Ash-Shura (Consultation)

18. Those who believe not therein seek to hasten it, while those who believe are fearful of it, and know that it is the very truth. Verily, those who dispute concerning the Hour are certainly in error far away.

When those in error have not gone too far away, they may be found and saved, but if they are too far away from the Straight Path, it will be hard or impossible to find and save them from error. Disbelievers and polytheists were always hasty in their judgments concerning Prophets’ warnings against Resurrection and asked when such torments happen and why they are not realized.

The Arabic verbal form yumaruna designates persistence in doubt and

mushfiq (“fearful”) is cognate with shafaqat (“fear accompanied with precaution”).

The blessed Verse is saying that since disbelievers did not believe in Resurrection, they were apparently mocking and said unto the Noble Prophet (S):

“O Muhammad! When Resurrection against which you warn us will happen.”

However, believers were certain that Resurrection would happen as a consequence of which they always stood in awe as to its occurrence. Believers tread the path of vice and righteousness but those who doubt the happening of Resurrection are in error far away from the Straight Path and shall sink into the abyss of humility.