Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 158-158
هَلۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَهُمُ الۡمَلٰۤـئِكَةُ اَوۡ يَاۡتِىَ رَبُّكَ اَوۡ يَاۡتِىَ بَعۡضُ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّكَ ؕ يَوۡمَ يَاۡتِىۡ بَعۡضُ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنۡفَعُ نَفۡسًا اِيۡمَانُهَا لَمۡ تَكُنۡ اٰمَنَتۡ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ اَوۡ كَسَبَتۡ فِىۡۤ اِيۡمَانِهَا خَيۡرًا ؕ قُلِ انْتَظِرُوۡۤا اِنَّا مُنۡتَظِرُوۡنَ
﴿6:158﴾
(6:158) What! Do they wait either for the angels to appear before them or
for your Lord to come unto them or for some clear signs of your Lord1139
to appear before them? When some clear signs of your Lord will appear, believing
will be of no avail to anyone who did not believe before, or who earned no good
deeds through his faith.140 Say: 'Wait on; we too are waiting.'
Notes
139. That is, either tokens of the approach of the Day of Reckoning or God's
scourge or any other sign that will uncover the Truth, after which there will
be no reason left for testing man.
140. Those tokens will be so clear that after their appearance it will neither
avail the unbeliever to repent of his unbelief nor the disobedient to forsake
his disobedience. For faith and obedience have meaning and value only as long
as the Truth remains hidden, as long as the tenure of life granted to people
does not seem to have approached its end and the world with all its vanities
continues to delude man that, as there may neither be God nor After-life, one
should eat, drink and enjoy oneself as best one can.