Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (When the most wretched of them set out)
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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (When the most wretched of them set out)
Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Shams: 12] This is an explanation of the tyranny that Allah the Mighty and Majestic mentioned, and that was when the most wretched of them set out. (Set out) means: they rushed off quickly, and (the most wretched of them) means: the most wretched of the people of Thamud,Meaning: the highest of them in wretchedness, and refuge is sought in Allah, intending to put an end to this she-camel,So Salih said to them: [Surat al-Shams: 13] He said to them, "The she-camel of Allah and its water supply," meaning: leave the she-camel of Allah alone,As Allah the Exalted said in another verse: [Surat al-A'raf: 73] meaning: leave the she-camel alone, do not kill it,Do not harm it, but the result was the opposite: [Surat al-Shams: 14] meaning: they lied to Salih,And they said: saying, "You are not a messenger," and so it is with all the messengers who were sent to their peoples; their peoples label them with defects, as Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Dhariyat: 52] This was said to all the messengers: "A sorcerer or a madman,"As was said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "He is a lying sorcerer, a madman, a poet, a soothsayer." But do the bad titles that the enemies assign to the awliya (close friends of Allah) harm them?
They do not harm them; rather, they increase in elevation with Allah the Glorified and Exalted, and if they seek reward for it, they are rewarded for it,So He the Mighty and Majestic says: [Surat al-Shams: 14] meaning: they slaughtered the she-camel in a manner that resulted in destruction.
Allah the Exalted said:
When their most wretched one set out
إِذْ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَاthe she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَاSo leave her to eat within Allah 's land
فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللَّهِSo they lied to him
فَكَذَّبُوهُSimilarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
كَذَلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌThey do not harm them; rather, they increase in elevation with Allah the Glorified and Exalted, and if they seek reward for it, they are rewarded for it,So He the Mighty and Majestic says:
