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CH. 28 AL-QASAS PT. 20 وَمَا أُوتِيْتُم مِّنْ شَيْ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيَوةِ And whatever of the things. 61 الدُّنْيَا وَزِيْنَتُهَا ، وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ only a temporary enjoyment of وَابْقَى أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ of this world you are given is the present life and an adornment thereof; and that which is with Allah is better and more lasting. Will you not then understand? R. 7. أَفَمَنْ وَعَدُنْهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَا قِيْهِ Is he, then, to whom We. 62 have promised a goodly كَمَنْ مَّتَعْنُهُ مَتَاعَ الْحَيوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ promise, the fulfilment of which he will meet, blike him whom We have provided with the good things of this life only, and then on the Day of Resurrection he will be among those who will be brought to account before God?2921 يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَاءِى And on that day He will call. 63 to them, and say, ""Where are 3:15; 9:38; 10:71; 16:118; 40:40. 20:132; 26:206-208. 28:75; 41:48. them to repent and give up their evil ways. (2) No people are punished unless they have given themselves up to sin and iniquity and have completely closed the doors of repentance upon themselves. The unusual frequency and universality of natural calamities in the form of famines, wars, earthquakes and epidemics during the last five or six decades call for the appearance of a Divine Messenger in the present time. That Divine Messenger appeared in the fullness of time in the person of Aḥmad, the Promised Messiah and Holy Founder of the Aḥmadiyya Movement. 2921. Commentary: The present verse continues and further develops the theme of its predecessor. It purports to say, "let not those who are given only a temporary enjoyment of the good things of this life deceive themselves into the false notion that the good things will last forever. In their very nature they are temporary but the fact that those who have been provided with material amenities and comforts have defied and flouted God's Message 2454