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Meccan · Surah 25 of 114

Al-Furqaan 25:42

The Criterion · ayah 42 of 77

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

"He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"He might almost have led us astray from our gods if we had not stood so firmly by them.’ When they see the punishment, they will know who is furthest from the path."

Pickthall (classic)+

"He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

""He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were constant to them!" - Soon will they know, when they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!"

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger

Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,

وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً

(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him. Here Allah says:

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً

(And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said:

وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ

(And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at) (6:10)

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا

(He would have nearly misled us from our gods,) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them:

وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ

(And they will know, when they see the torment...)

They took Their Desires as their gods and were more astray than Cattle

Then Allah tells His Prophet that if Allah decrees that someone will be misguided and wretched, then no one can guide him except Allah, glory be to Him:

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ

(Have you seen him who has taken as his god his own vain desire) meaning, whatever he admires and sees as good in his own desires becomes his religion and his way. As Allah says:

أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ

(Is he then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair seeming. So that he consider it as good. Verily, Allah sends astray whom he wills.) 35:8

أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلاً

(Would you then be a guardian over him) Ibn `Abbas said: "During the Jahiliyyah, a man would worship a white rock for a while, then if he saw another that looked better, he would worship that and leave the first." Then Allah said:

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ

(Or do you think that most of them hear or understand) meaning, they are worse than grazing cattle. Cattle only do what they were created to do, but these people were created to worship Allah Alone without associating partners with Him, but they worship others with Him, even though evidence has been established against them and Messengers have been sent to them.

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Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Он предлагал нам отказаться от наших богов и поклоняться одному Богу, и он чуть было не ввел нас в глубочайшее заблуждение. Да осрамит Аллах этих преступников! Они решили, что единобожие является заблуждением, а идолопоклонство - прямым путем. Именно поэтому они принялись терпеливо отстаивать свои воззрения. Более того, они призывали к этому своих соплеменников и говорили: «Ступайте и терпите за ваших богов. Воистину, это - некий замысел (или нечто желанное). Мы не слышали об этом в последней религии. Это - не что иное, как вымысел» (38:6–7). Терпение является похвальным качеством. Но это ни коим образом не относится к терпению, которое заповедали друг другу многобожники, потому что оно навлекает на грешников гнев Всемогущего Аллаха и обрекает их на еще большие мучения в Преисподней. Подобное терпение не имеет ничего общего с терпением, которое проявляют правоверные, и поэтому Всевышний Аллах сказал: «Клянусь предвечерним временем (или временем)! Воистину, каждый человек в убытке, кроме тех, которые уверовали, совершали праведные деяния, заповедали друг другу истину и заповедали друг другу терпение!» (103:1–3). Мекканские многобожники окончательно решили для себя, что они следуют прямым путем и что посланник Аллаха, да благословит его Аллах и приветствует, скитается в потемках заблуждения. Они не собирались отрекаться от своих воззрений, и поэтому далее Господь сообщил об ожидающем их наказании. Очень скоро они узрят наказание и узнают, кто находился в самом глубоком заблуждении. В тот момент они уже не будут сомневаться в правдивости Посланника, да благословит его Аллах и приветствует, и ниспосланного ему учения. Они будут кусать от отчаяния руки и восклицать: «Лучше бы я последовал путем Посланника! О горе мне! Лучше бы я не брал такого-то себе в друзья! Это он отвратил меня от Напоминания (Корана) после того, как оно дошло до меня» (25:27–29).

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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Commentary

In the above verses it is mentioned that it had been the common practice of the people through the ages to rebuff the prophets and the message they had brought. In order to give weight to this assertion a few of the well known prophets are mentioned who were rejected by their people and then they were subjected to Allah's wrath and were annihilated completely. By drawing a parallel with the past generations it is elucidated that the pagans of Makkah would not listen to any reason as they were no better than the animals or even worse than that.

It is stated about the people of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) that they had rejected the prophets, although they had neither seen the past prophets nor had they rejected them. at is actually meant here is that while denying Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) they had by implication rejected all the prophets, because the principals of religion expounded by all prophets are essentially the same. Hence rejection of one prophet is tantamount to rejection of all.

أَصْحَابَ الرَّ‌سِّ (People of Rass - 25:38). In Arabic رَس (Rass) means unlined well. Neither Qur'an nor any authentic tradition describes these people in any detail. Whatever information is available about them is through Israelite traditions, which differ from one another. It is more likely that the remaining people of Thamud had settled down near a well. It is not mentioned in the Qur'an or any tradition as to how they were tormented. (Bayan u1-Qur'an)

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

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