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“The day (that) everyone will come disputing in his own behalf; and everyone will be rewarded in full (for) what he has done, and they will not be dealt with unjustly.” The resurrection scene is so dangerous that the culprit and the sinful utter something at every moment. Sometimes, he says: “ Swearing to Allah, we were not pagans. ” At other times, he says: “ It was they who misled us. ” Sometimes he says: “ If you were not there, we would be believers.
“And Allah sets forth a parable: a township that was secure, at rest, its sustenance coming to it in abundance from every side; then it was ungrateful for the favours of Allah. So Allah made it taste the garment of hunger and of fear because of what they used to do.” Those who became ungrateful and were entangled. We have repeatedly said that this noble Surah is the ‘Surah of blessings’, whether spiritual and material.
We note the consequences of ungratefulness of the Divine blessings in the form of an objective allegory in this verse. At first, the Qur’an implies that Allah sets forth a parable for those who are ungrateful; a developed area which enjoyed utmost safety and security. It was such that its inhabitants were confident in their life and were never compelled to go on an exodus or emigrate.