Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 19 Maryam, Ayat 77-80
اَفَرَءَيۡتَ الَّذِىۡ كَفَرَ بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَاُوۡتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَّوَلَدًا ؕ
﴿19:77﴾
اَطَّلَعَ الۡغَيۡبَ اَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِنۡدَ الرَّحۡمٰنِ عَهۡدًا ۙ
﴿19:78﴾
كَلَّا ؕ سَنَكۡتُبُ مَا يَقُوۡلُ وَنَمُدُّ لَهٗ مِنَ الۡعَذَابِ مَدًّا ۙ
﴿19:79﴾
وَّنَرِثُهٗ مَا يَقُوۡلُ وَيَاۡتِيۡنَا فَرۡدًا ﴿19:80﴾
(19:77) Have you seen him who rejected Our signs and said: "Surely I shall
continue to be favoured with riches and children."47 (19:78) Has he obtained knowledge of the Unseen, or has he taken a covenant
with the Most Compassionate Lord? (19:79) By no means! We shall write down all what he says;48 and
We shall greatly prolong his chastisement, (19:80) and We shall inherit all the resources and hosts of which he boasts,
and he will come to Us all alone.
Notes
47. The boastful person was not a particular man but a typical chief of the
disbelievers of Makkah. Everyone of them claimed: Howsoever you may call me
an erroneous and un-righteous person and threaten me with the divine scourge,
the fact is that I am more prosperous than you today and shall continue being
blessed with favors in future as well. Just have a look at my riches, at my
grandeur and at my estate, and at my well-known sons, and then say where you
see any signs of the wrath of God.
48. That is, the boastful words of his shall also be included in the record
of his crimes and he shall have to bear the consequences of his arrogant claim.