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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Kahf 18:58

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وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وربك الغفور لذنوب عباده إذا تابوا، ذو الرحمة بهم، لو يعاقب هؤلاء المعرضين عن آياته بما كسبوا من الذنوب والآثام لعجَّل لهم العذاب، ولكنه تعالى حليم لا يعجل بالعقوبة، بل لهم موعد يجازون فيه بأعمالهم، لا مندوحة لهم عنه ولا محيد.

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