Tabari (1 passage)

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   Allah the Exalted says: Whoever pursues the worldly life and works for it and desires it, without having conviction in a return, and without expecting any reward or punishment from his Lord for his deed — عَجَّلْنا لَهُ فِيها ما نَشاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ (We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We intend): that is, Allah hastens for him in the worldly life what He wills, whether by expanding the worldly life for him or by restricting it — for whomever Allah wills to do that with him, or by destroying him with a punishment according to His will. ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلاها (Then We appoint for him Hell (jahannam), which he enters): that is, then, upon his arrival in the Hereafter, We make him enter Hell. مَذْمُوما (disgraced): because of his scant gratitude toward Us and his evil conduct with respect to the blessings that We bestowed upon him in the worldly life. مَدْحُورًا (rejected): that is: cast out, driven away into the Fire.

   In accordance with what we have said, the exegetes spoke.

   * Mention of who said that:

   Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His word مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ (Whoever desires the worldly life, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We intend): "Whoever has set his care, his aim, his striving, and his intent upon the world, Allah hastens for him therein what He wills, but then compels him into Hell." He said: ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا (Then We appoint for him Hell, which he enters, disgraced, rejected): "disgraced in the favor of Allah, rejected in the wrath of Allah."

   Al-Qāsim related to us, saying: al-Husayn related to us, saying: Abū Tayba — a shaykh from al-Massīsa — related to me, that he heard Abū Ishāq al-Fazārī say concerning عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ (We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We intend): "For whom We will his ruin."

   ʿAlī ibn Dāwūd related to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh related to us, saying: Muʿāwiya related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His word مَذْمُوما (disgraced): "that is: blameworthy."

   Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning His word مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ (Whoever desires the worldly life, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We intend): "the worldly life: the world."

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   يقول تعالى ذكره: من كان طلبه الدنيا العاجلة ولها يعمل ويسعى، وإياها يبتغي، لا يوقن بمعاد، ولا يرجو ثوابا ولا عقابا من ربه على عمله (عَجَّلْنا لَهُ فِيها ما نَشاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ) يقول: يعجل الله له في الدنيا ما يشاء من بسط الدنيا عليه، أو تقتيرها لمن أراد الله أن يفعل ذلك به، أو إهلاكه بما يشاء من عقوباته.(ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلاها) يقول: ثم أصليناه عند مقدمه علينا في الآخرة جهنم، (مَذْمُوما) على قلة شكره إيانا، وسوء صنيعه فيما سلف من أيادينا عنده في الدنيا(مَدْحُورًا) يقول: مبعدا: مقصى في النار. وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك، قال أهل التأويل. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، قوله ( مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ) يقول: من كانت الدنيا همّه وسدمه وطلبته ونيته، عجَّل الله له فيها ما يشاء، ثم اضطرّه إلى جهنم، قال ( ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا ) مذموما في نعمة الله مدحورا في نقمة الله. حدثنا القاسم، قال: ثنا الحسين، قال: ثني أبو طيبة شيخ من أهل المصيصة، أنه سمع أبا إسحاق الفزاري يقول ( عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ) قال: لمن نريد هلكته. حدثني عليّ بن داود، قال: ثنا عبد الله، قال: ثني معاوية، عن عليّ، عن ابن عباس، قوله (مَذْمُوما) يقول: ملوما. حدثني يونس، قال: أخبرنا ابن وهب، قال: قال ابن زيد، في قوله ( مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ) قال: العاجلة: الدنيا.