THE FOUR STAGES OF GOD'S PUNISHMENT (VERSES NO. 16 - 17)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 18-21Verses 16-17

      In the previous verse (NO.15) it was said that, God is not to punish His servants, unless he conveys some sort of warning or notice, through His Messengers, to the sinners and rebels. This is because through His Infinite Mercy, the compassionate Lord, gives every chance to the wicked to cease and return, but whenever evil overcomes all good, and the punishment is rendered inevitable, even then, Allah shows no haste! He will warn and give notice to the leaders of sin, and wealthy and powerful revellers of the town, who are plunged into merry making, and pleasure seeking, through their rank and wealth.

      They are first warned and given notice, so as to forge excuses of ignorance and unawareness. Then God's wrath seizes them out of a sudden, and they will find no way to escape it.

      If we study the above verse (NO.16) carefully; we find four sequential stages for God's punishment to afflict a people:ِ

Warning and notice.

Disobedience and debauchery.

Deserving punishment.

Punishing and perishing.

      The high up revellers of the town, are warned and given notice before the punishment, because they are usually the main pivots of the society and population. Almost all the wealthy people are the sources of corruption in all the communities, for being plunged in sin, passions, and disobedience.

      In the next verse the Flood of Noah has been marked as an epoch of punishing disbelievers. Then the ending of the verse (NO.17) teaches that the wicked should not think that, his wickedness is left unnoticed and he can escape the penalty. God is aware and sees whatever his servants do, and He is enough to witness that, and no other evidence is needed to prove the matter:ِ

      ``.... And enough is your Lord for being aware of, and seeing the sins of his servants.''

 

 

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