The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 844
CH. 39 AZ-ZUMAR PT. 24 وَلَوْ اَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ And even if the wrongdoers. 48 possessed all that is in the earth, جَمِيعًا وَ مِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَافْتَدَوْا بِهِ مِنْ سُوءِ and the like thereof in addition الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِّنَ اللهِ مَالَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ ) to it, they would surely seek to ransom themselves with it to escape from the evil punishment on the Day of Resurrection; but there shall appear unto them, from Allah that which they never thought of. 3471 وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيّاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ And the evil consequences. 49 of what they had earned will become apparent to them and that which they used to mock at will encompass them. مَّا كَانُوْابِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ man, he cries unto Us. But فَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا And when harm touches. 50 خَوَّلْنَهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَا ، قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ when We bestow on him a عَلَى عِلْمٍ بَلْ هِيَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ me on favour from Us, he says, 'This has been given to account of my own knowledge. ' Nay, it is only a trial; but most of them know not. 3472 5:37; 10:55; 13:19. 21:42; 45:34. "See 39:9. 3471. Commentary: of significance of the words, but there shall appear unto them from Allah the words may that which they never thought. Or mean that evil consequences of the evil deeds which disbelievers did in this life will The expression "Day Resurrection" in the verse may apply both to the last Judgement Day and the day of the final triumph of Islam. That great event took place before the very eyes of disbelievers, when idolatry departed from Arabia never to return. The disbelievers could never conceive of such an event | 3472. Commentary: taking place. This may be the 2758 appear before them in an embodied form in the life to come, and of that eventuality they had no idea. It is human nature that when man is