Surah Ghafir ayat 59 Tafsir Quran 40:59

﴿إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾
[ غافر: 59]

40:59 Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.

Truly the Hour is coming; there is no doubt in it. But most people do not believe in it.

As to the predetermined Eventful Hour of Judgement, It shall unquestionably come to pass but most people refuse to give credence to the statement and they hold the event as untrue

The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of the people do not know ( 57 )And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil.
Little do you remember ( 58 )Verily, the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt about it, yet most men believe not ( 59 ) Life after Death Allah tells us that He will bring back His creation on the Day of Resurrection.
That is very easy for Him, because He created the heavens and the earth, and creating them is greater than creating mankind, the first time and when He creates them again.
The One Who is able to do that is able to do anything that is less than that.
As Allah says: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْيَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰ إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is able to do all things. )( 46:33 ) And Allah says here: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not. ) hence they do not think about or ponder this proof.
Similarly, many of the Arabs recognized that Allah had created the heavens and the earth, but they denied and rejected the idea of the resurrection; they acknowledged something which was greater than that which they denied.
Then Allah says: وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْبَصِيرُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَلَا الْمُسِيءُ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor are those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil.
Little do you remember! ) The blind man who cannot see anything is not the same as the sighted man who can see everything as far as his eyesight reaches – there is a huge difference between them.
By the same token, the righteous believers and the immoral disbelievers are not equal. قَلِيلًا مَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( Little do you remember! ) means, most of the people remember little. إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ( Verily, the Hour (Day of Judgement ) is surely coming,) means, it will indeed come to pass. لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ( there is no doubt about it, yet most men believe not. ) means, they do not believe in it, and in fact they doubt its existence altogether.

(40:59) The Hour will indeed come; there is no doubt about that. Yet most people do not believe. *81

Indeed, the Hour is coming - no meaning

*81) This is the absolute assertion about the occurrence of the Hereafter, which can be made only on the basis of knowledge and not on the basis of reasoning, and in no other discourse than of Revelation this assertion can be made with.
such absoluteness.
That which can be said without Revelation only on the basis of intellecual reasoning is that Resurrection can take place and it should take place.
Beyond this, to assert that Resurrection will certainly take place, can be said only by that Being Who knows that Resurrection will occur, and that Being is none but Allah.
It is here that it becomes explicit and evident that if Religion can be based on pure knowledge, instead of speculation and reasoning, it can only be on the knowledge obtained through Divine Revelation.

 

The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of the people do not know ( 57 )And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil.
Little do you remember ( 58 )Verily, the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt about it, yet most men believe not ( 59 ) Life after Death Allah tells us that He will bring back His creation on the Day of Resurrection.
That is very easy for Him, because He created the heavens and the earth, and creating them is greater than creating mankind, the first time and when He creates them again.
The One Who is able to do that is able to do anything that is less than that.
As Allah says: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْيَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰ إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is able to do all things. )( 46:33 ) And Allah says here: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not. ) hence they do not think about or ponder this proof.
Similarly, many of the Arabs recognized that Allah had created the heavens and the earth, but they denied and rejected the idea of the resurrection; they acknowledged something which was greater than that which they denied.
Then Allah says: وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْبَصِيرُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَلَا الْمُسِيءُ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor are those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil.
Little do you remember! ) The blind man who cannot see anything is not the same as the sighted man who can see everything as far as his eyesight reaches – there is a huge difference between them.
By the same token, the righteous believers and the immoral disbelievers are not equal. قَلِيلًا مَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( Little do you remember! ) means, most of the people remember little. إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ( Verily, the Hour (Day of Judgement ) is surely coming,) means, it will indeed come to pass. لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ( there is no doubt about it, yet most men believe not. ) means, they do not believe in it, and in fact they doubt its existence altogether.

( Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof ) there is no doubt in its coming; ( yet most of mankind ) the people of Mecca ( believe not ) in the coming of the Hour.

Verily, the Hour (Day of Judgement) is surely coming, therein is no doubt, yet most men believe not.

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