The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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PT. 30 AN-NABA' say, 'Would that I were mere dust!'4550 4550. Commentary: "The punishment which is near at hand," seems to refer to the punishment which is meted out to the sinful disbelievers in this world. Elsewhere in the Quran (32:22) this punishment has been described as CH. 78 the Hereafter. This nearer punishment took the form of the defeats which the disbelievers suffered at the hands of Muslims, and finally that of the Fall of Mecca when the cup of their utter mortification and humiliation became full to the brim. The verse gives a befitting picture of the state of mind (the greater of the Quraish leaders on that day. (nearer punishment) العذاب الادنى العذاب الاكبر against as punishment) which is punishment in 3299