A severe chastisement lies in store for those that disbelieve,1 but there is pardon and a great reward for those that believe and work righteous deeds.2
Footnotes
[1]
“Those who disbelieve”: those who will refuse to believe in this invitation of Allah’s Book and His Messenger.
[2]
That is, Allah will overlook their errors and will reward them for their good deeds not merely with what they will just deserve but much more richly and generously.
[3]
A grammatical shift from singular to plural.
[4]Qira’at: Shuʻba and Al-Kesa’i read it as: “. . . that you may be rendered well pleased .”