Tafsir for verse: 29:21
يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُقۡلَبُونَ ٢١ ﴿21﴾
21He punishes whom He wills and has mercy on whom He wills. And to Him you are to be turned back.
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Commentary
And when that was established, it inevitably produced His saying: threatening after the statement from which there is nothing but stubbornness: ﴿He punishes﴾ with His justice ﴿whom He wills﴾, meaning: from you and from others in this world and the Hereafter. So no one can protect themselves from Him by intercession or otherwise. ﴿And He has mercy﴾ with His grace ﴿on whom He wills﴾, so no one can touch him with harm. ﴿And to Him﴾, meaning: alone ﴿you will be turned﴾, meaning: after your death with the easiest effort.
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