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Surah al-`Ankabut (The Spider ) 29 : 21

يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(29:21:1)
yuʿadhibu
He punishes
(29:21:2)
(29:21:3)
yashāu
He wills
(29:21:4)
wayarḥamu
and has mercy
(29:21:5)
(29:21:6)
yashāu
He wills
(29:21:7)
wa-ilayhi
and to Him
(29:21:8)
tuq'labūna
you will be returned

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Explanatory Note

Part of God’s power over all things is that He punishes whomever He wills and bestows His grace upon whomever He wills. To Him all mankind return; none escapes Him and none can evade His will. Punishment and mercy are subject to God’s will in the sense that He has given clear guidance and made the way of error clear for all. He has given man the propensity to follow either. The choice belongs entirely to man. However, when man chooses to believe in God and shows a willingness to follow His guidance, God will help him as He has committed Himself to do so. On the other hand, when he turns away from divine guidance he becomes isolated and lives in error. The two ways then lead to either God’s mercy in the first case or to His punishment in the latter.

“To Him you shall be made to return.” In this instance, the sūrah uses the word tuqlabūn, which carries connotations of violent return, to suit what follows.

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"Verses 56 to 60 clearly show that this Surah was sent down a little before the migration to Abyssinia, during the period of extreme persecution of the Muslims at Makkah. This is supported by the subject matter as well. The disbelievers were opposing Islam and the new Muslims were being subjected to severe torture and oppression. Such were the conditions when God sent down this Surah to strengthen and encourage the Muslims, as well as to admonish the hypocrites. The disbelievers of Makkah were also threatened not to invite a similar fate to the past nations that denied the truth." [Ref: Mawdudi]

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