Al-’Ankabut 29:23
The Spider · Meccan · Juz 20 · Page 398
Despairing of Mercy
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُواْ مِن رَّحۡمَتِي وَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ ٢٣
Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope of My mercy. For such there is a painful doom.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Those who disbelieve in Allah’s signs and meeting Him, they have despaired of My mercy.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is divine speech uttered directly by Allah within the story of Abraham.
Reflect
Never despair of Allah’s mercy.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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