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

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Ibn Jurayj, from Mujāhid regarding: {Then Adam received words from his Lord}: He said: "O Lord, will You accept my repentance if I repent?" He said: "Yes." So Adam repented, and his Lord turned to him in forgiveness. (1)

791- And Al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Maʿmar informed us, from Qatāda regarding His statement: {Then Adam received words from his Lord}, he said: It is His statement: {Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers} (2).

792- Yūnus narrated to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said: It is His statement: {Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers} (3).

And these statements that we have related from those from whom we related them, even though their expressions differ, their meanings agree that God—majestic be His praise—imparted words to Adam, and Adam received them from his Lord, accepted them, and acted upon them, repenting to God from his sin by uttering them and acting upon them, acknowledging his sin, seeking acquittal from his Lord for his error, and regretting what he had previously done in opposition to His command. So God accepted his repentance by accepting the words that he received from Him and his remorse over his past sin.

And that which the Book of God indicates is that the words which Adam received from his Lord are the words about which God informed us that he said them while seeking acquittal from his Lord by uttering them, acknowledging his sin, which is His statement: {Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers}. The statements of those who differed with our view—from among the opinions we have related—are not invalidated, but rather it is a view for which there is no evidence from a proof that obligates acceptance, such that it would be permissible for us to attribute it to Adam as being among what he received from his Lord upon turning to Him in repentance from his sin. And this report which God informed regarding Adam—concerning his statement which He imparted to him and which he uttered, repenting to Him from his sin—is an instruction from Him—majestic be His mention—to all those addressed

Notes

(1) Report: 790 – I did not find it anywhere.
(2) Report: 791 – In Ibn Kathīr 1: 147, and al-Durr al-Manthūr 1: 59.
(3) Report: 792 – In Ibn Kathīr 1: 147, al-Durr al-Manthūr 1: 59, and it has preceded under number: 774.

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Arabic (Source)

ابن جُريج، عن مجاهد:"فتلقى آدم من ربه كلمات"، قال: أي رب، أتتوب عليّ إن تبت؟ قال نعم. فتاب آدم، فتاب عليه ربه. (١)٧٩١- وحدثنا الحسن بن يحيى، قال: أخبرنا عبد الرَّزَّاق، قال: أخبرنا معمر، عن قتادة في قوله:"فتلقى آدم من ربه كلمات"، قال: هو قوله:"ربنا ظَلمنا أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكوننّ من الخاسرين (٢) ".٧٩٢- حدثني يونس، قال أخبرنا ابن وهب، قال قال ابن زيد: هو قوله:"ربنا ظَلمنا أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من الخاسرين (٣) ".* * *وهذه الأقوال التي حكيناها عمن حكيناها عنه، وإن كانت مختلفة الألفاظ، فإن معانيها متفقة في أن الله جل ثناؤه لقَّى آدمَ كلماتٍ، فتلقَّاهُنّ آدمُ من ربه فقبلهن وعمل بهن، وتاب بقِيله إياهنّ وعملِه بهنّ إلى الله من خطيئته، معترفًا بذنبه، متنصِّلا إلى ربه من خطيئته، نادمًا على ما سلف منه من خلاف أمره، فتاب الله عليه بقبوله الكلمات التي تلقاهن منه، وندمه على سالف الذنب منه.والذي يدل عليه كتابُ الله، أن الكلمات التي تلقاهنّ آدمُ من ربه، هن الكلمات التي أخبر الله عنه أنه قالها متنصِّلا بقيلها إلى ربه، معترفًا بذنبه، وهو قوله:"ربنا ظلمنا أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من الخاسرين". وليس ما قاله من خالف قولنا هذا -من الأقوال التي حكيناها- بمدفوع قوله، ولكنه قولٌ لا شاهد عليه من حجة يجب التسليم لها، فيجوز لنا إضافته إلى آدم، وأنه مما تلقاه من ربّه عند إنابته إليه من ذنبه. وهذا الخبر الذي أخبر الله عن آدم -من قيله الذي لقَّاه إياه فقاله تائبًا إليه من خطيئته- تعريف منه جل ذكره جميعَ المخاطبين

Notes

(١) الأثر: ٧٩٠- لم أجده في مكان.(٢) الأثر: ٧٩١- في ابن كثير ١: ١٤٧، والدر المنثور ١: ٥٩.(٣) الأثر: ٧٩٢- في ابن كثير ١: ١٤٧، والدر المنثور ١: ٥٩، ومضى رقم: ٧٧٤.