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wa-badā lahum sayyiʾātu mā kasabū wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
The evils of what they had earned will appear to them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.
— Ali Quli Qarai
39Az-ZumarالزمرVerse 48 of 75
The Troops39. Az-Zumarالزمر
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The Throngs
MeccanVerse 48 of 75
Surah al-Zumar - Verse 48
48. And [on that Day] the evils of that which they earned [in their mundane life] will become apparent to them, and that which they used to mock at will encircle them.
The Day of Resurrection is the Day on which all secrets shall be known, thus the blessed Verse in question says:
It is noteworthy that four points are raised in this Verse as to polytheists and wrong doers:
1. Fear of Divine Chastisement is so severe that even if they had all the worldly possessions, they would not be able to barter them for deliverance from torment.
2. Different kinds of Divine Chastisement will become apparent to them which they did not imagine.
3. All sins committed by men will become apparent and embodied before them.
4. That which they used to mock at will become apparent to them like absolute or objective reality and they shall find no deliverance.
It is to be noted that :
produces another argument to substantiate the question of the embodiment of deeds, since there would be no need for the words chastisement and recompense to be included by predestination.