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laysa laka mina l-ʾamri shayʾun ʾaw yatūba ʿalayhim ʾaw yuʿadhdhibahum fa-ʾinnahum ẓālimūna
You have no hand in the matter, whether He accepts their repentance or punishes them, for they are indeed wrongdoers.
— Ali Quli Qarai
3Āl ʿImrānآل عمرانVerse 128 of 200
The Family of Imran3. Āl ʿImrānآل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān
Family of Imran
MedinanVerse 128 of 200
Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 128
128. "The affair is no concern at all of yours whether He turns towards them (mercifully) or punishes them, for verily, they are unjust."
When the leader is completely truthful, he behaves like that. He even faithfully and bravely recites the revelations that relieve him of a responsibility. The Lord said:
We study in the books of both great sects of Islam that when the tooth of the Prophet (S) was broken and it bled in the Battle of 'Uhud, he (S) said:
"How could these people be prosperous?"
The verse was revealed that he was not responsible of people's prosperity. They would be forgiven later that time, or they might be left to themselves and be punished.
Explanations
1. The way of repentance is not shut to even those who run away from the godly battlefields, as well as to the disbelievers who have injured the Muslims with the greatest damages.
2. Do not judge promptly.
3. Both forgiveness and punishment depend on Allah. (The merit of intercession is a gift that Allah has endowed upon the Saints. Of course, it cannot be performed without the leave of Allah; and never have prophets any independence from their own before Allah. )
4. The chastisement of human beings is the fruit of their own injustice and transgression.