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CH. 68 AL-QALAM PT. 29. b خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمُ ذِلَّةٌ Their eyes will be cast. 44 down, and humiliation will cover them; and they were indeed called upon to prostrate themselves when they were safe and sound, but they obeyed not. 4331 وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَلِمُونَ فَذَرْنِى وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ So leave Me alone with. 45 those who reject this Word of Ours. We shall draw them near to destruction step by step from whence they know not. 4332 46. And I give them respite; for My plan is strong. 4333 سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ) وَأُمَلِي لَهُمُ اِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينَ D a75:25-26; 88:3-4. 73:12; 74:12. 7:183. d7:184. veil from all mysteries and coming to Judgement Day, punishment will light of all secrets on that Day. The words, "They will not be able to do so," signify that the guilty will not be able to make amends for their sins of omission or commission, the stare them in the face, they will beg to be allowed to repent and make amends, but then it will be too late. 4332. Commentary: The verse shows that Divine time for repentance having passed punishment will overtake disbelievers long ago. 4331. Important Words: ,means رهقه. (will cover them) ترهقهم it reached or overtook him or it; he followed him and was about to overtake him; it covered him or it. رهقه. means, I committed a sin رهقت اشما Call means, debt covered him. means, he constrained him to do a difficult thing (Lane and Aqrab). Commentary: When disbelievers were in full possession of all their faculties and were enjoying peace, prosperity and security, they defied and violated Divine laws, but when, on the by degrees and in stages and thus they will have ample opportunities to repent and make amends by accepting the Message of the Quran. The punishment began with the Battle of Badr and reached its culmination in the Fall of Mecca, extending over a period of about eight years. 4333. Commentary: God grants respite to sinful people in order that they might repent and give up their evil ways. He is not in a hurry to punish because they are within His control and in His grip and cannot evade or elude the mills of 3204