Transliteration:( Yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilaaa ajalim musammaa; innaa ajalal laahi izaa jaaa'a laa yu'akhkhar; law kuntum ta'lamoon )
"He will forgive some of your sins and delay you until an appointed term. Indeed, the promise of Allah, when it comes, cannot be postponed. If only you knew."
This verse implies that Allah (اللَّهُ ) will forgive sins, but not the violation of human rights. This teaches us that:
When a person accepts Islam, their past sins are forgiven, except for violations against other people.
One must fulfill their obligations and compensate those who were wronged to seek full forgiveness.
This means that Allah (اللَّهُ ) will not send punishment throughout one's entire life. This verse does not contradict divine justice but rather shows Allah’s mercy in granting time for repentance.
If people do not accept faith, punishment will certainly come, but not immediately. It will descend at its destined time, so one should not be deceived by its delay.
If people truly understood the wisdom behind the delay in punishment, they would accept faith instead of being misled by the fact that punishment has not yet arrived.
The tafsir of Surah Nuh verse 4 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nuh ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 4.
(71:4) He will forgive your sins[3] and will grant you respite until an appointed term.[4] Indeed when Allah’s appointed term comes, it cannot be deferred;[5] if you only knew!”[6]
3. The sentence yaghfir la-kum min dhunub-i-kum in the original does not mean that Allah will forgive some of their sins, but its correct meaning is: If you accept and acknowledge the three things which are being presented before you, He will forgive all the sins that you have committed in the past.
4. That is, if you accepted these three things, you would be given respite to live in the world until the time that Allah has appointed for your natural death.
5. “A term appointed”: The time fixed by Allah for sending down a torment on a people. In this regard the Quran has at several places stated explicitly that when Allah’s torment has been decreed for a certain people, they are not pardoned even if they affirm the faith after it.
6. That is, if you come to know that the time which is now passing after you have received Allah’s message through me is, in fact, a period of respite that has been granted to you for affirming the faith and there is no chance of escape from Allah’s torment after the term of respite has elapsed, you would testify to the faith without delay and would not like to postpone it until the torment actually started descending on you.
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