Al-Anbya 13: Do not flee! Return to the prosperity that you are in and to your homes, for you will be asked questions.
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Do not flee! Return to the prosperity that you are in and to your homes, for you will be asked questions.
Tafsir
When the community of the wrongdoers, sensing the punishment of Allah, fled from their homes of prosperity, Allah (swt) said to them: "O community of wrongdoers, where are you fleeing to, is there any other property and creator besides Allah's property that you seek refuge in it? Do you have a place to flee to today? So do not flee in vain. You will be called to account by your Lord for what you have been given, which you have denied.
He declares that the Hereafter is true, that Allah is true, that there is no other god but Allah, that the resurrection after death is true, that people will be held to account for the blessings Allah has bestowed upon them in the realm of property, and that you will be asked questions today.
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In Surah Al-Anbiya, verse 13, how beautifully Allah Almighty puts it now: Do not flee; return to the luxury you were in and to your homes. For you will be questioned. What question is this? Your Lord who created you from nothing, your denying of this Lord. He spread so many blessings and provisions before you as a treasure, gave you children and family, let you taste all the pleasures of the world and made you the vicegerent of the earth. In that case, if you do not see the One who gave so many blessings and, with your own existence, thinking you exist by yourself, with that limited mind you turn your back on Allah, then of this food you ate, drink you drank, this health, this body of yours you will be asked to give account.
The community of wrongdoers that senses Allah's punishment. When they begin to flee, leaving the homes of luxury they were in, Allah Almighty says to them: O community of wrongdoers, where are you fleeing? Is there any dominion and creator other than Allah's dominion, that you try to take refuge in it? Do you have any place today to flee and be saved? Then do not flee and run in vain. For the blessings given to you, by your Lord whom you denied, you will be called to account. Declaring that the abode of the hereafter is true, that Allah is true, that there is no god other than Allah, that resurrection after death is true, that for the blessings Allah gave people in the material realm people will be called to account, He says to you: Today you will be questioned.
Which day is that? The Day of Reckoning. On the day of resurrection after death, when, after being raised, at the Great Tribunal, each of us is called to account before our Lord, we will be asked questions. What did you do in the world? I gave you so many of My blessings. In return for these blessings I gave, you ate, drank, and indulged in pleasure. You amused yourself, you were carried away by pride and arrogance. But you did not see the One who gave these blessings. Yes.