Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 83 Al-Mutaffifin, Ayat 10-17
وَيۡلٌ يَّوۡمَـئِذٍ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِيۡنَۙ ﴿83:10﴾
الَّذِيۡنَ يُكَذِّبُوۡنَ بِيَوۡمِ الدِّيۡنِؕ ﴿83:11﴾
وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهٖۤ اِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ اَثِيۡمٍۙ
﴿83:12﴾
اِذَا تُتۡلٰى عَلَيۡهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيۡرُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَؕ
﴿83:13﴾
كَلَّا بَلۡ رَانَ عَلٰى قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يَكۡسِبُوۡنَ
﴿83:14﴾
كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهُمۡ عَنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَـئِذٍ لَّمَحۡجُوۡبُوۡنَؕ
﴿83:15﴾
ثُمَّ اِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُوا الۡجَحِيۡمِؕ ﴿83:16﴾
ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هٰذَا الَّذِىۡ كُنۡتُمۡ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوۡنَؕ
﴿83:17﴾
(83:10) Woe, then, to those that give the lie, (83:11) those that give the lie to the Day of Recompense. (83:12) Yet none gives the lie to it except the transgressor immersed in
sin; (83:13) who, when Our verses are recited to him,6 says: “Mere
tales of olden times!” (83:14) No indeed! The truth is that their hearts have become rusted on account
of their evil deeds.7 (83:15) No indeed! On that Day they will be screened off from seeing their
Lord,8 (83:16) and then they shall enter Hell, (83:17) whereafter they will be told: “This is what you used to give the
lie to.”
Notes
6. Our verses: Those verses in which news of the Day of Recompense has been
given.
7. That is, they have no good reason for regarding the meting out of rewards
and punishments as unreal. What has made them say is this: Is it that their
hearts have become rusty because of their sins; therefore, a thing which is
thoroughly reasonable appears unreal and unreasonable to them. The explanation
of this rust as given by the Prophet (peace be upon him) is as follows: When
a servant commits a sin, it marks a black stain on his heart. If he offers repentance,
the stain is washed off, but if he persists in wrongdoing, it spreads over the
entire heart. (Musnad Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Ibn Jarir, Hakim, Ibn
Abi Hatim, Ibn Hibban and others).
8. That is, these people will remain deprived of the vision of Allah with
which the righteous will be blessed. (For further explanation, see (E.N. 17 of
Surah Al -Qiyamah).