سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ

Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 11

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بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ﴿11﴾
Nay, they deny the Hour (the Day of Resurrection), and for those who deny the Hour, We have prepared a flaming Fire (i.e. Hell).
بَلْ bal Nay
كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū they deny
بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ bil-sāʿati the Hour
وَأَعْتَدْنَا wa-aʿtadnā and We have prepared
لِمَن liman for (those) who
كَذَّبَ kadhaba deny
بِٱلسَّاعَةِ bil-sāʿati the Hour
سَعِيرًا saʿīran a Blazing Fire

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(Ayah 11){ بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالسَّاعَةِ … :} Its connection with the previous verse is that even if Allah grants you things far better than this, the question is: will these people then believe? The definite answer is that these people still will not believe; rather, they will start making other kinds of statements. The reason is that these people are not at all prepared to accept the Day of Resurrection, being raised again, appearing before Allah, and facing the punishment for their evil deeds. In fact, they have clearly denied it, because accepting it would require them to give up their worldly desires. So, if these people do not make such stubborn arguments, what else can they do? See Surah Qiyamah, verses (1 to 6).

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11-1. Denying the Day of Judgment itself also leads to the denial of Prophethood.

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But the truth is, these people [15] are actually denying the Hour, and for anyone who denies the Hour, We have prepared a blazing Hell.

[15] That is, if Allah wills, He can grant you not just one garden, but dozens of such gardens. Similarly, for residence, He can grant you not just one palace, but dozens of palaces. And He is also capable of granting the other things they mention. But the question is: would these people then believe? And the definite answer to this question is that even then, these people would not believe. Rather, they would start making other kinds of arguments. The reason is that these people do not believe at all in the Day of Resurrection, in being raised again, in standing before Allah, and in facing the punishment for their evil deeds. So, if these people do not make such stubborn arguments, what else would they do?