Quran 20:124 Surah TaHa ayat 124 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَىٰ﴾
[ طه: 124]
20:124 And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind."
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Quran 20:124 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
But whoever disregards My remembrance disregards the Qur’ān and does not believe in it his shall be a straitened life read dankan with nunation a verbal noun meaning ‘straitened circumstances’. This statement has been interpreted in one hadīth to mean the punishment of the grave for the disbeliever. And on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring him to the assembly namely the one who disregards the Qur’ān blind’ blind in eyesight.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And he who turns his back upon My spirit of truth that guides into all truth and does not keep Me in mind shall live a life of misery and hardness of fate and circumstances and We throng him in Day of Judgement as blind, lacking in intellectual, moral and spiritual perception as he was in life
Quran 20:124 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
The Descent of Adam to the Earth and the Promise of Good for the Guided and Evil for the Transgressors
Allah says to Adam, Hawwa' and Iblis, "Get down from here, all of you." This means each of you should get out of Paradise.
We expounded upon this in Surah Al-Baqarah.
بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ
( Some of you as enemies to others. ) 2:36 He ( Allah ) was saying this to Adam and his progeny and Iblis and his progeny.
Concerning Allah's statement,
فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى
( Then if there comes to you guidance from Me, ) Abu Al-`Aliyyah said, "This ( guidance ) means the Prophets, the Messengers and the evidence."
فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلاَ يَضِلُّ وَلاَ يَشْقَى
( Then whoever follows My guidance he shall neither go astray nor shall be distressed. ) Ibn `Abbas said, "He will not be misguided in this life and he will not be distressed in the Hereafter."
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى
( But whosoever turns away from My Reminder, ) This means, "Whoever opposes my command and what I have revealed to My Messenger, then he has turned away from it, neglected it and taken his guidance from other than it."
فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكاً
( verily, for him is a life of hardship, ) meaning, his life will be hard in this world.
He will have no tranquillity and no expanding of his breast ( ease ).
Rather, his chest will be constrained and in difficulty due to his misguidance.
Even if he appears to be in comfort outwardly and he wears whatever he likes, eats whatever he likes and lives wherever he wants, he will not be happy.
For verily, his heart will not have pure certainty and guidance.
He will be in agitation, bewilderment and doubt.
He will always be in confusion and a state of uncertainty.
This is from the hardship of life.
Concerning His statement,
وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيـمَةِ أَعْمَى
( and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection. ) Mujahid, Abu Salih and As-Suddi said, "This means he will have no proof." `Ikrimah said, "He will be made blind to everything except Hell." This is as Allah says,
وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
( And We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf; their abode will be Hell. ) 17:97 This is why Allah says,
رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِى أَعْمَى وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيراً
( O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, while I had sight (before ).) This means in the life of this world.
قَالَ كَذَلِكَ أَتَتْكَ آيَـتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا وَكَذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنْسَى
( (Allah ) will say: "Like this Our Ayat came unto you, but you disregarded them, and so this Day, you will be neglected.) Meaning, "When you turned away from the signs of Allah and dealt with them in the manner of one who does not remember them after they were conveyed to you.
You neglected them, turned away from them and were heedless of them.
Therefore, today We will treat you in the manner of one who has forgotten you."
فَالْيَوْمَ نَنسَـهُمْ كَمَا نَسُواْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـذَا
( So this Day We shall forget them as they forgot their meeting of this Day. ) 7:51 For verily, the punishment will be a retribution that is based upon the type of deed that was done.
However, forgetting the words of the Qur'an, while understanding its meaning and acting upon its legislation, is not included in the meaning of this specific threat.
Yet, forgetting the words of the Qur'an has been warned against from a different aspect.
It has been reported in the Sunnah that it is absolutely forbidden and there is a serious threat against one who forgets Qur'an ( that he previously memorized ).
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(20:124) and whoso will turn away from My Admonition, he shall have a wretched life *105 in the world, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection. " *106
And whoever turns away from My remembrance meaning
*105) " Wretched life in this world " does not mean a life of poverty.
It means that such a one shall be deprived of the peace of mind, even though he may be a millionaire or the ruler of a vast empire, for the one, who will turn away from the " Admonition ", will win all the worldly successes by unlawful means and, therefore, will always be suffering from pangs of a guilty conscience and deprived of the peace of mind and real happiness.
*106) Here the story of Prophet Adam ends.
In the light of this part of the story which has been related here and at other places in the Qur'an, I have come to the conclusion ( and correct knowledge is with Allah alone ) that the " vicegerency of the Earth " was the same as was initially bestowed on Adam in the Garden, which might have been created in the heavens or on this Earth.
Anyhow the vicegerent of Allah was supplied gratis with all the necessities of life and the angels were placed under his command for service.
This was to enable him to discharge the high and noble obligations of vicegerency, without any worry about the procurement of the necessities of life.
But in order to make hire permanent in this office, it was necessary to put him to a test so that all his capabilities, excellences and weaknesses might be known.
Accordingly, he had to take his test in which some of his weaknesses came to the surface: he was prone to be seduced by greed and temptation: he did not remain firm in obedience: he was capable of forgetfulness.
That is why he was given the " vicegerency " as a trial in the Earth for a fixed term up to the Day of Judgment.
During this period of trial, he had himself to make arrangements for the necessities of life though he was allowed to exploit all the resources of the Earth and to rule over other creatures.
The trial is this: does he or does he not obey his Lord in spite of having the power to obey or not to obey? And if he forgets or is seduced by greed, dces he or dces he not repent through warning and admonition, when he realizes his error? At the same time, his Lord has warned him that a full and perfect record of all his deeds and misdeeds is being kept, and that he shall be judged on the Day of Reckoning in accordance with it.
Those who will come out successful will be given permanent vicegerency and that eternal life and everlasting kingdom by which Satan seduced .
him.
The righteous servants will become the heirs to the Garden, if they had obeyed their Lord or repented after " forgetfulness ".
It should also be noted well that life in the Garden will not merely be to " eat, drink and be merry ", but there will be such higher things to achieve as no human being can conceive in this world.
That is why only those blessings of the Garden have been mentioned in the Qur'an which can be comprehended by human beings in this world.
It will be worth while to make a comparative study of the account of Adam and Eve as given in the Qur'an with that given in the Bible.
According to Genesis:
" And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the tnan whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree....the tree of life....and the tree of knowledge of good and evil....And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die ....
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from tnan, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man....
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. " ( 2:725 ).
" Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?....
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil....she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And He said, who told thee that thou west naked? Hast thou eaten, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gayest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat...........And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every blast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, 1 will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shah bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which 1 commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life:....
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. " ( 3 :1-23 ).
It is obvious that the Bible has not done justice to Adam and Eve, nay, even to God Himself.
On the other hand, the account given in the Qur'an is itself a clear proof that the stories given in it have not been copied from the Bible; for the Qur'an not only corroborates those parts of the Bible which have remained untampered but also corrects its wrong statements.
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
The Descent of Adam to the Earth and the Promise of Good for the Guided and Evil for the Transgressors
Allah says to Adam, Hawwa' and Iblis, "Get down from here, all of you." This means each of you should get out of Paradise.
We expounded upon this in Surah Al-Baqarah.
بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ
( Some of you as enemies to others. ) 2:36 He ( Allah ) was saying this to Adam and his progeny and Iblis and his progeny.
Concerning Allah's statement,
فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى
( Then if there comes to you guidance from Me, ) Abu Al-`Aliyyah said, "This ( guidance ) means the Prophets, the Messengers and the evidence."
فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلاَ يَضِلُّ وَلاَ يَشْقَى
( Then whoever follows My guidance he shall neither go astray nor shall be distressed. ) Ibn `Abbas said, "He will not be misguided in this life and he will not be distressed in the Hereafter."
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى
( But whosoever turns away from My Reminder, ) This means, "Whoever opposes my command and what I have revealed to My Messenger, then he has turned away from it, neglected it and taken his guidance from other than it."
فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكاً
( verily, for him is a life of hardship, ) meaning, his life will be hard in this world.
He will have no tranquillity and no expanding of his breast ( ease ).
Rather, his chest will be constrained and in difficulty due to his misguidance.
Even if he appears to be in comfort outwardly and he wears whatever he likes, eats whatever he likes and lives wherever he wants, he will not be happy.
For verily, his heart will not have pure certainty and guidance.
He will be in agitation, bewilderment and doubt.
He will always be in confusion and a state of uncertainty.
This is from the hardship of life.
Concerning His statement,
وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيـمَةِ أَعْمَى
( and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection. ) Mujahid, Abu Salih and As-Suddi said, "This means he will have no proof." `Ikrimah said, "He will be made blind to everything except Hell." This is as Allah says,
وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
( And We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf; their abode will be Hell. ) 17:97 This is why Allah says,
رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِى أَعْمَى وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيراً
( O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, while I had sight (before ).) This means in the life of this world.
قَالَ كَذَلِكَ أَتَتْكَ آيَـتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا وَكَذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنْسَى
( (Allah ) will say: "Like this Our Ayat came unto you, but you disregarded them, and so this Day, you will be neglected.) Meaning, "When you turned away from the signs of Allah and dealt with them in the manner of one who does not remember them after they were conveyed to you.
You neglected them, turned away from them and were heedless of them.
Therefore, today We will treat you in the manner of one who has forgotten you."
فَالْيَوْمَ نَنسَـهُمْ كَمَا نَسُواْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـذَا
( So this Day We shall forget them as they forgot their meeting of this Day. ) 7:51 For verily, the punishment will be a retribution that is based upon the type of deed that was done.
However, forgetting the words of the Qur'an, while understanding its meaning and acting upon its legislation, is not included in the meaning of this specific threat.
Yet, forgetting the words of the Qur'an has been warned against from a different aspect.
It has been reported in the Sunnah that it is absolutely forbidden and there is a serious threat against one who forgets Qur'an ( that he previously memorized ).
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me ) but he who turns from professing My divine Oneness; it is also said that this means: he who disbelieves in My Scripture and Messenger, ( his will be a narrow life ) he will be exposed to a severe punishment in the grave; and it is also said: he will be exposed to a severe punishment in hell, (and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
"But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Quran nor acts on its orders, etc.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection."
We try our best to translate, keeping in mind the Italian saying: "Traduttore, traditore", which means: "Translation is a betrayal of the original text".
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