(58) قُلْ لَوْ أَنَّ عِنْدِي ما تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالظَّالِمِينَ
58. " Say: 'If that which you hasten for were with me, certainly the matter would be decided between you and me, and Allah knows best the unjust '."
Commentary :
Retributions are with Allah, but he respites the unjust as His Knowledge and Wisdom requires.
" Say: ' If that which you hasten for were with me, certainly the matter would be decided between you and me, ..."
People's haste does not change Allah's Widsom. Yet, the respite in receiving Allah's punishment should not cause that pagans think that their infidelity has been neglected.
"... and Allah knows best the unjust '."
Allah better knows the status of the transgressors and that in what thing there lies their interest; and that whether their punishment should be sent down now or later.
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