Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 2 Al-Baqarah, Ayat 94-94
قُلۡ اِنۡ كَانَتۡ لَـکُمُ الدَّارُ الۡاٰخِرَةُ عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ خَالِصَةً مِّنۡ دُوۡنِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الۡمَوۡتَ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِيۡنَ
﴿2:94﴾
(2:94) Say to them: “If indeed the Last Abode with Allah is yours, in exclusion
of other people, then long for death98 if you are truthful.”
Notes
98. This is a subtle, satirical reference to their excessive worldliness.
Those who really care for the Hereafter neither set their hearts on earthly
life, nor are they unduly frightened of death. The condition of the Jews was
the reverse of this.