40 Ghafir (Forgiving)/al mumin

Mecca 60 [85 verses]

40:77 HENCE, remain thou patient in adversity - for, verily, God's promise always comes true. And whether We show thee [in this world] something of what We hold in store for those [deniers of the truth], or whether We cause thee to die [ere that retribution takes place - know that, in the end), it is unto Us that they will be brought back. 56

[[Asad’s note - 56 See the almost identical passage in 10:46, as well as the corresponding notes 66 and 67. ]]

فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ...

40:77. So persevere in patience!

For the Promise of Allah is true:

فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ...

and whether We show thee (in this life) some part of what We promise them, or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),

C4453. Cf. 10;46, and n. 1438.

As the eventual justice and readjustment of values must take place, when every soul returns to the Judgment-Seat of Allah, it makes no difference if good and evil meet their deserts in this very life or not.

Cf. also 13:40.

... فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

(in any case) it is to Us that they shall (all) return.