Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “Indeed, the path is only against those who wrong people and transgress” they work “in the earth without right” with sins “
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The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:42] The commentator said: “they work [Al-A'raf 7:146] with sins painful”, [At-Tawbah 9:93] This sentence contains the particle of restriction, which is “innama,” and restriction means affirming the ruling for what is mentioned and denying it for everything else, so it is as if He said: There is no path except against these people meaning the path to blame, criticism, and accountability [Ash-Shuraa 42:42] whether in their wealth, their blood, or their honor, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared in the Farewell Pilgrimage, saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 1739, so the wronging of people revolves around these three things: blood, wealth, and honor. Whoever backbites someone has wronged them, whoever takes their wealth has wronged them, and whoever betrays them in a transaction between them has wronged them, and there is no limit to examples of this. The important point is that those who wrong people are subject to blame. And His saying: the author interpreted it by saying: “they work” and it seems he avoided combining “transgression” with his saying: so he said: “they work” in order for the verb “transgress” to have an independent meaning, and “without right” to have an independent meaning. The correct approach is to keep the verse on its apparent meaning, and the meaning of “transgress” is to encroach: whoever transgresses against another means he encroaches upon him. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nahl 16:90], so His saying: means they encroach upon others and exceed their limit in their dealings with them, and His saying: is a descriptive attribute that clarifies that every transgression is without right. Therefore, keeping the Quranic text on its apparent meaning is obligatory, especially since this interpretation makes it deficient. So: [Yunus 10:23] meaning they encroach in it and exceed the limit clarifying the reality, so it is a descriptive attribute, since every transgression is without right. And His saying: he interpreted it as sins, and indeed all sins are without right, but do not understand from this that it is specific to the right of Allah, rather it is general in the right of Allah and others. So transgression in the right of Allah is forbidden, and likewise transgression in the right of a human being.
Those referred to are those who wrong people and transgress in the earth without right [Al-Baqarah 2:10] meaning painful, and “painful” means causing severe pain, meaning it is painful.