Surah Hijr ayat 3 Tafsir Quran 15:3

﴿ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ﴾
[ الحجر: 3]

15:3 Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

Leave them the disbelievers O Muhammad (s) to eat and to enjoy this world of theirs and that they be diverted distracted by hope of a long life and other such matters that keep them away from faith for they will come to know the sequel of their affair — this was revealed before the command to fight them.

Let them feast their senses, their thoughts and their feelings with infidelity and disobedience and experience with delight the pleasure they draw from such a disposition and be fooled by their hopes which they shall come to know and. realize that they are doomed to disappointment

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ - رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ - ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( 1.
Alif-Lam-Ra.
These are Ayat of the Book and a plain Qur'an. )( 2.
How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. )( 3.
Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false ) hope.
They will come to know!) The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been Muslims We have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs.
Allah said: رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ( How much would those who disbelieved wish ) Here Allah tells us that they will regret having lived in disbelief, and will wish that they had been Muslims in this world.
Regarding Allah's saying, رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. ) Sufyan Ath-Thawri reported from Salamah bin Kuhayl, who reported from Abi Az-Za'ra', from 'Abdullah, who said: "This is about the Jahannamiyyun ( the sinners among the believers who will stay in Hell for some time ), when they [ the disbelievers ] see them being brought out of Hell." رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. ) Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn 'Abbas and Anas bin Malik explained that this Ayah refers to the Day when Allah will detain the sinful Muslims in Hell along with the idolators.
He said: "The idolators will say to them, 'What you used to worship on earth has not helped you.' Then by virtue of His mercy, Allah will be angry for their sake, and He will remove them [ from it ].
That is when رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims )." ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا ( Leave them to eat and enjoy ) this is a stern and definitive threat for them, like His saying, قُلْ تَمَتَّعُواْ فَإِنَّ مَصِيرَكُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ ( Say: "Enjoy your brief life! But certainly, your destination is the Fire!" )[ 14:30 ] كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ( (O disbelievers! ) Eat and enjoy yourselves ( in this worldly life ) for a little while.
Verily, you are the guilty.)[ 77:46 ] Allah says: وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ( let them be preoccupied with false hope. ) i.e., distracted from repentance and turning to Allah, for فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( They will soon come to know! ) that is, their punishment.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ - رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ - ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( 1.
Alif-Lam-Ra.
These are Ayat of the Book and a plain Qur'an. )( 2.
How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. )( 3.
Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false ) hope.
They will come to know!) The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been Muslims We have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs.
Allah said: رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ( How much would those who disbelieved wish ) Here Allah tells us that they will regret having lived in disbelief, and will wish that they had been Muslims in this world.
Regarding Allah's saying, رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. ) Sufyan Ath-Thawri reported from Salamah bin Kuhayl, who reported from Abi Az-Za'ra', from 'Abdullah, who said: "This is about the Jahannamiyyun ( the sinners among the believers who will stay in Hell for some time ), when they [ the disbelievers ] see them being brought out of Hell." رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims. ) Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn 'Abbas and Anas bin Malik explained that this Ayah refers to the Day when Allah will detain the sinful Muslims in Hell along with the idolators.
He said: "The idolators will say to them, 'What you used to worship on earth has not helped you.' Then by virtue of His mercy, Allah will be angry for their sake, and He will remove them [ from it ].
That is when رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ( How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims )." ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا ( Leave them to eat and enjoy ) this is a stern and definitive threat for them, like His saying, قُلْ تَمَتَّعُواْ فَإِنَّ مَصِيرَكُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ ( Say: "Enjoy your brief life! But certainly, your destination is the Fire!" )[ 14:30 ] كُلُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ ( (O disbelievers! ) Eat and enjoy yourselves ( in this worldly life ) for a little while.
Verily, you are the guilty.)[ 77:46 ] Allah says: وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ( let them be preoccupied with false hope. ) i.e., distracted from repentance and turning to Allah, for فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ( They will soon come to know! ) that is, their punishment.

( Let them ) O Muhammad ( eat ) without having any proof or resolve for that which lies ahead ( and enjoy life ) and live a life of disbelief and illicitness, ( and let (false ) hope beguile them) and let long hope preoccupy them from obeying Allah. ( They will come to know! ) they will come to know upon death and in the grave and on the Day of Judgement what will be done to them. This is a threat to them.

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!

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