Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   And His word: وَلَوْ جَاءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ (lā yuʾminūna wa-law jāʾathum kullu āya) — "they do not believe, even if every sign were to come to them" — means: they do not believe the proofs of Allah, they do not acknowledge the oneness of their Lord, nor do they acknowledge that you are the Messenger of Allah. وَلَوْ جَاءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ — every admonition and every example, even were they to see them with their own eyes — until they behold the painful punishment (ʿadhāb) with their own eyes. Just as Pharaoh and his retinue did not believe, when the word of your Lord was fulfilled against them, until they beheld the painful punishment with their own eyes. At that moment he said: "I believe that there is no god except the One in whom the Children of Israel believe" [Surah Yūnus: 90] — at the moment when his statement no longer availed him. So too are those of your people — the worshippers of idols and others — against whom the word of your Lord has been fulfilled: they will not believe in you and follow you, except at the moment at which their faith (īmān) no longer avails them.

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   In accordance with what we have said concerning this, the people of interpretation (ahl al-taʾwīl) also spoke.

   *Mention of who said that:*

   17895 — Al-Muthanná related to me, he said: Abū Ḥudhayfa related to us, he said: Shibil related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning His word: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ — he said: "Against them the wrath of Allah (ghaḍab Allāh) has been fulfilled because of their disobedience to Him."

   17896 — Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, he said: Muḥammad ibn Thawr related to us, on the authority of Maʿmar, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ: "Against them the wrath of Allah has been fulfilled because of their disobedience to Him."

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   وقوله : (لا يؤمنون ولو جاءتهم كل آية ) ، يقول: لا يصدقون بحجج الله، ولا يقرُّون بوحدانية ربهم، ولا بأنك لله رسول ، (ولو جاءتهم كل آية) ، وموعظة وعبرة ، فعاينوها ، حتى يعاينوا العذاب الأليم، كما لم يؤمن فرعون وملؤه، إذ حقَّت عليهم كلمة ربّك حتى عاينوا العذاب الأليم، فحينئذ قال: آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ، [سورة يونس: 90] ، حين لم ينفعه قيلُه، فكذلك هؤلاء الذين حقت عليهم كلمة ربك من قومك من عبدة الأوثان وغيرهم، لا يؤمنون بك فيتبعونك ، إلا في الحين الذي لا ينفعهم إيمانهم. * * * وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل. *ذكر من قال ذلك: 17895- حدثني المثنى قال ، حدثنا أبو حذيفة قال ، حدثنا شبل، عن ابن أبي نجيح، عن مجاهد في قوله: (إن الذين حقت عليهم كلمة ربك لا يؤمنون) ، قال: حقّ عليهم سَخَط الله بما عصوه. 17896- حدثنا محمد بن عبد الأعلى قال ، حدثنا محمد بن ثور، عن معمر، عن قتادة : ( إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ ) ، حقّ عليهم سَخَط الله بما عصوه.