Verses 53–63
29. Al-Ankaboot · The Spider
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وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
29:53They ask you to hasten the punishment. Yet were it not for a specified time, the punishment would have surely overtaken them. Surely, it will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
29:54They ask you to hasten the punishment, and indeed hell will besiege the faithless
يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
29:55on the day when the punishment envelopes them, from above them and from under their feet, and He will say, ‘Taste what you used to do!’*
يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَرْضِى وَٰسِعَةٌۭ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱعْبُدُونِ
29:56O My servants who have faith! My earth is indeed vast. So worship [only] Me.1
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
29:57Every soul shall taste death. Then you shall be brought back to Us.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًۭا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ نِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَٰمِلِينَ
29:58Those who have faith and do righteous deeds, We will surely settle them in the lofty abodes of paradise, with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever]. How excellent is the reward of the workers!
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
29:59—Those who are patient and who put their trust in their Lord.
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٍۢ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
29:60How many an animal there is that does not carry its own provision. Allah provides them and you, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
29:61If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth, and who has disposed the sun and the moon?’ They will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Then where do they stray?
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
29:62Allah expands the provision for whomever He wishes of His servants, and tightens it for him. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
29:63And if you ask them, ‘Who sends down water from the sky, with which He revives the earth after its death?’ They will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah!’ But most of them do not exercise their reason.
Tafsir
Commentary on this passage
Verse 60
1.There are many living creatures of the earth that do not obtain their own sustenance on the earth and cannot carry their own weight. A child who remains in the womb of its mother, is unable to get its sustenance and cannot make any arrangement for it. But Allah provides its sustenance at all times. In this condition if a man is terrified of his enemies in that they will blockade his way economically or if they give up preaching, their livelihood will be at risk, or if they relate the command of Allah, the organization group will not invite them again. This is the weakness of their faith that makes them worse than animals. An animal goes to the forest with confidence that He who has created him, would definitely provide him the sustenance while humans praise the creatures leaving the Provider of sustenance and think that man provides for their livelihood.
Footnotes
Explanations of words and phrases in these verses
Benefit
The mention in the 55th ayat of ‘under the feet’ and ‘over the head’ is an idiom that man will be enveloped in punishment from head to toe. It implies that he would be surrounded by punishment from all sides and there is no need to mention it separately.
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One of the hurdles in the right path is that the society in which a person lives prevents him from doing good, OT it forces him to commit evil deeds. The Almighty has solved the problem by stating that ‘My land is vast. Leave this place and go to one where the truth can be openly announced and where it is possible to act aright. The second difficulty is, what if one were to die in a state of a1ienation and travel? The reply is that everything is to taste death. After this everyone has to be present before Allah. If you died in Allah’s obedience at least your Hereafter shall be saved. This world is temporal and unreliable.
Benefit
Sabr is the courage to face difficulties. Tawakkul is the strength to move forward in good deeds while relying on Allah. Without these two there is no hope of success.