Commentary
And when much of the warning and the glad tidings had preceded; and it had been established that permission is not granted to those who disbelieved; nor are they asked to repent; and that was concluded with the restriction of loss to the disbelievers; He clarified the day in which those effects will manifest; and described it with a different description than the previous one; considering the situations; He said (the Most High) - replacing from 'the day we will raise from every nation a witness' -: (p-263) ﴿The day when will come﴾; meaning: in it; ﴿every soul﴾; meaning: any human; even if its crime is great; ﴿will argue﴾; meaning: will excuse itself; and he expressed by arguing an understanding for the defense with the utmost they can do; and he indicated in his saying: ﴿about itself﴾; meaning: its own self; individually; it does not concern it anything else; due to what the implication of concealment suggests that everyone argues for all souls; and when the absolute recompense is fearful; alarming; he built for the acted upon his saying: ﴿And every soul will be fully compensated﴾; righteous and unrighteous; ﴿for what it has done﴾; meaning: recompense of its kind; ﴿and they﴾; and when the feared is absolute injustice; and the building for the acted upon is the most eloquent recompense in its negation; He said (the Most High): ﴿They will not be wronged﴾; meaning: no injustice will be renewed upon them; neither apparent nor hidden; to be known by the replacement of 'the day'; from that which preceded; that loss with the establishment of the truth upon them; is not merely by silencing them.
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