[15] الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ {11} Those who...
[15] الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ {11} Those who transgressed in the cities [89:11] فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ {12} So they frequented the mischief therein [89:12] فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ {13} Therefore, your Lord pondered them with Punishment [89:13] ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن إبراهيم بن أحمد بن هشام المؤدب الرازي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن أبان الأحمر، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن قول الله عز وجل: وَ فِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتادِ لأي شيء سمي ذا الأوتاد؟ Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘It has been narrated to us from Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin Hisham Al-Mowdab Al-Razy, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Aban Al-Ahmar who said: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: And Pharaoh, possessor of the pegs [89:10] , for which thing he -la is Called ‘possessor of the pegs’?
قال: «لأنه كان إذا عذب رجلا بسطه على الأرض على وجهه، و مديديه و رجليه فأوتدها بأربعة أوتاد في الأرض، و ربما بسطه على خشب منبسط فوتد رجليه و يديه بأربعة أوتاد، ثم تركه على حاله حتى يموت، فسماه الله عز و جل فرعون ذا الأوتاد لذلك He -asws said: ‘Because he -la has tortured a man rolling him on the ground upon his face, and extended his hands and legs and pegged these with four pegs in the ground, and unrolled him upon a flat piece of wood, pegged his legs and hand with four pegs.
Then he -la left him on his condition until he died. So Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Called Pharaoh -la ‘possessor of the pegs’, due to that’.
[16] VERSE 14 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ {14} Surely, your Lord is Ever-watchful [89:14] عَنْهُ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ غَالِبِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصادِ قَالَ قَنْطَرَةٌ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ لَا يَجُوزُهَا عَبْدٌ بِمَظْلِمَةٍ From him, from Al Hajjal, from Ghalib Bin Muhammad, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely your Lord is Ever-watchful [89:14] .
He -asws said: ‘(It is) an archway upon the Bridge not passable by a servant who had been unjust’.
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