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Meccan · Surah 17 of 114

Al-Israa 17:67

The Night Journey · ayah 67 of 111

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا

Wa-itha massakumu addurrufee albahri dalla man tadAAoona illa iyyahufalamma najjakum ila albarri aAAradtumwakana al-insanu kafoora

"And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"When you get into distress at sea, those you pray to besides Him desert you, but when He brings you back safe to land you turn away: man is ever ungrateful."

Pickthall (classic)+

"And when harm toucheth you upon the sea, all unto whom ye cry (for succour) fail save Him (alone), but when He bringeth you safe to land, ye turn away, for man was ever thankless."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon - besides Himself - leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back safe to land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!"

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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When Harm befalls Them, the Disbelievers do not remember anyone except Allah

Allah tells us that when harm befalls people, they call on Him, turning to Him and sincerely beseeching Him. Hence Allah says:

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الْضُّرُّ فِى الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَ إِيَّاهُ

(And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him.) meaning, everything they worship besides Allah disappears from their hearts and minds. Similar happened to `Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl when he fled from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the conquest of Makkah, and headed for Ethiopia. He set out across the sea to go to Ethiopia, but a stormy wind arose. The people said to one another: "None can save you except Allah Alone." `Ikrimah said to himself, "By Allah if none can benefit on the sea except Allah then no doubt none can benefit on land except Allah. `O Allah! I promise You that if You bring me safely out of this, I will go and put my hand in the hand of Muhammad and surely, I will find him full of pity, kindness and mercy."' They came out of it safely and were delivered from the sea. Then `Ikrimah went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and declared his Islam, and he became a good Muslim, may Allah be pleased with him.

فَلَمَّا نَجَّـكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ

(But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away.) means, you forget what you remembered of Divine Oneness (Tawhid) when you were on the sea, and you turn away from calling on Him Alone with no partner or associate.

وَكَانَ الإِنْسَـنُ كَفُورًا

(And man is ever ungrateful.) means, by nature he forgets and denies His blessings, except for those whom Allah protects.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Еще одним проявлением милосердия Аллаха, указывающим на необходимость поклонения Ему одному, является Его забота о людях, которые попадают в беду на море. Людей охватывает страх перед смертью, когда они видят, как волны сталкиваются друг с другом. И тогда они забывают всех тех, кому они поклонялись наряду с Аллахом. Они забывают живых и покойников, на которых они молились в благоденствии, словно они никогда не обращались к ним за помощью. А происходит это потому, что многобожникам прекрасно известно, что слабые и беспомощные творения не способны избавить их от напасти. И поэтому они начинают взывать к Создателю земли и небес, на помощь которого во время бедствий и несчастий надеются абсолютно все творения. Они искренне молят Его о спасении и смиряются перед Ним. Но стоит Аллаху избавить их от беды и благополучно вывести корабль на берег, как многобожники забывают о том, кого они совсем недавно молили о помощи. Они начинают приобщать к Нему сотоварищей и поклоняться творениям, которые не способны принести пользу или причинить вред, не способны одарить благами или лишить милости. Они отказываются от искреннего служения своему Господу и Властелину, что является проявлением невежества и неблагодарности. Воистину, благодарностью отвечают на благодеяния только праведники, которых Аллах наставил на прямой путь, которые обладают здравым рассудком и следуют прямым путем. Такие люди знают, что только Аллах, Который избавляет творения от напастей и спасает их от несчастий, заслуживает поклонения и искреннего служения как в горе, так и радости. Что же касается людей, которые лишились Божьей поддержки и остались наедине со своим слабым разумом, то в тяжелые времена они думают только о том, как выбраться из сложившейся ситуации и избавиться от беды. А когда они избавляются от беды, то по своему невежеству полагают, что Аллах не смог справиться с ними. При этом они даже не задумываются над тем, что их ожидает в будущем при жизни на земле, не говоря уже о том, что их ожидает после смерти. Вот почему далее Аллах сказал:
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Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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(2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rally his entire forces against them and as for the insincere who fall into his trap, they will meet the same fate as his, all consigned to Hell. When this verse (64) mentions the horsemen and footmen of the Shaitanic army, it does not necessarily mean that the Shaitan actually has combat support in that formation. In fact, this is a manner of referring to the full force and power of the Shaitan. And if the Shaitan does have horsemen and footmen actually, even that too cannot be denied. Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: Those who come out in support of disbelief and sin, horsemen or footmen, they are nothing but the army of the Shaitan. Now remains the question as to how the Shaitan came to know that he would succeed in enticing and misleading the progeny of 'Adam (علیہ السلام) ، the basis on which he claimed that he will subdue them. There are two possibilities. Perhaps, by looking at the ingredients that went into the making of man, he had gathered that man would be desire-prone and it would not be difficult to entice him successfully. And then, it is also not far out to believe that his very claim was nothing but a bland lie.

As for the sense of: وَشَارِ‌كْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ (and share with them in their wealth and their children - 64), Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: Wealth and property acquired by false, impermissible and unlawful means or spent on what is haram is the sharing of the Shaitan in it. As for the sharing of the Shaitan in children, it could either be through illegitimacy, or by naming them like disbelievers and polytheists, or by indulging in polytheistic customs to ensure their security, or by taking to Haram sources of income to bring them up. (Qurtubi)

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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