The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 13
PT. 26 AL-AḤQĀF CH. 46 وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى النَّارِ And on the day when those. 21 who disbelieve will be brought أَذْهَبْتُمُ طَيِّبَتِكُمْ فِي حَيَاتِكُمُ الدُّنْيا before the Fire, it will be said to وَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَا فَالْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ. things in the life of the world them, 'You exhausted your good and you fully enjoyed them. الْهُونِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِي Now this day you shall be الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ requited with ignominious punishment because you were arrogant in the earth without justification, and because you acted rebelliously. '3774 R. 3. تَفْسُقُونَ وَاذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ اَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ And make mention of the. 22 brother of ‘Ād, when he warned بِالْاَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ his people among the sandhills يَدَيْهِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِةَ الَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا الله اِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ but -and Warners there have been before him and after him— saying, 'Worship none Allah. I fear for you the punishment of a great day. '3775 "6:94. b7:66; 11:51. the works, good or evil, of the two classes of men mentioned in vv. 16 and 18 above, will be properly judged and weighed, and, while being requited, their motives and intentions and all relevant circumstances, will be taken into consideration, as the Divine law of compensation works in this way that whereas the reward of a good deed is many times greater than the deed itself, the punishment of the evil deed is proportionate to the deed committed. 3774. Commentary: consequences of their evil deeds, the disbelievers will be told on the Day of Reckoning that as they had fully exploited and drained to dregs the material gifts that God had bestowed upon them and had used them not in the service of good causes but to further their own sordid ends, they should be prepared to suffer disgrace and ignominy as a fit requital for their misdeeds. 3775. Commentary: ‘Ād was not the name of one tribe When confronted with the but of a group of tribes. The tribe has 2909