Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 46
وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌۭ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌۭ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ
Ораларида аъроф-тўсиқ бор, у деворлар устидаги кишилар ҳаммаларини сиймоларидан танирлар. Тамаъ қилган ҳолларида кирмай турган жаннат эгаларига: «Сизга салом бўлсин», деб нидо қиларлар. (Жаннат билан дўзах орасида тўсиқ бўлиб турган баланд ва кенг девор–аъроф устида одамлар бор. Бу одамлар кимлар эканлиги ҳақида уламолар ўртасида икки хил фикр мавжуд. Биринчиси: улар яхшилик ва ёмонликлари тенг келиб, на жаннатга, на дўзахга ҳукм бўлмай қолган кишилардир. Иккинчиси, ўз қавмига Пайғамбарларнинг ҳақ даъватларини етказиб, уларни яхшиликка бошлаган даъватчилар, уламолар ва шуҳадолардир. Биз иккинчи маънони ихтиёр қилдик. Чунки, аъроф–олиймақом жой, жаннатнинг ҳам устида. Унинг юзида турган одамлар халойиқни юқоридан кузатишяпти. Улар ишонч билан яхшиларга яхши, ёмонларга муносиб тарзда сўз қотмоқдалар. Жаннат эгаларини олқишлаб, дўзах аҳлини итоб қилмоқдалар. Ўзларини нима кутаётганини билолмай, қиёмат саҳнида изтироб чекиб турганлар бунга журъат эта олмайдилар. Аллоҳу аъламу бис-савоб.)
wabaynahumā ḥijābun waʿalā l-aʿrāfi rijālun yaʿrifūna kullan bisīmāhum wanādaw aṣḥāba l-janati an salāmun ʿalaykum lam yadkhulūhā wahum yaṭmaʿūna
Word by word
- وَبَيْنَهُمَا wabaynahumā And between them
- حِجَابٌۭ ۚ ḥijābun (will be) a partition
- وَعَلَى waʿalā and on
- ٱلْأَعْرَافِ l-aʿrāfi the heights
- رِجَالٌۭ rijālun (will be) men
- يَعْرِفُونَ yaʿrifūna recognizing
- كُلًّۢا kullan all
- بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ bisīmāhum by their marks
- وَنَادَوْا۟ wanādaw And they will call out
- أَصْحَـٰبَ aṣḥāba (to the) companions
- ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) Paradise
- أَن an that
- سَلَـٰمٌ salāmun Peace
- عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ ʿalaykum (be) upon you
- لَمْ lam Not
- يَدْخُلُوهَا yadkhulūhā they have entered it
- وَهُمْ wahum but they
- يَطْمَعُونَ yaṭmaʿūna hope
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The People of Al-A`raf
After Allah mentioned that the people of Paradise will address the people of the Fire, He stated that there is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, which prevents the people of the Fire from reaching Paradise. Ibn Jarir said, "It is the wall that Allah described,
(So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment.) 57:13 It is also about Al-A`raf that Allah said,
(and on Al-A`raf will be men)." Ibn Jarir recorded that As-Suddi said about Allah's statement,
(And between them will be a screen) "It is the wall, it is Al-A`raf." Mujahid said, "Al-A`raf is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, a wall that has a gate." Ibn Jarir said, "Al-A`raf is plural for `Urf, where every elevated piece of land is known as `Urf to the Arabs." As-Suddi said, "Al-A`raf is so named because its residents recognize (Ya`rifun) the people. Al-A`raf's residents are those whose good and bad deeds are equal, as Hudhayfah, Ibn `Abbas, Ibn Mas`ud and several of the Salaf and later generations said." Ibn Jarir recorded that Hudhayfah was asked about the people of Al-A`raf and he said, "A people whose good and bad deeds are equal. Their evil deeds prevented them from qualifying to enter Paradise, and their good deeds qualified them to avoid the Fire. Therefore, they are stopped there on the wall until Allah judges them." Ma`mar said that Al-Hasan recited this Ayah,
(and at that time they will not yet have entered it (Paradise), but they will hope to enter (it).) Then he said, "By Allah! Allah did not put this hope in their hearts, except for an honor that He intends to bestow on them." Qatadah said; "Those who hope are those among you whom Allah informed of their places." Allah said next,
(And when their eyes will be turned towards the dwellers of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! Place us not with the people who are wrongdoers.") Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "When the people of Al-A`raf look at the people of the Fire and recognize them, they will supplicate, `O Lord! Do not place us with the people who are wrongdoers."'