Tafsir for verse: 36:66
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ ٦٦ ﴿66
66If We so will, We would wipe out their eyes (right here in this world), and they would be racing towards the way, but how would they see?
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Commentary

And when he completed by giving the example; and what follows; the indication of the meaning of: ﴿Indeed, you only warn those who have followed the reminder﴾ [Ya-Sin: 11] and what it justified by reviving the dead; and indicated that by what he left like the sun; there is no ambiguity in it; and he increased from the seas of benefits; and the beautiful returns; what filled the worlds with the necessities of faith; and mentioned what is in the two groups of the followers and the refrainers; on the Day of Resurrection; and concluded with the decree upon the mouths after resurrection; he followed it with the verse of sealing with obliteration; and transformation; before death; as a threat; in connection to what the meaning returned to; from what was said at the beginning of that address; from his saying: ﴿Indeed, We have placed shackles upon their necks﴾ [Ya-Sin: 8] the verse; to repel what might occur in the imagination of someone that the ability does not direct to other than obliteration in meanings; by the act of blocking; and what is in its meaning; so he informed that just as He blinded the insights; He is capable of removing the sights; so he said - confirming what they have of denial; or the actions that are the act of the denier -: ﴿And if﴾; and he expressed with the present tense in his saying: ﴿We will﴾; so that it is expected at every moment; and it would be more eloquent in the threat; ﴿We would surely obliterate﴾; and he limited the action; indicating that the meaning is: if We wanted, We would have inflicted the obliteration that We placed upon their insights; ﴿upon their eyes﴾; so We removed its sight and its effect; and made it equal to the face; such that it becomes as if it had never existed at all; and it has been previously mentioned in 'An-Nisa'; the transmission of this meaning from Ibn Hisham.

And when the one sitting with a person in the assembly of dispute; he threatens him if he does not return from his misguidance; with a calamity that will befall him; he hastens to escape if a great calamity suddenly befalls him; out of fear from another; running with his nature; due to what he has experienced of astonishment; and what has touched him of great distress; and dread; as it happened to the people of Lot - blessings be upon him - when Gabriel - blessings be upon him - struck their eyes; and blinded them; when they rushed to the door in flight; saying: 'With Lot is the most sorcerous of people'; this was caused by his saying: ﴿So they raced﴾; meaning: they compelled themselves to that; and they found it; and when the intended purpose was to clarify their hastiness in fleeing; he transposed the action; implying the meaning of 'they began'; as He - glorified and exalted is He - said: ﴿So race towards good deeds﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 148] so he said: ﴿the path﴾; meaning: the clear way; which they are accustomed to; and they are familiar with it; and for them is the ultimate knowledge; and when the blind cannot in such a situation walk without a guide; let alone race; this caused his saying - denying -: ﴿So how﴾; meaning: how? And from where ﴿will they see﴾? meaning: they did not find the path; due to their lack of sight; rather they collided; and fell into the pitfalls; and stumbled.

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