| Answer: Below is given the
text of the verse followed by a simple translation:
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا
وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى (٢٠:١٢٤)
But he who turns away
from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him
blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection. (20:124)
The
phrase ‘مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا’ connotes a life full of
difficulties and hardships. Amīn Ahsan Islāhī a famous exegete of the Holy
Qur’ān explains:
‘مَعِيشَةً
ضَنكًا’ means a constricted life lacking in equanimity and poise;
full of worries and devoid of satisfaction of heart. The Almighty says that
whoever forgets Him will have to live a life of dissatisfaction full of
worries and will be raised blind on the Day of Judgment. The reason why he
will not experience peace of mind and satisfaction at heart in his life is
because humans cannot find satisfactory explanation of their own existence,
and of the universe, unless they believe in the Almighty.
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