Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   The explanation of the words of Allah, the Exalted: ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رُسُلا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ كَذَلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ (74)

   (Then We sent after him messengers to their peoples. They came to them with the clear proofs, but they were not able to believe in what they had denied before. Thus do We set a seal upon the hearts of the transgressors.)

   Abū Jaʿfar says: Allah, whose mention is exalted, says: Then We sent after Noah messengers to their peoples, and they came to them with clear proofs — arguments and indications of their truthfulness, and that they were messengers of Allah, and that what they called them to was the truth. فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ — that is to say: they were not able to believe in what their messengers had brought them, in that which the people of Noah and those before them among the past peoples had denied. كَذَلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ — Allah, whose mention is exalted, says: Just as We set a seal upon the hearts of those people and thereby closed off those hearts, so that they did not accept the counsels of the prophets of Allah and did not respond to their call to their Lord — because of the sins they had committed and the transgressions they had piled up (27) — so do We set a seal upon the hearts of whoever has transgressed against his Lord and overstepped the command of His oneness, and who has gone against what their messengers had called them to of His obedience (28) — as a punishment for their disobedience to their Lord, for these who came after them.

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   Footnotes:

   (27) See the explanation of "al-ṭabʿ" (the sealing) in what precedes, volume 14, p. 424, note 2, and the references mentioned there.

   (28) See the explanation of "al-iʿtidāʾ" (the transgression) in what precedes, in the linguistic registers (ʿadā).

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   القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رُسُلا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ كَذَلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ (74) قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره: ثم بعثنا من بعد نوح رسلا إلى قومهم، فأتوهم ببينات من الحجج والأدلّة على صدقهم، وأنهم لله رسل، وأن ما يدعونهم إليه حقّ ، (فما كانوا ليؤمنوا بما كذبوا به من قبل) ، يقول: فما كانوا ليصدّقوا بما جاءتهم به رسلهم بما كذب به قوم نوح ومن قبلَهم من الأمم الخالية من قبلهم ، (كذلك نطبع على قلوب المعتدين) ، يقول تعالى ذكره: كما طبعنا على قلوب أولئك فختمنا عليها، فلم يكونوا يقبَلون من أنبياء الله نصيحتَهم، ولا يستجيبون لدعائهم إيّاهم إلى ربهم ، بما اجترموا من الذنوب واكتسبوا من الآثام (27) ، كذلك نطبع على قلوب من اعتدى على ربّه فتجاوز ما أمره به من توحيده، وخالف ما دعاهم إليه رسلهم من طاعته، (28) عقوبة لهم على معصيتهم ربَّهم من هؤلاء الآخرين من بعدهم. ----------------------- الهوامش : (27) انظر تفسير " الطبع " فيما سلف 14 : 424 ، تعليق : 2 ، والمراجع هناك . (28) انظر تفسير " الاعتداء " فيما سلف من فهارس اللغة (عدا) .