ﲛ ﲜ ﲝ ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ ﲢ ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ ﲬ ﲭ ﲮ ﲯ
And your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
Tafsir
Verse range: 18:58
وربك الغفور ذو الرحمة
And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of mercy. means, `your Lord, O Muhammad, is forgiving and has great mercy.'
لو يواخذهم بما كسبوا لعجل لهم العذاب
Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment. This is like the Ayah:
ولو يواخذ الله الناس بما كسبوا ما ترك على ظهرها من دآبة
And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the surface of the earth. (35:45)
وإن ربك لذو مغفرة للناس على ظلمهم وإن ربك لشديد العقاب
But verily, your Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind in spite of their wrongdoing. And verily, your Lord is (also) severe in punishment. (13:6) And there are many Ayat which say the same thing. Then Allah tells us that He is patient, He conceals faults and forgives sins. He may guide some of them from wrongdoing to true guidance, and whoever continues in his evil ways, then there will come to him a Day when infants will turn grey and every pregnant female will shed her load. He says:
بل لهم موعد لن يجدوا من دونه مويﻼ
But they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no escape. meaning, they will find no way out
