بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا
Commentary:
The verse continuing the theme of the previous verse purports to say that whereas the believers are decreed to achieve eminence and glory, a dreadful punishment is in store for disbelievers. Their punishment is impending; nay it is at their very doors; but they do not see it and therefore refuse to believe it.
The word الساعة (the Hour) in the verse signifies the complete triumph of the cause of truth and the failure and frustration of disbelief. In fact the time of every Prophet has been called الساعة in the Quran, as at that time the old order dies and from its ruins emerges a new one.
Whereas believers are decreed to achieve eminence and glory, a dreadful punishment (as-Sa‘ah) is in store for disbelievers. Their punishment is impending, nay it is at their very doors, but they do not see it and therefore refuse to believe it.