The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 522
CH. 16 R. 15. AN-NAHL PT. 14 يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَّفْسِهَا On the day when every. 112 soul will come pleading for وَتَوَفَّ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ itself, and every soul will be لَا يُظْلَمُونَ fully recompensed for what it did, and they will not be wronged. 1912 وَضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ أَمِنَةً And Allah sets forth for. 113 you the parable of a city which مُطْمَنَّةً يَأْتِيْهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّنْ كُلِّ enjoyed security and peace; its مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ provisions came to it in plenty from every quarter; but it denied the favours of Allah, so Allah made it taste hunger and fear which clothed it like a garment because of what they used to do. 1913 1912. Commentary: "2:282. 34:16-17. This verse is complementary to the previous one and both should be read together. It means that the forgiveness and mercy of the Forgiving and Merciful God will cover those persons on the Day of Judgement who sincerely repent of their past lapses and whose repentance takes the form of the noble deeds mentioned in the previous verse. The verse also hints that God will forgive them if they continue to strive in the cause of truth and endure all trials with patience till the time of their death. 1913. Commentary: The "city" referred to in this verse is Mecca. It warns Meccans of the great punishment which will befall them if they do not accept the Holy Prophet and do not give up their Mecca would not save them from the iniquitous ways. The sanctity of impending punishment. They are also told that they are leading a life of plenty and security, but the time is fast approaching when they will be visited with a terrible famine or, to quote a prayer of the Holy Prophet, with "years of famine like the famine of the days of Joseph", and instead of security they will taste the horrors of war. Both these calamities befell the Meccans after the Hijrah. They were 1730 smitten with constant fear. Fear is the inevitable result of war and they became involved in continuous fighting. And such a dreadful famine