Surah 47:16
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وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ
(There are) some of them who listen to you, until, when they go forth from your presence, they say to those who have been given knowledge, ‘What did he say just now?’ Those are the ones on whose hearts God has set a seal, and they follow their (vain) desires.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهۡتَدَوۡاْ زَادَهُمۡ هُدٗى وَءَاتَىٰهُمۡ تَقۡوَىٰهُمۡ
But those who are (rightly) guided – He increases them in guidance, and gives them their (sense of) guarding (themselves).
فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ
So are they looking for anything but the Hour – that it will come upon them unexpectedly? The conditions for it have already come, and when it comes upon them, how will they have their reminder?
فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمۡ وَمَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ
Know that He – (there is) no god but God. Ask forgiveness for your sin, and for the believing men and the believing women. God knows your comings and goings, and your dwelling place.
{Do they then await except that the Hour should come upon them suddenly?} meaning, while they are unaware of it. {But already there have come (some of) its portents;} meaning, the signs of its approach. This is similar to Allah’s saying, {This is a warner of the warners of old. The approaching Day has drawn near.} (53:56-57) And His saying, {The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.} (54:1) And His saying, {The command of Allah is coming, so do not be impatient for it.} (16:1) And His saying, {The people's Day of Reckoning has approached while they turn away in heedlessness.} (21:1) Thus, the Messenger’s advent is one of the signs of the Hour, because he is the Finality of the Messengers. With him, Allah has completed the religion and established the evidence against all people in a way that was never done by a previous Prophet. Allah’s Messenger has most clearly informed about the signs and indications of the Hour, as we have discussed elsewhere. Al-Bukhari recorded from Sahl bin Sa‘d, may Allah be pleased with him, that he saw Allah’s Messenger bring his index and middle fingers together while he said, myself. O Allah, forgive for me my joking, my seriousness, my unintended error, and my deliberate (mistakes) - and I have done of all that.” It is also reported in the Sahih that he used to say at the end of the prayer, “O Allah, forgive for me what I have previously done, what I may commit in future, what I have committed secretly, what I have committed openly, what I have done excessively, and all sins that You know better than me. You are my God. There is no (true) God except You.” It is also recorded in the Sahih that he used to say, “O people! Repent to your Lord! Verily, I ask Allah for forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times every day.” Allah then says, {And Allah knows well your moving about, and your place of rest} means, He knows how you behave during the day, and where you settle at night. This is similar to His saying, {It is He Who takes your souls by night and knows all that you do by day.} (6:60) And He says,
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (batch_049)