The Hell Fire
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ ۚ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ {206}
And when it is said to him, ‘Fear Allah’; pride seizes him with the sin; so ‘جَهَنَّمُ ’ Hell would suffice him; and it is an evil habitation [2:206]
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع فَلَمَّا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْآيَةِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ لِهَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ بِالتَّقْوَى سِرّاً وَ عَلَانِيَةً، أَخْبَرَ مُحَمَّداً ص أَنَّ فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ يُظْهِرُهَا وَ يُسِرُّ خِلَافَهَا، وَ يَنْطَوِي عَلَى مَعَاصِي اللَّهِ
The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari-asws) said: ‘So when Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded in the Verse preceding these Verses with the piety in secret and openly, Informed Muhammad-saww that among the people there is one who displays it, but secretly opposite to it, and implying upon the disobedience of Allah-azwj.
فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا بِإِظْهَارِهِ لَكَ الدِّينَ وَ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَ تَزَيُّنِهِ بِحَضْرَتِكَ بِالْوَرَعِ وَ الْإِحْسَانِ وَ يُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ عَلى ما فِي قَلْبِهِ بِأَنْ يَحْلِفَ لَكَ بِأَنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ مُخْلِصٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِقَوْلِهِ بِعَمَلِهِ وَ هُوَ أَلَدُّ الْخِصامِ شَدِيدُ الْعَدَاوَةِ وَ الْجِدَالِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Thus, He-azwj Said: “O Muhammad-saww! And from the people there is one who astounds you with his speech regarding the life of the world – by his manifesting to you-saww the Religion and Al-Islam, and adorns it in your-saww presence with the devoutness and the good works, and he testifies to Allah upon what is in his heart – by taking oaths to you-saww that he is a Momin, sincere, truthful of his words and his deeds, but he is the bitterest of the adversaries [2:204] – intense in the enmity, and the disputing with the Muslims.
وَ إِذا تَوَلَّى عَنْكَ أَدْبَرَ سَعى فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيها يَعْصِي بِالْكُفْرِ الْمُخَالِفِ لِمَا أَظْهَرَ لَكَ، وَ الظُّلْمِ الْمُبَايِنِ لِمَا وَعَدَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ بِحَضْرَتِكَ. وَ يُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ بِأَنْ يُحْرِقَهُ أَوْ يُفْسِدَهُ، وَ النَّسْلَ بِأَنْ يَقْتُلَ الْحَيَوَانَ فَيَنْقَطِعَ نَسْلُهُ وَ اللَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الْفَسادَ لَا يَرْضَى بِهِ وَ لَا يَتْرُكُ أَنْ يُعَاقِبَ عَلَيْهِ
And when he turns around – away from you-saww, departing, he runs along in the land to cause mischief therein – disobeying with the Kufr, the opposite to what he is manifesting to you-saww, and the open injustice to what he promised from himself in your-saww presence, and destroy the farm – by his burning it down or spoiling it, and the lineage – by his killing the animals, so he cuts off its lineage, and Allah does not love the mischief [2:205] – not Pleased with it, nor would He-azwj Leave Punishing over it.
وَ إِذا قِيلَ لَهُ لِهَذَا الَّذِي يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ دَعْ سُوءَ صَنِيعِكَ. أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ الَّذِي هُوَ مُحْتَقِبُهُ، فَيَزْدَادُ إِلَى شَرِّهِ شَرّاً، وَ يُضِيفُ إِلَى ظُلْمِهِ ظُلْماً. فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَاءً لَهُ عَلَى سُوءِ فِعْلِهِ، وَ عَذَاباً. وَ لَبِئْسَ الْمِهادُ يُمَهِّدُهَا وَ يَكُونُ دَائِماً فِيهَا
And when it is said to him – to this one who is astounding you-saww with his words, ‘Fear Allah’ – and leave your evil works, pride seizes him with the sin – the one who is masking (himself), and it increases more evil to his evil, and adds more injustice to his injustice. So Hell would suffice him – as a Recompense for him upon his evil deeds, and as a Punishment. And it is an evil habitation [2:206] – he would inhabit it, and he would happen to be forever in it’’.[1]
[1] Tafseer Imam Hassan Al Askari-asws – S 362