Tabari

Tafseer of The Bee · An-Nahl · 16:85

وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    Allah, exalted be His remembrance, says: And when those who have given you the lie, O Muhammad, and have denied prophethood (nubuwwa), and the communities who trod the same path as the polytheists (mushrikīn) of your people, behold the punishment of Allah, then nothing will save them from the punishment of Allah. For they will not be granted permission to excuse themselves, such that the punishment might be lightened for them through the excuse they put forward. وَلا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ — He says: And they will be granted no respite in the punishment, for the time of repentance and returning has passed away — this is not the moment for that. This is only the moment of requital for deeds. No respite is therefore granted in the punishment so that the penitent might turn back in repentance.

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    يقول تعالى ذكره: وإذا عاين الذين كذّبوك يا محمد ، وجَحَدُوا نُبوّتك والأمم الذين كانوا على منهاج مشركي قومك عذاب الله، فلا ينجيهم من عذاب الله شيء ، لأنهم لا يؤذن لهم ، فيعتذرون ، فيخفَّف عنهم العذاب بالعذر الذي يدعونه، ( وَلا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ ) يقول: ولا يُرْجَئُون بالعقاب، لأن وقت التوبة والإنابة قد فات، فليس ذلك وقتا لهما، وإنما هو وقت للجزاء على الأعمال، فلا ينظر بالعتاب ليعتب بالتوبة.