Surah 22

Surah 22:49

"Say: ‘People! I am only a clear warner for you.’"
The Recompense of the Righteous and the Unrighteous Verses 22:49-51
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Verse 49

قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ

Say: ‘People! I am only a clear warner for you.’

Verse 50

فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ

Those who believe and do righteous deeds – for them (there is) forgiveness and generous provision.

Verse 51

وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡاْ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

But those who strive against Our signs to obstruct (them) – those are the companions of the Furnace.

Allah said to His Prophet, when the disbelievers asked him to hasten on the punishment for them:

Quoted Scripture
"Say: "O mankind! I am (sent) to you only as a plain warner.""

meaning, 'Allah has sent me to you to warn you ahead of the terrible punishment, but I have nothing to do with your reckoning. Your case rests with Allah: if He wills, He will hasten on the punishment for you; and if He wills, He will delay it for you. If He wills he will accept the repentance of those who repent to Him; and if He wills, He will send astray those who are decreed to be doomed. He is the One Who does whatsoever He wills and wants and chooses.

{There is none to put back His judgement and He is swift at reckoning.} [13:41]

Quoted Scripture
"I am (sent) to you only as a plain Warner. So those who believe and do righteous good deeds,"

means, whose hearts believe and whose actions confirm their faith.

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"for them is forgiveness and Rizq Karim."

means, forgiveness for their previous bad deeds, and a great reward in return for a few good deeds. Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi said, "When you hear Allah's saying:

{Rizq Karim} this means Paradise."

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"But those who strive against Our Ayat to frustrate them,"

Mujahid said, "To discourage people from following the Prophet." This was also the view of 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr, "to discourage." Ibn 'Abbas said, "To frustrate them means to resist the believers stubbornly."

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"they will be dwellers of the Hellfire."

This refers to the agonizingly hot Fire with its severe punishment, may Allah save us from it. Allah says:

{Those who disbelieved and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for them We will add torment to the torment because they used to spread corruption} [16:88]

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 6, Page 594-596)

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