قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٞ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ كَبِيرٖ
They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error
At various places in the Quran, the picture of hell has been drawn. Though this hell is not observable today by man, it can be seen indirectly and imagined through the meaningfulness of the universe. The fact is that if there were to be no reckoning of the evil people brought to account in the Hereafter, the entire meaningfulness of the universe would become inexplicable. The punishment of the Hereafter not being visible in the present world is precisely in accordance with God’s plan. It is the intention of God to select such persons as are convinced of His greatness and who obey Him without actually having seen Him. And the assessment of such people cannot be properly made unless the fate awaiting everybody in the Hereafter is kept out of their sight, so that whatever a man does here, he does out of free will and not under any compulsion.
آخرت کے عذاب کا موجودہ دنیا میں ناقابلِ مشاہدہ ہونا عین خدائی منصوبہ کے مطابق ہے۔ خدا کو ان انسانوں کا انتخاب کرنا ہے جو بن دیکھے اس کی عظمت کو مانیں، جو بن دیکھے اس کے فرمان بردار بن جائیں۔ اور ایسے لوگوں کا اندازہ اس کے بغیر نہیں ہوسکتا کہ لوگوں کے اخروی انجام کو ان کی نگاہوں سے اوجھل رکھا جائے، تاکہ آدمی جو کچھ کرے اپنے آزاد ارادہ کے تحت کرے، نہ کہ مجبورانہ حکم کے تحت۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →