ONE AYAT A DAY
وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوْا مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَ
Wa iżā qīla lahumuttaqū mā baina aidīkum wa mā khalfakum la‘allakum turḥamūn(a).
But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy..."
The Misguidance of the IdolatorsAllah tells us how the idolators persisted in their misguidance and in not paying attention to the sins that they had committed in the past or what was to happen to them in the future, on the Day of Resurrection.وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُواْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ(And when it is said to them: "Fear of that which is before you, and that which is behind you...") Mujahid said, "This refers to sins." Others said it is the opposite.لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ(in order that you may receive mercy.) means, `so that, if you fear such things Allah will have mercy on you and will save you from His punishment.' The wording implies that they would not respond. Rather that they would turn away and ignore that, as Allah says:وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ(And never came an Ayah from among the Ayat of their Lord to them,) meaning, signs of Tawhid and the truth of the Messengers,إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ(but they did turn away from it,) means, they did not accept it or benefit from it.وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رِزَقَكُمُ الله(And when it is said to them: "Spend of that with which Allah has provided you,") means, when they are told to spend of that which Allah has provided to them on the poor and needy among the Muslims,قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ(those who disbelieve say to those w…