The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 28 AL-MUNAFIQŪN would give alms and be among the righteous. '4252 CH. 63 وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا And Allah will not grant. 12 وَاللهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ respite to a soul when its appointed time has come; and & Allah is Well-Aware of what you do. 4253 4252. Commentary: a71:5. The verse exhorts believers to make the best of their opportunities to serve the cause of truth with all the gifts that God had bestowed upon them, before death comes upon them i. e. before they lose the opportunity or the power to serve. 4253. Commentary: the Divine The word signifies a Divine decree, and the verse means that a people should make the best of their opportunities before decree comes into force; that is, because they will have outlived their usefulness, they would deserve to live no more. 3161