Surah Sajdah ayat 22 Tafsir Quran 32:22

﴿وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا ۚ إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ﴾
[ السجدة: 22]

32:22 And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.

And who does greater wrong than he who is reminded of the signs of his Lord such as the Qur’ān but then turns away from them? in other words none does greater wrong than such a person. Assuredly We shall take vengeance upon the criminals the idolaters.

And who is more wrongful of actions than he who is reminded of Allahs evident signs and revelations and he shuns and persistently avoids them and abstains from listening to them! Let them just wait, We will take just vengeance on them and afflict them with the torment laid upon the damned

The Believer and the Rebellious are not equal Allah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the Messengers sent by Allah to them.
This is like the Ayat: أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُواْ السَّيِّئَـتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَـهُمْ وَمَمَـتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ ( Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe and do righteous good deeds, in their present life and after their death Worst is the judgement that they make. ) ( 45:21 ), أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ ( Shall We treat those who believe and do righteous good deeds as corruptors on earth Or shall We treat those who have Taqwa as the wicked ) ( 38:28 ) لاَ يَسْتَوِى أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَـبُ الْجَنَّةِ ( Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise... ) ( 59:20 ).
Allah says: أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِناً كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقاً لاَّ يَسْتَوُونَ ( Is then he who is a believer like him who is a rebellious Not equal are they.
) i.e., before Allah on the Day of Resurrection.
`Ata' bin Yasar, As-Suddi and others mentioned that this was revealed concerning `Ali bin Abi Talib and `Uqbah bin Abi Mu`it.
Hence Allah has judged between them when He said: أَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ ( As for those who believe and do righteous good deeds, ) meaning, their hearts believed in the signs of Allah, and they did as the signs of Allah dictate, i.e.
righteous good deeds. فَلَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ الْمَأْوَى ( for them are Gardens of Abode ) i.e., in which there are dwellings and houses and lofty apartments. نُزُلاً ( as an entertainment ) means, something to welcome and honor a guest, بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَوَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ ( for what they used to do.
And as for those who rebel, ) means, those who disobeyed Allah, their dwelling place will be the Fire, and every time they want to escape from it, they will be thrown back in, as Allah says: كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُواْ أَن يَخْرُجُواْ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا ( Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein ) ( 22:22 ).
Al-Fudayl bin `Iyad said: "By Allah, their hands will be tied, their feet will be chained, the flames will lift them up and the angels will strike them. وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِي كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( and it will be said to them: "Taste you the torment of the Fire which you used to deny." )" means, this will be said to them by way of rebuke and chastisement. وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّدْنَى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّكْبَرِ ( And verily, We will make them taste of the near lighter torment prior to the greater torment, ) Ibn `Abbas said, "The near torment means diseases and problems in this world, and the things that happen to its people as a test from Allah to His servants so that they will repent to Him." Something similar was also narrated from Ubayy bin Ka`b, Abu Al-`Aliyah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Ad-Dahhak, `Alqamah, `Atiyah, Mujahid, Qatadah, `Abd Al-Karim Al-Jazari and Khusayf. وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ ( And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayat of his Lord, then turns aside therefrom ) means, there is no one who does more wrong than the one whom Allah reminds of His signs and explains them to him clearly, then after that he neglects and ignores them, and turns away from them, forgetting them as if he does not know them.
Qatadah said: "Beware of turning away from the remembrance of Allah, for whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the most misguided and the most in need, and the most guilty of sin." Allah says, warning the one who does that: إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ( Verily, We shall exact retribution from the criminals. ) meaning, `We shall avenge Ourselves on those who do that in the strongest possible terms.'

(32:22) And who is more unjust than he who is given good counsel through the Signs of his Lord and yet he turns away from them? *34 Surely We will exact full retribution from such criminals.

And who is more unjust than one meaning

*34) " The Signs of his Lord " include alI kinds of the Signs.
A perusal of aII the Qur'anic verses in this regard shows that these Signs are of the following six kinds: ( 1 ) The Signs which are found in everything from the earth to the heavens and in the system of the universe as a whole.
( 2 ) The Signs which are found in man's own creation and in his constitution and body.
( 3 ) The Signs which are found in man's intuition, his unconscious and subconscious mind and in his moral concepts.
( 4 ) The Signs which are found in the continuous experience of human history.
( 5 ) The Signs which are found in the , coming down of the earthly and heavenly calamities on man.
( 6 ) And, over and above aII these, the Revelations which Allah sent through His Prophets so that man may be made conscious in a rational way of those realities, which are pointed out by all the above-mentioned Signs.
All these Signs proclaim consistently and clearly: `O man, you are neither without God, nor the servant of many gods, but your God is only One God: no other way of life is correct for you except the way of His service and obedience.
You have not been left to live a free and independent and irresponsible lift in this world, but you have to appear before yow God and render an account of your deeds after your life-activity here has come to an end, and be rewarded or punished accordingly.
Therefore, it is in yow own interest that you should follow the guidance which yow God' has sent through His Prophets and His Books for your instruction and desist from an independent way of lift." Now, obviously, the man who has been warned in so many different ways, for whose admonition countless different Signs have been provided, and who has been blessed with the eyes to see and the cars to hear and the mind to think, and yet he closes his eyes to all these Signs, and closes his cars to the admonitions of his well-wishers, and uses his mind also for inventing stupid and blind philosophies only can be a wretched and wicked person.
He only deserves to be given full punishment for rebellion when he appears before his God after the expiry of the period of test in the world.

 

The Believer and the Rebellious are not equal Allah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the Messengers sent by Allah to them.
This is like the Ayat: أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُواْ السَّيِّئَـتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَـهُمْ وَمَمَـتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ ( Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe and do righteous good deeds, in their present life and after their death Worst is the judgement that they make. ) ( 45:21 ), أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ ( Shall We treat those who believe and do righteous good deeds as corruptors on earth Or shall We treat those who have Taqwa as the wicked ) ( 38:28 ) لاَ يَسْتَوِى أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَـبُ الْجَنَّةِ ( Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise... ) ( 59:20 ).
Allah says: أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِناً كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقاً لاَّ يَسْتَوُونَ ( Is then he who is a believer like him who is a rebellious Not equal are they.
) i.e., before Allah on the Day of Resurrection.
`Ata' bin Yasar, As-Suddi and others mentioned that this was revealed concerning `Ali bin Abi Talib and `Uqbah bin Abi Mu`it.
Hence Allah has judged between them when He said: أَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ ( As for those who believe and do righteous good deeds, ) meaning, their hearts believed in the signs of Allah, and they did as the signs of Allah dictate, i.e.
righteous good deeds. فَلَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ الْمَأْوَى ( for them are Gardens of Abode ) i.e., in which there are dwellings and houses and lofty apartments. نُزُلاً ( as an entertainment ) means, something to welcome and honor a guest, بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَوَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ ( for what they used to do.
And as for those who rebel, ) means, those who disobeyed Allah, their dwelling place will be the Fire, and every time they want to escape from it, they will be thrown back in, as Allah says: كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُواْ أَن يَخْرُجُواْ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا ( Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein ) ( 22:22 ).
Al-Fudayl bin `Iyad said: "By Allah, their hands will be tied, their feet will be chained, the flames will lift them up and the angels will strike them. وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِي كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( and it will be said to them: "Taste you the torment of the Fire which you used to deny." )" means, this will be said to them by way of rebuke and chastisement. وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّدْنَى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الاٌّكْبَرِ ( And verily, We will make them taste of the near lighter torment prior to the greater torment, ) Ibn `Abbas said, "The near torment means diseases and problems in this world, and the things that happen to its people as a test from Allah to His servants so that they will repent to Him." Something similar was also narrated from Ubayy bin Ka`b, Abu Al-`Aliyah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Ad-Dahhak, `Alqamah, `Atiyah, Mujahid, Qatadah, `Abd Al-Karim Al-Jazari and Khusayf. وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ ( And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayat of his Lord, then turns aside therefrom ) means, there is no one who does more wrong than the one whom Allah reminds of His signs and explains them to him clearly, then after that he neglects and ignores them, and turns away from them, forgetting them as if he does not know them.
Qatadah said: "Beware of turning away from the remembrance of Allah, for whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the most misguided and the most in need, and the most guilty of sin." Allah says, warning the one who does that: إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ( Verily, We shall exact retribution from the criminals. ) meaning, `We shall avenge Ourselves on those who do that in the strongest possible terms.'

( And who doth greater wrong ) no one is more insolent and iniquitous ( than he who is reminded of ) admonished by ( the revelations of his Lord ) this was revealed about the hypocrites and the deriders of the Qur’an, ( then turneth from them ) in denial. ( Lo! We shall requite ) We will chastise ( the guilty ) the idolaters.

And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of his Lord, then he turns aside therefrom? Verily, We shall exact retribution from the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.).

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