Surah Ghafir Tafseer

The Command to be Patient and Good News of Victory

Allah commands to His Messenger,

فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ

So be patient, verily, the promise of Allah is true,

Here Allah commands His Messenger to patiently bear the rejection of those who rejected him:`Allah will fulfill His promise to you that you will be victorious and will prevail over your people, and you and those who follow you, will be the successful ones in this world and the Hereafter.'

فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ

and whether We show you some part of what We have promised them,

means, in this world, and this is what happened, for Allah gave them the joy of humiliating the leaders and nobles (of the Quraysh), who were killed on the day of Badr, then Allah granted them victory over Makkah and the entire Arabian Peninsula during the lifetime of the Prophet.

أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

or We cause you to die, then still it is to Us they all shall be returned.

means, `and We shall inflict a severe punishment upon them in the Hereafter.'

Then Allah says, consoling (His Prophet)