verily

جَآءَتۡ

had come

رُسُلُ

(the) Messengers

رَبِّنَا

(of) our Lord

بِٱلۡحَقِّ

with the truth

فَهَل

so are (there)

لَّنَا

for us

مِن

any

شُفَعَآءَ

intercessors

فَيَشۡفَعُواْ

so (that) they intercede

لَنَآ

for us

أَوۡ

نُرَدُّ

we are sent back

فَنَعۡمَلَ

so (that) we do (deeds)

غَيۡرَ

other than

ٱلَّذِي

that which

كُنَّا

we used to

نَعۡمَلُۚ

قَدۡ

Verily

خَسِرُوٓاْ

they lost

أَنفُسَهُمۡ

themselves

وَضَلَّ

and strayed

عَنۡهُم

from them

مَّا

what

كَانُواْ

they used to

يَفۡتَرُونَ

invent

Translation

Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.

Tafsir

The Idolators have no Excuse

Allah says

وَلَقَدۡ جِيۡنَاهُم بِكِتَابٍ

Certainly, We have brought to them a Book (the Qur'an) which,

Allah states that He has left no excuse for the idolators, for He has sent to them the Book that the Messenger came with, and which is explained in detail,

كِتَابٌ أُحۡكِمَتۡ ءايَـتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتۡ

(This is) a Book, the Ayat whereof are perfected (in every sphere of knowledge), and then explained in detail. (11:1)

Allah said next,

فَصَّلۡنَاهُ عَلَى عِلۡمٍ

We have explained in detail with knowledge,

meaning, `We have perfect knowledge of what We explained in it.'

Allah said in another Ayah,

أَنزَلَهُ بِعِلۡمِهِ

He has sent it down with His Knowledge, (4:166)

The meaning here is that after Allah mentioned the loss the idolators end up with in the Hereafter, He stated that He has indeed sent Prophets and revealed Books in this life, thus leaving no excuse for them.

Allah also said;

وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبۡعَثَ رَسُولاً

And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning). (17:15)

Allah said,

هُدًى وَرَحۡمَةً لِّقَوۡمٍ يُوۡمِنُونَ

a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe.

Allah said here

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ تَأۡوِيلَهُ

Await they just for the final fulfillment of the event,

in reference to what they were promised of torment, punishment, the Fire; or Paradise, according to Mujahid and several others.

يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي تَأۡوِيلُهُ

On the Day the event is finally fulfilled,

According to Ibn Abbas,

on the Day of Resurrection,

يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبۡلُ

those who neglected it before will say,

those who ignored it in this life and neglected abiding by its implications will say,

قَدۡ جَاءتۡ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالۡحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَاء فَيَشۡفَعُواۡ لَنَا

Verily, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth, now are there any intercessors for us that they might intercede on our behalf!

so that we are saved from what we ended up in.

أَوۡ نُرَدُّ

Or could we be sent back,

to the first life,

فَنَعۡمَلَ غَيۡرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ

So that we might do (good) deeds other than those (evil) deeds which we used to do.

This part of the Ayah is similar to Allah's statement,

وَلَوۡ تَرَى إِذۡ وُقِفُواۡ عَلَى النَّارِ فَقَالُواۡ يلَيۡتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ الۡمُوۡمِنِينَ

بَلۡ بَدَا لَهُمۡ مَّا كَانُواۡ يُخۡفُونَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَوۡ رُدُّواۡ لَعَـدُواۡ لِمَا نُهُواۡ عَنۡهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَـذِبُونَ

If you could but see when they will be held over the (Hell) Fire! They will say:Would that we were but sent back! Then we would not deny the Ayat of our Lord, and we would be of the believers!

Nay, it has become manifest to them what they had been concealing before. But if they were returned (to the world), they would certainly revert to that which they were forbidden. And indeed they are liars. (6:27-28)

Allah said here,

قَدۡ خَسِرُواۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ

Verily, they have lost themselves,

meaning, they destroyed themselves by entering the Fire for eternity,

وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواۡ يَفۡتَرُونَ

And that which they used to fabricate has gone away from them.

What they used to worship instead of Allah abandoned them and will not intercede on their behalf, aid them or save them from their fate

The Universe was created in Six Days

Allah says;

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالَارۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days,

Allah states that He created the universe, the heavens and earth and all that is in, on and between them in six days, as He has stated in several Ayat in the Qur'an.

These six days are:Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Friday, the entire creation was assembled and on that day, Adam was created. There is a difference of opinion whether these days were the same as our standard days as suddenly comes to the mind, or each day constitutes one thousand years, as reported from Mujahid, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, and from Ibn Abbas according to Ad-Dahhak's narration from him. As for Saturday, no creation took place in it since it is the seventh day of (of the week). The word `As-Sabt' means stoppage, or break.

Imam Ahmad recorded Abu Hurayrah saying:

Allah's Messenger told me:

خَلَقَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ التُّرۡبَةَ يَوۡمَ السَّبۡتِ وَخَلَقَ فِيهَا الۡجِبَالَ يَوۡمَ الاَۡحَدِ وَخَلَقَ الشَّجَرَ يَوۡمَ الاۡثۡنَيۡنِ وَخَلَقَ الۡمَكۡرُوهَ يَوۡمَ الثُّلَثَاءِ وَخَلَقَ النُّورَ يَوۡمَ الاَۡرۡبِعَاءِ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا الدَّوَابَّ يَوۡمَ الۡخَمِيسِ وَخَلَقَ ادَمَ عَلَيۡهِ السَّلَمُ بَعۡدَ الۡعَصۡرِ مِنۡ يَوۡم الۡجُمُعَةِ فِي اخِرِ الۡخَلۡقِ فِي اخِرِ سَاعَةٍ مِنۡ سَاعَاتِ الۡجُمُعَةِ فِيمَا بَيۡنَ الۡعَصۡرِ إِلَى اللَّيۡل

Allah created the dust on Saturday, and He created the mountains on Sunday, and He created the trees on Monday, and He created the unpleasant things on Tuesday and He created the light on Wednesday and He spread the creatures through out it on Thursday and He created Adam after Asr on Friday. He was the last created during the last hour of Friday, between Asr and the night.

Meaning of Istawa

As for Allah's statement,

ثُمَّ اسۡتَوَى عَلَى الۡعَرۡشِ

and then He rose over (Istawa) the Throne.

the people had several conflicting opinions over its meaning. However, we follow the way that our righteous predecessors took in this regard, such as Malik, Al-Awza`i, Ath-Thawri, Al-Layth bin Sa`d, Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad, Ishaq bin Rahwayh and the rest of the scholars of Islam, in past and present times.

Surely, we accept the apparent meaning of, Al-Istawa, without discussing its true essence, equating it (with the attributes of the creation), or altering or denying it (in any way or form). We also believe that the meaning that comes to those who equate Allah with the creation is to be rejected, for nothing is similar to Allah,

لَيۡسَ كَمِثۡلِهِ شَىۡءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الۡبَصِيرُ

There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. (42:11)

Indeed, we assert and affirm what the Imams said, such as Nu`aym bin Hammad Al-Khuza'i, the teacher of Imam Al-Bukhari, who said,

Whoever likens Allah with His creation, will have committed Kufr.

Whoever denies what Allah has described Himself with, will have committed Kufr.

Certainly, there is no resemblance (of Allah with the creation) in what Allah and His Messenger have described Him with.

Whoever attests to Allah's attributes that the plain Ayat and authentic Hadiths have mentioned, in the manner that suits Allah's majesty, all the while rejecting all shortcomings from Him, will have taken the path of guidance.

The Day and the Night are among the Signs of Allah

Allah said,

يُغۡشِي اللَّيۡلَ النَّهَارَ يَطۡلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا

He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly,

meaning, the darkness goes away with the light, and the light goes away with the darkness. Each of them seeks the other rapidly, and does not come late, for when this vanishes, the other comes, and vice versa.

Allah also said;

وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ النَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ

وَالشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِى لِمُسۡتَقَرٍّ لَّهَـا ذَلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ الۡعَزِيزِ الۡعَلِيمِ

وَالۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَـهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَالعُرجُونِ الۡقَدِيمِ

لَا الشَّمۡسُ يَنبَغِى لَهَأ أَن تدۡرِكَ القَمَرَ وَلَا الَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسۡبَحُونَ

And a sign for them is the night. We withdraw therefrom the day, and behold, they are in darkness. And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing. And the moon, We have measured for it mansions (to traverse) till it returns like the old dried curved date stalk. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit. (36:37-40)

Allah's statement,

وَلَا الَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ

(Nor does the night outstrip the day) (36:40) means,

the night follows the day in succession and does not come later or earlier than it should be.

This is why Allah said here,

يَطۡلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمۡسَ وَالۡقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمۡرِهِ

seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His command.

meaning, all are under His command, will and dominion.

Allah alerted us afterwards,

أَلَا لَهُ الۡخَلۡقُ وَالَامۡرُ

Surely, His is the creation and commandment,

the dominion and the decision.

Allah said next,

تَبَارَكَ اللّهُ رَبُّ الۡعَالَمِينَ

Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the all that exists!

which is similar to the Ayah,

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى السَّمَأءِ بُرُوجاً

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars. (25:61)

Abu Ad-Darda' said a supplication, that was also attributed to the Prophet,

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الۡمُلۡكُ كُلُّـهُ وَلَكَ الۡحَمۡدُ كُلُّهُ وَإِلَيۡكَ يُرۡجَعُ الاَۡمۡرُ كُلُّهُ أَسۡأَلُكَ مِنَ الۡخَيۡرِ كُلِّهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّه

O Allah! Yours is all the kingdom, all the praise, and Yours is the ownership of all affairs. I ask You for all types of good and seek refuge with You from all types of evil.

Al-A'raf: 53

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