وَذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ
لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِۦٓ أَن تُبْسَلَ
نَفْسٌۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ
لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِىٌّ
وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ
عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا۟ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ لَهُمْ
شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ
And leave alone those who
take their religion as
play and amusement,
and are deceived by life
of this world.
But remind (them) with it
(the Qur’an) lest a soul
Tubsal for that which one
has earned, when
he will find for himself
no protector or intercessor
besides Allah, and even
if he offers every ransom,
it will not be accepted
from him.
Such are they who are given
up to destruction
because of that which they
have earned. For them
will be a drink of boiling water
and a painful torment because
they used to disbelieve.)
Allah said,
وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمْ لَعِباً
وَلَهْواً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا
And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world
The Ayat commands to leave such people, ignore them and give them respite, for soon, they will taste a tremendous torment. This is why Allah said,
وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ
But remind with it
meaning, remind the people with this Qur’an and warn them against Allah’s revenge and painful torment on the Day of Resurrection. Allah said;
أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ
lest a soul Tubsal for that which one has earned
meaning, so that it is not Tubsal. Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan and As-Suddi said that Tubsal means, be submissive. Al-Walibi said that Ibn `Abbas said that Tubsal means, `be exposed’. Qatadah said that Tubsal means, `be prevented’, Murrah and Ibn Zayd said that it means, `be recompensed’, Al-Kalbi said, `be reckoned’. All these statements and expressions are similar, for they all mean exposure to destruction, being kept away from all that is good, and being restrained from attaining what is desired. Allah also said;
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ
Every person is restrained by what he has earned. Except those on the Right. (Al-Muddaththir 38-39) and
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ
وَلِىٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ
when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allah
and,
وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لاَّ يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ
and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him
meaning, whatever the ransom such people offer, it will not be accepted from them. Allah said in a similar statement,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ
وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ
مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الاٌّرْضِ ذَهَبًا
Verily, those who disbelieved, and died while they were disbelievers, the (whole) earth full of gold will not be accepted from anyone of them (Al-i’Imran 91)
Allah said here,
أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُواْ
بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ
Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve