ONE AYAT A DAY
وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُوْرُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِۗ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَۗ بَلْ لَّهُمْ مَّوْعِدٌ لَّنْ يَّجِدُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مَوْىِٕلًا
Wa rabbukal-gafūru żur-raḥmah(ti), lau yu'ākhiżuhum bimā kasabū la‘ajjala lahumul-‘ażāb(a), bal lahum mau‘idul lay yajidū min dūnihī mau'ilā(n).
And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being remindedAllah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs of Allah then turns away from them,' i.e., ignores them and does not listen or pay attention to them.وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ(forgetting what his hands have sent forth.) means, bad deeds and evil actions.إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ(Truly, We have set over their hearts) means, the hearts of these people,أَكِنَّةً(Akinnah) means, coverings.أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ(lest they should understand this,) means, so that they will not understand this Qur'an and its clear Messageوَفِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا(and in their ears, deafness.) means that they will be deaf in an abstract way, to guidance.وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُواْ إِذاً أَبَداً(And if you call them to guidance, even then they will never be guided.)وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ(And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of mercy.) means, `your Lord, O Muhammad, is forgiving and has great mercy.'لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ(Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment.) This is like the Ayah:وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ(And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leav…