Surah 6:147

"If they call you a liar, say: ‘Your Lord is full of abundant mercy, but His violence will not be turned back from the people who are sinners.’"

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir Verses 6:147

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Verse 147

فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل رَّبُّكُمۡ ذُو رَحۡمَةٖ وَٰسِعَةٖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأۡسُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

If they call you a liar, say: ‘Your Lord is full of abundant mercy, but His violence will not be turned back from the people who are sinners.’

147. // they deny you say : "Your Lord is the Owner of vast mercy, and never xoill His wrath be turned back from the people who are criminals .">

Allah says, if your opponents among the idolaters, Jews and their likes reject you, O Muhammad,

Say : "Your Lord is the Owner of vast mercy ...">
encouraging them to seek Allah’s vast mercy and follow His Messenger,

and never will His wrath be turned back from the people who are criminals >

discouraging them from defying the Messenger, the Final Prophet, Muhammad.

Allah often joins encouragement with threats in the Qur’an. Allah said at the end of this Surah:

Surely, your Lord is swift in retribution, and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful .> [6:165]

Allah also said.

...verily, your Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind in spite of their wrongdoing. And verily, your Lord is (also) severe in punishment > [13:6], and

Declare unto My servants, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. And that My torment is indeed the most painful torment .} [15:49-50], and

The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment.} [40:3] and,

Verily, the punishment of your Lord is severe and painful. Verily, He it is Who begins and repeats. And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love. } [85:12-14].

There are many other Ayat on this subject.

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 4, Page 502)

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Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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