Surah 18 · 18:55

Surah Al-Kahf 18:55

Al-Kahf · The Cave

وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓاْ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً

Wama manaAAa annasa anyu/minoo ith jaahumu alhuda wayastaghfiroorabbahum illa an ta/tiyahum sunnatu al-awwaleena awya/tiyahumu alAAathabu qubula

And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

Dan tidak ada (sesuatu pun) yang menghalangi manusia untuk beriman ketika petunjuk telah datang kepada mereka dan memohon ampunan kepada Tuhannya, kecuali (keinginan menanti) datangnya hukum (Allah yang telah berlaku pada) umat yang terdahulu atau datangnya azab atas mereka dengan nyata.

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Tafsir

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Rebellion of the Disbelievers

Allah tells us about the rebellion of the disbelievers in ancient times and in more recent times, and how they rejected the obvious truth even when they witnessed clear signs and proofs. Nothing stopped them from following the truth except their demand to witness with their own eyes the punishment which they were being warned about. As some of them said to their Prophet:

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ

(So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful!) 26:187, Others said:

ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ

(Bring Allah's torment upon us if you are one of the truthful.) 29:29 The Quraysh said:

اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ أَوِ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

(O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring upon us a painful torment.) 8:32

وَقَالُواْ يأَيُّهَا الَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ - لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَـئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ

(And they say: "O you to whom the Reminder has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man! Why do you not bring angels to us if you are of the truthful") 15:6-7. There are other Ayat refering to the same thing. Then Allah says:

إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ

(except that the ways of the ancients be repeated with them,) meaning, their overwhelming punishment, destroying every last one of them.

أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً

(or the torment be brought to them face to face.) they see it with their own eyes, being directly confronted with it. Then Allah says:

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلاَّ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ

(And We send not the Messengers except as bearers of good news and warners.) before the punishment they give good news to those who believe in them and follow them, and warnings to those who reject them and oppose them. Then Allah tells us about the disbelievers who argue:

بِالْبَـطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُواْ بِهِ الْحَقَّ

(with falsehood, in order to refute the truth thereby.) they try to weaken the truth that the Messengers brought, but they cannot achieve that.

وَاتَّخَذُواْ ءايَاتِى وَمَا أُنْذِرُواْ هُزُواً

(And they take My Ayat and that which they are warned for jest!) they take the proof, evidence and miracles sent with the Messengers to warn them, and make them fear the punishment;

هُزُواً

(as a jest and mockery) and they make fun of them, which is the worst type of disbelief.

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَايِـتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُواْ إِذاً أَبَداً - وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِ مَوْئِلاً

Tafsir Kemenag RI

Setelah cukup banyak macam perumpamaan dan kias perbandingan dipaparkan dalam Al-Qur'an, tetapi ternyata manusia banyak yang ingkar, maka Allah kembali memberikan penjelasan tentang kesombongan orang-orang kafir pada masa dahulu. Mereka mendustakan rasul dan tidak mau mengikuti petunjuk-petunjuk yang dibawanya. Kendati mereka telah menyaksikan sendiri tanda-tanda dan bukti-bukti yang jelas tentang kebenaran petunjuk-petunjuk itu, tetapi mereka tidak juga insaf dan tetap tidak mau mengikutinya. Padahal kalau mereka mau mengikuti petunjuk para rasul dan meninggalkan kemusyrikan, mau mohon ampun kepada Allah, dan bertobat atas kemaksiatan yang dilakukannya pada waktu yang silam, niscaya mereka akan diberi ampunan. Tetapi semua itu tidak mereka kerjakan.

Demikian pula kaum musyrikin Quraisy, mereka tidak mau mengikuti petunjuk Al-Qur'an, karena sifat ingkar dan keras kepala yang telah mengakar pada jiwa mereka. Sifat inilah yang mendorong mereka meminta ditimpakan siksaan atas mereka, sebagaimana yang pernah ditimpakan kepada orang-orang yang terdahulu, yaitu azab yang membinasakan mereka sampai ke akar-akarnya (azab istishal), atau azab yang ditimpakan kepada mereka berturut-turut, azab demi azab dengan nyata.

Permintaan orang-orang musyrik Quraisy yang menentang Allah dan mengejek Rasulullah saw itu diterangkan oleh Allah swt dalam firman-Nya:

Dan (ingatlah), ketika mereka (orang-orang musyrik) berkata, "Ya Allah, jika (Al-Qur'an) ini benar (wahyu) dari Engkau, maka hujanilah kami dengan batu dari langit, atau datangkanlah kepada kami azab yang pedih." (al-Anfal/8: 32)

Sikap mereka yang demikian itu menunjukkan kekafiran yang berlebihan yang mencelakakan bagi diri mereka sendiri.

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Word by word

وَمَا

wamā

And nothing

مَنَعَ

manaʿa

prevents

ٱلنَّاسَ

l-nāsa

men

أَن

an

that

يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ

yu'minū

they believe

إِذۡ

idh

when

جَآءَهُمُ

jāahumu

has come to them

ٱلۡهُدَىٰ

l-hudā

the guidance

وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ

wayastaghfirū

and they ask forgiveness

رَبَّهُمۡ

rabbahum

(of) their Lord

إِلَّآ

illā

except

أَن

an

that

تَأۡتِيَهُمۡ

tatiyahum

comes to them

سُنَّةُ

sunnatu

(the) way

ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

l-awalīna

(of) the former (people)

أَوۡ

aw

or

يَأۡتِيَهُمُ

yatiyahumu

comes to them

ٱلۡعَذَابُ

l-ʿadhābu

the punishment

قُبُلٗا

qubulan

before (them)