Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 70 Al-Ma'arij, Ayat 10-14
وَلَا يَسۡـئَـلُ حَمِيۡمٌ حَمِيۡمًا ۖۚ ﴿70:10﴾
يُّبَصَّرُوۡنَهُمۡؕ يَوَدُّ الۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِىۡ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِـئِذٍۢ بِبَنِيۡهِۙ
﴿70:11﴾
وَ صَاحِبَتِهٖ وَاَخِيۡهِۙ ﴿70:12﴾
وَفَصِيۡلَتِهِ الَّتِىۡ تُـْٔوِيۡهِۙ ﴿70:13﴾
وَمَنۡ فِى الۡاَرۡضِ جَمِيۡعًا ۙ ثُمَّ يُنۡجِيۡهِۙ
﴿70:14﴾
(70:10) and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friends
(70:11) although they shall be within sight of one another.11
The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering
his children, (70:12) and his spouse and his brother, (70:13) and his kinsfolk who had stood by him, (70:14) and all persons of the earth, if only he could thus save himself.
Notes
11. Not so that they will not see each other, therefore they will not ask
after each other’s welfare, but each will be seeing the other in agony and distress,
yet will ignore him, being wholly preoccupied with his own torment.