و الأخبار في هذا المعنى كثيرة و إنما قال الله عز و جل لرسوله ص لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً ما أَتاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ أي ما جاءهم رسول قبلك بتبديل شريعة و لا تغيير ملة و لم ينف عنهم الهداة و الدعاة من الأوصياء و كيف يكون ذلك و هو عز و جل يحكي عنهم في قوله- وَ أَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدى مِنْ إِحْدَى الْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ ما زادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُوراً فهذا يدل على أنه قد كان هناك هاد يدلهم على شرائع دينهم لأنهم قالوا ذلك قبل أن يبعث محمد ص.
و مما يدل على ذلك الأخبار التي ذكرناها في هذا المعنى و في هذا الكتاب و لا قوة إلا بالله
A large number of traditions like this have been recorded and the words of Allah when He said to His Prophet:
That you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you.23
It means that no messenger came to them before that who may have made changes in the Shariat or community. Neither negation was done to the guidance of their successors; and how can the Almighty Allah negate this when He says:
And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths that if there came to them a warner they would be better guided than any of the nations; but when there came to them a warner it increased them in naught but aversion.24
And we have mentioned other similar narrations in this book. And there is no strength and power except by Allah, the Mighty and the High.
Commentary #5
و الأخبار في هذا المعنى كثيرة و إنما قال الله عز و جل لرسوله ص لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً ما أَتاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ أي ما جاءهم رسول قبلك بتبديل شريعة و لا تغيير ملة و لم ينف عنهم الهداة و الدعاة من الأوصياء و كيف يكون ذلك و هو عز و جل يحكي عنهم في قوله- وَ أَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدى مِنْ إِحْدَى الْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ ما زادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُوراً فهذا يدل على أنه قد كان هناك هاد يدلهم على شرائع دينهم لأنهم قالوا ذلك قبل أن يبعث محمد ص. و مما يدل على ذلك الأخبار التي ذكرناها في هذا المعنى و في هذا الكتاب و لا قوة إلا بالله
A large number of traditions like this have been recorded and the words of Allah when He said to His Prophet: That you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you.23 It means that no messenger came to them before that who may have made changes in the Shariat or community. Neither negation was done to the guidance of their successors; and how can the Almighty Allah negate this when He says: And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths that if there came to them a warner they would be better guided than any of the nations; but when there came to them a warner it increased them in naught but aversion.24 And we have mentioned other similar narrations in this book. And there is no strength and power except by Allah, the Mighty and the High.