Tafsir for verses: 30:7, 30:8
يَعۡلَمُونَ ظَٰهِرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٧ ﴿7﴾ أَوَلَمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآيِٕ رَبِّهِمۡ لَكَٰفِرُونَ ٨ ﴿8﴾
7They know something superficial of the worldly life, but of the Hereafter they are negligent. 8Did they not reflect in their own selves? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them but with a just cause and for an appointed time. Yet many of the people are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.
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Commentary
His saying, exalted and glorified is He:
﴿They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they are heedless of the Hereafter﴾ ﴿Have they not reflected upon themselves? Allah created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in truth and for an appointed term. Yet many people deny the meeting with their Lord﴾
Allah, exalted and glorified is He, describes the disbelievers who do not know the command of Allah and the truth of His promise by saying that they only know what is apparent of the worldly life. People have differed in the meaning of ﴿
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