Allah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the
mockery and disbelief of the idolators,
[وَلَقَدِ
اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُمْ مَّا
كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ]
(Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were
surrounded by what they used to mock.) meaning, the punishment which they
thought would never come to pass. This is like the Ayah:
[وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ
رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّى
أَتَـهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِ اللَّهِ وَلَقدْ جَآءَكَ مِن
نَّبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ]
(Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the
denial, and they were hurt; till Our help reached them, and none can alter the
Words of Allah. Surely, there has reached you the information (news) about the
Messengers (before you)) [6:34]. Then Allah menitons His favor for His
creatures; He protects them by night and by day, taking care of them and
watching over them with His Eye that never sleeps.
[قُلْ مَن
يَكْلَؤُكُم بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ]
(Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the Most
Gracious'') means, other than the Most Gracious Himself
[بَلْ هُمْ عَن
ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّعْرِضُونَ]
(Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.) means, they do
not recognize the blessings and favor of Allah towards them; they turn away from
His signs and blessings.
[أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ
تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِّن دُونِنَا]
(Or have they gods who can guard them from Us) This is a rhetorical question
aimed at denouncing and rebuking. The meaning is, do they have any gods who can
protect them and take care of them other than Us It is not as they imagine or as
they claim. Allah says:
[لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ]
(They have no power to help themselves,) these gods on whom they rely instead
of Allah cannot even help themselves.
[وَلاَ هُمْ مِّنَّا
يُصْحَبُونَ]
(nor can they be protected from Us.) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas,"Nor
can they be guarded from Us.''
[بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا
هَـؤُلاءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ أَفَلاَ يَرَوْنَ
أَنَّا نَأْتِى الاٌّرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ أَفَهُمُ الْغَـلِبُونَ -
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِالْوَحْىِ وَلاَ يَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَآءَ إِذَا
مَا يُنذَرُونَ - وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ
لَيَقُولُنَّ يويْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ - وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَزِينَ
الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ فَلاَ تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئاً وَإِن كَانَ
مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَى بِنَا حَـسِبِينَ
]
(44. Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers
until the period grew long for them. See they not that We gradually reduce the
land from its outlying borders Is it then they who will overcome) (45. Say: "I
warn you only by the revelation. "But the deaf will not hear the call, (even)
when they are warned.) (46. And if a breath of the torment of your Lord touches
them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been wrongdoers.'')
(47. And We shall set up Balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then
none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a
mustard seed, We will bring it. And sufficient are We to take account.)
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