This very subject is referred to in the second sentence in another form.

This very subject is referred to in the second sentence in another form. It says: “… and if one heavy-burdened calls for its load to be carried, not a thing of it will be carried, even if he be a near kinsman. …” An Islamic tradition indicates that on the Day of Hereafter there will be brought a mother and a son both of whom have a heavy burden of sins. The mother asks her son to carry a part of her burden of sin and responsibility instead of those labours she tolerated in the world for him.

The son will say to the mother to get distance from him, because he is involved in difficulty more than her. (The Commentary of Abul-Futu-h, Qurtubi-, and Rauh-ul-Baya-n) Finally, in the third sentence this fact is revealed that the warnings of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) affect only in the receptive hearts, where it says: “… You warn only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer.

…” The warnings of Divine prophets and Allah’s friends will not have any effect unless there is the fear of Allah in the heart, and the one does not feel the observance of a spiritual power over him inwardly and outwardly, and by establishing the daily prayers which survives his heart and causes him to remember Allah, he does not help this inner feeling.

At the beginning of an action, when a person has chosen no faith and has not believed, if he has not a truth-seeking character and does not feel responsibility before the cognition of the facts, he will not hearken to the invitation of prophets, and consequently he will not contemplate over the Divine signs in the world of existence. In the fourth sentence, the verse returns again to this fact that Allah is self-sufficient from all.

It adds: “… And whoever purifies (himself), he only purifies for his own self. …” And, at last, in the fifth and the last sentence, it warns that if the good doers and the evil doers do not reach the result of their deeds in this world, it does not matter because the return of all is to Him. It says: “… And Unto Allah (alone) is the destination (of all).” Previous…