ONE AYAT A DAY
وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰٓى اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوْا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَّوْعِدًا ࣖ
Wa tilkal-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wa ja‘alnā limahlikihim mau‘idā(n).
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
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…