1 The Virtues of the Surahs that begin with Ha Mim

meaning, Allah did not accept this from him,because He had answered the prayer of HisProphet Musa, when he said,وَاشْدُدْ‏ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ‏ فَلاَ‏ یُؤْمِنُواْ‏ حَت َّى یَرَوُاْ‏ الْعَذَابَ‏ الا ٌّلِيمَ‏And harden their hearts, so that they will notbelieve until they see the painful torment.(10:88)Allah says here:فَلَمْ‏ یَكُ‏ یَنفَعُهُمْ‏ إِیمَانُهُمْ‏ لَم َّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا سُن َّتَ‏ الل َّهِ‏ ال َّتِي قَدْ‏ خَلَتْ‏ فِي عِبَادِهِ‏ ...Then their Faith could not avail them when they saw Ourpunishment. (Like) this has been the way of Allah indealing with His servants.means, this is the ruling of Allah concerning allthose who repent only when they actually see thepunishment: He does not accept that from them.It is said in the Hadith:إِن َّ االلهَ‏ تَعَالَى یَقْبَلُ‏ تَوْبَةَ‏ الْعَبْدِ‏ مَالَمْ‏ یُغَرْغِرAllah will accept the repentance of His servant solong as the death rattle is not sounding in histhroat.Once the death rattle is sounding and the soulhas reached the throat, and the dying personactually sees the angel (of death), then he can nolonger repent.Allah says:﴾ ٨٥﴿And there the disbelievers lost utterly.وَخَسِرَ‏ هُنَالِكَ‏ الْكَافِرُونَ‏This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Ghafir. Praise and thanksbe to Allah....97