سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ

Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 50

The Rock · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 264

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ﴿50﴾
And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.
وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that
عَذَابِى ʿadhābī My punishment
هُوَ huwa it
ٱلْعَذَابُ l-ʿadhābu (is) the punishment
ٱلْأَلِيمُ l-alīmu the most painful

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And also that My punishment is truly a painful [27] punishment.

[27]
Hope and Fear from Allah Almighty:

Allah Almighty has mentioned His two attributes together, so that people neither rely solely on Allah’s forgiveness and become fearless, thus becoming bold in sinful acts, nor fear Him so much that they despair of His mercy. That is, even after obeying Allah Almighty, one should not become fearless by relying on one’s good deeds, but should also remain fearful due to some shortcomings. Allah Almighty has mentioned these two attributes together in many other places as well. For example, He has described one attribute of the believers as: ﴿يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَّطَمَعًا﴾ and He said: ﴿وَادْعُوْهُ خَوْفًا وَّطَمَعًا﴾ [56: 7]
However, the aspect of Allah’s mercy should be predominant, because along with it He said:
﴿اِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللّٰهِ قَرِيْبٌ مِّنَ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ﴾ [56: 7]