In this verse, it is stated that, “Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and pass by their ill deeds: (they shall be) among the of the Garden: a promise of truth which was made to them (in this life).” However the following verse is in relation to the corrupt, misled generation, and it states: ) وَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَا أَتَعِدَانِنِي أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ الْقُرُونُ مِنْ قَبْلِي وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ اللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ آمِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ أَسَاطِيرُ الأََوَّلِينَ ( “But (there is one) who says to his parents ‘Woe on you!
Do you hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up even though generations have passed before me (without rising again)?’ And the two of them (the mother and father) seek Allah’s aid (and rebuke the son saying): ‘Woe to you!
Have faith for the promise of Allah is true.’ But he says ‘This is nothing but tales of the ancients!” [^4] ’ A conceited, perplexed and mentally undeveloped generation would learn a few things, and then would not believe anything else that they hear; thus they would cease being servants of Allah (s.w.t.). They would say to their father and mother, “Woe upon you!” They would make fun of their parents and would resort to laughing at their thoughts and beliefs.
Such a generation would say to their them! ) أَتَعِدَانِنِي أَنْ أُخْرَجَ ( “Do you hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up?” Such a generation exclaims: “Do you expect me to believe that there is another world after this one or that there is another life after this one whereas we see that previous generations came, lived, died and that is it!?” The father and mother are religious and are not prepared to hear anything that goes against their religion and faith, however at the same time, they see that the dearest of people to them is speaking to them in such a way that it makes them upset and forces them to say to their child: ) وَيْلَكَ آمِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ ( “Woe to you!
Have faith for the promise of Allah is true!” One of the most painful things for a religious father and mother to see is their dear child drifting towards disbelief of the religion, or to see him or her deny the beliefs and go towards Kufr (complete disbelief).