Surah 32:21
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أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤۡمِنٗا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقٗاۚ لَّا يَسۡتَوُۥنَ
So is the one who believes like the one who is wicked? They are not equal!
أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ نُزُلَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for them (there are) Gardens of the Refuge, as a reception for what they have done.
وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ فَمَأۡوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُۖ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓاْ أَن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَآ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
But as for those who act wickedly, their refuge is the Fire. Whenever they want to come out of it, they will be sent back into it, and it will be said to them: ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire which you called a lie!’
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
And We shall indeed make them taste the nearer punishment, before the greater punishment, so that they may return.
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَآۚ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ
Who is more evil than the one who is reminded of the signs of his Lord, (and) then turns away from them? Surely We are going to take vengeance on the sinners.
}As far those who believe and do righteous good deeds,}
meaning, their hearts believed in the signs of Allah, and they did as the signs of Allah dictate, i.e. righteous good deeds.
}for them are Gardens of Abode} i.e., in which there are dwellings and houses and lofty apartments.
}as an entertainment} means, something to welcome and honor a guest.
}for what they used to do. And as for those who rebel,}
means, those who disobeyed Allah, their dwelling place will be the Fire, and every time they want to escape from it, they will be thrown back in, as Allah says:
}Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein} (22:22).
Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyad said: "By Allah, their hands will be tied, their feet will be chained, the flames will lift them up and the angels will strike them.
}and it will be said to them : "Taste you the torment of the Fire which you used to deny."}"
means, this will be said to them by way of rebuke and chastisement.
}And verily, We will make them taste of the near lighter torment prior to the greater torment,}
Ibn 'Abbas said, "The near torment means diseases and problems in this world, and the things that happen to its people as a test from Allah to His servants so that they will repent to Him." [1] Something similar was also narrated from Ubayy bin Ka'b, Abu Al-'Aliyah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha'i, Ad-Dahhak, 'Alqamah, 'Atiyah, Mujahid, Qatadah, 'Abd Al-Karim Al-Jazari and Khusayf. [2]
[1] At-Tabari 20:189.
[2] At-Tabari 20:189, 190.