Verse 45
The Mount • makkah
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46:25.
Commentary:
In the two previous verses disbelievers were warned that Divine punishment was about to overtake them. But such is their state of utter heedlessness and false sense of security (says the verse) that they do not benefit by the timely Divine warning, so that even if they see a piece of the sky actually falling upon them, they would deceive themselves by considering it as a piece of God’s mercy in the form of 'piled-up clouds.' The disbelievers go so far as to challenge the Prophet to "cause a portion of the sky to fall upon us if thou art truthful" (26:188).
Such is the state of utter heedlessness and false sense of security of disbelievers that they do not benefit by the timely Divine warning, so much so that even if they see a piece of the sky actually falling down upon them, they would deceive themselves by considering it as a piece of God’s mercy in the form of 'piled up clouds.'