This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose
position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they
were tried by them. Then they managed to escape by emigrating, leaving their
homeland, families and wealth behind, seeking the pleasure and forgiveness of
Allah. They joined the believers and fought with them against the disbelievers,
bearing hardship with patience. Allah tells them that after this, meaning after
their giving in when put to the test, He will forgive them and show mercy to
them when they are resurrected.
[يَوْمَ تَأْتِى
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَـدِلُ]
((Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading) meaning making a
case in his own defence.
[عَن
نَّفْسِهَا]
(for himself.) means, no one else will plead on his behalf; not his father,
not his son, nor his brother, nor his wife.
[وَتُوَفَّى كُلُّ
نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ]
(and every one will be paid in full for what he did,) meaning whatever he
did, good or evil.
[وَهُمْ لاَ
يُظْلَمُونَ]
(and they will not be dealt with unjustly.) meaning there will be no decrease
in the reward for good, and no increase in the punishment for evil. They will
not be dealt with unjustly in the slightest way.
[وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ
مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا
مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ
الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْنَعُونَ - وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ
مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَـلِمُونَ ]
(112. And Allah gives the example of a township (Makkah), it was secure and
peaceful: its provision coming to it in abundance from every place, but it (its
people) denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste extreme hunger
(famine) and fear, because of what they did.) (113. There has come to them a
Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him, so the torment seized them
while they were wrongdoers.)
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