Topic: Day Of Reckoning (Yaumul-Hisab)
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رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ
71:29.
The reason, why Divine Prophets pray to God for forgiveness notwithstanding the fact that they enjoy protection against Satan, is their realization of the holiness and majesty of God and of their own weakness. It is this realization of human weakness which makes them humbly pray to God that He may "cover" them with His grace and mercy so that their very self may become completely obliterated and may merge completely in Him.
71:29.
Important Words:
اغفرلی (grant forgiveness to me) is derived from غفر which means, (1) to cover up; and (2) to forgive sins (Aqrab). See also 2:59, 200, 286.
Commentary:
The prayer offered in the expression اغفرلی (grant forgiveness to me) conveys different meanings when offered by God’s Prophets and when offered by ordinary sinful men. When a Prophet or a holy man seeks God’s غفران or مغفرة (forgiveness), the word signifies God’s covering him with His mercy and protecting him against the harmful consequences of human weaknesses. But when a sinful man prays to God in the words اللھم اغفرلی (My Lord, grant forgiveness to me), he, in fact, prays to Him for protection against the evil consequences of his sins and the punishment he has earned thereby as well as protection from the commission of further sins. It is one of the characteristics of the Arabic language that its words possess a large variety of meanings and that not unoften the same word conveys different meanings in different circumstances. The word غفر is similarly used in many senses. When used about a righteous man it conveys a different meaning from that in which it is used about a person of sinful character. That the significance of a word is changed with the change of the person for whom it is used and the change of the occasion on which it is used is well illustrated by the word جبار. When used with reference to God this word means, "the Restorer of a thing to a right or sound condition," but when used with reference to a human being it means, "one who is extravagant in acts of disobedience or wrongdoing" (Lane).
Since the Prophets are God’s beloved and His Elect, Satan can have no access to them. They are the special servants of God, and over God’s own servants Satan has no power (15:43), for they live under His constant protection. The reason, therefore, why the Prophets of God pray to Him for غفران or مغفرة , notwithstanding their enjoying protection against Satan, is their realization of the Holiness and Majesty of God and of their own human weakness. They realize that, however high a man may spiritually rise, he is but a mere nothing before Almighty God, Lord and Master of the Throne of Glory and Majesty. They realize that man is but a weak and frail creature of God, that his very existence is a Divine gift and that it is from God that he receives guidance and protection. It is this realization of human weakness which makes them humbly pray to God that He may "cover" them with His grace and mercy so that their very self may become completely obliterated and merged in Him.
The verse further hints that God’s reckoning is not confined to the next life but is also going on in the present life. The Prophets, therefore, always pray that whenever the time may come for the results of their works to become known and manifest, God may cover up their weaknesses and produce results in accordance with His Own glory and not their weak and humble efforts. As for the believers and the parents of Abraham the expression مغفرة will be taken in its ordinary meaning of forgiveness of sins and meting out merciful treatment. For an explanation of the words والد and اب used with reference to Abraham see under 6:75.
c
71:29.
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尽管神圣的先知们享有安拉的保护, 不会受恶魔的侵袭, 但他们还是祈求安拉宽恕自己。理由是, 他们认识到安拉的神圣威严, 认识到他们自己的弱点。正是因为认识了自己的弱点, 使他们谦卑地祈求安拉把博受和仁慈 ‘被覆’ 他们, 使他们的 ‘自我’ 彻底消失, 完全与安拉融合在一起。
c
71:29.
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Important Words:
اغفرلی (grant forgiveness to me) is derived from غفر which means, (1) to cover up; and (2) to forgive sins (Aqrab). See also 2:59, 200, 286.
Commentary:
The prayer offered in the expression اغفرلی (grant forgiveness to me) conveys different meanings when offered by God’s Prophets and when offered by ordinary sinful men. When a Prophet or a holy man seeks God’s غفران or مغفرة (forgiveness), the word signifies God’s covering him with His mercy and protecting him against the harmful consequences of human weaknesses. But when a sinful man prays to God in the words اللھم اغفرلی (My Lord, grant forgiveness to me), he, in fact, prays to Him for protection against the evil consequences of his sins and the punishment he has earned thereby as well as protection from the commission of further sins. It is one of the characteristics of the Arabic language that its words possess a large variety of meanings and that not unoften the same word conveys different meanings in different circumstances. The word غفر is similarly used in many senses. When used about a righteous man it conveys a different meaning from that in which it is used about a person of sinful character. That the significance of a word is changed with the change of the person for whom it is used and the change of the occasion on which it is used is well illustrated by the word جبار. When used with reference to God this word means, "the Restorer of a thing to a right or sound condition," but when used with reference to a human being it means, "one who is extravagant in acts of disobedience or wrongdoing" (Lane).
Since the Prophets are God’s beloved and His Elect, Satan can have no access to them. They are the special servants of God, and over God’s own servants Satan has no power (15:43), for they live under His constant protection. The reason, therefore, why the Prophets of God pray to Him for غفران or مغفرة , notwithstanding their enjoying protection against Satan, is their realization of the Holiness and Majesty of God and of their own human weakness. They realize that, however high a man may spiritually rise, he is but a mere nothing before Almighty God, Lord and Master of the Throne of Glory and Majesty. They realize that man is but a weak and frail creature of God, that his very existence is a Divine gift and that it is from God that he receives guidance and protection. It is this realization of human weakness which makes them humbly pray to God that He may "cover" them with His grace and mercy so that their very self may become completely obliterated and merged in Him.
The verse further hints that God’s reckoning is not confined to the next life but is also going on in the present life. The Prophets, therefore, always pray that whenever the time may come for the results of their works to become known and manifest, God may cover up their weaknesses and produce results in accordance with His Own glory and not their weak and humble efforts. As for the believers and the parents of Abraham the expression مغفرة will be taken in its ordinary meaning of forgiveness of sins and meting out merciful treatment. For an explanation of the words والد and اب used with reference to Abraham see under 6:75.
c
71:29.
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The reason, why Divine Prophets pray to God for forgiveness notwithstanding the fact that they enjoy protection against Satan, is their realization of the holiness and majesty of God and of their own weakness. It is this realization of human weakness which makes them humbly pray to God that He may "cover" them with His grace and mercy so that their very self may become completely obliterated and may merge completely in Him.
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ
17:19.
17:19.
2:201; 17:19.
Important Words:
قطنا (our portion) is derived from قط (qatta). They say قطه i.e. he cut it. قط القلم means, he nibbed the reed for writing. قطmeans, a slice cut off, a portion, share or lot, an hour or a portion of the night. مضی قط من اللیل means, a portion of the night passed (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse means to say that when disbelievers are warned that if they do not accept the Holy Prophet they will be punished, they turn the warning into an occasion for mocking the Prophet, and jeeringly say, "We demand to have the punishment here and now, and want no more respite." The use of the words "Day of Reckoning" implies that disbelievers will get the punishment when the reckoning of their evil deeds will have been made and they are shown to have fully deserved it.
c
17:19.
a
2:201; 17:19.
3387
Important Words:
قطنا (our portion) is derived from قط (qatta). They say قطه i.e. he cut it. قط القلم means, he nibbed the reed for writing. قطmeans, a slice cut off, a portion, share or lot, an hour or a portion of the night. مضی قط من اللیل means, a portion of the night passed (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse means to say that when disbelievers are warned that if they do not accept the Holy Prophet they will be punished, they turn the warning into an occasion for mocking the Prophet, and jeeringly say, "We demand to have the punishment here and now, and want no more respite." The use of the words "Day of Reckoning" implies that disbelievers will get the punishment when the reckoning of their evil deeds will have been made and they are shown to have fully deserved it.
e
17:19.
يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ
Commentary:
The verse further comforts David and assures him that God will protect him against the machinations and plots of his enemies. He had not made him His vicegerent in the earth that he should come to grief at the hands of his mischievous opponents.
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Commentary:
The verse further comforts David and assures him that God will protect him against the machinations and plots of his enemies. He had not made him His vicegerent in the earth that he should come to grief at the hands of his mischievous opponents.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ
全民审判日是当整个民族根据他们所做的事和行为应受报酬或惩罚时的日子。审判日在今世会降临每一个人、每一个社团和每一个国家。
The day of national reckoning when a whole people become deserving of reward or punishment according to their deeds and actions. A day of reckoning comes to every individual, community and nation in this very life.
Commentary:
The words, "the Day of Reckoning," besides referring to the Day of Judgement, here also mean, "the day of national reckoning" when a whole people become deserving of reward or Divine punishment according to their deeds and actions. A day of reckoning comes to every individual, community, and nation in this very life.
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全民审判日是当整个民族根据他们所做的事和行为应受报酬或惩罚时的日子。审判日在今世会降临每一个人、每一个社团和每一个国家。
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Commentary:
The words, "the Day of Reckoning," besides referring to the Day of Judgement, here also mean, "the day of national reckoning" when a whole people become deserving of reward or Divine punishment according to their deeds and actions. A day of reckoning comes to every individual, community, and nation in this very life.
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The day of national reckoning when a whole people become deserving of reward or punishment according to their deeds and actions. A day of reckoning comes to every individual, community and nation in this very life.
أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
这些话意示不信的人在审判日将受到严厉的惩罚。他们将被这种厉害的惩罚弄得惊惶失措, 竟然不将面孔--------身体最敏感的部位, 加以保护, 反而突显出来。
بعض جگہ ہم نے وَجْہٌ کے معنے ’’سردار‘‘ کے بھی کیے ہیں مگر یہ معنے دنیوی عذاب پر لگ سکتے ہیں اخروی عذاب پر نہیں۔ کیونکہ دنیا میں انسان اپنی جگہ پر اپنے سرداروں کو عذاب کی طرف دھکیل سکتا ہے مگر آخرت میں ایسا نہیں کر سکتا۔ پس ہم نے اس جگہ وَجْہٌ کے معنے مُنہ کے کیے ہیں۔ مراد یہ ہے کہ قیامت کے دن عذاب کی سختی کی وجہ سے کفار ایسے مدہوش اور پاگل ہو جائیں گے کہ بجائے اس کے کہ وہ اپنے منہ کو بچائیں جو اصل بچانے کی چیز ہے۔ وہ باقی بدن کو پیچھے کر دیں گے اور منہ آگے کر دیں گے۔ گویا خداتعالیٰ ان کے دل میں ایسی خواہش پیدا کر دے گا کہ وہ بے تحاشا پیٹوں کے بل گھسٹتے ہوئے دوز
The words signify the severity of the punishment which disbelievers will receive on the Day of Reckoning. They will become so confused and confounded by the severe punishment that, instead of protecting their faces, which are the most sensitive part of the body, they will put them forward.
Commentary:
The words, Is he, then, who has nothing but his own face to protect him with, signify the severity of the punishment which disbelievers will receive on the Day of Reckoning. They will become so confused and confounded by the severe punishment that instead of protecting their faces—the most sensitive part of the body—they will put them forward. This condition of disbelievers is also depicted in 14:51 and 54:49.
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这些话意示不信的人在审判日将受到严厉的惩罚。他们将被这种厉害的惩罚弄得惊惶失措, 竟然不将面孔--------身体最敏感的部位, 加以保护, 反而突显出来。
1
بعض جگہ ہم نے وَجْہٌ کے معنے ’’سردار‘‘ کے بھی کیے ہیں مگر یہ معنے دنیوی عذاب پر لگ سکتے ہیں اخروی عذاب پر نہیں۔ کیونکہ دنیا میں انسان اپنی جگہ پر اپنے سرداروں کو عذاب کی طرف دھکیل سکتا ہے مگر آخرت میں ایسا نہیں کر سکتا۔ پس ہم نے اس جگہ وَجْہٌ کے معنے مُنہ کے کیے ہیں۔ مراد یہ ہے کہ قیامت کے دن عذاب کی سختی کی وجہ سے کفار ایسے مدہوش اور پاگل ہو جائیں گے کہ بجائے اس کے کہ وہ اپنے منہ کو بچائیں جو اصل بچانے کی چیز ہے۔ وہ باقی بدن کو پیچھے کر دیں گے اور منہ آگے کر دیں گے۔ گویا خداتعالیٰ ان کے دل میں ایسی خواہش پیدا کر دے گا کہ وہ بے تحاشا پیٹوں کے بل گھسٹتے ہوئے دوز
3453
Commentary:
The words, Is he, then, who has nothing but his own face to protect him with, signify the severity of the punishment which disbelievers will receive on the Day of Reckoning. They will become so confused and confounded by the severe punishment that instead of protecting their faces—the most sensitive part of the body—they will put them forward. This condition of disbelievers is also depicted in 14:51 and 54:49.
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The words signify the severity of the punishment which disbelievers will receive on the Day of Reckoning. They will become so confused and confounded by the severe punishment that, instead of protecting their faces, which are the most sensitive part of the body, they will put them forward.
بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَتْكَ ءَايَٰتِى فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
安拉给予沉陷于罪恶中的人们许多悔过自新的机会。只有在他们蓄意并反复拒绝真理时, 只有在他们所犯的罪恶超出了应有的范围时, 清算日确确实实来到他们面前时, 他们才感到后悔莫及, 空自叹息。
Many chances are given to the man who is steeped in sin to repent and reform himself. It is when his rejection of Truth is deliberate and repeated, and when he exceeds all legitimate bounds in committing sin and transgression and when the day of reckoning is actually upon him that his sighs and regrets prove of no avail to him.
Commentary:
The verse means to say that many chances are given to the man who is steeped in sin to repent and reform himself. It is when his rejection of truth is deliberate and repeated, and he exceeds all legitimate bounds in committing sin and transgression and when the day of reckoning actually arrives, that his sighs and regrets prove of no avail to him.
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安拉给予沉陷于罪恶中的人们许多悔过自新的机会。只有在他们蓄意并反复拒绝真理时, 只有在他们所犯的罪恶超出了应有的范围时, 清算日确确实实来到他们面前时, 他们才感到后悔莫及, 空自叹息。
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Commentary:
The verse means to say that many chances are given to the man who is steeped in sin to repent and reform himself. It is when his rejection of truth is deliberate and repeated, and he exceeds all legitimate bounds in committing sin and transgression and when the day of reckoning actually arrives, that his sighs and regrets prove of no avail to him.
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Many chances are given to the man who is steeped in sin to repent and reform himself. It is when his rejection of Truth is deliberate and repeated, and when he exceeds all legitimate bounds in committing sin and transgression and when the day of reckoning is actually upon him that his sighs and regrets prove of no avail to him.
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ
44:21.
God is the ultimate refuge of His Prophets and the Elect. They knock at His door when they see darkness all around them and when the powers of evil are determined to exterminate the truth preached by them.
44:21-22.
Commentary:
God is the last refuge of the Prophets and the Elect. They knock at His door when they see darkness all around them and when the powers of evil are determined to exterminate truth preached by them.
d
44:21.
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安拉是他派遣的先知和选民的最终保护者。当他们见到自己的周围一片黑暗时, 当邪恶的力量决定要消灭他们所宣扬的真理时, 他们就敲安拉的大门。
c
44:21-22.
3515
Commentary:
God is the last refuge of the Prophets and the Elect. They knock at His door when they see darkness all around them and when the powers of evil are determined to exterminate truth preached by them.
d
44:21.
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God is the ultimate refuge of His Prophets and the Elect. They knock at His door when they see darkness all around them and when the powers of evil are determined to exterminate the truth preached by them.
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ
6:94.
6:94.
When confronted with the consequences of their evil deeds the disbelievers will be told on the day of Reckoning that as they had fully exploited and drained to the 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 now be prepared to suffer disgrace and ignominy as a fit requital for their misdeeds.
6:94.
Commentary:
When confronted with the 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.
b
6:94.
a
6:94.
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Commentary:
When confronted with the 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.
c
6:94.
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When confronted with the consequences of their evil deeds the disbelievers will be told on the day of Reckoning that as they had fully exploited and drained to the 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 now be prepared to suffer disgrace and ignominy as a fit requital for their misdeeds.
يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَهُۥ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ
When a person becomes an habitual or hardened liar, he regards his falsehood as truth. The hypocrites will protest their innocence even before God on the Day of Reckoning.
Important Words:
The verse shows that when a person becomes a habitual or hardened liar, he regards his falsehood as truth. The hypocrites will protest their innocence even before God on the Day of Reckoning.
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Important Words:
The verse shows that when a person becomes a habitual or hardened liar, he regards his falsehood as truth. The hypocrites will protest their innocence even before God on the Day of Reckoning.
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When a person becomes an habitual or hardened liar, he regards his falsehood as truth. The hypocrites will protest their innocence even before God on the Day of Reckoning.
ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
The disbelievers do not believe that there will ever be a Day of Reckoning.
38:69-70.
Commentary:
The disbelievers do not believe that there will ever be a Day of Reckoning, or that Islam will ever predominate over other religions. Or the verse may mean that they hold divergent views about these things. Some of them call the Quran a jumble of ancient stories, others dub it as magic, yet others say that it is a forgery or at best the creation of the Holy Prophet’s own heated imagination. About the Holy Prophet also their views differ. Some call him a mad man, others a magician, and yet others a poet.
c
38:69-70.
4526
Commentary:
The disbelievers do not believe that there will ever be a Day of Reckoning, or that Islam will ever predominate over other religions. Or the verse may mean that they hold divergent views about these things. Some of them call the Quran a jumble of ancient stories, others dub it as magic, yet others say that it is a forgery or at best the creation of the Holy Prophet’s own heated imagination. About the Holy Prophet also their views differ. Some call him a mad man, others a magician, and yet others a poet.
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The disbelievers do not believe that there will ever be a Day of Reckoning.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
70:13.
70:13.
e
70:13.
e
70:13.
a
70:13.
3259A
What an alarming picture of the Day of Reckoning!
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
There is a Day of Reckoning in the after-life when men shall have to render account of their actions to their Lord and Master, but a day of reckoning also comes upon a people in this very life when their evil doings exceed legitimate bounds and they meet their Nemesis.
Commentary:
"An awful day", besides referring to the Last Day of Judgement, signifies the day of reckoning when a whole people are punished for their sins of omission and commission. Their power and glory depart and they sink into the depths of misery and degradation.
The history of mankind is the story of the rise of different peoples at different times to the dizzy heights of grandeur and prosperity and of their day of reckoning when they sink into oblivion.
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Commentary:
"An awful day", besides referring to the Last Day of Judgement, signifies the day of reckoning when a whole people are punished for their sins of omission and commission. Their power and glory depart and they sink into the depths of misery and degradation.
The history of mankind is the story of the rise of different peoples at different times to the dizzy heights of grandeur and prosperity and of their day of reckoning when they sink into oblivion.
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There is a Day of Reckoning in the after-life when men shall have to render account of their actions to their Lord and Master, but a day of reckoning also comes upon a people in this very life when their evil doings exceed legitimate bounds and they meet their Nemesis.
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
阿布•拉赫卜这用语的意思也可以指一个发明会引起火与焰的东西的人, 也可指一个自己在火焰中焚毁的人。根据后一种意思, 可以把这节经文解释为一种预见, 即 “近代” 两个主要政治集团将毁于它们自己生产的炮火武器, 诸如原子弹和其他核武器。这节经文也说明, 这些国家的结账日不远了。
یعنی وہ آخر میں ضرور دنیوی یا اُخروی عذاب میں پڑ کر رہیں گے جو ویسی ہی شعلہ مارنے والی آگ ہوگی جیسا کہ ان کا دل اسلام کے خلاف بغض سے شعلے مارتا ہے۔
The expression, Abu Lahab, may also mean, one who invents things which produce fire and flames, or one who himself is consumed in the flames of fire. In the latter sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the Latter Days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off.
Commentary:
The expression أبولھب may also mean, one who invents something which produces fire and flames, or one who is himself consumed in the flames of fire. In this sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the latter days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off. It seems to have already arrived.
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阿布•拉赫卜这用语的意思也可以指一个发明会引起火与焰的东西的人, 也可指一个自己在火焰中焚毁的人。根据后一种意思, 可以把这节经文解释为一种预见, 即 “近代” 两个主要政治集团将毁于它们自己生产的炮火武器, 诸如原子弹和其他核武器。这节经文也说明, 这些国家的结账日不远了。
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یعنی وہ آخر میں ضرور دنیوی یا اُخروی عذاب میں پڑ کر رہیں گے جو ویسی ہی شعلہ مارنے والی آگ ہوگی جیسا کہ ان کا دل اسلام کے خلاف بغض سے شعلے مارتا ہے۔
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Commentary:
The expression أبولھب may also mean, one who invents something which produces fire and flames, or one who is himself consumed in the flames of fire. In this sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the latter days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off. It seems to have already arrived.
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The expression, Abu Lahab, may also mean, one who invents things which produce fire and flames, or one who himself is consumed in the flames of fire. In the latter sense, the verse may be interpreted as predicting the destruction of the two major political Blocs of the Latter Days by their own fire-producing weapons, such as atom bombs and other nuclear weapons. The verse also shows that the day of reckoning for these nations is not far off.