وَإِنَّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ
Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun
Yusuf Ali
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
Recitation
Pickthall
And lo! he is a witness unto that;
Shakir
And most surely he is a witness of that.
Hausa — Gumi
Lalle ne shi mai shaida ne a kan laifinsa dl haka.
Yoruba
The Yoruba translation exists only as a scanned image.
Occasion of revelation
(By the snorting coursesﾅ) [100:1-11]. Muqatil said: ﾓThe Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, sent a military expedition to a clan of Banu Kinanah and appointed al-Mundhir ibn Amr al-Ansari as its leader. When their news was late to come, the hypocrites said: They have all been killedﾒ, and so Allah, exalted is He, gave news about this expedition and revealed (By the snorting courses) meaning the horses of that expeditionﾔ. Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farisi informed us> Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Basti> Muhammad ibn Makki> Ishaq ibn Ibrahim> Ahmad ibn Abdah> Hafs ibn Jami> Simak> Ikrimah> Ibn Abbas who related that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, sent a cavalry in a mission but did not receive any news from them a month after they had left. And so it was revealed (By the snorting courses) i.e. the horses snorting with their nostrils.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Concerning Allah's statement,
وَإِنَّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ﴿٧﴾
And to that He bears witness.
Qatadah and Sufyan Ath-Thawri both said,
"And indeed Allah is a witness to that.''
It is also possible that the pronoun (He) could be referring to man. This was said by Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi. Thus, its meaning would be that man is a witness himself to the fact that he is ungrateful.
This is obvious in his condition, meaning this is apparent from his statements and deeds.
This is as Allah says,
مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُواْ مَسَاجِدَ الله شَـهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِم بِالْكُفْرِ
It is not for the idolators, to maintain the Masajid (Mosques) of Allah, while they witness disbelief against themselves. (9:17)
تفسير ابن كثير
قال قتادة وسفيان الثوري وإن الله على ذلك لشهيد ويحتمل أن يعود الضمير على الإنسان قاله محمد بن كعب القرظي فيكون تقديره وإن الإنسان على كونه كنودا لشهيد أي بلسان حاله أي ظاهر ذلك عليه في أقواله وأفعاله كما قال تعالى " ما كان للمشركين أن يعمروا مساجد الله شاهدين على أنفسهم بالكفر " .
تفسير الجلالين
" وإنه على ذلك " أي كنوده " لشهيد " يشهد على نفسه بصنعه
تفسير القرطبي
أي وإن الله عز وجل ثناؤه على ذلك من ابن آدم لشهيد . كذا روى منصور عن مجاهد ; وهو قول أكثر المفسرين , وهو قول ابن عباس . وقال الحسن وقتادة ومحمد بن كعب : " وإنه " أي وإن الإنسان لشاهد على نفسه بما يصنع ; وروي عن مجاهد أيضا .
إعراب — grammatical analysis
«وَإِنَّهُ» إن واسمها «عَلى ذلِكَ» متعلقان بما بعدهما «لَشَهِيدٌ» اللام المزحلقة «شهيد» خبر إن والجملة معطوفة على ما قبلها.