Tafsir for verse: 18:58
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوۡعِدٞ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوۡئِلٗا ٥٨ ﴿58﴾
58Your Lord is the Most Forgiving, the Lord of Mercy. If He seizes them for what they did, He may cause the punishment to befall them sooner, but there is an appointed time for them, from which they can never find a place of refuge.
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Commentary
The Forgiving, the One who is abundant in forgiveness, the Possessor of Mercy, described by mercy. Then he cited evidence for that by the fact that He did not hasten to punish the people of Mecca without delay, despite their excessive enmity towards the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him. Rather, they have an appointed time, which is the Day of Badr, on which they will not find any refuge or escape from it. It is said: "And 'al' means when one is saved, and 'al ilayh' means when one seeks refuge with him."
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