"Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter" (Ash-Shura: 20), meaning: righteous deeds, "We shall increase for him in his harvest," which refers to the multiplication of good deeds, according to the tafsir of al-Hasan. "And whoever desires the harvest of the world, We give him thereof; and he has in the Hereafter," meaning: in Paradise, "no share." This refers to the polytheist who desires nothing but the world. His statement, "We give him thereof," means: from the world. It does not mean that everything he desires from the world is given to him, as in His saying: "Whoever desires the immediate - We hasten for him therein what We will to whom We intend" (Al-Isra: 18).
﴿مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الآخِرَةِ﴾ يَعْنِي: الْعَمَل الصَّالح ﴿نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حرثه﴾ وَهُوَ تَضْعِيف الْحَسَنَات؛ فِي تَفْسِير الْحسن ﴿وَمَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَة﴾ يَعْنِي: فِي الْجنَّة ﴿مِنْ نَصِيبٍ﴾ وَهُوَ الْمُشْرِكُ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا الدُّنْيَا وَقَوله: ﴿نؤته مِنْهَا﴾ يَعْنِي: من الدُّنْيَا وَلَيْسَ كل مَا أَرَادَ من الدُّنْيَا , لَا يُؤْتى , كَقَوْلِه ﴿مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نشَاء لمن نُرِيد﴾.
