Wasahibatihi wabaneeh (surah Abasa: 36)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(80:36) and his consort and his children; *22

Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh

*22) A theme closeay resembling this has already occurred in AI-Ma'arij: 10-14 above. "Fleeing" may also mean that when he sees those nearest and dearest to him in the .world, involved in distress, instead of rushing forth to help them, he will run away from them lest they should call out to him for help; and it may also mean that when they see the evil consequences of committing sin for the sake of one another and misleading one another, fearless of God and heedless of the Hereafter, in the world, each one would flee from the other lest the other should hold him responsible for his deviation and sin. Brother will fear brother, children their parents, husband his wife, and parents their children lest they should become witnesses in the case against them.