Commentary
And when complete healing is only achieved by taking revenge; and humiliating the oppressor; he said - indicating with a tool of delay to the duration of the Barzakh; confirming for the sake of their denial of resurrection; let alone retribution; addressing them after the absence -: ﴿Then indeed you﴾; meaning: O servants; all of you; for indeed each one is responsible for himself; and for others; did he observe the right of Allah in it; or you and they; from the perspective of emphasizing the addressee - even if he is one - due to his greatness - over the absent ones; and he increased in affirming the meaning by saying: ﴿On the Day of Resurrection﴾; so he presented it as something there is no disagreement about; and clarified that that state is contrary to this state; due to the severance of causes; by saying - diverting the speech to the description of the upbringing; which he is entitled to have favor over the obedient; and justice towards the disobedient -: ﴿With your Lord﴾; meaning: the One who nurtures you with creation; and provision; it is not wise for Him to leave you some of you oppressing others; as is observed without accounting; just as the least of you in intellect would not accept that in his slaves whom Allah has given him ownership of them weakly; or entrusted him with a shaky authority over them; so how about those above him?! So how about the wise?! ﴿You dispute﴾; meaning: you exaggerate in the dispute; so that he may take the hand of the oppressed; and take revenge for him from the oppressor; and recompense each one for what he has done; as for evil, then evil for evil; not a weight of an atom will be wronged; nor anything less than that; and as for good, then the good deed is rewarded tenfold; up to more than that which none knows except Him; so it should never be for an oppressed one to think that his misery will last; and that he will not be helped; so he limits himself in action; and inclines towards some fear; and dread; rather he should rejoice in what abundantly rewards him; and be happy with what eases his reckoning; and engage in what will save him on the Day of Meeting; on which people are in two groups; and not engage in what will not be (from the purification of the abode of turmoil from the turmoils; and the settling of filth from the impurities and dirt; for indeed permanence in it is impossible in any state; Al-Qushayri said: He (blessings and peace be upon him) mourned him; and mourned the Muslims to them; so they became preoccupied with themselves from his mourning; and there is no consolation in the custom after three; and whoever does not free himself from the mourning of his own self; and the types of his sorrows and worries; then he has no share in this hadith; and when a heart is free from the talk of itself; and from the universe as a whole; then at that time he finds good from his Lord; and this hadith is only after their passing away from them; and some of them recited - meaning in the language of the state with what we have presented -:
I wrote to you after my death one night ∗∗∗ and I did not realize that I would be writing after my death.
It has ended; and it is known that when they kill their souls, their spirits come to life; and their chests expand; and the powers of their hearts revive; so their knowledge expands; and their understandings illuminate; and the realities of matters become clear to them; so they spoke of witnessing: "People are asleep; when they die, they awaken."
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