The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 417
PT. 19 AL-FURQAN CH. 25 E بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ cause, nor commit adultery or يَلْقَ أَثَامان fornication), and he who does that shall meet with the punishment of sin;2696 يُضْعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ وَيَخْلُدُ Doubled to him will be the. 70 فِيهِ مُهَانَّان punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا ,Except those who repent. 71 b therein disgraced, 2696A and believe and do good deeds; for as change their evil deeds into حَسَنَتٍ to these, Allah will فَأُولَيكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللهُ سَيَاتِهِمْ حَ وَكَانَ اللهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا good deeds; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful;2697 وَمَنْ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَإِنَّهُ يَتُوبُ And those who repent and. 72 إِلَى اللهِ مَتَابًا do good deeds, indeed turn to Allah with true repentance; 2698 4:15. 3:58; 6:49; 18:89; 19:61; 34:38. 5:40; 20:83; 28:68. 2696. Important Words: (punishment of sin) is infinitive noun from which means, he fell into or committed a sin or crime: he did what was unlawful. means, the requital or recompense of a sin or crime or punishment thereof (Lane). Commentary: The verse deals with the three basic sins, i. e. idolatry, murder and adultery, the fountainheads of individual depravity and social and sexual immorality. The Quran has reverted to these three sins again and again. 2696A. Commentary: a (repentance) signifies repenting sincerely, truly and honestly of past moral relapses with a firm resolve completely to shun all evil and do good deeds, and making amends for consists in bringing about a complete all wrongs done to people. In short a change in one's life, turning one's back completely and thoroughly on one's past. 2331 2697. Commentary: So complete and thorough was the reformation brought about by the Holy Prophet in the lives of his followers that in the place of every sin and crime in which they indulged before Islam, they practised a corresponding virtue. This is how their evil deeds became converted into good ones. Those who were the models of virtue and righteousness. very embodiment of vice became the 2698. Commentary: True and sincere repentance must