AL MU'MINUUN — Ayat 112

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

قَـلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ - قَالُواْ لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَآدِّينَ - قَالَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ - أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـكُمْ عَبَثاً وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لاَ تُرْجَعُونَ - فَتَعَـلَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

112. He will say: ”What number of years did you stay on earth'' 113. They will say: ”We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account.'' 114. He will say: ”You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!'' 115. ”Did you think that We had created you in play, and that you would not be brought back to Us'' 116. So Exalted be Allah, the True King: None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Lord of Al-`Arsh Al-Karim!   If they had been patient during their short stay in this world, they would have attained victory just like His pious close friends.