Tafseer of The Ascending Stairways · Al-Ma'aarij · 70:6
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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The statement concerning the explanation of His word, the Exalted: إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا (6) ("Verily, they see it as far off (6)")
He, exalted be His mention, says: verily, these polytheists (mushrikīn) see the punishment which they asked for, that will fall upon them, as far off in its occurrence. And He, exalted be His praise, informed only that they see that as far off because they did not hold it to be true and denied the resurrection after death, as well as the reward and the punishment.
