وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ
Were you to see when the angels take away the faithless, striking their faces and their backs, [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the burning.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 8:50
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 8:50] There is a terrible punishment, after death, for those who have rejected the true faith and have corrupted the people with their infidelity and evil deeds. They will be punished on account of their own evil deeds because they themselves chose to be wicked and unjust, otherwise Allah is never unjust to His creatures. The disbelievers of Makka have been compared to the people of Firawn to indicate the likeness of the Holy Prophet to Musa, and the destruction of the infidels in the same manner as Firawn and his hosts were wiped out. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: In ali Firawn, al means, in this verse, the followers and associates of Firawn, but in verse 33 of Ali Imran, al means dhurriyyat (progeny), one of the other, as made clear in verse 34 of Ali Imran.