Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allah decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.
اردو — مودودی
کیا یہ لوگ دیکھتے نہیں ہیں کہ ہم اِس سرزمین پر چلے آ رہے ہیں اور اس کا دائرہ ہر طرف سے تنگ کرتے چلے آتے ہیں؟ اللہ حکومت کر رہا ہے، کوئی اس کے فیصلوں پر نظر ثانی کرنے و الا نہیں ہے، اور اُسے حساب لیتے کچھ دیر نہیں لگتی
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Dan apakah mereka tidak melihat bahwa sesungguhnya Kami mendatangi daerah-daerah (orang-orang kafir), lalu Kami kurangi daerah-daerah itu (sedikit demi sedikit) dari tepi-tepinya? Dan Allah menetapkan hukum (menurut kehendak-Nya), tidak ada yang dapat menolak ketetapan-Nya; dan Dialah Yang Maha cepat hisab-Nya.
Ibn Kathir
Punishment is by Allah, and the Messenger's Job is only to convey the Message
Allah said to His Messenger ,
وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ
`(Whether We show you) O Muhammad, part of the disgrace and humiliation We have promised your enemies in this life,
أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ
(or cause you to die) before that,
فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَـغُ
(your duty is only to convey We have only sent you to convey to them Allah's Message, and by doing so, you will have fulfilled the mission that was ordained on you,
وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ
(and on Us is the reckoning), their reckoning and recompense is on Us.' Allah said in similar Ayat,
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ - لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُسَيْطِرٍ - إِلاَّ مَن تَوَلَّى وَكَفَرَ - فَيْعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّكْبَرَ - إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ - ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ
(So remind them - you are only one who reminds. You are not a dictator over them - Save the one who turns away and disbelieves. Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. Verily, to Us will be their return, Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.)88:21-26 Allah said next,
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّا نَأْتِى الاٌّرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا
(See they not that We gradually reduce the land from its outlying borders.) Ibn `Abbas commented, "See they not that We are granting land after land to Muhammad ﷺ" Al-Hasan and Ad-Dahhak commented that this Ayah refers to Muslims gaining the upper hand over idolators, just as Allah said in another Ayah,
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرَى
(And indeed We have destroyed towns round about you.) 46:27
المُيَسَّر
أولم يبصر هؤلاء الكفار أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها، وذلك بفتح المسلمين بلاد المشركين وإلحاقها ببلاد المسلمين؟ والله سبحانه يحكم لا معقِّب لحكمه وقضائه، وهو سريع الحساب، فلا يستعجلوا بالعذاب؛ فإن كل آت قريب.