Surah Saba ayat 32 Tafsir Quran 34:32

﴿قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءَكُم ۖ بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ﴾
[ سبأ: 32]

34:32 Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed ‘Was it us who barred you from guidance after it had come to you? Nay! Rather you were guilty’ of your own accord.

Then the extravagant in their accounts of themselves say to those viewed with contempt: Did we stand in your way and hinder you from accepting the spirit of truth which reached you to guide you into all truth? The fact is they will add, that you were people who grew daily more and more wicked

How the Disbelievers have agreed in this World to deny the Truth,and how They will dispute with One Another on the Day ofResurrection Allah tells us about the excessive wrongdoing and stubbornness of the disbelievers, and their insistence on not believing in the Holy Qur'an and what it tells them about the Resurrection.
Allah says: وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ وَلاَ بِالَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ( And those who disbelieve say: "We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it." ) Allah threatens them and warns them of the humiliating position they will be in before Him, arguing and disputing with one another: يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ الْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ ( how they will cast the (blaming ) word one to another! Those who were deemed weak) this refers to the followers -- لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ to those who were arrogant -- this refers to the leaders and masters -- لَوْلاَ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ ( Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers! ) meaning, `if you had not stopped us, we would have followed the Messengers and believed in what they brought.' Their leaders and masters, those who were arrogant, will say to them: أَنَحْنُ صَدَدنَـكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَى بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُمْ ( Did we keep you back from guidance after it had come to you ) meaning, `we did nothing more to you than to call you, and you followed us without any evidence or proof, and you went against the evidence and proof which the Messengers brought because of your own desires; it was your own choice.' They will say: بَلْ كُنتُمْ مُّجْرِمِينَوَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ( "...Nay, but you were criminals." Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day..." ) meaning, `you used to plot against us night and day, tempting us with promises and false hopes, and telling us that we were truly guided and that we were following something, but all of that was falsehood and manifest lies.' Qatadah and Ibn Zayd said: بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ( Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day, ) means, "You plotted by night and day." Malik narrated something similar from Zayd bin Aslam. إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُ أَندَاداً ( when you ordered us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals to Him! ) means, `to set up gods as equal to Him, and you created doubts and confusion in our minds, and you fabricated far-fetched ideas with which to lead us astray.' وَأَسَرُّواْ النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ ( And each of them (parties ) will conceal their own regrets, when they behold the torment.) means, both the leaders and the followers will feel regret for what they did previously. وَجَعَلْنَا الاٌّغْلَـلَ فِى أَعْنَاقِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ( And We shall put iron collars round the necks of those who disbelieved. ) This is a chain which will tie their hands to their necks. هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( Are they requited aught except what they used to do ) means, they will be punished according to their deeds: the leaders will be punished according to what they did, and the followers will be punished according to what they did. قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَعْلَمُونَ ( He will say: "For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.") ( 7:38 ).
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَّا سِيقَ إِلَيْهَا أَهْلُهَا تَلَقَّاهُمْ لَهَبُهَا، ثُمَّ لَفَحَتْهُمْ لَفْحَةً فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لَحْمٌ إِلَّا سَقَطَ عَلَى الْعُرْقُوب»
( When the people of Hell are driven towards it, it will meet them with its flames, then the Fire will burn their faces and the flesh will all fall to their hamstrings. )" وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلاَّ قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَـفِرُونَ - وَقَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَكْثَـرُ أَمْوَلاً وَأَوْلَـداً وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ - قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ - وَمَآ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ بِالَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَى إِلاَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً فَأُوْلَـئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَهُمْ فِى الْغُرُفَـتِ ءَامِنُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِى ءَايَـتِنَا مُعَـجِزِينَ أُوْلَـئِكَ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

(34:32) The arrogant ones will retort to those who were suppressed: 'What! Did we bar you from the guidance after it came to you? Not at all; rather you yourselves were evil-doers.' *52

Those who were arrogant will say to meaning

*52) That is, 'They will say: We had no power by which a few of us could have compelled hundreds of thousands of the people like you to follow us: If you had the will to believe, you could have deposed us from leadership and power and authority and government.
In fact, you were our army: you were the source of our wealth and power.
But for your offerings and gifts and taxes we should havc been paupers.
Had you not sworn allegiance to us, we could not have flourished as saints even for a day.
Had you not appreciated and applauded us as leaders, we would have remained unknown.
Had you not become our army and fought against the whole world for our sake, we could not have ruled over a single individual.
Now why don't you admit that you yourselves did not want to follow the way that the Messengers had presented before you.
You were the slaves of your own lusts and desires, and the demands of your selves could not be fulfilled by the righteous way of life presented by the Messengers but by what we presented before you.
You were heedless of the lawful and the unlawful and craved for the luxuries of life, which we only could provide you.
You were in search of such guides as could give you the licence to commit any sin, any crime, and take on themselves the responsibility to have you forgiven by God, in exchange for gifts.
You wanted to listen to such religious scholars only who could please you by proving every kind of shirk and every innovation in religion and every lust of your self to be the very truth.
You needed such forgerers who could invent a new religion by altering the Religion of God after your desires.
You wanted to follow such leaders who could help you become prosperous in this world, no matter how you fared in the Hereafter.
You wished to have such rulers who were immoral and dishonest so that under their patronage you also could havc the freedom to indulge in any sin, any immorality.
Thus, you and we were equal partners in the bargain.
Now you cannot delude anyone by saying that you were absolutely innocent and that we had spoiled and corrupted you against your will."
 

How the Disbelievers have agreed in this World to deny the Truth,and how They will dispute with One Another on the Day ofResurrection Allah tells us about the excessive wrongdoing and stubbornness of the disbelievers, and their insistence on not believing in the Holy Qur'an and what it tells them about the Resurrection.
Allah says: وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ وَلاَ بِالَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ( And those who disbelieve say: "We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it." ) Allah threatens them and warns them of the humiliating position they will be in before Him, arguing and disputing with one another: يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ الْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ ( how they will cast the (blaming ) word one to another! Those who were deemed weak) this refers to the followers -- لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ to those who were arrogant -- this refers to the leaders and masters -- لَوْلاَ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ ( Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers! ) meaning, `if you had not stopped us, we would have followed the Messengers and believed in what they brought.' Their leaders and masters, those who were arrogant, will say to them: أَنَحْنُ صَدَدنَـكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَى بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُمْ ( Did we keep you back from guidance after it had come to you ) meaning, `we did nothing more to you than to call you, and you followed us without any evidence or proof, and you went against the evidence and proof which the Messengers brought because of your own desires; it was your own choice.' They will say: بَلْ كُنتُمْ مُّجْرِمِينَوَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ( "...Nay, but you were criminals." Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day..." ) meaning, `you used to plot against us night and day, tempting us with promises and false hopes, and telling us that we were truly guided and that we were following something, but all of that was falsehood and manifest lies.' Qatadah and Ibn Zayd said: بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ( Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day, ) means, "You plotted by night and day." Malik narrated something similar from Zayd bin Aslam. إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُ أَندَاداً ( when you ordered us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals to Him! ) means, `to set up gods as equal to Him, and you created doubts and confusion in our minds, and you fabricated far-fetched ideas with which to lead us astray.' وَأَسَرُّواْ النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ ( And each of them (parties ) will conceal their own regrets, when they behold the torment.) means, both the leaders and the followers will feel regret for what they did previously. وَجَعَلْنَا الاٌّغْلَـلَ فِى أَعْنَاقِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ( And We shall put iron collars round the necks of those who disbelieved. ) This is a chain which will tie their hands to their necks. هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( Are they requited aught except what they used to do ) means, they will be punished according to their deeds: the leaders will be punished according to what they did, and the followers will be punished according to what they did. قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَعْلَمُونَ ( He will say: "For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.") ( 7:38 ).
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَّا سِيقَ إِلَيْهَا أَهْلُهَا تَلَقَّاهُمْ لَهَبُهَا، ثُمَّ لَفَحَتْهُمْ لَفْحَةً فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لَحْمٌ إِلَّا سَقَطَ عَلَى الْعُرْقُوب» ( When the people of Hell are driven towards it, it will meet them with its flames, then the Fire will burn their faces and the flesh will all fall to their hamstrings. )" وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلاَّ قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَـفِرُونَ - وَقَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَكْثَـرُ أَمْوَلاً وَأَوْلَـداً وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ - قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ - وَمَآ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ بِالَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِندَنَا زُلْفَى إِلاَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً فَأُوْلَـئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَهُمْ فِى الْغُرُفَـتِ ءَامِنُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِى ءَايَـتِنَا مُعَـجِزِينَ أُوْلَـئِكَ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

( And those who were proud ) too proud to accept faith, i.e. the leader, ( say unto those who were despised ) those who were oppressed, i.e. the lowly people: ( Did we drive you away ) did we bar you ( from the guidance ) from faith ( after it had come unto you ) after it came to you from Muhammad ( pbuh )? ( Nay, but ye were guilty ) you were idolaters before the coming of Muhammad to you.

And those who were arrogant will say to those who were deemed weak: "Did we keep you back from guidance after it had come to you? Nay, but you were Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disobedient to Allah, etc.).

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