Transliteration:( Wa man azlamu mimman zukkira bi ayaati Rabbihee fa-a'rada 'anhaa wa nasiya maa qaddamat yadaah; innaa ja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan any yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa in tad'uhum ilal hudaa falany yahtadooo izan abadaa )
135.This tells us that to forget the previous sins is the way of the cursed wretches, while remembrance of the sins and forgetting the good deeds, is the way of the pious. Always remember your sins and the good deeds of others.
136.The linking of these covers, etc. towards Allah Almighty is the own doing of the human beings i.e. due to their stubborn nature and hostility, Allah Almighty has placed coverings on their hearts and heavy weights on their ears. just as it can be said Allah Almighty caused the deceased to die i.e. He created death.Â
137.This is so because they do not have your dignity and respect in their hearts. The Holy QUR'AAN only reaches those hearts in which love for the Beloved Possessor of the Holy QUR'AAN has been inculcated. It is for this reason that an infidel is made a Muslim through; first, reciting Kalimah Tayyibah, thereafter the Holy QUR'AAN is taught to him. Thus, from this verse it does not necessarily mean that those infidels would be innocent. From this we learn that faithless people do not obtain true understanding of the Holy QUR'AAN, as can be seen today.
138. From this are meant those infidels whose death on infidelity is within the knowledge of Allah Almighty and not to all the infidels in general, because many of them accepted Islam.
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The tafsir of Surah Kahf verse 57 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Kahf ayat 55 which provides the complete commentary from verse 55 through 59.
(18:57) Who is more wicked than the man who, when he is reminded by the revelations of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets (the consequence of) the deeds wrought by his own hands? We have laid veils over their hearts lest they understand the message of the Qur’an, and We have caused heaviness in their ears. Call them as you may to the Right Path, they will not be ever guided aright.[54]
54. Allah puts a covering over the heart of a person and makes his ears hard of hearing the truth when he adopts the attitude of contention, dispute, wrangling and argumentation towards the admonition of a well wisher and tries to defeat the truth with the weapons of falsehood and cunning. Naturally this attitude produces in him obduracy and obstinacy so that he turns a deaf ear towards guidance, and is unwilling to realize his error before seeing his evil end. For such people pay no heed to admonition and warning and insist on falling into the abyss of perdition: then and then alone they are convinced that it was perdition towards which they were rushing headlong.
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