Surah zariyat ayat 53 Tafsir Quran 51:53

﴿أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ﴾
[ الذاريات: 53]

51:53 Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

Have they all enjoined this upon one another? an interrogative intended as a denial. Nay but they are an insolent folk a folk whose own proclivity to insolence has made them all say the same thing.

Is this the legacy of thought they legated one generation to another ! But they are indeed a people given to disobedience, and heaven has laid their transgression to their charge

All Messengers met the Same Type of Denial from Their Nations Allah comforts His Prophet by saying to Him, `just as these idolators denied you, the disbelievers of old used the same words with their Messengers,' كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ( Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" ) Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ ( Have they transmitted this saying to these ), meaning, have those of the past taught these words to the people of the present بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ ( Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds! ) They are tyrannical people whose hearts are the same.
Therefore, the latter said the same as those before them have said.
Allah the Exalted said, فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ( So turn away from them, ) meaning, `O Muhammad, turn away from the Quraysh idolators,' فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ( you are not blameworthy. ) meaning, `We blame you not if you turn away from them,' وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( And remind, for verily, the reminding profits the believers. ) meaning, for only the believing hearts benefit from being reminded. Allah Only created Mankind and Jinns to worship Him Alone Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالإِنسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ ( And I created not the Jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me. ) meaning, `I, Allah, only created them so that I order them to worship Me, not that I need them.' `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah, إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ ( ...except that they should worship Me. ) meaning, "So that they worship Me, willingly or unwillingly." Allah the Exalted said, مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ - إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ ( I seek not any provision from them nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught the following: ( إنِّي أَنَا الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِين ) `Verily, I am the Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong.' Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i also collected this Hadith.
At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.
" The meaning of this Ayah ( 51:56 ) is that, Allah the Exalted, the Blessed created the creatures so that they worship Him Alone without partners.
Those who obey Him will be rewarded with the best rewards, while those who disobey Him will receive the worst punishment from Him.
Allah stated that He does not need creatures, but rather, they are in need of Him in all conditions.
He is alone their Creator and Provider.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: يَاابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلَأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ، وَإِلَّا تَفْعَلْ، مَلَأْتُ صَدْرَكَ شُغْلًا وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَك»
( Allah the Exalted said, "O Son of Adam! Busy yourself in worshipping Me, and I will fill your chest with riches and dissipate your meekness.
Otherwise, I will fill your chest with distracting affairs and will not do away with your meekness." ) At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah collected this Hadith and At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Gharib." The statement of Allah the Exalted, فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوباً ( And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion ), indicates that they will receive their due share of the torment, مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـبِهِمْ فَلاَ يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ( like the evil portion (which came for ) their likes ( of old ); so let them not ask Me to hasten on!) let them not ask that the punishment is rushed to them, for it will surely come, فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ( Then woe to those who disbelieve from their Day which they have been promised. ) meaning, the Day of Resurrection.
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Adh-Dhariyat; all praise is due to Allah and all the favors come from Him Alone.

(51:53) Have they arrived at a common understanding concerning this? No; but they are a people given to transgression. *50

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, meaning

*50) That is, 'The fact that the people of different countries and nations adopted the same attitude as against the invitation of the Prophets and opposed them in the same manner in different ages for thousands of years could not be due to the reason that all the former and the latter generations had settled in a conference that whenever a prophet came with his message, he should be given such and such an answer.
Then, what could be the reason for the uniformity of their attitude and behavior? There could be no other reason for this than that rebellion and transgression was their common characteristic.
As all the ignorant people of every age have been desirous of living a life free of Allah's service and fearless of His accountability, whoever called them to the service of Allah and to lead a God-conscious life, they gave him one and the same fixed answer.
"
This also throws light on an important truth and it is this: The motives that man has been naturally endowed with for adopting error and guidance, goodness and evil, justice and injustice, and similar other conducts, have been appearing in every age and in every corner of the world in the like manner no matter how different might have been their forms due to advancement of means and resources.
Whether the man of today fights by means of the tanks and aircraft and hydrogen bombs and the man of the ancient time fought with stones and sticks, the basic motives for fighting between men have always been the same.
Likewise, the atheist of today might heap up his arguments for atheism as he likes, his motives for following that creed are precisely the same as had been of an atheist six thousand years ago and in his reasoning also he is not basically any different from his predecessor
 

All Messengers met the Same Type of Denial from Their Nations Allah comforts His Prophet by saying to Him, `just as these idolators denied you, the disbelievers of old used the same words with their Messengers,' كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ( Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!" ) Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ ( Have they transmitted this saying to these ), meaning, have those of the past taught these words to the people of the present بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَـغُونَ ( Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds! ) They are tyrannical people whose hearts are the same.
Therefore, the latter said the same as those before them have said.
Allah the Exalted said, فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ( So turn away from them, ) meaning, `O Muhammad, turn away from the Quraysh idolators,' فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍ ( you are not blameworthy. ) meaning, `We blame you not if you turn away from them,' وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( And remind, for verily, the reminding profits the believers. ) meaning, for only the believing hearts benefit from being reminded. Allah Only created Mankind and Jinns to worship Him Alone Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالإِنسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ ( And I created not the Jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me. ) meaning, `I, Allah, only created them so that I order them to worship Me, not that I need them.' `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah, إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ ( ...except that they should worship Me. ) meaning, "So that they worship Me, willingly or unwillingly." Allah the Exalted said, مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ - إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ ( I seek not any provision from them nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught the following: ( إنِّي أَنَا الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِين ) `Verily, I am the Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong.' Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i also collected this Hadith.
At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.
" The meaning of this Ayah ( 51:56 ) is that, Allah the Exalted, the Blessed created the creatures so that they worship Him Alone without partners.
Those who obey Him will be rewarded with the best rewards, while those who disobey Him will receive the worst punishment from Him.
Allah stated that He does not need creatures, but rather, they are in need of Him in all conditions.
He is alone their Creator and Provider.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: يَاابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلَأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ، وَإِلَّا تَفْعَلْ، مَلَأْتُ صَدْرَكَ شُغْلًا وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَك» ( Allah the Exalted said, "O Son of Adam! Busy yourself in worshipping Me, and I will fill your chest with riches and dissipate your meekness.
Otherwise, I will fill your chest with distracting affairs and will not do away with your meekness." ) At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah collected this Hadith and At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Gharib." The statement of Allah the Exalted, فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوباً ( And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion ), indicates that they will receive their due share of the torment, مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـبِهِمْ فَلاَ يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ( like the evil portion (which came for ) their likes ( of old ); so let them not ask Me to hasten on!) let them not ask that the punishment is rushed to them, for it will surely come, فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ الَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ( Then woe to those who disbelieve from their Day which they have been promised. ) meaning, the Day of Resurrection.
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Adh-Dhariyat; all praise is due to Allah and all the favors come from Him Alone.

Have they handed down ( the saying ) as an heirloom one unto another) did all these folks conspire to say to their respective messenger: you are a wizard or madman? ( Nay, but they are froward folk ) disbelieving folk.

Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!

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