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أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
Are these
ٱلَّذِينَ
the ones whom
أَقۡسَمۡتُمۡ
you had sworn
لَا
(that) not
يَنَالُهُمُ
(will) grant them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِرَحۡمَةٍۚ
Mercy
ٱدۡخُلُواْ
Enter
ٱلۡجَنَّةَ
Paradise
لَا
(There will be) no
خَوۡفٌ
fear
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
upon you
وَلَآ
and not
أَنتُمۡ
you
تَحۡزَنُونَ
will grieve
أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
Are these
ٱلَّذِينَ
the ones whom
أَقۡسَمۡتُمۡ
you had sworn
لَا
(that) not
يَنَالُهُمُ
(will) grant them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِرَحۡمَةٍۚ
Mercy
ٱدۡخُلُواْ
Enter
ٱلۡجَنَّةَ
Paradise
لَا
(There will be) no
خَوۡفٌ
fear
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
upon you
وَلَآ
and not
أَنتُمۡ
you
تَحۡزَنُونَ
will grieve
Translation
[Allāh will say], "Are these1 the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."
Footnotes
1 - The humble believers who are now in Paradise. Another interpretation regards them as the people on the elevated partition.
Tafsir
Are these the ones of whom you swore that God would never grant them mercy?': it has already been said to them, 'Enter the Paradise; no fear shall come upon you, nor shall you grieve' (a variant reading [for udkhuloo, 'enter' (imperative, second person plural)] has the passive udkhiloo, 'they have been admitted', or dakhaloo, 'they entered'; the negation clause ['no fear shall come upon you, nor shall you grieve'] is a circumstantial qualifier, in other words, [they enter the Paradise] while this is being said to them).
The People of Al-A`raf
Allah says;
وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ
And between them will be a (barrier) screen,
After Allah mentioned that the people of Paradise will address the people of the Fire, He stated that there is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, which prevents the people of the Fire from reaching Paradise.
Ibn Jarir said, It is the wall that Allah described,
فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَـهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ
So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment. (57:13)
It is also about Al-A`raf that Allah said,
وَعَلَى الَاعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ
and on Al-A`rafwill be men.
Ibn Jarir recorded that As-Suddi said about Allah's statement,
وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ
(And between them will be a screen),
It is the wall, it is Al-A`raf.
Mujahid said,
Al-A`raf is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, a wall that has a gate.
Ibn Jarir said,
Al-A`raf is plural for Urf, where every elevated piece of land is known as Urf to the Arabs.
As-Suddi said,
Al-A`raf is so named because its residents recognize (Ya`rifun) the people. Al-A`raf's residents are those whose good and bad deeds are equal, as Hudhayfah, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Mas`ud and several of the Salaf and later generations said.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Hudhayfah was asked about the people of Al-A`rafand he said,
A people whose good and bad deeds are equal. Their evil deeds prevented them from qualifying to enter Paradise, and their good deeds qualified them to avoid the Fire. Therefore, they are stopped there on the wall until Allah judges them.
يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّ بِسِيمَاهُمْ
who would recognize all, by their marks.
وَنَادَوْاْ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ
And they will call out to the dwellers of Paradise, Peace be on you! and at that time they will not yet have entered it (Paradise), but they will hope to enter (it).
Ma`mar said that Al-Hasan recited this Ayah,
لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ
(and at that time they will not yet have entered it (Paradise), but they will hope to enter (it), Then he said,
By Allah! Allah did not put this hope in their hearts, except for an honor that He intends to bestow on them.
Qatadah said;
Those who hope are those among you whom Allah informed of their places.
Allah said next,
وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَاء أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
And when their eyes will be turned towards the dwellers of the Fire, they will say:Our Lord! Place us not with the people who are wrongdoers.
Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn Abbas said,
When the people of Al-A`raf look at the people of the Fire and recognize them, they will supplicate, `O Lord! Do not place us with the people who are wrongdoers.
Allah tells;
وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الَاعْرَافِ رِجَالاً يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ قَالُواْ
And the men on Al-A`raf will call unto the men whom they would recognize by their marks, saying:
Allah states that the people of Al-A`raf will admonish some of the chiefs of the idolators whom they recognize by their marks in the Fire,
مَا أَغْنَى عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ
Of what benefit to you was your gathering...
meaning, your great numbers,
وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
...and your arrogance!
This Ayah means, your great numbers and wealth did not save you from Allah's torment. Rather, you are dwelling in His torment and punishment
أَهَـوُلاء الَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ اللّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ
Are they those, of whom you swore that Allah would never show them mercy,
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas,
refers to the people of Al-A`rafwho will be told when Allah decrees:
ادْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ
(Behold! It has been said to them):Enter Paradise, no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve.
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