19 Preface فَقَد كَذَّبوكُم بِما تَقولونَ فَما تَستَطيعونَ صَرفًا وَلا نَصرًا ۚ وَمَن يَظلِم مِنكُم نُذِقهُ عَذابًا كَبيرًاYusuf Ali(God will say): “Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty)1 nor (get) help.” And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.The argument is as in a court of justice. If the false worshippers plead that they were misled by those whom they falsely worshipped, the latter will be confronted with them and will prove that plea to be false. No help can be got from them, and the penalty cannot then be averted. After all these things are thus explained in detail beforehand, all ungodly men should repent and turn to God. False worship is here identified with sin, for sin is disobedience to God, and arises from a wrong appreciation of God’s attributes and His goodness to His creatures. The sinful man refuses, in his conduct, to serve God: he serves other things than God. (R)