The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

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CH. 9 وَعَدَ اللهُ الْمُنْفِقِينَ وَالْمُنْفِقْتِ وَالْكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خُلِدِينَ فِيهَا هِيَ حَسْبُهُمْ وَلَعَنَهُمُ اللهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمُ PT. 10 AT-TAUBAH 68. "Allah promises the hypocrites, men and women, and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they shall abide. It will suffice them. And Allah has cursed them. And they shall have a lasting punishment, 1222 69. Allah promises hypocrites and disbelievers the で كَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةً these وَاَكْثَرَ اَمْوَالًا وَاَوْلَادًا فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا fire of Hell even as He promised those before you. They were بِخَلَاقِهِمْ فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَاقِكُمْ كَمَا mightier than you in power and richer in possessions and اسْتَمْتَعَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِخَلَاقِهِمْ children. They enjoyed their lot وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذِي خَاضُوا أُولَيكَ for a short time, so have you enjoyed your lot as those before حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ you enjoyed their lot. And you وَأُولَيكَ هُمُ الْخَسِرُونَ indulged in idle talk as they indulged in idle talk. "It is they whose works shall be of no avail in this world and the Hereafter. And it is they who are the losers. 1223 "4:146. 18:106. good; (4) that they do not spend in in itself is a terrible punishment, the the cause of God, keeping their hands curse of God. This shows that the closed; (5) that they neglect Allah and curse of God is even more dreadful His commandments; (6) that, as a than the punishment of Hell. consequence, God too neglects them Compare this with the "pleasure of and they do not enjoy Divine help in | Allah" promised to believers in 9:72 their works; and (7) that they are | below, in addition to Heaven. Just as disobedient to God, always seeking to the curse of God is worse than Hell, evade His behests. so is the "pleasure of Allah" better 1222. Commentary: The hypocrites will have, over and above the punishment of Hell which 1175 than Heaven. 1223. Important Words: كالذي خاضوا in the clause الذي The word