“This is because your Lord would
not destroy a people for their wrong-doing while their people were negligent.”
[6:131]
Ignorance for their wrong-doing has been put
on the same level as sleep. It is only those who are awake that will benefit
from the warning and the teachings of the Quraan, if not, then they will be
classed as being negligent.
لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
“This He has commanded you that you may understand.” [6:151]
Many of the Aayaat which
pertain to Tawheed and rulings (Fiqh) in the Quraan end with this particular
wording. This is because the intellect is often polluted by desires, thus
people fall into Shirk and sins as a result.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ ۥ
لَغَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمُۢ
“Surely your Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [6:165]
The reason why retribution
is mentioned before His Forgiveness and Mercy is because it comes in a Surah
and a context in which many sins have been mentioned and many examples of people
before changing their religion. Therefore, it comes as a reprimand and a
warning.
Surah al-A’raaf
ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمۡ لَهۡوً۬ا
وَلَعِبً۬ا وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَٮٰهُمۡ ڪَمَا
نَسُواْ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِهِمۡ هَـٰذَا وَمَا ڪَانُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ
“Who took their religion as an amusement and play, and the life of
the world deceived them. So this Day We shall forget them as they forgot their
meeting of this Day, and as they used to reject Our Ayat(proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)."” [7:51]
Amusement can about with
purposeful intent or not.
Whereas play is done
intentionally.
Therefore, these two are
causes for which one leaves the following of the truth and it breeds
negligence.
Thus the words “them as they forgot their meeting of this Day” are directly related to those who engage in
amusement and play.
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