Tafsir for verse: 16:55
لِيَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡۚ فَتَمَتَّعُواْ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٥ ﴿55
55Thus, they deny what We have given to them. Well, enjoy yourself (for some time), and soon you will come to know (the fate of your misdeeds).
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Commentary

And when this is necessitated by denying the blessing; and it is the nature of the wise and insightful person - as they claim for themselves - to not be heedless of anything that is a requisite of what they engage in; He said: ﴿Let them disbelieve﴾; meaning: they cause the covering over the evidences of monotheism; which their innate intellects have indicated to them; ﴿of what We have given them﴾; meaning: of the blessing; a reminder that they only engaged in that polytheism for this purpose; to place themselves in the position of the wise and insightful; who claim that they are the best of them; and to elevate themselves above the state of those who engage in what they do not know the outcome of; and there is no greater disgrace than this; because it results in madness being better than an intellect that leads to this outcome; so it is a form of mockery; ﴿So enjoy yourselves﴾; meaning: this leads to this group being approached by a knowledgeable one capable of it; saying: Enjoy yourselves; ﴿But soon﴾; meaning: for your enjoyment in this state is a cause for it to be said to you - as a threat -: Soon ﴿you will know﴾; after your enjoyment; for it is the approach of anger; and the threat of a bad outcome; and omitting the one being threatened is more impactful; and more terrifying for the soul's departure in specifying every doctrine.

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