Transliteration:( Allazeena yazunnoona annahum mulaaqoo Rabbihim wa annahum ilaihi raaji'oon )
87. Sometimes the word "Zwan" (presumption) is used to indicate positivness and certainty
as is the case here. A person must have a firm belief in concepts like Qiyamah (The Day ofJudgement), mere presumption and speculation about them is not enough.
88 Two points emerge from it:
1. Generally people are negligent about Salaah, though they will perform Hajj or keep their fasts with greater enthusiasm.
2. Permanent commitment to Salaah is a sign of true belief and humility.
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 46 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 45 which provides the complete commentary from verse 45 through 46.
(2:46) who realize that ultimately they will have to meet their Lord and that to Him they are destined to return.[61]
61. This means that Prayer is an insufferable encumbrance and affliction for the man who tends not to want to obey, God and to believe in the After-life. For the man who, of his own violation, has to stand before God after death, it is failure to perform the Prayer, rather than its performance, that becomes intolerable.
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