Quran Chapter 4- 18 (Pt-4,
Stg-1) (L-523) - درس قرآن
Untrue repentance
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (Women) – Chapter – 4)
‘A-‘uu-zu Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَالَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا 18
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18. And the forgiveness is not for those who do
ill-deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I
repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such
We have prepared a painful doom.
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18. Wa laysa-tittaw-bata lil-laziina
ya’-maluunas-sayyi-‘aat. Hattaaa ‘izaa hazara
‘aha-dahumul—mawtu qaala ‘inni tubtul-‘aana wa
lallaziina ya-muutuuna wa hum kuffaar.
‘Ulaaa-‘ika ‘a’-tadnaa lahum ‘azaaban ‘aliimaa.
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Commentary
It has been described in this verse that the
repentance of such people will never be accepted and they will never be
forgiven who continue to do ill-deeds and neither they refrain from the sins,
nor feel shame on their evil acts, to such degree that when the death attends
upon one of them, then they say, “I repent now”. Likewise, the forgiveness is
not for those who die while they are disbelievers and when they feel signs of
death, then say, “I repent.” For such people Allah Almighty has prepared a
painful doom.
There is a proper time for the repentance,
which has been described, in the previous lesson. This verse signifies that
those persons who used to do ill-deeds and disobedience during their entire
life, when they reached the death’s door and the bells of life’s end
pronounced, then they began to cry, “I repent.” Likewise, the repentance of
such people is also useless who are drawing their last breaths in the form of
infidelity. Apparent reason of non-acceptance of such repentance is that until
the punishment is in the invisible veil, till then, fear from the punishment
and due to this fear, to repent from the sins discloses the Faith in Unseen. At
the death’s point, one observes some signs of punishment for his evil-deeds,
and after observation, Belief in Unseen do not remain. Therefore, neither
belief is acceptable, nor repentance is useful at the time of manifesting the
punishment or reward.
Notwithstanding this, the repentance is not
only to confess the sin but its aim is to correct and rectify the future life
with the repentance. If someone repents at the death point while there is no
more chance and capability of correction, then the repentance is not useful in
such condition. Pharaoh also did such repentance. However, if anybody repents a
moment before reaching the life at its last point, then it is acceptable and if
the repentance of these Muslims is not accepted, even then these persons will
not remain in to the Hell forever. If Allah Almighty wishes, they may be
forgiven. Nevertheless, if they are not forgiven and are punished, then after
completion of the punishment they will proceed to the Paradise . However, those
people who died upon infidelity, their repentance is not acceptable on the Day
of Judgment. They will be fallen into the torment pain of Hell forever.
