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﴿12﴾ يَسْألُونَ أيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
﴿13﴾ يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَی النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ
﴿14﴾ ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
12. They inquire: “When will be the Day of Recompense?”
13. [It shall be] a Day when they will be burned over
the Fire!
14. [It is said unto them:] “Taste you your trial! This is what you used to
demand to be hastened!”
Exegesis:
Inquiry aiming at understanding entails no problem, but it is blameworthy if the
same aims at finding faults and denial of truth (“They inquire: “When will be
the Day of Recompense?”). The antecedent of ‘they’ in “They inquire” are those
immersed in ignorance as mentioned in the preceding blessed Verses; those who
have turned away from the Path of Truth and inquire from believers regarding the
Day of Recompense sworn by in the Holy Qur'an as well as the Noble Prophet of
Islam (SAW) in order to deride them. “A Day when they will be burned over the
Fire” is the reply to their question whose predicate is omitted, namely the Day
of Recompense is the Day on which you shall be burned and chastised and the
angel responsible for inflicting chastisement upon disbelievers in Hell says
unto them: “Taste your trial!” This is same Day promised by the Prophets warning
disbelievers against the pain and torment in the Hereafter; but disbelievers
refused to believe them; instead they hastened out of denial asking about the
time of Recompense. Now, they may taste their trial and acknowledge the truth
thereof. It is
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