وَتَبَرَّأُواAnd they declaredمَاwhatعَلَوْاthey raisedتَتْبِيرًا؟as destruction?
And they declared what they raised as destruction?
وَمَاAnd whatالَّذِيis it thatسَلَّطَwas inflictedعَلَيْهِمupon themأَنْوَاعَvarious typesالْعُقُوبَاتِof punishmentsمَرَّةًsometimesبِالْقَتْلِby killingوَالْسَّبْيِ)and captivity)وَandخَرَابِthe destructionالْبِلَادِof the land،,وَمَرَّةًand at another timeبِجَوْرِby the oppressionالْمُلُوكِ،of the kings,وَمَرَّةًand at another timeبِمَسْخِهِمby turning them intoقِرَدَةٍapesوَخَنَازِيرَ؟and pigs?
And what is it that was inflicted upon them? Various types of punishments: sometimes by killing and captivity, and the destruction of the land, and at another time by the oppression of kings, and at another time by turning them into apes and pigs?
وَآخِرَAnd at the lastذَٰلِكَof thatأَقْسَمَsworeالرَّبُّthe Lordتَبَارَكَblessedوَتَعَالَىٰand exaltedلَيَبْعَثَنَّHe will surely sendعَلَيْهِمْupon themإِلَىٰuntilيَوْمِthe day ofالْقِيَامَةِresurrectionمَنsomeoneيَسُومُهُمwho will make them sufferسُوءَthe worstالْعَذَابِof punishment.
And at the last of that, the Lord, blessed and exalted, swore: He will surely send upon them until the Day of Resurrection someone who will make them suffer the worst of punishment.
قَالَSaidالإِمَامُthe ImamأَحْمَدُAhmad،,حَدَّثَنَاnarrated to usالْوَلِيدُAl-Walidبِـbinمُسْلِمٍ،Muslim,حَدَّثَنَاhe narrated to usصَفْوَانُSafehبِـbinعَمْرٍو،Amr,حَدَّثَنِيhe told meعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَانِAbdulrahmanبِـbinجُبَيْرٍJubeirبِـbinنَفِيرٍNafeerعَنْaboutأَبِيهِhis father,,قَالَhe said::لَمَّاWhenفُتِحَتْopenedقُبُرُسَCyprusفَرَّقَthere was a separationبَيْنَbetweenأَهْلِهَاits peopleفَبَكَىٰand some criedبَعْضُهُمْsome of themإِلَىٰtoبَعْضٍ،someوَرَأَيْتُand I sawأَبَاAbuالدَّرْدَاءَAl-Dardaaجَالِسًاsitting alone[٢٠/ب]يَبْكِي،crying,فَقُلْتُ:so I said:يَاOأَبَاAbuالدَّرْدَاءَAl-Dardaaمَاwhatيَبْكِيكcauses you to cryفِيinيَوْمٍa dayأَعَزَّthat honoredاللَّهَGodفِيهِin itالإِسْلَامَIslamوَأَهْلَهُ؟and its people?فَقَالَHe said:وَيْحَكَWoe to youيَاOجُبَيْر،Jubeir,مَاhow insignificantأَهْوَنَare the creationsالْخَلْقُthe creationعَلَىtoاللَّهِGodعَزَّ وَجَلَّthe Mighty and Sublimeإِذَاifأَضَاعُواthey neglectedأَمْرَهُHis command.بَيْنَمَاWhileهِيَit isأُمَّةٌa nationقَاهِرَةٌdominantظَاهِرٌ لَهُمmanifest to themالْمُلْكُ،the kingdom,تَرَكُواthey leftأَمْرَthe command ofاللَّهِGod،,فَصَارُواand they becameإِلَىtoمَاwhatتَرَىyou see!
The Imam Ahmad said: Al-Walid bin Muslim narrated to us, Safeh bin Amr narrated to us, Abdulrahman bin Jubeir bin Nafeer told me from his father, he said: When Cyprus was opened, there was a separation between its people and some cried to one another, and I saw Abu al-Dardaa sitting alone crying. I said: O Abu al-Dardaa, what causes you to cry on a day that honored God and Islam and its people? He said: Woe to you, O Jubeir, how insignificant are the creations to God, the Mighty and Sublime, if they neglect His command. While it is a dominant nation with the kingdom manifest to them, they left the command of God, and they became to what you see!