The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 847
PT. 24 AZ-ZUMAR the punishment comes upon you suddenly, while you perceive not; 3477 CH. 39 وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ a6 أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يُحَسْرَى عَلَى مَا 0 ,Lest a soul should say. 57 فَرَّطْتُ فِي جَنْبِ اللهِ وَ اِنْ كُنْتُ لَمِنَ !my duty in respect of Allah الشَّخِرِينَ my grief for my remissness in Surely, I was among those who scoffed;' 58. Or lest it should ‘If Allah had guided me, I SJERKBIGDIÇKA اَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ اَنَّ اللهَ هَدْيني لَكُنتُ مِنَ say الْمُتَّقِينَ should certainly have been among the righteous;' اَوْ تَقُوْلَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي Or lest it should say, when it. 59 sees the punishment, 'Would that there were for me a breturn to the world, I would then be among those who do good!""3478 كَرَّةً فَاكُوْنَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ yakyaku! بَلَى قَدْ جَاءَ تُكَ أَيْتِي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا God will answer, Aye. 60 وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَفِرِيْنَ there came to thee My Signs, but thou didst treat them as lies, and thou wast arrogant, and thou wast of the disbelievers. '3479 "2:168; 6:32. 6:28; 23:100; 26:103; 35:38. 3477. Commentary: This verse continues the theme of the preceding one. Man has first to make himself deserving of Divine mercy by following the best Teaching that has been revealed the Quran_3479. Commentary: and only then to demand it. It is honest endeavour that is demanded of men and the rest is made up by verses describe the state of a disbeliever when by his persistent evil deeds he incurs Divine displeasure, and punishment stares him in the face. God's mercy. 3478. Commentary: The verse means to say that many chances are given to the man who is steeped in sin to repent and reform himself. It is when his rejection of truth is deliberate and repeated, and The present and the previous two he exceeds all legitimate bounds in 2761