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of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say'
here is the same as explained in the last note. (39.58)
42:44 - For any whom Allah leaves astray there is no protector thereafter and thou wilt see the
wrongdoers when in sight of the Penalty Say: "Is there any way (to effect) a return? 4587
4587 When the actual consequences of evil are in sight, the foolish sinner wishes that it were possible to get back to the life
of probation. But he neglected or abused it and rejected Allah's Grace all the time. How can he then be restored to a
closed chapter of his life? (42.44)
44:45 - And thou wilt see them brought forward to the (Penalty) in a humble frame of mind because
of (their) disgrace (and) looking with a stealthy glance. And the Believers will say: "Those are
indeed in loss who have given the perdition their own selves and those belonging to them on
the Day of Judgement. Behold! truly the wrongdoers are in a lasting Penalty!" 45884589
4588 They were very arrogant in their probationary life. Now they will be humbled to the dust. And they will be in utter
despair and misery. They will not be able to see the favours and good things of the other life (Cf. xx. 124-126). Even
their misery, which will face them as a terrible Reality, they will only be able to look at askance, so thoroughly cowed
will be their spirit. (42.45)
4589 This will be their thought, and their realised experience: 'after all, any troubles and sorrows, any persecutions and
taunts which they suffered in the life of probation from the enemies of truth, were of no consequence; the real loss
was that revealed at the Judgment at the restoration of true values; the wicked and the arrogant have lost their own
souls, and have brought to perdition all who attached themselves to them and followed their evil ways; and this
Penalty is one that will endure! How much more real it is!' (42.45)
46:20 - And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the Fire (it will be said to them):
"Ye received your good things in the life of the world and ye took your pleasure out of them:
but today shall ye be recompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on
earth without just cause and that ye (ever) transgressed." 47964797
4796 "Squandered your good things" implies (in Arabic) grabbing at them, being greedy of them, seeking them as fleeting
pleasures rather than the more serious things of life, sacrificing the spiritual for the material. (46.20)
4797 They will be told: 'You took your choice, and you must pay the price. You did wrong in a rebellious spirit, and prided
yourselves on your wrong-doing, not occasionally, but of set purpose and constantly. Now you will be humbled in the
dust, as a fitting punishment.' (46.20)
46:21 - Mention (Hud) one of `Ad's (own) brethren: behold he warned his people about the winding
Sand-tracts: but there have been Warners before him and after him: "Worship ye none other
than Allah: truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day." 47984799
4798 Cf. vii. 65. and note 1040. The point is that the Warner who was raised among the 'Ad people-as among other
peoples-was not a stranger, but one of their own brethren, even as the holy Prophet began his preaching with a call to
his own brethren the Quraish. (46.21)
4799 Winding Sand-tracts: Ahqaf: see Introduction to this Sura. The very things, which, under irrigation and with Allah's
Grace, gave them prosperity and power, were to be their undoing when they broke Allah's Law and defied His Grace.
See verses 24-26 below. (46.21)
46:24 - Then when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of ) a cloud traversing the sky coming to
meet their valleys they said "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay it is the (calamity) ye were
asking to be hastened! a wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty! 4802
4802 The Punishment came suddenly, and when they least expected it. They wanted rain, and they saw a cloud and
rejoiced. Behold, it was coming towards their own tracts, winding through the hills. Their irrigation channels would be
full, their fields would be green, and their season would be fruitful. But no! What is this? It is a tremendous hurricane,
carrying destruction on its wings! A violent blast, with dust and sand! Its fury destroys everything in its wake! Lives
lost! Fields covered with sand-hills! The morning dawns on a scene of desolation! Where were the men who boasted
and defied their Lord! There are only the ruins of their houses to witness to the past! (46.24)
70:1 - A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall 5675
5675 Any one might ask. When will Judgment come? That question usually implies doubt. The answer is: the knowledge of
Time is beyond man's comprehension. But there is something which touches him closely and concerns his conduct
and his future welfare; and that is explained in four propositions. (1) Judgment is sure to come, and none can ward it
off; (2) it will exact a dreadful Penalty from Unbelievers, but the righteous have nothing to fear; (3) it will be a Penalty
from Allah, the Lord of both Justice and Mercy; it will not be merely a blind calamity of fate; and (4) further we are
reminded of another title of Allah, "Lord of the Ways of Ascent"; which means that though He sits high on Ms Throne
of Glory, He is not inaccessible, but in His infinite Mercy has provided ways of ascent to Him; see next note. (70.1)
70:2 - The Unbelievers the which there is none to ward off
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