ROOT ث ب ر

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Commentary:

Pharaoh spoke of Moses as a victim of deception (v. 102), in order to lower him in the estimation of his people and to weaken his cause. But Moses warned Pharaoh that he would not succeed in his object because his people would certainly believe in him (Moses) and Pharaoh himself would come to a miserable end. The verse, in fact, implies a warning to the Meccans that, like Pharaoh who tried to defame and decry Moses, they would call the Holy Prophet a cheat and a victim of deception but like Pharaoh they would also fail in their designs and the Prophet would succeed.

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Important Words:

ثبورا (destruction) is infinitive-noun from ثبر which means, he perished; he suffered loss; he erred; he became lost. ثبرہmeans, he drove him away, he repelled him; he disappointed or frustrated his hope or desire; he cursed him; he confined, restrained or withheld him; God destroyed him with a destruction from which he could not rise. ثبور means, perdition; loss, going astray or becoming lost; woe; complete destruction, etc. (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

In the preceding verse the organs of sight and hearing were mentioned as feeling the pain of Divine punishment. The present verse, besides referring to the organs of touch, expresses the extreme bitterness of the disbelievers’ distress. When a man is in great distress he wishes that death should make a speedy end of him.

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Important Words:

ثبور (destruction) is derived from ثبر which means, he perished; he suffered loss; he erred; he became lost. ثبور means, loss, perdition; complete destruction, woe, etc. (Lane). See also 25:15.

Commentary:

When a man is in extreme distress, he desires death might end his life. The verse under comment describes this state of mind of the disbelievers. Face to face with Divine punishment in the form of blazing fire, the disbelievers will wish death to come upon them and "death will come to them from every direction but they will not die" (14:18).