Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Infitar 82:6
O disbelieving man! What has deceived you with regard to your generous Lord? so that you have disobeyed Him
O disbelieving man! What has deceived you with regard to your generous Lord? so that you have disobeyed Him
Who created you when you were not then made you upright in your created form with sound limbs then proportioned you read fa-‘adalak or fa-‘addalak making you symmetrical in shape with well-proportioned parts so that no hand or leg is longer than the other
assembling you in whatever mā is a relative form He will?
No indeed! — a deterrent against letting oneself be misled by the generosity of God exalted be He. Rather you that is disbelievers of Mecca deny Judgement requital for deeds;
Yet lo! there are above you watchers from among the angels over your deeds
When the heaven is split open when it is rent asunder
and when the stars are dispersed when they expire and begin to fall
and when the seas are burst forth released one upon the other forming one mass of water so that the sweet water mixes with the salty;
and when the tombs are overturned when their earth above them is dug up and its dead are raised the response to idhā ‘when’ and all that is supplemented thereto is the following
O Man! What has deluded thee about thy generous Lord? Look at this wonder-a threat mixed with gentleness. He asks the question, and in the question it- self He instructs the servant how to answer by saying “thy generous Lord.” He reminds the servant of the name Generous so that the servant will say, “Your […]