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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب التفسير
Book of Tafsir
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى : وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ .
The words of Allah the Exalted: "And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them"
Majma al-Zawaid 11129 — The words of Allah the Exalted: "And nothing"
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : سَأَلَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُمُ الصَّفَا ذَهَبًا ، وَأَنْ يُنَحِّيَ الْجِبَالَ عَنْهُمْ فَيَزْدَرِعُوا ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ نَسْتَأْنِيَ بِهِمْ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ نُؤْتِيهِمُ الَّذِي سَأَلُوا ، فَإِنْ كَفَرُوا هَلَكُوا كَمَا أَهْلَكْتُ مَنْ قَبْلَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ : " بَلْ أَسْتَأْنِي بِهِمْ " . وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ وَآتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: The people of Makkah requested the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to turn Mount Safa into gold for them and to remove the mountains from around them so that they could cultivate the land. It was said to him: If you wish, We will grant them respite; and if you wish, We will give them what they have requested, but if they then disbelieve, they will be destroyed just as those before them were destroyed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No! Rather, I grant them respite. Then Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "And nothing prevented Us from sending the signs except that the former peoples denied them; and We gave Thamud the she-camel as a clear sign."
