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Al-Kahf 18:59 وتلك القرى اهلكناهم لما ظلموا وجعلنا لمهلكهم موعدا ٥٩

18:59
وَتِلۡكَ
ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ
أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ
لَمَّا
ظَلَمُواْ
وَجَعَلۡنَا
لِمَهۡلِكِهِم
مَّوۡعِدٗا
٥٩
All the townships afflicted with scourge are before your eyes.1 When they committed wrong, We destroyed them. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being reminded

Allah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs of Allah then turns away from them,' i.e., ignores them and does not listen or pay attention to them.

وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ

(forgetting what h

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The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being reminded

Allah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs

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Chapter 18, Page 300, Juz 15

54. And surely We have explained matters to people in the Qur'an in diverse ways, using all manner of parables. But man is exceedingly contentious. 55. What is it that prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that they would like to be treated as the nations of yore, or that they would like to see the scourge come upon them face to face? 56. We raise Messengers only to give good news and to warn. But the unbelievers resort to falsehood in order to rebut the truth with it, and scoff at My revelations and My warnings. 57. Who is more wicked than the man who, when he is reminded by the revelations of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets (the consequence of) the deeds wrought by his own hands? We have laid veils over their hearts lest they understand the message of the Qur'an, and We have caused heaviness in their ears. Call them as you may to the Right Path, they will not be ever guided aright. 58. Your Lord is All-Forgiving, full of mercy. Had He wished to take them to task for their doings, He would have hastened in sending His scourge upon them. But He has set for them a time-limit which they cannot evade. 59. All the townships afflicted with scourge are before your eyes. When they committed wrong, We destroyed them. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.

- A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

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