Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 67:25–30
The Kingdom (Al-Mulk)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(25) They ask, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’ (26) Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of that; and I am only a plain warner.’ (27) But when they see it drawing near, the faces of those who deny the truth will turn gloomy and they will be told, ‘This is what you were calling for.’ (28) Say, ‘Have you thought: if God destroys me and those who are with me, or treats us mercifully, then who will protect those who deny the truth from a painful chastisement?’ (29) Say, ‘He is the Most Gracious: we believe in Him and we put our trust in Him. You will soon come to know who is in evident error.’ (30) Say, ‘Have you considered if your water were to sink into the ground, who could then bring you flowing water?’
Commentary
(a) When the addressee is not convinced by reasoning, the preacher repeats his utterances of firm faith and thus stirs his inner self into awakening. Even if there is the slightest sensitivity in a man, these last utterances are enough to make him feel the urge to reform himself. But one whose conscience has been completely blunted, can never be awakened by any device.