When it Comes down...

When it Comes down, and it is Written in the Book of the skies, and this is what is not Delayed’. فس، تفسير القمي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ وَ لَنْ‏ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ‏ نَفْساً إِذا جاءَ أَجَلُها قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كُتُباً مَوْقُوتَةً يُقَدِّمُ مِنْهَا مَا يَشَاءُ وَ يُؤَخِّرُ فَإِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَكُونُ إِلَى لَيْلَةٍ مِثْلِهَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ لَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِذا جاءَ أَجَلُها إِذَا أَنْزَلَ وَ كَتَبَهُ كُتَّابُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي لَا يُؤَخِّرُهُ Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Ibn Suweyd, from Yahya Al Halby, from Haroun Bin Kharjat, from Abu Baseer, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj : And never Respites a soul when its term comes, [63:11] , he -asws said: ‘There is a timed Book with Allah -azwj .

He -azwj Brings forward whatever He -azwj so Desires, and Delays. So, whenever it was the Night of Pre-determination, Allah -azwj Reveals during it everything that is to happen up to the Night like it (next year), and these are His -azwj Words: And never Respites a soul when its term comes, [63:11] , when it descends, and the recorders of the skies record it, and it is which is not delayed’’.

Appendix Background Hadeeth علي بن إبراهيم، قال: نزلت في غزاة المريسيع، و هي غزاة بني المصطلق في سنة خمس من الهجرة، Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘It (Surah Al-Munafiqoun) was Revealed during the military expedition of Al-Muraysi’e, and it is the military expedition against the clan of Mustaleeq during the year five from the Hijra.

و كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) خرج إليها، فلما رجع منها نزل على بئر، و كان الماء قليلا فيها، و كان أنس بن سيار حليف الأنصار، و كان جهجاه بن سعيد الغفاري أجيرا لعمر بن الخطاب And it so happened that Rassol-Allah -saww went out to it. So when he -saww was returning, he -saww encamped at a well, and there was little water in it. And Anas Bin Sayyar was an ally of the Helpers, and Jahjah Bin Saeed al Ghafari was an employee of Umar Bin Al-Khattab.

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