Tafseer Ibnu Katseer
Allah tells us that He will bring back His creation on the Day of
Resurrection. That is very easy for Him, because He created the heavens and the
earth, and creating them is greater than creating mankind, the first time and
when He creates them again. The One Who is able to do that is able to do
anything that is less than that. As Allah says:
[أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ
بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى بَلَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ
شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ]
(Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth,
and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead Yes, He
surely is able to do all things.) (46:33) And Allah says here:
[لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ
وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْـثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ
يَعْلَمُونَ ]
(The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than
the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not.) hence they do not
think about or ponder this proof.
Similarly, many of the Arabs recognized that
Allah had created the heavens and the earth, but they denied and rejected the
idea of the resurrection; they acknowledged something which was greater than
that which they denied. Then Allah says:
[وَمَا يَسْتَوِى
الاٌّعْـمَى وَالْبَصِيرُ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ وَلاَ
الْمُسِىءُ قَلِيـلاً مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ]
(And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor are those who
believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil. Little do you
remember!) The blind man who cannot see anything is not the same as the sighted
man who can see everything as far as his eyesight reaches -- there is a huge
difference between them. By the same token, the righteous believers and the
immoral disbelievers are not equal.
[قَلِيـلاً مَّا
تَتَذَكَّرُونَ]
(Little do you remember!) means, most of the people remember
little.
[وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ
لآتِيَةٌ]
(Verily, the Hour (Day of Judgement) is surely coming,) means, it
will indeed come to pass.
[لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهَا
وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ]
(there is no doubt about it, yet most men believe not.) means, they
do not believe in it, and in fact they doubt its existence altogether.
[وَقَالَ رَبُّكُـمْ
ادْعُونِى أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى
سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ ]
(60. And your Lord said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you.
Verily, those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!
