None is Worse Than One who Invents a Lie Against Allah and Claims that Revelation Came to Him
Allah said,
ومن أظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا
And who can be more unjust than he who invents a lie against Allah,
Therefore, none is more unjust than one who lies about Allah claiming that He has partners or a son, or falsely claiming that Allah sent him as a Prophet;
أو قال أوحي إلي ولم يوح إليه شيء
or says: "I have received inspiration,'' whereas he is not inspired with anything;
Ikrimah and Qatadah said that;
this Ayah was revealed about Musaylimah Al-Kadhdhab.
ومن قال سٲنزل مثل ما أنزل الله
and who says, "I will reveal the like of what Allah has revealed.''
This refers to he, who claims that the lies he invents rival the revelation that came from Allah.
In another Ayah, Allah said,
وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا قالوا قد سمعنا لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا
And when Our verses (of the Qur'an) are recited to them, they say: "We have heard this (the Qur'an); if we wish we can say the like of this.'' (8:31)
The Condition of These Unjust People Upon Death and on the Day of Resurrection
Allah, the Most Honored, said,
ولو ترى إذ الظالمون في غمرات الموت
And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the agonies of death...
suffering from the hardships, agonies and afflictions of death,
والمﻼيكة باسطوا أيديهم
while the angels are stretching forth their hands...
beating them.
Allah said in other Ayat:
لين بسطت إلى يدك لتقتلنى
If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me.. (5:28)
and,
ويبسطوا إليكم أيديهم وألسنتهم بالسوء
And stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you with evil. (60:2)
Ad-Dahhak and Abu Salih said that,
`stretch forth their hands,' means, `with torment'.
In another Ayah, Allah said,
ولو ترى إذ يتوفى الذين كفروا المليكة يضربون وجوههم وأدبرهم
And if you could see when the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve they smite their faces and their backs. (8:50)
Allah said,
والمﻼيكة باسطوا أيديهم
(while the angels are stretching forth their hands),
beating them, until their souls leave their bodies, saying,
أخرجوا أنفسكم
("Deliver your souls!''),
When the disbeliever is near death, the angels will convey the `good news' to him of torment, vengeance, chains, restraints, Hell, boiling water and the anger of the Most Beneficent, Most Merciful. The soul will then scatter in the body of the disbeliever and refuse to get out of it. The angels will keep beating the disbeliever until his soul exits from his body,
أخرجوا أنفسكم اليوم تجزون عذاب الهون بما كنتم تقولون على الله غير الحق
(Saying): "Deliver your souls! This day you shall be recompensed with the torment of degradation because of what you used to say about Allah other than the truth.''
This Ayah means, today, you will be utterly humiliated because you used to invent lies against Allah and arrogantly refused to follow His Ayat and obey His Messengers.
وكنتم عن آياته تستكبرون
And you used to reject His Ayat with disrespect!''
There are many Hadiths, of Mutawatir grade, that explain what occurs when the believers and disbelievers die, and we will mention these Hadiths when explaining Allah's statement,
يثبت الله الذين آمنوا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي اﻻخرة
(Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands firm in this world, and in the Hereafter). (14:27)
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