Whether we manifest such ideas and notions or hide them...

Whether we manifest such ideas and notions or hide them, Allah will tell us about them on the Day of Resurrection. Comment: This interpretation too, like the preceding one, is totally against the clear meaning of the verse. QUR’AN: then He will forgive whom He pleases and chastise whom He pleases; and Allah is powerful over all things: The alternatives of “forgiveness” and “chastisement” give a hint that “what is in your souls” refers especially to evil thoughts and characteristics.

Although “forgiveness” has also been used in the Qur’an in a few such cases where no sin was involved, it is a…