S 44 Ayat 10 - 28
قوله تعالى:
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمٰاءُ بِدُخٰانٍ مُبِينٍ -إلى قوله تعالى- وَ أَوْرَثْنٰاهٰا قَوْماً آخَرِينَ
"Therefore, watch for the day when the heaven shall bring a clear smoke." (Surah Al-Dukhān 44:10)
Up to His words: "And We gave them as a heritage to another people." (Surah Al-Dukhān 44:28)
[10-28] /9696 _1-علي بن إبراهيم:قوله تعالى: فَارْتَقِبْ أي اصبر، يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمٰاءُ بِدُخٰانٍ مُبِينٍ ،قال:
ذلك إذا خرجوا في الرجعة من القبر.
99-/9696
Ali ibn Ibrahim said regarding the words of Allah, the Exalted:
"Therefore, watch for the day when the heaven shall bring a clear smoke." (Surah Al-Dukhān 44:10)
He said: "That will be when they emerge in the return (al-rajʿah) from the grave."
99-/9697 _2- ابْنُ شَهْرِ آشُوبَ:رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ رِعْلاً وَ ذَكْوَانَ،أَللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ،اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ سِنِيهِمْ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ».فَفِي الْخَبَرِ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْهُمْ كَانَ يَلْقَى صَاحِبَهُ فَلاَ يُمْكِنُهُ الدُّنُوُّ،فَإِذَا دَنَا مِنْهُ لاَ يُبْصِرُهُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ دُخَانِ الْجُوعِ،وَ كَانَ يُجْلَبُ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ،فَإِذَا اشْتَرَوْهُ وَ قَبَضُوهُ لَمْ يَصِلُوا بِهِ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَسَوَّسَ وَ يُنْتِنَ،فَأَكَلُوا الْكِلاَبَ الْمَيِّتَةَ وَ الْجِيَفَ وَ الْجُلُودَ،وَ نَبَشُوا الْقُبُورَ،وَ أَحْرَقُوا عِظَامَ الْمَوْتَى فَأَكَلُوهَا،وَ أَكَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ طِفْلَهَا،وَ كَانَ الدُّخَانُ يَتَرَاكَمُ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ،وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمٰاءُ بِدُخٰانٍ مُبِينٍ* يَغْشَى النّٰاسَ هٰذٰا عَذٰابٌ أَلِيمٌ .فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَ رُؤَسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ:يَا مُحَمَّدُ،أَ تَأْمُرُنَا بِصِلَةٍ الرَّحِمِ،فَأَدْرِكْ قَوْمَكَ فَقَدْ هَلَكُوا؛فَدَعَا لَهُمْ،وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذٰابَ إِنّٰا مُؤْمِنُونَ ،فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: إِنّٰا كٰاشِفُوا الْعَذٰابِ قَلِيلاً إِنَّكُمْ عٰائِدُونَ ،فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْخِصْبُ وَ الدَّعَةُ،وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هٰذَا الْبَيْتِ* اَلَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُمْ مِنْ جُوعٍ وَ آمَنَهُمْ مِنْ خَوْفٍ [2].
99-/9697 Ibn Shahr Ashub: It is reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: “O Allah, curse Ri’l and Dhakwan. O Allah, intensify Your punishment upon Mudar. O Allah, make their years like the years of Yusuf.”
So it is mentioned in the report that a man among them would meet his companion, but he would not be able to approach him. If he came near him, he would not be able to see him due to the severity of the smoke of hunger. Provisions would be brought to them from every direction, but when they purchased them and took possession of them, they would not reach their homes before they became infested and rotten. They ate dead dogs, carrion, and skins, exhumed graves, burned the bones of the dead, and ate them. A woman ate her own child. The smoke accumulated between the sky and the earth.
And that is the saying of the Most High: “Then watch for the day when the sky will bring a visible smoke, covering the people; this is a painful chastisement.” (Quran 44:10-11, M.H. Shakir)
Abu Sufyan and the leaders of Quraysh said: "O Muhammad, do you command us to maintain family ties? Then help your people, for they have perished." So he prayed for them.
And that is the saying of the Most High: “Our Lord! Remove from us the chastisement; surely we are believers.” (Quran 44:12, M.H. Shakir)
So Allah, the Most High, said: “Surely We will remove the chastisement a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).” (Quran 44:15, M.H. Shakir)
Then prosperity and ease returned to them. And that is the saying of the Most High: “So let them serve the Lord of this House, Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.” (Quran 106:3-4, M.H. Shakir)
/9698 _3-نرجع إلى رواية عليّ بن إبراهيم: يَغْشَى النّٰاسَ كلهم الظلمة،فيقولون: هٰذٰا عَذٰابٌ أَلِيمٌ* ،
_5) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:290.
_1) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:290.
_2) -المناقب 1:82 و 107«نحوه»،البحار 16:1/411.
_3) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:290.
[1] قوله تعالى:(رحمة...محكم)ليس في المصدر.
[2] قريش 106:3 و 4.
Pg 13 in Arabic
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذٰابَ إِنّٰا مُؤْمِنُونَ ،فقال اللّه عزّ و جلّ ردا عليهم: أَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرىٰ ،في ذلك اليوم وَ قَدْ جٰاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ أي رسول قد تبين لهم: ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَ قٰالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ ،قال:قالوا ذلك لما نزل الوحي على رسول اللّه(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)،و أخذه الغشي،فقالوا:هو مجنون،ثمّ قال: إِنّٰا كٰاشِفُوا الْعَذٰابِ قَلِيلاً إِنَّكُمْ عٰائِدُونَ يعني إلى يوم القيامة،و لو كان قوله تعالى: يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمٰاءُ بِدُخٰانٍ مُبِينٍ في القيامة لم يقل:
إِنَّكُمْ عٰائِدُونَ ،لأنّه ليس بعد الآخرة و القيامة حالة يعودون إليها.
9698 _3 We return to the narration of Ali ibn Ibrahim: “Covering the people; this is a painful chastisement.” (Quran 44:11, M.H. Shakir)
Darkness will envelop all people, and they will say: “Our Lord! Remove from us the chastisement; surely we are believers.” (Quran 44:12, M.H. Shakir)
Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, responded to them: “How shall they be reminded, and there came to them a clear apostle?” (Quran 44:13, M.H. Shakir)
That is, a messenger had come to them clearly, yet “Then they turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.” (Quran 44:14, M.H. Shakir)
It is said that they uttered this when revelation descended upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his progeny), and he experienced a trance. They said, "He is mad."
Then He said: “Surely We will remove the chastisement a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).” (Quran 44:15, M.H. Shakir)
This means until the Day of Judgment. Had His saying—“Then watch for the day when the sky will bring a visible smoke” (Quran 44:10, M.H. Shakir)—referred to the Resurrection, He would not have said: “(But) you will surely return (to evil),” because after the Hereafter and Resurrection, there is no state to which they would return.
ثم قال: يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرىٰ يعني في القيامة: إِنّٰا مُنْتَقِمُونَ* وَ لَقَدْ فَتَنّٰا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ، أي اختبرناهم وَ جٰاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ* أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبٰادَ اللّٰهِ ،أي ما فرض اللّه من الصلاة و الزكاة و الصوم و الحجّ و السنن و الأحكام،فأوحى اللّه إليه: فَأَسْرِ بِعِبٰادِي لَيْلاً إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ ،أي يتبعكم فرعون و جنوده وَ اتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْواً ،أي جانبا،و خذ على الطريق [1]، إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ .
قوله تعالى: وَ مَقٰامٍ كَرِيمٍ أي حسن وَ نَعْمَةٍ كٰانُوا فِيهٰا فٰاكِهِينَ ،قال:النعمة في الأبدان،قوله تعالى:
فٰاكِهِينَ ،أي مفاكهين للنساء كَذٰلِكَ وَ أَوْرَثْنٰاهٰا قَوْماً آخَرِينَ ،يعني بني إسرائيل.
Then He said: “On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.” (Quran 44:16, M.H. Shakir)
That is, on the Day of Resurrection.
“And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle, (saying): Deliver to me the servants of Allah.” (Quran 44:17-18, M.H. Shakir)
Meaning, what Allah has obligated of prayer, zakat, fasting, hajj, the traditions, and rulings. Then Allah revealed to him:
“So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued. And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.” (Quran 44:23-24, M.H. Shakir)
Meaning, leave the sea as it is and take the path, for Pharaoh and his soldiers will follow you.
His saying, “And a goodly dwelling-place.” (Quran 44:26, M.H. Shakir)
That is, a pleasant place, “And bounty that they enjoyed.” (Quran 44:27, M.H. Shakir)
It is said that the bounty refers to their well-being. His saying: “That is how; and We gave them as a heritage to another people.” (Quran 44:28, M.H. Shakir)
Meaning, the Children of Israel.