ASY SYU'ARAA' — Ayat 123

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ - وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ وَاتَّقُواْ الَّذِى أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَـمٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَنَّـتٍ وَعُيُونٍ إِنِّى أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

123. `Ad denied the Messengers. 124. When their brother Hud said to them: ”Will you not have Taqwa'' 125. ”Verily, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.'' 126. ”So, have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.'' 127. ”No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exists.'' 128. ”Do you build on every Ri` an Ayah for your amusement'' 129. ”And do you get for yourselves Masani` as if you will live therein forever'' 130. ”And when you seize (somebody), seize you (him) as tyrants'' 131. ”So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.'' 132. ”And have Taqwa of Him, fear Him Who has aided you with all (good things) that you know.'' 133. ”He has aided you with cattle and children.'' 134. ”And gardens and springs.'' 135. ”Verily, I fear for you the torment of a Great Day.'' Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Hud, when he called his people `Ad. His people used to live in the Ahqaf, curved sand-hills near Hadramawt, on the borders of Yemen. They lived after the time of Nuh, as Allah says in Surat Al-A`raf: