Surah Qasas ayat 61 Tafsir Quran 28:61

﴿أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَاهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَاقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ﴾
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28:61 Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will obtain like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?

Is he to whom We have given a fair promise which he will receive which he will attain and that promise is Paradise like him to whom We have given the enjoyment of the life of this world enjoyment which will disappear soon then on the Day of Resurrection he will be of those arraigned? before the Fire. The former is the believer the latter the disbeliever in other words the two are not equal.

You people just think and think but this: Does he whom We promised Our efficacious grace and who found that it has effected the end for which it was given compare with him whom We graced with the material advantages of life here and then he finds himself among those indicted Hereafter

This World is transient and the One Whose concern is this World is not equal to the One Whose concern is the Hereafter Allah tells us about the insignificance of this world and its contemptible adornments which are nothing in comparison to the great and lasting delights which Allah prepared for His righteous servants in the Hereafter.
As Allah says: مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ( Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allah will remain ) ( 16:96 ). وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلأَبْرَارِ ( and that which is with Allah is the best for the most righteous. ) ( 3:198 ) وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَـعٌ ( whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment. ) ( 13:26 ) بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا - وَالاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى ( Nay, you prefer the life of this world.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting. ) ( 87:16-17 ).
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«وَاللهِ مَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَغْمِسُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْه»
( By Allah, the life of this world in comparison to the Hereafter is as if one of you were to dip his finger in the sea; let him see what comes back to him.
) Allah's saying: أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Have you then no sense ) means, do those who prefer this world to the Hereafter have no sense أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـهُ وَعْداً حَسَناً فَهُوَ لاَقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَـعَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( Is he whom We have promised an excellent promise -- which he will find true -- like him whom We have made to enjoy the luxuries of the life of the world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up ) Is the one who believes in the reward which Allah has promised in return for righteous deeds, which he will undoubtedly attain, like one who disbelieves in the meeting with Allah and in His promises and threats He is only enjoying a few days in this life, ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up. ) Mujahid and Qatadah said: "He will be among those who are punished." It was said that this was revealed concerning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Jahl, or that it was revealed concerning Hamzah and Ali, and Abu Jahl.
Both views were narrated from Mujahid.
The apparent meaning is that it is more general than that.
This is like the Ayah where Allah describes a believer in Paradise looking out at his companion who is in Hell, and saying: وَلَوْلاَ نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell ).) ( 37:57 ) And Allah says: وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ( but the Jinn know well that they have indeed to appear (before Him )) ( 37:158 ).

(28:61) Can the person to whom We have made a good promise, which he would certainly meet, be ever like the one, whom We have only given the provisions of the worldly life, and who, on the Day of Resurrection, would be presented for punishment. *84

Then is he whom We have promised meaning

*84) This is the fourth answer to their excuse.
To understand it fully one should bear in mind two things: First, the present life which is no more than a few years for anyone, is only the temporary phase of a journey.
The real life which will be everlasting is yet to come.
In this life man may amass as much provision as he may please and live the few years at his disposal as comfortably as he can, it will in any case come to an end, and man will depart from the world empty-handed.
No sensible person will like to make the bad bargain of suffering the everlasting distress and affliction in the Hereafter in exchange for the pleasures and comforts of his brief sojourn in the world.
As against this, he would rather prefer to face a few years of hardships here and earn the goodness that may earn him everlasting bliss and comfort in the eternal life of the Next World.

Secondly, Allah's religion does not demand that tnan should totally refrain from seeking and enjoying the good things of life and discard its adornments in any case.
Its only demand is that he should prefer the Hereafter to the world, for the world is perishable and the Hereafter everlasting; and the pleasures of the world are inferior and of the Hereafter superior.
Therefore, tnan must try to attain those provisions and adornments of the world that may enable him to fare well in the everlasting life of the Next World, or at least protect him from the eternal loss there.
But in case there is a question of a comparison between the two, and thesuccess of the world and of the Hereafter oppose and contradict each other, the Faith demands, and this is the demand of man's good sense too, that he should sacrifice the world to the Hereafter, and should never adopt the way of only seeking the transitory provisions and adornments of this world, which inevitably lead to his ruin in the Hereafter forever.

Keeping these two things in view Iet us see what Allah says to the disbelievers of Makkah in the foregoing sentences.
He does not tell them to wind up their business, stop their trade and follow His Prophets and become mendicants.
What He says is that the worldly wealth of which they are so enamoured, is very meager and they can utilize it only for a few days in this worldly life.
Contrary to this, that which is with Allah is much better both in quality and in quantity and is also everlasting.
Therefore, they would be foolish if for the sake of benefiting by the limited blessings of this transitory life, they adopted the way whose evil results they will have to suffer in the form of everlasting loss in the Next World.
They should judge for themselves as to who is successful: He who exerts himself in the service of his Lord and then is blessed with His favours for ever, or he who will be produced as a culprit in His Court, only after having had an opportunity of enjoying unlawful wealth for a few days in the world.

 

This World is transient and the One Whose concern is this World is not equal to the One Whose concern is the Hereafter Allah tells us about the insignificance of this world and its contemptible adornments which are nothing in comparison to the great and lasting delights which Allah prepared for His righteous servants in the Hereafter.
As Allah says: مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ( Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allah will remain ) ( 16:96 ). وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلأَبْرَارِ ( and that which is with Allah is the best for the most righteous. ) ( 3:198 ) وَمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَتَـعٌ ( whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment. ) ( 13:26 ) بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا - وَالاٌّخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى ( Nay, you prefer the life of this world.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting. ) ( 87:16-17 ).
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «وَاللهِ مَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَغْمِسُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْه» ( By Allah, the life of this world in comparison to the Hereafter is as if one of you were to dip his finger in the sea; let him see what comes back to him.
) Allah's saying: أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Have you then no sense ) means, do those who prefer this world to the Hereafter have no sense أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـهُ وَعْداً حَسَناً فَهُوَ لاَقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَـعَ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( Is he whom We have promised an excellent promise -- which he will find true -- like him whom We have made to enjoy the luxuries of the life of the world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up ) Is the one who believes in the reward which Allah has promised in return for righteous deeds, which he will undoubtedly attain, like one who disbelieves in the meeting with Allah and in His promises and threats He is only enjoying a few days in this life, ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up. ) Mujahid and Qatadah said: "He will be among those who are punished." It was said that this was revealed concerning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Jahl, or that it was revealed concerning Hamzah and Ali, and Abu Jahl.
Both views were narrated from Mujahid.
The apparent meaning is that it is more general than that.
This is like the Ayah where Allah describes a believer in Paradise looking out at his companion who is in Hell, and saying: وَلَوْلاَ نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ ( Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell ).) ( 37:57 ) And Allah says: وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ( but the Jinn know well that they have indeed to appear (before Him )) ( 37:158 ).

( Is he whom We have promised a fair promise ) Paradise; the reference here is to Muhammad ( pbuh ) and his Companions; it is also said that the reference is to ’Uthman Ibn ’Affan ( which he will find (true )) in the Hereafter ( like him whom We suffer to enjoy awhile the comfort of the life of the world ) like him whom We gave wealth and servants in the life of the world; the reference here is to Abu Jahl, ( then on the Day of Resurrection he will be of those arraigned ) of those who are tormented in hell?

Is he whom We have promised an excellent promise (Paradise), which he will find true, like him whom We have made to enjoy the luxuries of the life of (this) world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up (to be punished in the Hell-fire)?

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