Tafsir

The Punishment of the Disbeliever and the Reward of the Believer on the Day of Resurrection

Having stated that the ultimate destiny of the followers of Iblis will be the blazing Fire, Allah then tells us that for those who disbelieve there will be a severe punishment. This is because they obeyed the Shaytan and disobeyed Ar-Rahman. And He tells us that those who believed in Allah and His Messengersوَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ(and do righteous good deeds, theirs will be forgiveness) meaning, from whatever sins they did,وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌand a great reward. for the good deeds that they did.

Then Allah says:أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً(Is he, then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fairseeming, so that he considers it as good) meaning, `such as disbelievers or immoral persons who do evil deeds and believe that they are doing something good, i.e., a person who is like that has been misguided by Allah, so what can you do for him You cannot help him at all.'فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ(Verily, Allah sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.) means according to His decree.فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ(So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them. ) means, do not grieve about that, for Allah is Wise in His decree and He leaves astray whomsoever He leaves astray, and He guides whomsoever He guides, and in doing so He has perfect knowledge and wisdom. Allah says:إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ(Truly, Allah is the All-Knower of what they do!)

Commentary

The word: غَرُ‌ورُ‌ (gharur) is an emphatic form of an adjective that means one who is very deceiving (hence, rendered here as 'big deceiver' ). It refers to the Shaitan (Satan) whose sole job is to deceive people and throw them into disbelief and sin. And the expression لَا يَغُرَّ‌نَّكُم بِاللَّـهِ الْغَرُ‌ورُ‌ (5) means 'nor should you be deceived about Allah'. To explain this deception, it can be said that the Shaitan may not, by showing your evil deeds as good, cause you to become so involved with these that you reach the stage when you go on committing a sin and, at the same time, keep thinking that you are of those accepted in the sight of Allah, and that you will not have to undergo any punishment.' (Qurtubi)

الذين جحدوا أن الله هو وحده الإله الحق وجحدوا ما جاءت به رسله لهم عذاب شديد في الآخرة، والذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا الصالحات لهم عفو من ربهم وتجاوز عن ذنوبهم بعد سترها عليهم، ولهم أجر كبير، وهو الجنة.

لما ذكرالله تعالى أن أتباع إبليس مصيرهم إلىعذاب السعير ، ذكر بعد ذلك أن الذين كفروا لهم عذاب شديد ; لأنهم أطاعوا الشيطان وعصوا الرحمن ، وأن الذين آمنوا بالله ورسله ) وعملوا الصالحات لهم مغفرة ) أي : لما كان منهم من ذنب ، ( وأجر كبير ) على ما عملوه من خير .