In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
Excerpt from Chapter 3 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:
56. FapaImma allatheena kafaroo faoAAaththibuhum
AAathaban shadeedan fee alddunyta waal-akhirati
wama lahum min nasireena
56. "So I
punish, with severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, 71
those who suppress the Truth. And they shall have none to help them."
71. Had the preposition fee (in)
been used also before akhirati (Hereafter), then it would have
meant that the severe punishment would be given both here and in the Hereafter.
But the construction of the phrase here, – treating 'here and the hereafter' as
one unit in relation to the prefix 'in' – indicates that some suppressors of
the Truth may not be subjected to the severe punishment, in this world.
Suppressors of the Truth, as the Qur'aan repeatedly says, are bound to be
punished severely in the Hereafter. And incorrigible suppressors of the Truth
like the people of Noah and the people of Lot are known to have suffered severe
punishment in this world also.
Friday, the 15th
of December 2017.
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