The Wrapped One (Al-Muzzammil)
Verses 15-19 GROUP_1532 73.15-19
15
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا
We have sent a messenger who is a witness over you, just as We sent a messenger to Pharoah before you.
16
فَعَصَى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
But Pharoah rebelled against the messenger, so We seized him with a strong, crushing grip.
17
فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
If you persist in denying the truth how will you escape the Day that will turn the children’s hair grey.
18
السَّمَاء مُنفَطِرٌ بِهِ كَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَفْعُولًا
The Day when the heavens will be rent asunder and God’s promise shall be fulfilled.
19
إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَاء اتَّخَذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلًا
This, surely, is an admonition. So let him who will, take the right path to his Lord.
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Commentary
(a) The arrival of a prophet was meant to ensure that the distinction between Truth and falsehood was clearly understood and that, finally, the Truth was opted for. Such a decision about these alternatives had taken place earlier between Moses and Pharaoh. Then the same type of decision had to be arrived at between the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh. Those who do not bow down before the missionary of God in this world, run the risk of having to bow down before God’s punishment in the Hereafter.