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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ






سُوۡرَةُ طٰه

وَلَوۡ أَنَّآ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ۬ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولاً۬ فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ (١٣٤) قُلۡ ڪُلٌّ۬ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ۬ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ*!ۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٲطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ (١٣٥)







In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful






Ta-Ha

And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced! (134) Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the owners of the path of equity, and who is right. (135)
20:134-135





Tafsir Ibn Kathir




بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ






[وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوْلا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولاً]


(And if We had destroyed them with a torment before this, they would surely have said: "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger...'') This means, "If We had destroyed these rejecting people before We sent this Noble Messenger to them and revealed the Mighty Book to them, they would have said,


[رَبَّنَا لَوْلا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولاً]


(Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger,) meaning, `before you destroyed us, so we could have believed in him and followed him.' This is like Allah said,


[فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَى]


(we should certainly have followed Your Ayat, before we were humiliated and disgraced.) Allah, the Exalted, explains that these rejecters are stubborn and obstinate and they will not believe.


[وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءايَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ]


(Even if every sign should come them, until they see the painful torment.) [10:97] This is as Allah says,


[وَهَـذَا كِتَـبٌ أَنزَلْنَـهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ]


(And this is a blessed Book which We have sent down, so follow it and have Taqwa (of Allah), that you may receive mercy.) Until His statement,


[بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْدِفُونَ]


(because of their turning away.) [6:155-157] Allah also says,


[وَأَقْسَمُواْ بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاٍّمَمِ]


(And they swore by Allah their most binding oath that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than any of the nations (before them).) [35:42]


[وَأَقْسَمُواْ بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَةٌ لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا]


(And they swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if there came to them a sign, they would surely believe therein.) [6:109] to the completion of those Ayat. Then, Allah says,


[قُلْ]


(Say) "Say, O Muhammad, to those who deny you, oppose you and continue in their disbelief and obstinance.''


[كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ]


(Each one is waiting,) among you and us;


[فَتَرَبَّصُواْ]


(so wait you too)This is a command to await (anticipate).


[فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـبُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِيِّ]


(and you shall know who are they that are on As-Sirat As-Sawi.) This means the straight road.


[وَمَنِ اهْتَدَى]


(And who are they that have let themselves be guided. ) meaning guidance to the truth and the path of right guidance. This is similar to Allah's statement,


[وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً]


(And they will know, when they see the torment, who it is that is most astray from the path!) [25:42] And Allah said,


[سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ ]


(Tomorrow they will come to know who is liar, the insolent one!) [54:26] This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Ta Ha, and all praise and gratitude is due to Allah. The Tafsir of Surat Al-Anbiya' will follow this, if Allah wills. And all praise and thanks are due to Allah.
 
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