Surah Sajdah ayat 16 Tafsir Quran 32:16

﴿تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ﴾
[ السجدة: 16]

32:16 They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.

Their sides withdraw they rise from their lying places the places for lying down to sleep together with the bedding in order to spend the night in prayer tahajjud to supplicate to their Lord in fear of His punishment and in hope of His mercy and they expend of what We have provided them they give voluntary alms.

Their sides desert the beds for nocturnal devotion in exchange for Allahs mercy and blessings: They prostrate their reason to divine revelation and they make invocation unto Him by comely prostration of their bodies, which act reflects dread that is mingled with veneration and reflects hope that springs eternal in their bosoms for His pitiful forbearance toward them, and they spend in benevolence of Our grace that was made to abound in them

The State of the People of Faith and Their Reward Allah states: إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِـَايَـتِنَا ( Only those believe in Our Ayat, ) means, who accept them as true, الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهَا خَرُّواْ سُجَّداً ( who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate, ) means, they listen to them and obey them in word and deed. وَسَبَّحُواْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ( and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud. ) means, they are not too proud to follow them and submit to them, unlike the ignorant among the rebellious disbelievers.
Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ ( Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) ( 40:60 ).
Then Allah says: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) meaning, they pray the voluntary night prayer and forego sleep and resting on a comfortable bed.
Mujahid and Al-Hasan said that the Ayah تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) refers to voluntary night prayer.
Ad-Dahhak said, "It refers to Salat Al-`Isha' in congregation and Salat Al-Fajr in congregation. يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً ( to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, ) means, in fear of His punishment and in hope of His reward. وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ( and they spend out of what We have bestowed on them. ) means, they do both obligatory and supererogatory acts of worship.
Their leader in this world and the Hereafter is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`adh bin Jabal said, "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey one morning, walking near him.
I said, `O Prophet of Allah, tell me of a deed that will grant me admittance to Paradise and keep me away from Hell.' He said:
«لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ وَإِنَّهَ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْت»
( You have asked about something great, and it is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy.
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish regular prayer, pay Zakah, fast Ramadan and perform pilgrimage to the House. ) Then he said:
«أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ؟ الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِىءُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْل»
( Shall I not tell you of the gates of goodness Fasting is a shield, charity wipes out sin, and the prayer of a man in the depths of the night. ) Then he recited: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) until he reached جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( as a reward for what they used to do. ) Then he said:
«أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِرَأْسِ الْأَمْرِ وَعَمُودِهِ وَذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ؟»
( Shall I not tell you of the greatest of all things and its pillars and pinnacle ) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He said:
«رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ الْإسْلَامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ الله»
( The greatest of all things is Islam, its pillars are the prayers and its pinnacle is Jihad for the sake of Allah. ) Then he said:
«أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَلَاكِ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ؟»
( Shall I not tell you the factor on which all of that depends ) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He took hold of his tongue and said,
«كُفَّ عَلَيْكَ هذَا»
( Restrain this. ) I said, `O Messenger of Allah, will we be accountable for what we say' He said,
«ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكُ يَا مُعَاذُ، وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ فِي النَّارِ عَلى وُجُوهِهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ: عَلى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إِلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتهِم»
( May your mother be bereft of you, O Mu`adh! Will the people be thrown into Hell -- (or he said ) on their faces -- except because of what their tongues say) It was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah in their Sunans.
At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes ) means, no one knows the vastness of what Allah has concealed for them of everlasting joy in Paradise and delights such as no one has ever seen.
Because they conceal their good deeds, Allah conceals the reward for them, a fitting reward which will suit their deeds.
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, "If people conceal their good deeds, Allah will conceal for them what no eye has seen and what has never crossed the mind of man.
It was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
Al-Bukhari quoted the Ayah: d فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes ) Then he recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالى: أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر»
( Allah says: "I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mind of man." ) Abu Hurayrah said: "Recite, if you wish: فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes. ) It was also recorded by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi.
At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." In another version of Al-Bukhari:
«وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ، ذُخْرًا مِنْ بَلْهِ مَا أُطْلِعْتُمْ عَلَيْه»
( "and no body has ever even imagined of.
All that is reserved, besides which, all that you have seen is nothing." ) It was also reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet said:
«مَنْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ يَنْعَمْ لَا يَبْأَسْ، لَا تَبْلَى ثِيَابُهُ، وَلَا يَفْنَى شَبَابُهُ، فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر»
( Whoever enters Paradise, will enjoy a life of luxury and never feel deprivation, his clothes will never wear out, his youth will never fade.
In Paradise there is what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and has never crossed the mind of man. ) This was recorded by Muslim.

(32:16) Their sides forsake their beds, and they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, *27 and expend (in charity) out of the sustenance We have granted them. *28

They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate meaning

*27) That is, " They worship their Lord instead of enjoying sensuous pleasures at night.
They are not like the world-worshippers, who seek entertainments in music and dancing, drinking and merry-making, in the night in order to get relief from the day's fatigue and labour and toil.
Instead, when they are free from their day's work and duties, they devote themselves to the adoration of their Lord, spend their nights in His remembrance, tremble out of fear of Him, and pin all their hopes on Him. " " Who forsake their beds " dces not mean that they do not sleep at all at night, but that they spend a part of the night in Allah's worship.

*28) In the original, rizq: lawful provisions.
Unlawful provisions have nowhere been called rizq by Allah.
The verse therefore means: They spend from whatever little or much of pure provisions We have given them; they do not overspend and do not grab unlawful wealth in order to meet their expenses.

 

The State of the People of Faith and Their Reward Allah states: إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِـَايَـتِنَا ( Only those believe in Our Ayat, ) means, who accept them as true, الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهَا خَرُّواْ سُجَّداً ( who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate, ) means, they listen to them and obey them in word and deed. وَسَبَّحُواْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ( and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud. ) means, they are not too proud to follow them and submit to them, unlike the ignorant among the rebellious disbelievers.
Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ ( Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) ( 40:60 ).
Then Allah says: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) meaning, they pray the voluntary night prayer and forego sleep and resting on a comfortable bed.
Mujahid and Al-Hasan said that the Ayah تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) refers to voluntary night prayer.
Ad-Dahhak said, "It refers to Salat Al-`Isha' in congregation and Salat Al-Fajr in congregation. يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً ( to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, ) means, in fear of His punishment and in hope of His reward. وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ( and they spend out of what We have bestowed on them. ) means, they do both obligatory and supererogatory acts of worship.
Their leader in this world and the Hereafter is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`adh bin Jabal said, "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey one morning, walking near him.
I said, `O Prophet of Allah, tell me of a deed that will grant me admittance to Paradise and keep me away from Hell.' He said: «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ وَإِنَّهَ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْت» ( You have asked about something great, and it is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy.
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish regular prayer, pay Zakah, fast Ramadan and perform pilgrimage to the House. ) Then he said: «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ؟ الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِىءُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْل» ( Shall I not tell you of the gates of goodness Fasting is a shield, charity wipes out sin, and the prayer of a man in the depths of the night. ) Then he recited: تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ( Their sides forsake their beds, ) until he reached جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( as a reward for what they used to do. ) Then he said: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِرَأْسِ الْأَمْرِ وَعَمُودِهِ وَذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ؟» ( Shall I not tell you of the greatest of all things and its pillars and pinnacle ) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: «رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ الْإسْلَامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ الله» ( The greatest of all things is Islam, its pillars are the prayers and its pinnacle is Jihad for the sake of Allah. ) Then he said: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَلَاكِ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ؟» ( Shall I not tell you the factor on which all of that depends ) I said, `Of course, O Messenger of Allah.' He took hold of his tongue and said, «كُفَّ عَلَيْكَ هذَا» ( Restrain this. ) I said, `O Messenger of Allah, will we be accountable for what we say' He said, «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكُ يَا مُعَاذُ، وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ فِي النَّارِ عَلى وُجُوهِهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ: عَلى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إِلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتهِم» ( May your mother be bereft of you, O Mu`adh! Will the people be thrown into Hell -- (or he said ) on their faces -- except because of what their tongues say) It was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah in their Sunans.
At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes ) means, no one knows the vastness of what Allah has concealed for them of everlasting joy in Paradise and delights such as no one has ever seen.
Because they conceal their good deeds, Allah conceals the reward for them, a fitting reward which will suit their deeds.
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, "If people conceal their good deeds, Allah will conceal for them what no eye has seen and what has never crossed the mind of man.
It was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
Al-Bukhari quoted the Ayah: d فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes ) Then he recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالى: أَعْدَدْتُ لِعِبَادِي الصَّالِحِينَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر» ( Allah says: "I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mind of man." ) Abu Hurayrah said: "Recite, if you wish: فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ ( No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes. ) It was also recorded by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi.
At-Tirmidhi said, "It is Hasan Sahih." In another version of Al-Bukhari: «وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ، ذُخْرًا مِنْ بَلْهِ مَا أُطْلِعْتُمْ عَلَيْه» ( "and no body has ever even imagined of.
All that is reserved, besides which, all that you have seen is nothing." ) It was also reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet said: «مَنْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ يَنْعَمْ لَا يَبْأَسْ، لَا تَبْلَى ثِيَابُهُ، وَلَا يَفْنَى شَبَابُهُ، فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلى قَلْبِ بَشَر» ( Whoever enters Paradise, will enjoy a life of luxury and never feel deprivation, his clothes will never wear out, his youth will never fade.
In Paradise there is what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and has never crossed the mind of man. ) This was recorded by Muslim.

( Who forsake their beds ) after sleeping a little at night ( to cry unto their Lord ) to worship their Lord by means of the five daily prayers; it is also said that they forsake their beds in order to pray the last night prayer ( ’Isha’ ); it is also said that this means: they leave their beds after sleeping a little at night to perform supererogatory prayers ( in fear ) of Him and His chastisement ( and hope ) in Him and His mercy, ( and spend ) in charity ( of what we have bestowed on them ) of wealth.

Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allah's Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them.

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