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Al-Kahf - 18:101
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Then Allah says of them
الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاء عَن ذِكْرِي
(To) those whose eyes had been under a covering from My Reminder
Meaning, they neglected it, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to it, refusing to accept guidance and follow the truth.
As Allah says:
وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ
And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him a Shaytan to be a companion for him.
(43:36)
And here Allah says:
وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا
And they could not bear to hear (it)
Meaning, they did not understand the commands and prohibitions of Allah.
Al-Kahf - 18:102
Then He says
أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِن دُونِي أَوْلِيَاء
Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My servants as Awliya' (protectors) besides Me!
Meaning, do they think that this is right for them and that it is going to benefit them!
كَلَّ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَـدَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدّاً
Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents to them.
(19:82)
إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلا
Verily, We have prepared Hell as an entertainment for the disbelievers.
Allah says that He has prepared Hell as their abode on the Day of Resurrection.
Al-Kahf - 18:103
The Greatest Losers in respect of (Their) Deeds
Al-Bukhari recorded from Amr that Mus'ab who said: "I asked my father -- meaning Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas -- about Allah's saying,
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّيُكُمْ بِالاَْخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالاً
Say:"Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds!"
'Are they the Haruriyyah?'
He said, 'No, they are the Jews and Christians.
As for the Jews, they disbelieved in Muhammad, and as for the Christians, they disbelieved in Paradise and said that there is no food or drink there, and the Haruriyyah are those who break Allah's covenant after ratifying it.'
Sa'd used to call them Al-Fasiqin (the corrupt).
Ali bin Abi Talib, Ad-Dahhak and others said: "They are the Haruriyyah,"
So this means, that according to Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, this Ayah includes the Haruriyyah just as it includes the Jews, the Christians and others.
This does not mean that the Ayah was revealed concerning any of these groups in particular; it is more general than that, because the Ayah was revealed in Makkah, before the Qur'an addressed the Jews and Christians, and before the Khawarij existed at all.
So the Ayah is general and refers to everyone who worships Allah in a way that is not acceptable, thinking that he is right in doing that and that his deeds will be accepted, but he is mistaken and his deeds will be rejected, as Allah says:
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَيِذٍ خَـشِعَةٌ
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
تَصْلَى نَاراً حَامِيَةً
Some faces, that Day will be humiliated.
Laboring, weary.
They will enter in the hot blazing Fire.
(88:2-4)
وَقَدِمْنَأ إِلَى مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَأءً مَّنثُوراً
And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered floating particles of dust.
(25:23)
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْأنُ مَأءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَأءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْياً
As for those who disbelieved, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing.
(24:39)
And in this Ayah Allah says:
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّيُكُمْ
Say:"Shall We tell you..."
Meaning, 'Shall We inform you;'
بِالاْاَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالاًا
The greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds
Al-Kahf - 18:104
Then Allah explains who they are, and says
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life
Meaning, they did deeds that do not count, deeds that are not in accordance with the prescribed way that is acceptable to Allah.
وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
While they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds
Means, they thought that there was some basis for their deeds and that they were accepted and loved.
Al-Kahf - 18:105
أُولَيِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِأيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَايِهِ
They are those who deny the Ayat of their Lord and the meeting with Him
They denied the signs of Allah in this world, the proofs that He has established of His Oneness and of the truth of His Messengers, and they denied the Hereafter.
فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ
So their works are in vain
فَلَ نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا
And on the Day of Resurrection, We shall assign no weight for them
Means,'We will not make their Balance heavy because it is empty of any goodness.'
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said:
إِنَّهُ لَيَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ الْعَظِيمُ السَّمِينُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ وَقَالَ اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِيْتُمْ
فَلَ نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا
A huge fat man will come forward on the Day of Resurrection and he will weigh no more than the wing of a gnat to Allah. Recite, if you wish: and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall assign no weight for them
It was also recorded by Muslim.
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