Surat Aţ-Ţāriq - The Nightcommer
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وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
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Wama huwa bilhazl
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And it is not amusement.
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That is, just as the falling of rain froth the sky and the splitting of the earth to put out shoots is no jest but a serious reality, so also the news which the Qur'an gives that man has to return to his God is no jest but a definite and decisive reality and an unchangeable truth which has to be fulfilled.
- filter_vintage﴿وَمَا هوَ بِالْهَزْلِ ﴾(And it is not a thing for amusement.) meaning, rather it is serious and true. Then Allah informs about the disbelievers saying that they reject Him and hinder others from His path. Allah says,