• The disbelievers threaten the apostles against banishment from their land if they do not return to their creed

• The punishment in store for the disbelievers

Ibrahim (Abraham) Verses 13 – 21

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِرُسُلِهِمْ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَا أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَا فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ لَنُهْلِكَنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ

And said those who disbelieved unto their apostles: “Certainly will we drive you out of our land or else ye return to our religion.” So revealed unto them their Lord; “Certainly will We destroy the unjust ones.” (14:13)

وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِي وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ

“And certainly We will settle you in the land after them; This is for he who presence1and who feareth My wrath.” (14:14)2

وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

And sought3they (the apostle’s) help (from God against their enemies), and every insolent rebellious one was 4disappointed, (14:15)

مِنْ وَرَائِهِ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسْقَىٰ مِنْ مَاءٍ صَدِيدٍ

Behind5him is Hell and he shall be given to drink a festering6water, (14:16)

يَتَجَرَّعُهُ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُ وَيَأْتِيهِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍ وَمِنْ وَرَائِهِ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظٌ

He shall drink it little by little and shall not be able to swallow7it, and will come unto him death from all sides but he shall die8not; and shall be behind him a vehement torment. (14:17)

مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ

The likeness of those who disbelieve in their Lord; their deeds are like ashes on which bloweth hard the wind on a stormy day; they shall not have any hold9on anything of what they have earned; this is a far-gone wandering. (14:18)

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Seest thou10not that God created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He willeth He will take you away and bring (in your place) a creation anew, (14:19)

وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

And this for God is not difficult. (14:20)

وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَوْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ لَهَدَيْنَاكُمْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَجَزِعْنَا أَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِنْ مَحِيصٍ

And they 11shall come forth before God all together, then shall12say the weak unto those who were arrogant: “Verily we had been your followers, can ye therefore avert from us any part of the chastisement of God?” They would say: “If God hath guided us, we too would have surely guided you; it is the same to us (now) whether we implore (impatiently) or we are 13patient, (now) there is not for us (any) way of escape.” (14:21)14

• 1. On the day of reckoning.
• 2. Refer to verses 55:46 & 79:40.
• 3. Refer to verses 7:89 & 26:118.
• 4. As a result.
• 5. Arabic: ‘Wara’ - behind - but actually it will be in front of them - The evil doers never look forward - They see only the immediate present & the immediate past - So their future is behind their attention. A.P.
• 6. For detailed description refer to verses 18:29 & 47:15.
• 7. Easily.
• 8. Refer to verses 35:36 & 87:13.
• 9. See verse 25:23.
• 10. People addressed through the Prophet.
• 11. Came forth.
• 12. Said.
• 13. Use patience.
• 14. The justification for presenting the scene of the future as the past will be because the whole scene will be before his view.