فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ
So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves
Whenever the addressee communities rejected the prophets sent to them, they were destroyed by calamities which burst upon them either from the heavens or from the earth. Lot’s community was subjected to the curse of high-velocity winds that bore stones. The ‘Ad, the Thamud and the people of Midian were punished by thunder and lightning sent down upon them. Korah, at God’s behest, was swallowed by the earth. Pharaoh and Haman were drowned in the sea. The common reason for all these punishments was the false pride of the concerned persons, i.e. their rejecting the call of Truth for the reason that it would put an end to their high status.
انبیاء کی مخاطب قوموں نے جب اپنے نبی کا انکار کیا تو ان کو زمینی اور آسمانی عذاب سے ہلاک کردیا گیا — قوم لوط پر عاصب (پتھر برسانے والی طوفانی ہوا) کا عذاب آیا۔عاد اور ثمود اور اصحاب مدین پر صیحہ (رعد وبرق) کا عذاب آیا۔ قارون کےلیے خسف (زمین میں دھنسا دینے) کا عذاب آیا۔ فرعون اور ہامان کےلیے غرق (سمندر کے پانی میں ڈبا دینے) کا عذاب آیا۔
ان تمام عذابوں کا مشترک سبب لوگوں کا گھمنڈ تھا۔ یعنی حق کی دعوت کو اس ليے نہ ماننا کہ اس کو ماننے سے اپنی بڑائی ختم ہوجائے گی۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →