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Ayah
Word by Word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O
ٱلَّذِينَ
(you) who
ءَامَنُواْ
believe
قُوٓاْ
Protect
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
yourselves
وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ
and your families
نَارٗا
(from) a Fire
وَقُودُهَا
whose fuel
ٱلنَّاسُ
(is) people
وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ
and stones
عَلَيۡهَا
over it
مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ
(are) Angels
غِلَاظٞ
stern
شِدَادٞ
severe
لَّا
not
يَعۡصُونَ
they disobey
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
مَآ
(in) what
أَمَرَهُمۡ
He Commands them
وَيَفۡعَلُونَ
but they do
مَا
what
يُؤۡمَرُونَ
they are commanded
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O
ٱلَّذِينَ
(you) who
ءَامَنُواْ
believe
قُوٓاْ
Protect
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
yourselves
وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ
and your families
نَارٗا
(from) a Fire
وَقُودُهَا
whose fuel
ٱلنَّاسُ
(is) people
وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ
and stones
عَلَيۡهَا
over it
مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ
(are) Angels
غِلَاظٞ
stern
شِدَادٞ
severe
لَّا
not
يَعۡصُونَ
they disobey
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
مَآ
(in) what
أَمَرَهُمۡ
He Commands them
وَيَفۡعَلُونَ
but they do
مَا
what
يُؤۡمَرُونَ
they are commanded
Translation
O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.
Tafsir
O you who believe! Guard yourselves and your families, by enjoining obedience to God, against a Fire whose fuel is, disbelieving, people and stones, such as those idols of theirs made of that [stone] - the meaning is that it is extremely hot, fuelled by the above-mentioned, unlike the fire of this world which is fuelled by wood and the like - over which stand angels, its keepers - numbering nineteen as will be stated in [soorat] al-Muddaththir [Q. 74:30] - stern, a sternness of the heart, mighty, in [their power of] assault, who do not disobey God in what He commands them (maa amarahum is a substitution for His Majesty ['God']), in other words, they do not disobey the command of God, but do what they are commanded - this is [reiterated] for emphasis; the verse is meant as a threat to deter believers from apostatising and for hypocrites who believe only with their tongues and not with their hearts.
Teaching One's Family the Religion and Good Behavior
Allah's advice to
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ امَنُوا
O you who believe!
قُوا أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ نَارًا
.
Protect yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell)
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas; He said,
Work in the obedience of Allah, avoid disobedience of Allah and order your families to remember Allah, then Allah will save you from the Fire.
Mujahid also commented on:
قُوا أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيكُمۡ نَارًا
(Protect yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell)) saying,
Have Taqwa of Allah and order your family to have Taqwa of Him.
Qatadah said,
He commands obedience to Allah, to not disobey Allah, he orders his family to obey His orders and helps them to act upon His orders. When one sees disobedience, he stops them and forbids them from doing it.
Similar was said by Ad-Dahhak and Muqatil;
It is an obligation for the Muslim to teach his near family members, and his male and female slaves what Allah has made obligatory for them and what Allah has forbidden for them.
There is a Hadith that confirms the meaning of this Ayah.
Ahmad, Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi recorded that Ar-Rabi` bin Sabrah said that his father said that the Messenger of Allah said,
مُرُوا الصَّبِيَّ بِالصَّلَةِ إِذَا بَلَغَ سَبۡعَ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ عَشۡرَ سِنِينَ فَاضۡرِبُوهُ عَلَيۡهَا
Order the children to pray when they reach the age of seven and when they reach the age of ten, discipline them for (not performing) it.
This is the narration that Abu Dawud collected;
At-Tirmidhi said, This Hadith is Hasan.
Fuel for Hell and a Description of its Angels
Allah said,
وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالۡحِجَارَةُ
whose fuel is men and stones,
indicating that the Children of Adam will be fuel for the Fire that will feed it,
وَالۡحِجَارَةُ
and stones, in reference to the idols that were worshipped, just as Allah said in another Ayah,
إِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ
Certainly you and that which you are worshipping now besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! (21:98)
Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Mujahid, Abu Ja`far Al-Baqir and As-Suddi said that these are sulfur stones that are more putrid than rotten corpses, according to Mujahid.
Allah's statement,
عَلَيۡهَا مَلَيِكَةٌ غِلَظٌ شِدَادٌ
over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe,
means, their nature of behavior is stern, because the mercy has been taken out of their hearts for those who disbelieve in Allah,
شِدَادٌ
severe, meaning, their structure is powerful, strong and frightening,
لَاا يَعۡصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمۡ وَيَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُوۡمَرُونَ
who disobey not the commands they receive from Allah, but do that which they are commanded.
meaning, whatever Allah commands them, they rush to obey Him, without delay for even a twinkling of an eye. They are able to fulfill the command; they are called Az-Zabaniyah, meaning, the keepers and guards of Hell, may Allah give us shelter from them.
No Excuse will be accepted from the Disbeliever on the Day of Resurrection
Allah said,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَاا تَعۡتَذِرُوا الۡيَوۡمَ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
O you who disbelieve!
Make no excuses this Day! You are being requited only for what you used to do.
meaning, on the Day of Resurrection, the disbeliever will be told,
Do not offer any excuse this Day, because it will not be accepted from you; you will only be recompensed for what you used to do. Today, you will receive the punishment for your actions.
Encouraging sincere Repentance
Allah the Exalted said
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ امَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوۡبَةً نَّصُوحًا
O you who believe!
Turn to Allah with sincere repentance!
meaning, a true, firm repentance that erases the evil sins that preceded it and mend the shortcoming of the repenting person, encouraging and directing him to quit the evil that he used to do.
Allah said,
عَسَى رَبُّكُمۡ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمۡ سَيِّيَاتِكُمۡ
وَيُدۡخِلَكُمۡ جَنَّاتٍ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا الاَۡنۡهَارُ
It may be that your Lord will expiate from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow,
And when Allah says, it may be, it means He shall.
يَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ امَنُوا مَعَهُ
the Day that Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believe with him.
meaning, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not disgrace those who believed in the Prophet,
نُورُهُمۡ يَسۡعَى بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَبِأَيۡمَانِهِمۡ
Their light will run forward before them and in their right hands.
as we explained in Surah Al-Hadid,
يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَتۡمِمۡ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغۡفِرۡ لَنَا إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ قَدِيرٌ
They will say:
Our Lord! Keep perfect our light for us and grant us forgiveness. Verily, You are Able to do all things.
Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and Al-Hasan Al-Basri and other said,
This is the statement that the believers will say on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness the light of the hypocrites being extinguished.
Imam Ahmad recorded that a man from the tribe of Banu Kinanah said,
I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah during the year of the Conquest (of Makkah), and heard him say,
اللۡهُمَّ لَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ الۡقِيَامَة
O Allah!
Please, do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection.'
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