As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks)

56. “He says: ‘By Allah! You had almost caused me to perish;”

57. “And had it not been the bounty of my Lord, certainly would I have been brought into (the Hell)’.”

The Qur’anic term /turdin/ is derived from /’ida’/ in the sense of ‘to fall from a height which is accompanied with destruction’.

In these two verses the Qur’an implies that he addresses his deviated friend and:

“He says: ‘By Allah! You had almost caused me to perish;”

And also it was nigh that your temptations would affect on my pure heart and bring me into the same deviated path that you were in.

The verse says:

“And had it not been the bounty of my Lord, certainly would I have been brought into (the Hell)’.”

It was the Divine success which helped me in my way and it was the grace of Allah that came to me and guided me aright.