Al-Infitar 82:6
The Cleaving · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 587
What Deceived You?
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
O man! What has deceived you about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Insight
Elmalılı relates reports that this verse came down about certain disbelievers. The question rebukes being deceived by the Lord’s generosity into defying Him.
Reflect
See Allah’s generosity not as a loophole but as an invitation.
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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