Surah Nahl ayat 87 Tafsir Quran 16:87

﴿وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 87]

16:87 And they will impart to Allah that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

And they will offer submission to God on that day that is they will have surrendered to His judgement and that which they used to invent in the way of claiming that their gods intercede for them will fail forsake them.

There and then shall they -the infidels- resign themselves to the will of Allah and be forsaken and renounced by those whom they presumed to share with Allah His divine nature

And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation, then those who disbelieve will not be given leave, nor will they be allowed ( to return to the world ) to repent and ask for Allah's forgiveness.) 85.
And once those who did wrong see the torment, it will not decrease for them, nor will they be given respite ( 84 )And when those who associated partners with Allah see their partners, they will say: "Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to call upon besides you." But they will throw back their statement at them ( saying ): "You indeed are liars! ( 85 )And they will offer ( their full ) submission to Allah on that Day, and what they falsely invented will wander away from them ( 86 )Those who disbelieved and tried to obstruct the path of Allah, for them We will add torment on top of the torment because of the corruption they spread ( 87 ) The Plight of the Idolators on the Day of Judgement Allah tells us about the predicament of the idolators on the Day when they will be resurrected in the realm of the Hereafter.
He will raise a witness from every nation - that is - their Prophet, to testify about their response to the Message he conveyed from Allah. ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ( then, those who disbelieved will not be given leave. ) meaning, they will not be allowed to offer any excuse, as Allah says: هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ - وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ( That will be a Day when they do not speak.
And they will not be permitted to present any excuse )( 77:35-36 ).
Hence, Allah says: وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ - وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ( nor will they be allowed (to return to the world ) to repent and ask for Allah's forgiveness.
And once those who did wrong see) meaning those who associated others in worship with Allah, الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ ( the torment, it will not decrease for them, ) meaning it will not be reduced for them even for a moment. وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ( nor will they be given respite. ) meaning, it will not be delayed for them, rather they will be taken quickly from the place of gathering, with no calling to account.
Then Hell will be brought forth, pulled by seventy thousand ropes, each of which is held by seventy thousand angels, and a neck will stretch forth from Hell towards the people, and it will expel a gust of hot air.
No one will be left but will fall to his knees.
Then it ( the neck that is stretched forth ) will say, "I have been entrusted to deal with every stubborn, arrogant one who joined another god with Allah," and so and so, mentioning different types of people, as was reported in the Hadith.
Then it will come down upon them and pick them up from where they are standing as a bird picks up a seed.
Allah says: إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا - وَإِذَا أُلْقُوا مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا - لَّا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَاحِدًا وَادْعُوا ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا ( When it (Hell ) sees them from a far place, they will hear its raging and its roaring.
And when they are thrown into a narrow part of it, chained together, they will cry for destruction.
Today, do not scream for one destruction, but scream repeatedly for destruction.)( 25:12-14 ) وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ( And the guilty shall see the Fire and apprehend that they are about to fall into it.
And they will find no way to avoid it. )( 18:53 ) لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ - بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ( If only those who disbelieved knew (about the time ) when they will not be able to protect their faces nor their backs from the Fire, and they have no help.
Nay, it ( the Fire ) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they have any respite.)( 21:39-40 ) The gods of the Idolators will disown Them at the Time when They need them most Then Allah tells us that their gods will disown them when they need them most.
He says: وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَاءَهُمْ ( And when those who associated partners with Allah see their partners ) meaning, those whom they used to worship in this world.' قَالُوا رَبَّنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُرَكَاؤُنَا الَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُو مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ( they will say: "Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to call upon besides you." But they will throw their statements back at them (saying ): "You are indeed liars!") i.e., those gods will say to them, 'you are lying.
We never commanded you to worship us.' Allah says: وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ - وَإِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُوا لَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَكَانُوا بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَافِرِينَ ( And who is more astray than one who calls upon others besides Allah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even ) unaware of their invocations to them? And when the people are gathered ( on the Day of Resurrection ), they ( false deities ) will become their enemies and will deny their worship,)( 46:5-6 ) وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا لَهُمْ عِزًّا - كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا ( And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they might give them honor, power and glory.
Nay, but they will deny their worship, and become their adversaries (on the Day of Resurrection ).)( 19:81-82 ) Al-Khalil [ Ibrahim ] said: ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ ( but on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown each other )[ 29:25 ] And Allah says: وَقِيلَ ادْعُوا شُرَكَاءَكُمْ ( And it will be said (to them ): "Call upon your partners")[ 28:64 ] And there are many other similar Ayat. Everything will surrender to Allah on the Day of Resurrection وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ( And they will offer (their full ) submission to Allah on that Day,) Qatadah and 'Ikrimah said: "They will humble themselves and surrender on that Day," i.e., they will all surrender to Allah, there will not be anyone who does not hear and obey.
As Allah says: أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ( How clearly will they see and hear, the Day when they will appear before Us! )[ 19:38 ] meaning, they will see and hear better than they have ever seen and heard before.
And Allah says: وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُو رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَا أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا ( And if you only could see when the guilty hang their heads before their Lord (saying ): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard.")[ 32:12 ] وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ ( And (all ) faces shall be humbled before the Ever Living, the Sustainer.)[ 20:111 ] meaning, they will humble and submit themselves. وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ ( And they will offer (their full ) submission to Allah on that Day, and what they falsely invented will wander away from them.) The things that they used to worship which were all based on fabrications and lies, will all disappear, and they will have no helper or supporter, and no one to turn to. Those among the Idolators who corrupted Others will receive a Greater Punishment Then Allah tells us: الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا ( Those who disbelieved and tried to obstruct the path of Allah, for them We will add torment ) meaning one punishment for their disbelief and another punishment for turning others away from following the truth, as Allah says: وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ ( And they prevent others from him and they themselves keep away from him )[ 6:26 ] meaning they forbade others to follow him and they themselves shunned him, but: وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ( they destroyed only themselves, while they do not realize it. )[ 6:26 ] This is evidence that there will be varying levels of punishment for the disbelievers, just as there will be varying degrees of Paradise for the believers, as Allah says: قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ ( For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.)[ 7:38 ]

(16:87) At that time all of them will proffer submission before Allah and all they used to forge in this world shall vanish from them. *84

And they will impart to Allah that meaning

*84) That is, " All those things on which they had relied will prove to be false, for they will not fmd anyone to hear their supplication nor anyone to remove their hardships.
Nay, there will be none who will come forward and say, "These.
are my dependents: so no action should be taken against them".

 

And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation, then those who disbelieve will not be given leave, nor will they be allowed ( to return to the world ) to repent and ask for Allah's forgiveness.) 85.
And once those who did wrong see the torment, it will not decrease for them, nor will they be given respite ( 84 )And when those who associated partners with Allah see their partners, they will say: "Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to call upon besides you." But they will throw back their statement at them ( saying ): "You indeed are liars! ( 85 )And they will offer ( their full ) submission to Allah on that Day, and what they falsely invented will wander away from them ( 86 )Those who disbelieved and tried to obstruct the path of Allah, for them We will add torment on top of the torment because of the corruption they spread ( 87 ) The Plight of the Idolators on the Day of Judgement Allah tells us about the predicament of the idolators on the Day when they will be resurrected in the realm of the Hereafter.
He will raise a witness from every nation - that is - their Prophet, to testify about their response to the Message he conveyed from Allah. ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ( then, those who disbelieved will not be given leave. ) meaning, they will not be allowed to offer any excuse, as Allah says: هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ - وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ( That will be a Day when they do not speak.
And they will not be permitted to present any excuse )( 77:35-36 ).
Hence, Allah says: وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ - وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ( nor will they be allowed (to return to the world ) to repent and ask for Allah's forgiveness.
And once those who did wrong see) meaning those who associated others in worship with Allah, الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ ( the torment, it will not decrease for them, ) meaning it will not be reduced for them even for a moment. وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ( nor will they be given respite. ) meaning, it will not be delayed for them, rather they will be taken quickly from the place of gathering, with no calling to account.
Then Hell will be brought forth, pulled by seventy thousand ropes, each of which is held by seventy thousand angels, and a neck will stretch forth from Hell towards the people, and it will expel a gust of hot air.
No one will be left but will fall to his knees.
Then it ( the neck that is stretched forth ) will say, "I have been entrusted to deal with every stubborn, arrogant one who joined another god with Allah," and so and so, mentioning different types of people, as was reported in the Hadith.
Then it will come down upon them and pick them up from where they are standing as a bird picks up a seed.
Allah says: إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا - وَإِذَا أُلْقُوا مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا - لَّا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَاحِدًا وَادْعُوا ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا ( When it (Hell ) sees them from a far place, they will hear its raging and its roaring.
And when they are thrown into a narrow part of it, chained together, they will cry for destruction.
Today, do not scream for one destruction, but scream repeatedly for destruction.)( 25:12-14 ) وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ( And the guilty shall see the Fire and apprehend that they are about to fall into it.
And they will find no way to avoid it. )( 18:53 ) لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ - بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ( If only those who disbelieved knew (about the time ) when they will not be able to protect their faces nor their backs from the Fire, and they have no help.
Nay, it ( the Fire ) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they have any respite.)( 21:39-40 ) The gods of the Idolators will disown Them at the Time when They need them most Then Allah tells us that their gods will disown them when they need them most.
He says: وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَاءَهُمْ ( And when those who associated partners with Allah see their partners ) meaning, those whom they used to worship in this world.' قَالُوا رَبَّنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُرَكَاؤُنَا الَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُو مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ( they will say: "Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to call upon besides you." But they will throw their statements back at them (saying ): "You are indeed liars!") i.e., those gods will say to them, 'you are lying.
We never commanded you to worship us.' Allah says: وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ - وَإِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُوا لَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَكَانُوا بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَافِرِينَ ( And who is more astray than one who calls upon others besides Allah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even ) unaware of their invocations to them? And when the people are gathered ( on the Day of Resurrection ), they ( false deities ) will become their enemies and will deny their worship,)( 46:5-6 ) وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا لَهُمْ عِزًّا - كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا ( And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they might give them honor, power and glory.
Nay, but they will deny their worship, and become their adversaries (on the Day of Resurrection ).)( 19:81-82 ) Al-Khalil [ Ibrahim ] said: ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ ( but on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown each other )[ 29:25 ] And Allah says: وَقِيلَ ادْعُوا شُرَكَاءَكُمْ ( And it will be said (to them ): "Call upon your partners")[ 28:64 ] And there are many other similar Ayat. Everything will surrender to Allah on the Day of Resurrection وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ( And they will offer (their full ) submission to Allah on that Day,) Qatadah and 'Ikrimah said: "They will humble themselves and surrender on that Day," i.e., they will all surrender to Allah, there will not be anyone who does not hear and obey.
As Allah says: أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ( How clearly will they see and hear, the Day when they will appear before Us! )[ 19:38 ] meaning, they will see and hear better than they have ever seen and heard before.
And Allah says: وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُو رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَا أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا ( And if you only could see when the guilty hang their heads before their Lord (saying ): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard.")[ 32:12 ] وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ ( And (all ) faces shall be humbled before the Ever Living, the Sustainer.)[ 20:111 ] meaning, they will humble and submit themselves. وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ ( And they will offer (their full ) submission to Allah on that Day, and what they falsely invented will wander away from them.) The things that they used to worship which were all based on fabrications and lies, will all disappear, and they will have no helper or supporter, and no one to turn to. Those among the Idolators who corrupted Others will receive a Greater Punishment Then Allah tells us: الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا ( Those who disbelieved and tried to obstruct the path of Allah, for them We will add torment ) meaning one punishment for their disbelief and another punishment for turning others away from following the truth, as Allah says: وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ ( And they prevent others from him and they themselves keep away from him )[ 6:26 ] meaning they forbade others to follow him and they themselves shunned him, but: وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ( they destroyed only themselves, while they do not realize it. )[ 6:26 ] This is evidence that there will be varying levels of punishment for the disbelievers, just as there will be varying degrees of Paradise for the believers, as Allah says: قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ ( For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.)[ 7:38 ]

( And they proffer unto Allah submission on that day ) both the worshipper and that which he worshipped in this worldly life will surrender to Allah, Exalted is He, ( and all that they used to invent hath failed them ) their lies about Allah will go in vain; it is also said that this means: the idols which they falsely worshipped will be occupied with themselves.

And they will offer (their full) submission to Allah (Alone) on that Day, and their invented false deities [all that they used to invoke besides Allah, e.g. idols, saints, priests, monks, angels, jinns, Jibrael (Gabriel), Messengers, etc.] will vanish from them.

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