Say: "If I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of an evil Day."
Say, “Were I to disobey my Lord, I too would fear the punishment of the great Day (of Resurrection).”
Say: 'Truly I fear, if I should rebel against my Lord, the chastisement of a dreadful day.'
Say: “Behold, I would dread, were I to rebel against my Sustainer, the suffering [which would befall me] on that awesome Day [of Judgment].”
Say thou: verily fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, torment of a Day mighty.
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day."
Say, “I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the punishment of a horrendous Day.”
Say: “If I disobey my Lord, I fear the chastisement of an Awesome Day.”
Say: "Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day."
Say: Lo! if I should disobey my Lord, I fear the doom of a tremendous Day.
Say, ‘Indeed, should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.’
Say: 'Indeed, if I rebel against my Lord I fear the punishment of a dreadful Day'
Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
Say, "I am afraid that for disobeying my Lord I shall suffer the torment of the great day".
Say: I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a grievous day.
Qul innee akh<u>a</u>fu in AAa<u>s</u>aytu rabbee AAa<u>tha</u>ba yawmin AAa<i><u>th</u></i>eem<b>in</b>
Say, "I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a Terrible Day."
Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Say, O Messenger: I fear, if I go against Allah and do not follow him, the punishment of a great day, which is the day of resurrection.
Say, O Messenger: I fear, if I go against Allah and do not follow him, the punishment of a great day, which is the day of resurrection.
<h2 class="title">Creating Fear of the Punishment of Allah</h2><p>Allah `says, say O Muhammad, even though you are the Messenger of Allah:' </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ</div><p>(Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day.) meaning the Day of Resurrection. This is a conditional sentence, and if what is referred to here applies to the Prophet , it applies even more so to others, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلِ اللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصاً لَّهُ دِينِى فَاعْبُدُواْ مَا شِئْتُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ</div><p>(Say: "Allah Alone I worship by doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only. So, worship what you like besides Him.") This is also a threat, and a disowning of them. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ إِنَّ الْخَـسِرِينَ</div><p>(Say: "The losers...") means, the greatest losers of all, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ</div><p>(are those who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.) means, they will be separated and will never meet again, whether their families have gone to Paradise and they have gone to Hell, or all of them have gone to Hell, they will never meet or feel happiness again. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلاَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ</div><p>(Verily, that will be a manifest loss!) means, this is the clearest and most obvious loss. Then He describes their state in the Fire: </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَهُمْ مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ النَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ</div><p>(They shall have coverings of Fire, above them and covering (of Fire) beneath them.) This is like the Ayat: </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّـلِمِينَ </div><p>(Theirs will be a bed of Hell (Fire), and over them coverings (of Hell-fire). Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers) (7:41) </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يَوْمَ يَغْشَـهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيِقُولُ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ </div><p>(On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do.") (29:55) </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">ذَلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِبَادَهُ</div><p>(With this Allah frightens His servants:) means, Allah tells us about this, which will undoubtedly come to pass, to frighten His servants, so that they will keep away from unlawful things and from sin. </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يعِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ</div><p>(O My servants, therefore have Taqwa of Me!) means, `fear My wrath, My anger, My punishment and My vengeance.' </p>
Creating Fear of the Punishment of AllahAllah `says, say O Muhammad, even though you are the Messenger of Allah:' إِنِّى أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ(Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day.) meaning the Day of Resurrection. This is a conditional sentence, and if what is referred to here applies to the Prophet , it applies even more so to others, قُلِ اللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصاً لَّهُ دِينِى فَاعْبُدُواْ مَا شِئْتُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ(Say: "Allah Alone I worship by doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only. So, worship what you like besides Him.") This is also a threat, and a disowning of them. قُلْ إِنَّ الْخَـسِرِينَ(Say: "The losers...") means, the greatest losers of all, الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ(are those who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.) means, they will be separated and will never meet again, whether their families have gone to Paradise and they have gone to Hell, or all of them have gone to Hell, they will never meet or feel happiness again. أَلاَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ(Verily, that will be a manifest loss!) means, this is the clearest and most obvious loss. Then He describes their state in the Fire: لَهُمْ مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ النَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ(They shall have coverings of Fire, above them and covering (of Fire) beneath them.) This is like the Ayat: لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّـلِمِينَ (Theirs will be a bed of Hell (Fire), and over them coverings (of Hell-fire). Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers) (7:41) يَوْمَ يَغْشَـهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيِقُولُ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do.") (29:55) ذَلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِبَادَهُ(With this Allah frightens His servants:) means, Allah tells us about this, which will undoubtedly come to pass, to frighten His servants, so that they will keep away from unlawful things and from sin. يعِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ(O My servants, therefore have Taqwa of Me!) means, `fear My wrath, My anger, My punishment and My vengeance.' 