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“And those who do not hope to meet Us (for Judgment) say: ‘Why are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?’ Certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.” The Arabic word /‘utuww/ means the worst kind of oppression. ^1 The day of Resurrection is called the day of /liqa’/ (meeting), because in that day all ignorance, negligence and obstacles will be removed fully and people can see Allah’s magnificence.
(“...and they will know that Allah, He is the (very) Manifest Truth.”) [^2] In order to relinquish duties and responsibilities that believing in Allah and Resurrection would put on polytheists’ shoulder, they stated some pretexts, one of which was why the Prophet (S) eats like us and walks in markets, which we read its answer in the former verses. The concerned verse completes two other parts of their pretexts and answers them.
It first says: “And those who do not hope to meet Us (for Judgment) say: ‘Why are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?’...” Their statement means that suppose it is accepted that the Prophet (S) can have a common life like other people, but it is not accepted that the bringer of revelation comes only to him and that it cannot be seen by other people.
What is the problem if the angel appears and certifies his prophethood or retells some of his revelation while people are present? What is the matter if man sees Allah by his own eye? If this happens, no doubt remains for him. These are the arouse questions which prevent them accepting the call of the Prophet (S). It is important that the holy Qur’an introduces these pretext-seeking persons as: “...those who do not expect the meeting with Us...”.
[^3] This shows that these baseless words originate from unbelief in resurrection and also the lack of undertaking responsibility to Allah. In verse 7 of Surah Al-Hijr, No.