The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 74
CH. 10 YŪNUS PT. 11 الْمُنْذَرِينَ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رُسُلًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ See then, how evil was the end of those who had been warned! 1347 75. Then We sent, after him, other Messengers to their فَجَاءَ وَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا respective peoples, and they بِمَا كَذَّبُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ كَذَلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَى. they would not believe in them قُلُوبِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ brought them clear proofs. But because they had rejected them before. Thus do We seal the hearts of transgressors. 1348 ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مُوسى وَهُرُونَ Then did We send, after. 76 them, Moses and Aaron to إِلى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَابِهِ بِايْتِنَا فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا Pharaoh and his chiefs with our وَكَانُوْا قَوْمًا مُجْرِمِينَ Signs, but they behaved arrogantly. And they were a sinful people. 1349 are a free and forgiven people. " 1347. Commentary: "30:48; 40:24. b7:104. This verse tells us that there is a basic difference between the punishment of those who are given a previous warning and that of those who have had no such warning. The words, how evil was the end of those who had been warned, point to this difference. Those warned of the coming punishment of God never escape except by removing the cause of punishment. The words, We made them inheritors of Our favours, contain a veiled warning for believers. When one people have been destroyed, those who take their place must prove themselves to be deserving of God's favours, if they wish them to continue. | 1348. Commentary: This verse makes it quite clear that it is not God Who arbitrarily seals up the hearts of disbelievers but it is the disbelievers themselves who, by their stubborn and unjustified refusal to listen to the word of God, become deprived of their power to see and accept the truth. They themselves are the architects of their evil destiny and not God Who only proclaims the things already brought about by their own persistent transgression. The act of sealing up the hearts of 1282 disbelievers is attributed to God because He is the Final Judge Who pronounces the verdict. 1349. Commentary: A Prophet of God is rejected for