Allah the Exalted orders His faithful servants to remember Him frequently and
to refrain from being distracted from His remembrance by indulging in their
properties and children excessively. Allah informs them that those who engage in
this life, its delights and attributes and were busied from the obedience and
remembrance of Allah, for which they were created, will be among the losers.
They will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Allah
encourages the believers to spend in His cause,
[وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن
مَّا رَزَقْنَـكُمْ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ
لَوْلا أَخَّرْتَنِى إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ
الصَّـلِحِينَ ]
(And spend of that with which We have provided you before death comes to one
of you, and he says: "My Lord! If only You would give me respite for a little
while, then I should give Sadaqah from my wealth, and be among the righteous.)
Surely, every person who fell into shortcomings will regret it by the time of
his death and will ask for respite, even a short period, so that he does better
and attains what he missed. No, rather what occurred, has occurred and what is
coming, shall indeed come. Each will be held accountable for his mistakes. As
for the disbelievers, they will be as Allah said about them,
[وَأَنذِرِ النَّاسَ
يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ الْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرْنَآ
إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ الرُّسُلَ أَوَلَمْ
تَكُونُواْ أَقْسَمْتُمْ مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِّن زَوَالٍ ]
(And warn mankind of the Day when the torment will come unto them; then the
wrongdoers will say:"Our Lord! Respite us for a little while, we will answer
Your call and follow the Messengers!'' (It will be said): "Had you not sworn
aforetime that you would not leave.'') (14:44), and,
[حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءَ
أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ - لَعَلِّى أَعْمَلُ صَـلِحاً فِيمَا
تَرَكْتُ كَلاَّ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا وَمِن وَرَآئِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ
إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ]
(Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "My Lord! send me back. So
that I may do good in that which I have left behind!'' No! It is but a word that
he speaks; and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will
be resurrected.) (23:99-100) Then Allah said;
[وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ
اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَآ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
]
(And Allah grants respite to none when his appointed time comes. And Allah is
All-Aware of what you do.) meaning, when the time of death comes, no one will be
granted respite. Surely, HSe is the Most Knowledgeable and t an what they did
before. Allah said,
[وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ
بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ]
(And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) This is the end of the Tafsir of
Surat Al-Munafiqun. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and all success and
immunity from error come from Him.