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PT. 29 نَحْنُ خَلَقْتُهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ * وَاِذَاشِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا CH. 76 AD-DAHR 29. We have created them and strengthened their make; and when We will, We can replace them by others like them. 4496 So whoever wishes, may take a way unto his Lord. إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ اتَّخَذَ. Verily, this is a Reminder. 30 إِلى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَا تَشَاءُوْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَشَاءَ اللهُ اِنَّ اللهَ But you will not unless. 31 كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًان Allah so wills. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, Wise. 4497 يُدْخِلُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ وَالظُّلِمِينَ He causes whom He pleases. 32 أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا اَلِيْمَان to enter His mercyd, and for the wrong doers He has prepared a painful punishment. 4498 1&1 a56:62. 20:4; 73:20; 74:55; 80:12. 18:25; 74:57; 81:30. d48:26. in a hurry to punish. The Holy Prophet is enjoined to pay no heed to their demand for punishment but to prepare himself and his followers morally and spiritually by Night Prayer and glorification of God. "Heavy day" may mean the Resurrection Day or the Day when disbelievers are punished in this life. 4496. Commentary: This verse, in conjunction with the verses preceding it, means that Truth will spread gradually, either that there will come about a great moral revolution in the lives of the people or if they refused to benefit by the Quranic teaching they will be replaced by another people who will carry out the Divine will and plan. God is not in a hurry to punish them because He "has created man in the best make" (95:5) that he may develop and manifest in himself Divine attributes and not that he may incur His displeasure and be punished. 4497. Commentary: Besides the meaning given in the text, the verse may also mean: (1) It is God's Will that you should exercise your will "to take a way unto your Lord," and so be admitted into His mercy. (2) You cannot "take the way your Lord" unless you subordinate and conform your will to the will of God. (3) You should have subordinated your will to the will of God, but you seem not to have done so. 4498. Commentary: 3280 unto The verse may also mean that God admits into His mercy him who himself wishes to be admitted into God's mercy by obeying Divine commandments; being the subject of the verbly.