A wannan mataki, sūrah ta jawo hankalinmu zuwa wani ƙarin abu da ke cikin wannan yanayi. Muna ganin cewa ƙungiyoyin biyu suna rabe da wani shinge, kuma a kan shingen akwai wasu mutane da ke gane mazauna aljanna da waɗanda ke cikin wuta ta hanyar kamanninsu da sifofinsu. Yana da muhimmanci mu gano su waɗannan mutane su wane ne, da kuma abin da suke da shi da ƙungiyoyin biyu da aka ƙaddara za su shiga aljanna ko wuta.
At this juncture, the sūrah draws our attention to something additional painted in this scene. We see that the two camps are separated by a barrier over which stand some people who recognize the dwellers of heaven and the inmates of the fire by their looks and features. It is important to find out who these people are and what have they got to do with the two groups destined either for heaven or hell.
Tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu za a sami shinge, kuma a kan Al-A'raf akwai mutane waɗanda za su gane kowa da alamominsu. Za su yi kira ga mazauna Aljanna:
Between the two parties there will be a barrier, and on the Heights there will be men who recognize everyone by their looks. They will call out to the dwellers of paradise:
"Aminci ya tabbata a gare ku," — ba su shiga cikinta ba tukuna, amma suna marmarin shiga. Duk lokacin da idanunsu suka juya zuwa ga mazauna wuta, za su ce: "Ya Ubangijinmu, kada ka sanya mu tare da mutanen nan azzalumai." Sa'an nan waɗanda ke kan Al-A'raf za su kira wasu mutane da suka sani ta siffofinsu, suna cewa:
“Peace be upon you” — not having entered it themselves, but longing still [to be there]. And whenever their eyes are turned towards the inmates of the fire, they will say: “Our Lord, do not place us alongside such wrongdoing people.” Then those on the Heights will call out to certain people whom they recognize by their looks, saying:
"Me amfanar da ku taron jama'arku mai yawa da girman kanku? Shin waɗannan ne mutanen da kuka rantse cewa Allah ba zai taɓa nuna musu rahama ba?" (Sai aka ce musu,) "Ku shiga Aljanna. Babu tsoro a kanku, kuma ba za ku yi baƙin ciki ba."
“What have your great throngs and your false pride availed you? Are these the selfsame people whom you swore that God would never show them mercy?” (Now they have been told,) “Enter Paradise. You have nothing to fear, nor will you grieve.” (Verses 46-49)
An an ruwaito cewa mutanen da ke kan Al-A'raf, wato tudun da ke raba Aljanna da Wuta, mutane ne waɗanda kyawawan ayyukansu da munanansu suka yi daidai da nauyi da ma'auni. Saboda haka, kyawawan ayyukansu ba su isa su tabbatar musu shiga Aljanna ba, kuma zunubansu ba su hukunta su zuwa Wuta ba. Suna zaune a tsakanin su, suna jiran alherin Allah ya same su. Suna gane mutanen Aljanna ta kamanninsu, wataƙila saboda fuskokinsu fararu ne kuma masu haske, ko kuma saboda hasken da ke tare da su. Haka kuma suna gane mutanen da aka ƙaddara wa Wuta ta siffofinsu, wataƙila saboda duhun fuskokinsu ko alamun da aka buga a hancinsu waɗanda suke ɗagawa a matsayin alamar girman kai. Ambaton buga wannan alama a hancinsu yana cikin Suratul Alƙalami, Sura ta 68. Suna gaishe mutanen Aljanna da gaisuwar salama, suna da bege a fili cewa Allah zai yi musu rahama, ya shigar da su Aljanna ma. Idan idanunsu suka sauka kan mutanen Wuta, waɗanda aka sa su gani da gangan, sai su roƙi a kiyaye su daga makomarsu.
It has been reported that those people on the Heights which separate heaven and hell are human beings whose good deeds are equal in weight and measure to their bad ones. Hence, their good deeds are not enough to guarantee their admission into heaven, nor have their sins condemned them to the fire. They remain in between, waiting for God’s grace to be bestowed on them. They recognize the people of paradise by their looks, probably by the fact that their faces are white and bright, or by the light which accompanies them. They also recognize the people destined to the fire by their features, probably by their dark faces or the marks printed on their noses which they used to raise as a gesture of arrogance. The printing of this mark on their noses is mentioned in Sūrah 68, The Pen. They greet the people of heaven with the greeting of peace, clearly entertaining hope that God will bestow His mercy on them and admit them to heaven as well. When their eyes fall on the people of the fire, whom they are deliberately made to see, they plead to be spared their destiny.
Tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu za a sami shinge, kuma a kan Al-A'raf akwai mutane waɗanda za su gane kowa da alamominsu. Za su yi kira ga mazauna Aljanna:
Between the two parties there will be a barrier, and on the Heights there will be men who recognize everyone by their looks. They will call out to the dwellers of paradise:
"Aminci ya tabbata a gare ku", — ba tare da sun shiga ciki da kansu ba, amma suna marmarin shiga. Kuma duk lokacin da idanunsu suka juya zuwa ga mazaunan wuta, za su ce: "Ya Ubangijinmu, kada ka sanya mu tare da mutane azzalumai irin wannan." (Ayoyi 46-47)
“Peace be upon you”, — not having entered it themselves, but longing still [to be there]. And whenever their eyes are turned towards the inmates of the fire, they will say: “Our Lord, do not place us alongside such wrongdoing people.” (Verses 46-47)
Sannan sai su ga wasu daga cikin shugabannin mutanen masu aikata zalunci, sai su gane su ta siffofinsu. Sai su tsauta musu saboda abin da suke aikatawa:
They then see some leading figures among the wrongdoing people and they recognize them by their features. They rebuke them for what they have been doing:
"Sa'an nan waɗanda ke kan Ma'aurai za su yi kira ga wasu mutane da suka sani ta yanayin fuskokinsu, suna cewa: 'Me babban taronku da girman kanku suka amfane ku?'" (Aya ta 48) Yanzu kun gani cewa kuna cikin Jahannama, inda rundunoninku da babban taron ku ba su amfane ku ba, haka nan girman kanku da fariya marar amfani ba su amfane ku ba.
“Then those on the Heights will call out to certain people whom they recognize by their looks, saying: ‘What have your great throngs and your false pride availed you?’” (Verse 48) You see now that you are in Hell, where your armies and great multitude are of no use to you, nor indeed are your arrogance and vain pride.
Suna tuna musu abin da suke faɗa game da muminai a duniya, suna zarginsu da kasancewa cikin ɓata, kuma cewa ba za a taɓa ba su rahamar Allah ba:
They remind them of what they used to say about the believers in this life, accusing them of being in error and that they would never be granted God’s mercy:
Shin waɗannan ne mutanen da kuka rantse cewa Allah ba zai taɓa nuna musu rahama ba?
“Are these the self-same people whom you swore that God would never show them mercy?
("Yanzu aka ce musu,) "Ku shiga Aljanna. Babu abin tsoro a kanku, kuma ba za ku yi baƙin ciki ba."" (Aya ta 49)
(Now they have been told,) ‘Enter Paradise. You have nothing to fear, nor will you grieve.’” (Verse 49)
Daga gefen wuta sai a ji wata murya, tana rokon roqo, tana rokon taimako: "Kuma 'yan Wuta za su yi kira ga 'yan Aljanna cewa: 'Ku zuba mana ruwa, ko kuma ku ba mu wani abu daga abin da Allah ya azurta ku da shi.'" (Aya ta 50). Daga ɗayan gefen kuma sai a amsa da tunatarwa mai zargi: "Allah ya haramta duka biyun ga kafirai, waɗanda suka riƙi addininsu a matsayin wasa da shagala, waɗanda kuma rayuwar duniya ta ruɗe su." (Ayoyi 50-51)
Then from the direction of the fire we hear a voice, begging, imploring: “And the inmates of the Fire will cry out to the dwellers of Paradise: ‘Pour some water on us, or give us some of the sustenance God has provided for you.’” (Verse 50). From the other side comes a reproachful reminder in reply: “God has forbidden both to the nonbelievers, who have taken their religion for a pastime and an idle sport, and who have been beguiled by the life of this world.” (Verses 50-51)
Daga nan duk muryoyin mutane sukan yi shiru, sai Mai Iko, Ubangijin halittu, wanda mulkinsa ba zai ƙare ba, ya yanke hukuncinsa: "A yau Mu za Mu manta da su kamar yadda su suka manta da haɗuwa a wannan ranarsu, kuma kamar yadda suke musanta ayoyinMu."
All human voices then die down and the Almighty, the Lord of the universe whose rule is final, gives His judgement: “Today We shall be oblivious of them as they were oblivious of the meeting on this day of theirs, and as they used to deny Our revelations.
Lalle ne, Mun ba su wani Littafi wanda Muka bayyana shi sarai da hikima, shiriya da rahama ga mutanen da suka yi imani. Shin suna jiran cikar ma'anarsa ne? A Ranar da cikar ma'anarsa za ta bayyana, waɗanda a dā suka manta da shi za su ce:
We have indeed given them a Book which We have clearly and wisely spelled out, a guidance and a grace for people who have faith. Are they waiting for its final meaning to unfold? On this Day when its final meaning unfolds, those who previously were oblivious of it will say:
"Ubangijinmu, manzanninsa sun tabbatar mana da gaskiya. Shin akwai masu roƙo a madadinmu da za su iya yi mana sha'awa? Ko kuwa za mu iya komawa rayuwa, domin mu yi aiki daban da yadda muke aiki a da." Sun ɓata rayukansu, kuma duk abin da suka ƙirƙira ya kasa taimakonsu. (Ayoyi 51-53)
‘Our Lord’s messengers have surely told us the Truth. Have we, then, any intercessors who could plead on our behalf? Or could we live our lives again, so that we may act differently from the way we used to act.’ They have lost their souls and all that which they invented has failed them.” (Verses 51-53)
Yanayin ya canja cikin sauri, tare da hangen abin da ke faruwa a lahira da kuma hangen abin da ke faruwa a duniya. A wani lokaci muna ganin masu azaba a wuta waɗanda aka manta da su domin su da kansu sun manta da haduwa a Ranar Alkiyama, kuma domin sun ƙaryata ayoyin Allah da aka ba su a cikin wani littafi da aka bayyana a fili. Shi ne Allah da kansa ya bayyana hakan a fili bisa ilimin Sa, amma duk da haka sun watsar da shi, suka fi son bin son ransu, suka kama ra'ayoyinsu na kuskure. Sa'an nan mu sake kallon su yayin da suke har yanzu a wannan duniya, suna jiran ƙarshen wannan littafi da kuma ko gargaɗinsa zai tabbata. Amma ana gargaɗin su game da wannan ƙarshe, domin shi ne ainihin abin da ake nuna musu a wannan yanayi. Lallai wannan yanayi abin mamaki ne, wanda ba za a iya zana shi da wannan haske ba sai a cikin wannan mu'ujiza ta littafi.
The scene moves in quick succession, with a glimpse of what happens in the hereafter and a glimpse of what takes place in this world. At one moment we see the sufferers in hell who have been forgotten because they themselves forgot about the meeting on the Day of Judgement and because they denied God’s revelations which were given to them in a clearly spelled out book. It is God Himself who has stated it clearly on the basis of His knowledge, but they nevertheless abandoned it and preferred to follow their caprice and held on to their own misconceptions. Then we look at them again when they are still in this world waiting for the final outcome of this book and whether its warnings will come true. But they are warned against this final outcome, because it is exactly what they are made to see in this scene. It is certainly a remarkable scene which cannot be so vividly painted except in this miracle of a book.
Ta haka wannan kallo mai faɗi ya zo ƙarshe, sannan ga sharhohin da suka dace gaba ɗaya da farkon surar. Akwai tunatarwa game da Ranar Alƙiyama da abubuwan ban tsoro da za a gani a cikinta, da kuma gargaɗi game da musun ayoyin Allah da nuna adawa ga manzanninsa. Haka kuma akwai gargaɗi game da jiran cikakken bayanin wannan littafi, wato Alƙur'ani, har ya bayyana, domin idan ya bayyana, ba za a sami lokacin tuba ba, ba kuma za a sake dawowa domin a sake jarrabawa ba, kuma ba za a yi cetonwa ga kowa ba domin a rage masa azaba.
Thus this panoramic preview comes to a close, followed by comments that are in complete harmony with the opening. We have a reminder of the Day of Judgement and its awesome scenes, and a warning against denying God’s revelations and taking a hostile attitude towards His messengers. There is also a warning against waiting for the full meaning of this book, the Qur’ān, to unfold, because once it is unfolded, there will be no time for repentance, no return for a retest and there will be no intercession on behalf of anyone to reduce his or her sufferings.
Bayan an kammala samfotin kallo mai fadi, sai mu dawo kanmu, bayan mun nutsu sosai cikin tunani a kan wannan wuri mai ban mamaki. Mun dawo cikin wannan rayuwa ta yanzu, bayan mun yi wata doguwar tafiya ta komawa. Tafiya ce ta dukan wannan rayuwa, da kuma tarawa, tashi daga kabari, lissafi da sakamako da suke biyo bayanta. Da farko mun ga mutum yadda aka halicce shi, sannan muka shaida faduwarsa zuwa wannan duniya da rayuwarsa a cikinta.
As the panoramic preview is over, we come back to ourselves after having been fully absorbed in contemplation of a spectacular scene. We find ourselves back in this present life, after having made a very long return trip. It is the trip of this whole life, as well as the gathering, resurrection, reckoning and reward that follow it. At the beginning we saw man as he was created and then we witnessed his fall to this world and his life on it.
Haka Alkur'ani ya sa mu yin tafiya a cikin sararin duniya da kuma ta cikin lokaci. Yana nuna mana abubuwan da suka gabata, da na yanzu, da kuma na gaba cikin gajerun sassa, domin mu sami gargaɗi mu kuma saurari tunatarwa: "Wannan littafi ne da aka saukar maka daga sama — don haka kada ka shiga shakka a kansa — domin ka yi wa mutane gargaɗi da saƙonsa, kuma ka yi wa masu bi wa'azi." (Aya ta 2)
Thus the Qur’ān makes us travel throughout the universe and across time. It shows us the past, the present and the future in quick snippets so that we may get the warning and heed the reminder: “This is a book that has been bestowed on you from on high — so do not entertain any doubt about it — in order that you may warn people with its message, and admonish the believers.” (Verse 2)