Tabari (1 passage)

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   The explanation of the words of Allah, the Exalted: إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الآخِرَةِ ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (Indeed, in that is a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the Hereafter; that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered, and that is a Day that will be witnessed.) (103)

   Abū Jaʿfar says: Allah, the Exalted, says: In the fact that We have struck down those whom We struck down among the inhabitants of the towns whose story We have related to you, O people, in that is a sign — that is to say: a lesson and an admonition — for whoever among His servants fears the punishment (ʿadhāb) and the chastisement of Allah in the Hereafter, and a proof against him before his Lord, and a deterrent that restrains him from disobeying Allah and from transgressing what He has commanded and forbidden him.

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   It has also been said that the meaning of this is the following: in that is a lesson for whoever fears the punishment of the Hereafter, in that Allah will fulfill His promise to him.

   *Mention of the one who said this:*

   18561 — Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning His words إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الآخِرَةِ (Indeed, in that is a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the Hereafter): "We will fulfill for them what We promised them in the Hereafter, just as We fulfilled it for the prophets: that We would support them."

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   And His words: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ (that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered) — Allah, the Exalted, says: That Day, that is to say: the Day of Resurrection, is a Day on which mankind will be gathered for it; He says: Allah will raise mankind on that Day from their graves and gather them on it for the requital, the reward, and the punishment. وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (and that is a Day that will be witnessed) — He says: it is a Day that all creatures will attend; none of them will be absent from it. Then at that time vengeance will be taken upon whoever disobeyed Allah, transgressed His command, and called His messengers liars.

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

   *Mention of those who said this:*

   18562 — Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Hushaym related to us, on the authority of Abū Bishr, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning His words: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered, and that is a Day that will be witnessed): he said: "the Day of Resurrection."

   18563 — Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Hushaym related to us, on the authority of Abū Bishr, on the authority of ʿIkrima — the same.

   18564 — Abū Kurayb related to us, saying: Wakīʿ related to us; and Ibn Wakīʿ related to us, saying: my father related to us, on the authority of Shuʿba, on the authority of ʿAlī ibn Zayd, on the authority of Yūsuf al-Makkī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: "'The witness' is Muḥammad, and 'the witnessed' is the Day of Resurrection." Then he recited: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered, and that is a Day that will be witnessed).

   18565 — Al-Muthannā related to me, saying: al-Ḥajjāj ibn al-Minhāl related to us, saying: Ḥammād related to us, on the authority of ʿAlī ibn Zayd, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: "'The witness' is Muḥammad, and 'the witnessed' is the Day of Resurrection." Then he recited this verse: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered, and that is a Day that will be witnessed).

   18566 — It has been related to me on the authority of al-Musayyab, on the authority of Juwaybir, on the authority of al-Ḍaḥḥāk, concerning His words: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (that is a Day on which mankind will be gathered, and that is a Day that will be witnessed): he said: "That is the Day of Resurrection, on which all creatures are gathered, and which the inhabitants of the heaven and the inhabitants of the earth attend."

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   القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الآخِرَةِ ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ (103) قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره: إن في أخذنا من أخذنا من أهل القرى التي اقتصصنا خبرَها عليكم أيها الناس لآية، يقول: لعبرة وعظة (15) ، لمن خاف عقاب الله وعذابه في الآخرة من عباده، وحجةً عليه لربه، وزاجرًا يزجره عن أن يعصي الله ويخالفه فيما أمره ونهاه. * * * وقيل: بل معنى ذلك: إن فيه عبرة لمن خاف عذاب الآخرة ، بأن الله سيفي له بوَعْده. *ذكر من قال ذلك : 18561- حدثني يونس قال، أخبرنا ابن وهب قال، قال ابن زيد في قوله: (إن في ذلك لآية لمن خاف عذاب الآخرة) ، إنا سوف نفي لهم بما وعدناهم في الآخرة ، كما وفينا للأنبياء : أنا ننصرهم. * * * وقوله: (ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس )، يقول تعالى ذكره: هذا اليوم ، يعني يوم القيامة ، (يوم مجموع له الناس) ، يقول: يحشر الله له الناس من قبورهم، فيجمعهم فيه للجزاء والثواب والعقاب ، (وذلك يوم مشهود) ، يقول: وهو يوم تَشهده الخلائق ، لا يتخلَّف منهم أحدٌ، فينتقم حينئذ ممن عصى الله وخالف أمره وكذَّب رُسُلَه. * * * وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل. *ذكر من قال ذلك : 18562- حدثني يعقوب قال ، حدثنا هشيم، عن أبي بشر، عن مجاهد في قوله: (ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس وذلك يوم مشهود) ، قال: يوم القيامة. 18563- حدثني يعقوب قال ، حدثنا هشيم، عن أبي بشر، عن عكرمة، مثله. 18564- حدثنا أبو كريب قال ، حدثنا وكيع ، وحدثنا ابن وكيع قال ، حدثنا أبي ، عن شعبة، عن علي بن زيد، عن يوسف المكي، عن ابن عباس قال، " الشاهد "، محمد، و " المشهود "، يوم القيامة. ثم قرأ: (ذلك يوم مجموعٌ له الناس وذلك يوم مشهود). 18565- حدثني المثني قال ، حدثنا الحجاج بن المنهال قال ، حدثنا حماد، عن علي بن زيد، عن ابن عباس قال: " الشاهد "، محمد ، و " المشهود " ، يوم القيامة. ثم تلا هذه الآية: (ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس وذلك يوم مشهود). 18566- حدثت عن المسيب ، عن جويبر، عن الضحاك قوله: (ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس وذلك يوم مشهود) ، قال: ذلك يوم القيامة، يجتمع فيه الخلق كلهم ، ويشهدُه أهل السماء وأهل الأرض. ------------------------- الهوامش : (15) انظر تفسير " آية " فيما سلف من فهارس اللغة ( أيي ) .