Tafsir at-Tabari: Jami' al-Bayan - Dar al-Tarbiyah wa al-Turath Edition

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The discourse regarding the interpretation of the statement of Allah: {How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were dead and He gave you life? Then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you to life, then to Him you will be returned. (28) It is He who created for you all that is on earth.}

The scholars of interpretation differed regarding the interpretation of that:

Some of them said according to what:

576- Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, he said: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, he said: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī, in a report he mentioned, from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from some people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "{How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were dead and He gave you life, then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you to life}", he says: You were nothing, then He created you, then He causes you to die, then He brings you to life on the Day of Resurrection.

577- Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, he said: Sufyān narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Abū al-Aḥwaṣ, from ʿAbd Allāh regarding His statement: {You have caused us to die twice and given us life twice} [Sūrat Ghāfir: 11], he said: It is like that which is in Sūrat al-Baqara: "{You were dead and He gave you life, then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you to life}."

578- Abū Ḥaṣīn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūnus narrated to me, he said: ʿAbthar narrated to us, he said: Ḥuṣayn narrated to us, from Abū Mālik, regarding His statement: "{You have caused us to die twice and given us life twice}", he said: You created us when we were nothing, then You caused us to die, then You gave us life.

579- Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, he said: Hushaym narrated to us, from Ḥuṣayn, from Abū Mālik, regarding His statement: "{You have caused us to die twice and given us life twice}", he said: They were dead, so Allah gave them life, then He caused them to die, then He brought them to life.(1)

Notes

(1) Narration 579: "Ḥuṣayn"—with a ḍamma on the unpointed ḥāʾ—is Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī. And "Abū Mālik" is al-Ghifārī al-Kūfī, and his name is "Ghazwān". His biography was previously given in: 168.

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Arabic (Source)

القول في تأويل قول الله: ﴿كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ (٢٨) هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الأرْضِ جَمِيعًا﴾اختلف أهل التأويل في تأويل ذلك:فقال بعضهم بما:٥٧٦- حدثني به موسى بن هارون، قال: حدثنا عمرو بن حماد، قال: حدثنا أسباط، عن السُّدّيّ في خبر ذكره، عن أبي مالك، وعن أبي صالح، عن ابن عباس - وعن مُرَّة، عن ابن مسعود، وعن ناس من أصحاب النبي ﷺ:"كيفَ تكفُرون بالله وكنتم أمواتًا فأحياكم ثم يميتكم ثم يحييكم"، يقول: لم تكونوا شيئًا فخلقكم، ثم يميتكم، ثم يحييكم يومَ القيامة.٥٧٧- حدثنا محمد بن بشار، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي، قال: حدثنا سفيان، عن أبي إسحاق، عن أبي الأحوص، عن عبد الله في قوله: (أَمَتَّنَا اثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا اثْنَتَيْنِ) [سورة غافر: ١١] ، قال: هي كالتي في البقرة:"كنتمْ أمواتًا فأحياكم ثم يميتكم ثم يحييكم".٥٧٨- حدثني أبو حصين عبد الله بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن يونس، قال: حدثنا عَبْثَر، قال: حدثنا حُصين، عن أبي مالك، في قوله:"أمتَّنا اثنتين وأحييتنا اثنتين"، قال: خلقتنا ولم نكن شيئًا، ثم أمَتَّنَا، ثم أَحْيَيْتَنَا.٥٧٩- حدثني يعقوب بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثنا هُشيم، عن حُصين، عن أبي مالك، في قوله:"أمتَّنا اثنتين وأحييتنا اثنتين"، قال: كانوا أمواتًا فأحياهم الله، ثم أماتهم، ثم أحياهم (١) .

Notes

(١) الأثر: ٥٧٩-"حصين". بضم الحاء المهملة: هو ابن عبد الرحمن السلمي. و"أبو مالك": هو الغفاري الكوفي، واسمه"غزوان". سبقت ترجمته في: ١٦٨.