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2. Al-Baqara

The Cow · Medinan · 286 ayahs

سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Reading Adwa' al-Bayan by Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti

Ayahs 71–80 of 286

71

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ لَّا ذَلُولٌۭ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌۭ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

Explained together with ayah 68

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72

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًۭا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌۭ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.

قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَإذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فادّارَأْتُمْ فِيها﴾ لَمْ يُصَرِّحْ هَلْ هَذِهِ النَّفْسُ ذَكَرٌ أوْ أُنْثى ؟ وقَدْ أشارَ إلى أنَّها ذَكَرٌ بِقَوْلِهِ: ﴿فَقُلْنا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِها﴾ [البقرة: ٧٣] .

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73

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿كَذَلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ المَوْتى ويُرِيكم آياتِهِ﴾

الآيَةَ، أشارَ في هَذِهِ الآيَةِ إلى أنَّ إحْياءَ قَتِيلِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ دَلِيلٌ عَلى بَعْثِ النّاسِ بَعْدَ المَوْتِ؛ لِأنَّ مَن أحْيا نَفْسًا واحِدَةً بَعْدَ مَوْتِها قادِرٌ عَلى إحْياءِ جَمِيعِ النُّفُوسِ، وقَدْ صَرَّحَ بِهَذا في قَوْلِهِ: ﴿ما خَلْقُكم ولا بَعْثُكم إلّا كَنَفْسٍ واحِدَةٍ﴾ [لقمان: ٢٨] .

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74

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِىَ كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمَآءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.

قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكم مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ فَهي كالحِجارَةِ﴾ الآيَةَ، لَمْ يُبَيِّنْ هُنا سَبَبَ قَسْوَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ، ولَكِنَّهُ أشارَ إلى ذَلِكَ في مَواضِعَ أُخَرَ كَقَوْلِهِ: ﴿فَبِما نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثاقَهم لَعَنّاهم وجَعَلْنا قُلُوبَهم قاسِيَةً﴾ [المائدة: ١٣]، وقَوْلِهِ: ﴿فَطالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الأمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ﴾ الآيَةَ [الحديد: ١٦] .

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75

۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allah and then distort the Torah after they had understood it while they were knowing?

Explained together with ayah 74

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76

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allah has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?

Explained together with ayah 74

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77

أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

But do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare?

Explained together with ayah 74

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78

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَمِنهم أُمِّيُّونَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ الكِتابَ إلّا أمانِيَّ﴾ اخْتَلَفَ العُلَماءُ في المُرادِ (بِالأمانِيِّ) هُنا عَلى قَوْلَيْنِ:

أحَدُهُما: أنَّ المُرادَ بِالأُمْنِيَةِ القِراءَةُ؛ أيْ: لا يَعْلَمُونَ مِنَ الكِتابِ إلّا قِراءَةَ ألْفاظٍ دُونَ إدْراكِ مَعانِيها. وهَذا القَوْلُ لا يَتَناسَبُ مَعَ قَوْلِهِ ﴿وَمِنهم أُمِّيُّونَ﴾؛ لِأنَّ الأُمِّيَّ لا يَقْرَأُ.

الثّانِي: أنَّ الِاسْتِثْناءَ مُنْقَطِعٌ، والمَعْنى لا يَعْلَمُونَ الكِتابَ، لَكِنْ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ أمانِيَّ باطِلَةً، ويَدُلُّ لِهَذا القَوْلِ: قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَقالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ إلّا مَن كانَ هُودًا أوْ نَصارى تِلْكَ أمانِيُّهُمْ﴾ [البقرة: ١١١]، وقَوْلِهِ: ﴿لَيْسَ بِأمانِيِّكم ولا أمانِيِّ أهْلِ الكِتابِ﴾ [النساء: ١٢٣] .

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79

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

Explained together with ayah 78

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80

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًۭا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

Explained together with ayah 78

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Commentary: Adwa' al-Bayan by Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti. Qur'an text and translation via AlQuran Cloud.