Exegesis of the Verses of the People of the Garden from Surat al-Qalam
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Question:
Muhammad from al-Kharj, please, my brother Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you peace. Peace. I have just one question. Please, if you don't mind, Muhammad, shorten the television broadcast because there is an echo coming back to us. May Allah grant you well-being. Please, my brother Muhammad. Tamtamah. The interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, after "I seek refuge"[An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Qalam 68:17-19] so they became... I searched [Al-Qalam 68:20-24]. And who are the people of Paradise? That is my question. Thank you, Muhammad.
Answer:
My brother, these verses require a long interpretation, but we will summarize it by saying that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, tested the disbelievers at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an[Al-Qalam 68:17] meaning He tested them [Al-Qalam 68:17]. The story of that is that there was a man among those before us who had a garden, and he used to give charity from it and open the gate during the harvest for those who would enter and eat, and Allah would bless him in the fruit of this garden.
When his sons died, they conspired to prevent the poor from it and to close the gate during the harvest, and to harvest it at night so that the poor would not notice them. They resolved to do this and went to it, but the divine decree and destiny preceded them, and it burned as a punishment for them. When they arrived, they found it burned. They discussed among themselves, some saying this and some saying what is this, then they realized that it was their garden, and then they realized that they had made a mistake. They said, "If not, then"[Al-Qalam 68:31-32] this is the essence of it, yes.
Muhammad from al-Kharj, please, my brother Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you peace. Peace. I have just one question. Please, if you don't mind, Muhammad, shorten the television broadcast because there is an echo coming back to us. May Allah grant you well-being. Please, my brother Muhammad. Tamtamah. The interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, after "I seek refuge"
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ(17) Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning (18) Without making exception. (19) So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ(20) And it became as though reaped. (21) And they called one another at morning, (22) [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit." (23) So they set out, while lowering their voices, (24) [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
كَالصَّرِيمِ فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌAnswer:
My brother, these verses require a long interpretation, but we will summarize it by saying that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, tested the disbelievers at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an
Indeed, We have tried them
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْas We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَWhen his sons died, they conspired to prevent the poor from it and to close the gate during the harvest, and to harvest it at night so that the poor would not notice them. They resolved to do this and went to it, but the divine decree and destiny preceded them, and it burned as a punishment for them. When they arrived, they found it burned. They discussed among themselves, some saying this and some saying what is this, then they realized that it was their garden, and then they realized that they had made a mistake. They said, "If not, then"
(31) They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors. (32) Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-01-1435هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (25:11)
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