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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Al-Jathiyah — Ayah 14

45:14
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَغۡفِرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ أَيَّامَ ٱللَّهِ لِيَجۡزِيَ قَوۡمَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤
(O Prophet), tell the believers to indulge those who have no fear of any evil days coming upon them from Allah1 so that Allah may Himself requite them for their deeds.2
Footnotes
  • [1] Qira’at: All except for Hafs, Abu ʻAmr and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . and His Scripture and was . . .”
  • [2] Literally: Who do not except the days of Allah. But in Arabic usage on such occasions, ayyam does not merely mean days but those memorable days in which important historical events may have taken place. For example, the word ayyam-ul-Arab is used for the important events of the history of the Arabs and the major battles of the Arab tribes, which the later generations remember for centuries. Here, ayyam-Allah implies the evil days of a nation when the wrath of Allah may descend on it and ruin it in consequence of its misdeeds. That is: Those who do not fear the coming of evil days from Allah, i.e. those who do not fear that a day will come when they will be called to account for their actions and deeds, and this same fearlessness has made them bold and stubborn in acts of wickedness.
  • [3] The commentators have given two meanings of this verse and the words of the verse admit of both:
  • [4] Qira’at: Shuʻba read it as: “. . . repent to Allah with a repentance of sincerity . . .”