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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 34

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:34:1)
fa-aṣābahum
Then struck them
(16:34:2)
sayyiātu
(the) evil (results)
(16:34:3)
(16:34:4)
ʿamilū
they did
(16:34:5)
waḥāqa
and surrounded
(16:34:6)
(16:34:7)
(16:34:8)
kānū
they used (to)
(16:34:9)
(16:34:10)
yastahziūna
mock

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Explanatory Note

Indeed God does not inflict too severe a punishment on them. Instead, their own misdeeds were severe, and it is these they have to endure the natural consequences of:

“The evil consequences of their misdeeds overtook them, and they were overwhelmed by the very thing they used to deride.” (Verse 34)

This verse and similar ones are very significant. People are not punished with anything other than the natural consequences of their own actions. These are the very things which sink them to a degree lower than that of human beings. Hence they are punished with something lower than what is fitting for humans. They endure a humiliating abode and painful suffering.

 

 

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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