Alas for men! No apostle ever came to them but they made fun of him.
And it was said, “Woe to those bondmen – whenever a Noble Messenger comes to them, they mock at him!”
Ah, woe for those servants! Never comes unto them a Messenger, but they mock at him.
OH, THE REGRETS that [most] human beings will have to bear! Never has an apostle come to them without their deriding him!
Ah the misery of the bondmen! there cometh not: Unto them an apostle but him they have been mocking.
Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.
Alas for the servants. No messenger ever came to them, but they ridiculed him.
Alas for My servants! Never does a Messenger come to them but they mock him.
Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.
Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!
How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him.
Woe, for those (unbelieving) worshipers! They mocked every Messenger that came to them.
How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
Woe to human beings! Whenever a Messenger came to them, they mocked him.
Alas for the servants! there comes not to them an apostle but they mock at him.
Y<u>a</u> <u>h</u>asratan AAal<u>a</u> alAAib<u>a</u>di m<u>a</u> yateehim min rasoolin ill<u>a</u> k<u>a</u>noo bihi yastahzioon<b>a</b>
Alas for human beings! They ridicule every messenger that comes to them.
Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not a messenger to them but they mock him!
يَٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Alas for those servants who denied, and how regretful will their situation be on the day of resurrection when they will see the punishment. That is because in the world, whenever any Messenger from Allah came to them, they used to mock at and ridicule him. Their outcome will therefore be regret on the day of resurrection for the neglect of their duty to Allah.
Alas for those servants who denied, and how regretful will their situation be on the day of resurrection when they will see the punishment. That is because in the world, whenever any Messenger from Allah came to them, they used to mock at and ridicule him. Their outcome will therefore be regret on the day of resurrection for the neglect of their duty to Allah.
<h2 class="title">Woe to the Disbelievers!</h2><p>`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ</div><p>(Alas for mankind!), this means, woe to mankind! Qatadah said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ</div><p>(Alas for mankind!) means, "Alas for mankind, who have neglected the command of Allah." The meaning is that they will feel regret and sorrow on the Day of Resurrection. When they see the punishment with their own eyes; they will regret how they disbelieved the Messengers of Allah and went against the commands of Allah, for they used to disbelieve in them in this world.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ</div><p>(There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.) means, they disbelieved him and made fun of him, and rejected the message of truth with which he had been sent.</p><h2 class="title">The Refutation of the Belief in the Transmigration of Souls</h2><p>Then Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ </div><p>(Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them Verily, they will not return to them.) meaning, `do you not learn a lesson from those whom Allah destroyed before you of those who disbelieved in the Messengers They came to this world only once, and will not return to it.' It is not as many of those ignorant and immoral people claim that</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنْ هِىَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا</div><p>("There is nothing but our life of this world! We die and we live!") (23:37). This was the belief in the cycle of reincarnation; in their ignorance they believed that they would come back to this world as they had been before. But Allah refuted their false belief and said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ </div><p>(Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them Verily, they will not return to them.) Allah's saying:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ </div><p>(And surely, all -- everyone of them will be brought before Us.) means, all of the past nations and those that are yet to come, will be gathered and brought to account before Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, on the Day of Judgement, and they will be requitted according to their good and evil deeds. This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِنَّ كُـلاًّ لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ</div><p>(And verily, to each of them your Lord will repay their works in full.) (11:111).</p>
Woe to the Disbelievers!`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah:يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ(Alas for mankind!), this means, woe to mankind! Qatadah said:يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ(Alas for mankind!) means, "Alas for mankind, who have neglected the command of Allah." The meaning is that they will feel regret and sorrow on the Day of Resurrection. When they see the punishment with their own eyes; they will regret how they disbelieved the Messengers of Allah and went against the commands of Allah, for they used to disbelieve in them in this world.مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ(There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.) means, they disbelieved him and made fun of him, and rejected the message of truth with which he had been sent.The Refutation of the Belief in the Transmigration of SoulsThen Allah says:أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ (Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them Verily, they will not return to them.) meaning, `do you not learn a lesson from those whom Allah destroyed before you of those who disbelieved in the Messengers They came to this world only once, and will not return to it.' It is not as many of those ignorant and immoral people claim thatإِنْ هِىَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا("There is nothing but our life of this world! We die and we live!") (23:37). This was the belief in the cycle of reincarnation; in their ignorance they believed that they would come back to this world as they had been before. But Allah refuted their false belief and said:أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ (Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them Verily, they will not return to them.) Allah's saying:وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ (And surely, all -- everyone of them will be brought before Us.) means, all of the past nations and those that are yet to come, will be gathered and brought to account before Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, on the Day of Judgement, and they will be requitted according to their good and evil deeds. This is like the Ayah:وَإِنَّ كُـلاًّ لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ(And verily, to each of them your Lord will repay their works in full.) (11:111).