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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Mizan an Exegesis of the Quran (volume Seven) Volume 7: Surah Ale-imran, Verses 176-180 And let not those grieve you who fall into unbelief hastily; surely they can do no harm to Allah at all; Allah intends that He should not give them any portion on the hereafter, and they shall have a great chastisement (176).

Surely those who have bought unbelief at the price of faith shall do no harm at all to Allah, and they shall have a painful chastisement (177). And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them respite is good for their souls; We grant them respite only that they may increase in sins; and they shall have a disgraceful chastisement (178).

On no account will Allah leave the believers in the condition which you are in until He separates the evil from the good; nor is Allah going to make you acquainted with the unseen, but Allah chooses of His messengers whom He pleases; therefore believe in Allah and His messengers; and if you believe and guard (against evil), then you shall have a great reward (179).

And let not those deem, who are niggardly in giving away that which Allah has granted them out of His grace, that it is good for them; nay, it is worse for them; they shall have that whereof they were niggardly made to encircle their necks on the Resurrection Day; and Allah's is the heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is aware of what you do (180). COMMENTARY The verses have some connection with those revealed about the battle of Uhud.

These and especially the first four of them are probably a sort of epilogue to the preceding ones. The most important theme of the preceding talk was the principle of test and trial, which Allah makes His servants to undergo. Therefore, these are like the sum total of the verses of Uhud.

Allah describes here that the test and trial is an established and continual system from which no one - neither a believer nor an unbeliever - can escape; Allah will certainly test both in order to expose and unveil the hidden realities of their souls; in this way the unbeliever will become totally fit for the Fire, and the evil will become separated from the good in the believer. QUR'AN: And let not those grieve you . . .

and they shall have a painful chastisement: The verse consoles the Prophet and removes sorrow by describing the reality of the whole affair.