Surah Aal-i-Imraan
Chapter 3 · Verse 109 · Revealed in Madinah
“To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And to Allah will [all] matters be returned.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
The Command to Establish the Invitation to Allah
Allah said,
وَلْتَكُن مِّنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
2\. The sentence ففی رحمۃ اللہ (they rest in Allah's mercy) is immediately qualified by هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (they are there forever). This means that the mercy in which the believers shall rest will not be temporary; it would be forever and eternal. This blessing will never be taken away or reduced in their case. In contrast to this are those whose faces shall turn dark; for them, it has not be expressly mentioned if they shall be in that state forever.
Sinning man earns his own punishment:
What does this verse bring up for you today?