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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 115
قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنكُمْ فَإِنِّىٓ أُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿115﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Allâh said: "I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among (all) the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed I
مُنَزِّلُهَا
munazziluhā
(will) send it down
عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ
ʿalaykum
to you
فَمَن
faman
then whoever
يَكْفُرْ
yakfur
disbelieves
بَعْدُ
baʿdu
after (that)
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَإِنِّىٓ
fa-innī
then indeed I
أُعَذِّبُهُۥ
uʿadhibuhu
[I] will punish him
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
لَّآ
lā
not
أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ
uʿadhibuhu
I have punished
أَحَدًۭا
aḥadan
anyone
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
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115. Allah said, "Indeed, I will send it down to you, but whoever among you disbelieves after this, I will punish him with a punishment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among all the worlds [165]."
[165]
After Demanding a Miracle, Disobedience Necessitates Punishment:
Here it is worth mentioning that Allah’s law is that when a nation demands a specific miracle from its prophet, and then Allah shows them the demanded miracle, but the nation still does not believe, then a very severe punishment descends upon them in this world. This reality is stated in this verse. A clear example of this is the demand of the people of Thamud from their prophet Salih ؑ that a pregnant she-camel should come out of this mountain and give birth before their eyes, then they would believe. Allah showed them this miracle. But instead of believing, the Thamud adopted a rebellious attitude and even killed that she-camel, so a severe earthquake struck them, and along with it, a very intense and harsh sound was produced, by which all of them were destroyed. The second example is this very demand. Regarding this, consider the following hadith.
The Fate of Those Who Demanded the Table of Blessings:
Ammar bin Yasir رضی اللہ عنہ says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The table that was sent down from the sky had bread and meat on it, and they were commanded not to be treacherous with it and not to store anything for the next day. But those people committed treachery and also kept some for the next day. Therefore, they were turned into monkeys and pigs.” [ترمذي۔ ابو اب التفسير۔ زير آيت مذكوره] From this hadith, it is understood that such a table was not sent down for just one day, but for some period of time. The ones who made the demand had said that the poor, needy, disabled, and helpless people would eat from this table, but later, well-off people also began to participate in eating from this table. This was their treachery. In addition, they also started storing for the next day, which was evidence of their undue greed and lack of trust in Allah, and they had been forbidden from this. They committed several other acts of disobedience as well, as a result of which the forms of about eighty people among them were transformed into those of monkeys and pigs. According to the clarification of Imam Tirmidhi, this hadith is not marfu‘ but mawquf, and for this reason, some scholars have disagreed with this incident. Their view is that when Allah warned them against demanding such a miracle, they actually became afraid and refrained from their demand. Therefore, the table was never sent down. But despite such statements, we prefer the mawquf hadith because this incident is mentioned in the Quran in the same manner.
[165]
After Demanding a Miracle, Disobedience Necessitates Punishment:
Here it is worth mentioning that Allah’s law is that when a nation demands a specific miracle from its prophet, and then Allah shows them the demanded miracle, but the nation still does not believe, then a very severe punishment descends upon them in this world. This reality is stated in this verse. A clear example of this is the demand of the people of Thamud from their prophet Salih ؑ that a pregnant she-camel should come out of this mountain and give birth before their eyes, then they would believe. Allah showed them this miracle. But instead of believing, the Thamud adopted a rebellious attitude and even killed that she-camel, so a severe earthquake struck them, and along with it, a very intense and harsh sound was produced, by which all of them were destroyed. The second example is this very demand. Regarding this, consider the following hadith.
The Fate of Those Who Demanded the Table of Blessings:
Ammar bin Yasir رضی اللہ عنہ says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The table that was sent down from the sky had bread and meat on it, and they were commanded not to be treacherous with it and not to store anything for the next day. But those people committed treachery and also kept some for the next day. Therefore, they were turned into monkeys and pigs.” [ترمذي۔ ابو اب التفسير۔ زير آيت مذكوره] From this hadith, it is understood that such a table was not sent down for just one day, but for some period of time. The ones who made the demand had said that the poor, needy, disabled, and helpless people would eat from this table, but later, well-off people also began to participate in eating from this table. This was their treachery. In addition, they also started storing for the next day, which was evidence of their undue greed and lack of trust in Allah, and they had been forbidden from this. They committed several other acts of disobedience as well, as a result of which the forms of about eighty people among them were transformed into those of monkeys and pigs. According to the clarification of Imam Tirmidhi, this hadith is not marfu‘ but mawquf, and for this reason, some scholars have disagreed with this incident. Their view is that when Allah warned them against demanding such a miracle, they actually became afraid and refrained from their demand. Therefore, the table was never sent down. But despite such statements, we prefer the mawquf hadith because this incident is mentioned in the Quran in the same manner.
