Surah zariyat ayat 43 Tafsir Quran 51:43

﴿وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ﴾
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51:43 And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

And also in the destruction of Thamūd was a sign when it was said to them after the hamstringing of the she-camel ‘Enjoy yourselves for a while!’ until the end of your terms of life — as stated in the other verse ‘Enjoy yourselves in your dwellings for three days’ Q.1165.

And in the case of Thamud -the Thamudites-, they were told: You are granted respite, to experience with delight, for further consideration of the matter until the coming of a certain date

Lessons from the Destruction of Fir`awn, `Ad, Thamud, and the People of Nuh Allah the Exalted said, وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ ( And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority. ) meaning, with clear proof and plain evidence, فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ ( But he turned away along with his hosts, ) meaning, in rebellion and arrogance, Fir`awn turned away from the plain truth that Musa was sent with, ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ( Bending his neck in pride, and leading (others ) too ( far ) astray from the path of Allah.)( 22:9 ), meaning turning away from truth in arrogance, وَقَالَ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ( and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman." ) meaning Fir`awn said to Musa, "With regards to the message that you brought me, you are either a magician or a madman." Allah the Exalted replied, فَأَخَذْنَـهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَـهُمْ ( So We took him and his armies, and dumped them ), meaning `We threw them,' فِى الْيَمِّ ( into the Yamm ), into the sea, وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ( for he was blameworthy. ) meaning, Fir`awn was a denying sinner and a stubborn disbeliever worthy of blame.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ ( And in `Ad when We sent against them the barren wind ) that destroys everything and produces nothing.
This was said by Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and others.
Allah's statement, مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ ( It spared nothing that it reached, ) meaning, everything that the wind could destroy, إِلاَّ جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ ( but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins. ) meaning, made it just like a rotten and destroyed.
Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib and others commented on: إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ ( when We sent against them the barren wind ),"Southerly winds." However, there is a Hadith in the Sahih from Shu`bah bin Al-Hakam, from Mujahid, from Ibn `Abbas, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«نُصِرْتُ بِالصَّبَا وَأُهْلِكَتْ عَادٌ بِالدَّبُور»
( I have been made victorious with the Saba (easterly wind ), and the people of `Ad were destroyed with the Dabur ( westerly wind ).) Allah saying, وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّى حِينٍ ( And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!" ) is just as He said in another Ayah, وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّواْ الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ ( And as for Thamud, We guided them to the path of truth, but they preferred blindness to guidance; so the Sa`iqah of disgracing torment seized them. ) ( 41:17 ) Allah said here, وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّى حِينٍ - فَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ( And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!" But they insolently defied the command of their Lord, so the Sa`iqah overtook them while they were looking. ) Thamud were given a respite for three days, during which they await the torment.
In the early morning of the fourth day, the torment overtook them, فَمَا اسْتَطَـعُواْ مِن قِيَامٍ ( Then they were unable to rise up, ) they were unable to escape and run away from it, وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ ( nor could they help themselves. ) nor could they save themselves from the torment that befell them.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ( (So were ) the people of Nuh before them.) meaning, `We destroyed the people of Nuh before these people ( Fir`awn, `Ad and Thamud ).' إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ ( Verily, they were a people who were revellious. ) We mentioned these stories in details before in the Tafsir of several other Surahs.

(51:43) There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Thamud. They were told: 'Enjoy yourselves for a while.' *40

And in Thamud, when it was said meaning

*40) The commentators have disputed as to which respite it implies.
Hadrat Qatadah says that it alludes to that verse of Surah Hud in which it has been stated that when the Thamud killed the she camel of the Prophet Salih, they were warned by Allah that they had three more days to enjoy lift after which they would be overtaken by the torment.
Contrary to this, Hadrat Hasan Basri has expressed the opinion that this thing had been said by the Prophet Salih to his people in the beginning of his mission and by this he meant that if they would not adopt the way of repentance and faith, they would be granted a respite to enjoy lift in the world only till an appointed tint, and then they would be overtaken by the tormnt.
The second of these two commentaries seems to be more correct, for the following verse ( " But in spite of this they defied the command of their Lord " ) indicates that the respite being mentioned here had been given before the defiance and they committed it after the warning.
On the contrary, the three days' respite mentioned in Surah Hud had been given after the wicked people had committed the final defiance which became decisive in their cast and sealed their doom for ever afterwards
 

Lessons from the Destruction of Fir`awn, `Ad, Thamud, and the People of Nuh Allah the Exalted said, وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ ( And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority. ) meaning, with clear proof and plain evidence, فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ ( But he turned away along with his hosts, ) meaning, in rebellion and arrogance, Fir`awn turned away from the plain truth that Musa was sent with, ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ( Bending his neck in pride, and leading (others ) too ( far ) astray from the path of Allah.)( 22:9 ), meaning turning away from truth in arrogance, وَقَالَ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ( and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman." ) meaning Fir`awn said to Musa, "With regards to the message that you brought me, you are either a magician or a madman." Allah the Exalted replied, فَأَخَذْنَـهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَـهُمْ ( So We took him and his armies, and dumped them ), meaning `We threw them,' فِى الْيَمِّ ( into the Yamm ), into the sea, وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ( for he was blameworthy. ) meaning, Fir`awn was a denying sinner and a stubborn disbeliever worthy of blame.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ ( And in `Ad when We sent against them the barren wind ) that destroys everything and produces nothing.
This was said by Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and others.
Allah's statement, مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ ( It spared nothing that it reached, ) meaning, everything that the wind could destroy, إِلاَّ جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ ( but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins. ) meaning, made it just like a rotten and destroyed.
Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib and others commented on: إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ ( when We sent against them the barren wind ),"Southerly winds." However, there is a Hadith in the Sahih from Shu`bah bin Al-Hakam, from Mujahid, from Ibn `Abbas, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «نُصِرْتُ بِالصَّبَا وَأُهْلِكَتْ عَادٌ بِالدَّبُور» ( I have been made victorious with the Saba (easterly wind ), and the people of `Ad were destroyed with the Dabur ( westerly wind ).) Allah saying, وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّى حِينٍ ( And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!" ) is just as He said in another Ayah, وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّواْ الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ ( And as for Thamud, We guided them to the path of truth, but they preferred blindness to guidance; so the Sa`iqah of disgracing torment seized them. ) ( 41:17 ) Allah said here, وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّى حِينٍ - فَعَتَوْاْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ( And in Thamud, when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!" But they insolently defied the command of their Lord, so the Sa`iqah overtook them while they were looking. ) Thamud were given a respite for three days, during which they await the torment.
In the early morning of the fourth day, the torment overtook them, فَمَا اسْتَطَـعُواْ مِن قِيَامٍ ( Then they were unable to rise up, ) they were unable to escape and run away from it, وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ ( nor could they help themselves. ) nor could they save themselves from the torment that befell them.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ( (So were ) the people of Nuh before them.) meaning, `We destroyed the people of Nuh before these people ( Fir`awn, `Ad and Thamud ).' إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ ( Verily, they were a people who were revellious. ) We mentioned these stories in details before in the Tafsir of several other Surahs.

And in ( the tribe of ) Thamud) the folk of Salih ( (there is a portent ) when it was told them) Salih told them after they hamstrung the she-camel: ( Take your ease awhile ) enjoy your life until the advent of the chastisement.

And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"

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