The Holy Quran 17:75 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَـٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا

Translation

In that case (had you acceded to their requests,) We would have let you taste double punishment in this life and after death. Then you would not have found any assistant for you (to help you) against Us.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The words of reproach as a statement of the Prophet's ﷺ honour: this too is intended to express, in a most subtle manner, the excellence and honour of the Prophet ﷺ. Just as the rewards for those brought near [to Allah] are very great, so too, by the rule “the nearer one is, the greater one's awe”, the reproach for their slightest error or shortcoming is…

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