Translation:
Even if the wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, 4315 (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgment: but something will confront them from Allah, which they could never have counted upon! 4316
Even if the wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, 4315 (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgment: but something will confront them from Allah, which they could never have counted upon! 4316
Translation:
But if those who are bent on evildoing possessed all that is on earth, and twice as much, 51 they would surely offer it as ransom from the awful suffering [that will befall them] on the Day of Resurrection: 52 for, something with which they had not reckoned before will [by then] have been made obvious to them by God; 53
But if those who are bent on evildoing possessed all that is on earth, and twice as much, 51 they would surely offer it as ransom from the awful suffering [that will befall them] on the Day of Resurrection: 52 for, something with which they had not reckoned before will [by then] have been made obvious to them by God; 53
Commentary:
51 Lit., "and the like of it with it".
52 Cf. 3:91 and the corresponding note 71.
53 Lit., "will have become obvious to them (bada lahum) from God" - i.e., the fact that man’s attitudes and actions in this world determine his state and further development in the hereafter: in other words, that happiness or suffering in the life to come (allegorically described as "paradise" or ‘hell", and "reward" or "chastisement") are but natural consequences of the use which man makes in this life of his capabilities, endowments and opportunities.
51 Lit., "and the like of it with it".
52 Cf. 3:91 and the corresponding note 71.
53 Lit., "will have become obvious to them (bada lahum) from God" - i.e., the fact that man’s attitudes and actions in this world determine his state and further development in the hereafter: in other words, that happiness or suffering in the life to come (allegorically described as "paradise" or ‘hell", and "reward" or "chastisement") are but natural consequences of the use which man makes in this life of his capabilities, endowments and opportunities.
4315 Cf. 13:18 . Those who reject Allah's Message must realise that the time will come when they will wish they had sacrificed everything in the cause of Truth and Righteousness. It will be too late then. Why not examine the matter seriously now and accept Allah's Grace and Light?
4316 This something will be beyond anything they can conceive of in this life. Just as the righteous will then attain a bliss which no human imagination can conceive of now, so the unrighteous will be in a misery of which they can form no conception now. See next note.