Surah Yasin Tafseer

Woe to the Disbelievers!

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas commented on the Ayah:

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ

Alas for mankind!,

this means, woe to mankind!

Qatadah said:

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ

(Alas for mankind!) means,

"Alas for mankind, who have neglected the command of Allah."

The meaning is that they will feel regret and sorrow on the Day of Resurrection. When they see the punishment with their own eyes; they will regret how they disbelieved the Messengers of Allah and went against the commands of Allah, for they used to disbelieve in them in this world.

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مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِوُون

There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.

means, they disbelieved him and made fun of him, and rejected the message of truth with which he had been sent.

The Refutation of the Belief in the Transmigration of Souls

Then Allah says:

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنْ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُون