Al-Isra Ayah 58

الإسراء آية 58

وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهٰا عَذٰاباً شَدِيداً كٰانَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتٰابِ مَسْطُوراً [17:58]

And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement; this is written in the Book. (M. H. Shakir)

/6403 _2- ابن شهر آشوب:عن أبي معاوية الضرير،عن الأعمش،عن أبي صالح،في قوله تعالى: وَ لَقَدْ فَضَّلْنٰا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلىٰ بَعْضٍ قال:فضل اللّه محمّدا(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)بالعلم و العقل على جميع الرسل،و فضل عليّ بن أبي طالب(عليه السلام)على جميع الصديقين بالعلم و العقل.

/6403 _2- Ibn Shahr Āshūb: from Abū Mu‘āwiya al-Ḍarīr, from al-A‘mash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, regarding His saying: “And certainly We have made some of the prophets to excel others,” he said: Allah preferred Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) over all the messengers by knowledge and intellect, and He preferred ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him) over all the truthful ones by knowledge and intellect.

/6404 _3- علي بن إبراهيم،قال:قوله: وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا أي أهلها قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهٰا عَذٰاباً شَدِيداً يعني بالخسف و الموت و الهلاك كٰانَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتٰابِ مَسْطُوراً أي مكتوبا.

/6404 _3- ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm said: His saying, “And there is not a town but We will destroy it”—meaning its people—“before the Day of Resurrection, or chastise it with a severe chastisement,” that is, by sinking (into the earth), death, and destruction; “this is written in the Book,” meaning recorded.

/6405 _4- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:مُرْسَلاً،عَنِ الصَّادِقِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهٰا عَذٰاباً شَدِيداً قَالَ:«هُوَ الْفَنَاءُ بِالْمَوْتِ».

99-/6405 _4- Ibn Bābawayh: mursal, from al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him), that he was asked about His saying, “And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or chastise it with a severe chastisement.” He said: “It is extinction by death.”

/6406 _5- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهٰا عَذٰاباً شَدِيداً ،قَالَ:«إِنَّمَا أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ،فَمَنْ مَاتَ فَقَدْ هَلَكَ».

99-/6406 _5- Al-‘Ayyāshī: from Muḥammad ibn Muslim, who said: I asked Abū Ja‘far (peace be upon him) about, “And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or chastise it with a severe chastisement.” He said: “The community of Muhammad is [one] among the communities; so whoever has died has perished.”

/6407 _6- عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ ،قَالَ:«هُوَ الْفَنَاءُ بِالْمَوْتِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ».

99-/6407 _6- From Ibn Sinān, from Abū ‘Abdillāh (peace be upon him) regarding His saying, “And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection,” he said: “It is extinction by death or otherwise.”

/6408 _7- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى،عَنْهُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): وَ إِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلاّٰ نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهٰا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰامَةِ . قَالَ:«بِالْقَتْلِ وَ الْمَوْتِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ».

99-/6408 _7- And in another narration from him (peace be upon him) [regarding], “And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection.” He said: “By killing and death, or otherwise.”

وَ مٰا مَنَعَنٰا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيٰاتِ إِلاّٰ أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ [17:59]

And nothing could have hindered Us that We should send signs except that the ancients rejected them; and We gave to Thamud the she-camel manifestly, but on her they wrought wrong; and We do not send the signs but to make men fear. (M. H. Shakir)

المراجع:

_2) - المناقب 3:99. al-Manāqib 3:99.

_3) - تفسير القمّيّ 2:21. Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:21.

_4) - من لا يحضره الفقيه 1:562/118. Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh 1:562/118.

_5) - تفسير العيّاشي 2:90/297. Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:90/297.

_6) - تفسير العيّاشي 2:91/297. Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:91/297.

_7) - تفسير العيّاشي 2:92/297. Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:92/297.