Allah tells us about the predicament of the idolators on the Day when they
will be resurrected in the realm of the Hereafter. He will raise a witness from
every nation - that is - their Prophet, to testify about their response to the
Message he conveyed from Allah.
[ثُمَّ لاَ يُؤْذَنُ
لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ]
(then, those who disbelieved will not be given leave.) meaning, they will not
be allowed to offer any excuse, as Allah says:
[هَـذَا يَوْمُ لاَ
يَنطِقُونَ - وَلاَ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ ]
(That will be a Day when they do not speak. And they will not be permitted to
present any excuse) (77:35-36). Hence, Allah says:
[وَلاَ هُمْ
يُسْتَعْتَبُونَوَإِذَا رَأى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ]
(nor will they be allowed (to return to the world) to repent and ask for
Allah's forgiveness. And once those who did wrong see) meaning those who
associated others in worship with Allah,
[الْعَذَابَ فَلاَ
يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ]
(the torment, it will not decrease for them,) meaning it will not be reduced
for them even for a moment.
[وَلاَ هُمْ
يُنظَرُونَ]
(nor will they be given respite. ) meaning, it will not be delayed for them,
rather they will be taken quickly from the place of gathering, with no calling
to account. Then Hell will be brought forth, pulled by seventy thousand ropes,
each of which is held by seventy thousand angels, and a neck will stretch forth
from Hell towards the people, and it will expel a gust of hot air. No one will
be left but will fall to his knees. Then it (the neck that is stretched forth)
will say, "I have been entrusted to deal with every stubborn, arrogant one who
joined another god with Allah,'' and so and so, mentioning different types of
people, as was reported in the Hadith. Then it will come down upon them and pick
them up from where they are standing as a bird picks up a seed. Allah says:
[إِذَا رَأَتْهُمْ
مِّن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظاً وَزَفِيراً - وَإَذَآ أُلْقُواْ
مِنْهَا مَكَاناً ضَيِّقاً مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوراً - لاَّ
تَدْعُواْ الْيَوْمَ ثُبُوراً وَحِداً وَادْعُواْ ثُبُوراً كَثِيراً ]
(When it (Hell) sees them from a far place, they will hear its raging and its
roaring. And when they are thrown into a narrow part of it, chained together,
they will cry for destruction. Today, do not scream for one destruction, but
scream repeatedly for destruction.) (25:12-14)
[وَرَأَى
الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّواْ أَنَّهُمْ مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُواْ
عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ]
(And the guilty shall see the Fire and apprehend that they are about to fall
into it. And they will find no way to avoid it.) (18:53)
[لَوْ يَعْلَمُ
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لاَ يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلاَ عَن
ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ - بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ
فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلاَ هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ]
(If only those who disbelieved knew (about the time) when they will not be
able to protect their faces nor their backs from the Fire, and they have no
help. Nay, it (the Fire) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex
them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they have any respite.)
(21:39-40)
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