Surah Al An'aam Notes (46-49)

(46) Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allah could bring them [back] to you?" Look how we diversify the verses; then they [still] turn away.

(47) Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allah should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

(48) And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

(49) But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

(6:46) If Allah took away all your senses (ability to see, hear) and put a seal on your heart (stop you from being able to perceive guidance) then who other than Allah will guide you? Look how Allah has diversified the verses, but ‘they’ still turn away.

 If it was not for Allah and the senses He has given us to think/consider and opened our hearts, how would we be guided? If He did place seals on our hearts and took away these senses, who other than Allah, which other entity worthy of worship and obedience is going to bring back those senses for you? Observe how Allah alternates His Ayats. Allah presents the same subjects in multiple ways. Again and again in different ways, like how the wind changes its directions, presents the same message and teachings for us. But then they themselves turn away.

(6:47)    Allah tells Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) to say that if a punishment of Allah was to fall on them without warning or even openly, wrongdoers would still be destroyed.  

 Allah says that if a punishment would fall on the wrongdoers (i.e    ظََّدِمُمنو َ ) without a warning, so they will not suspect it and be destroyed by the punishment when not expecting it, but even if Allah sent a punishment openly i.e. without warning, out in the open, even knowing no body except the wrongdoers cannot escape the wrath of Allah. So there is no running away from Allah’s punishment, He will get you wherever you are.

(6:48)  Allah says that He did not send Messengers for any other purpose except that they’d be givers of good news and to warn. Except you ever came to believe and whoever fixed their behavior. Hence there will not be any fear falling upon them and they won’t regret.

  

 Two actions are mentioned 

• who ever came to believe and who ever fixed their behavior and these two actions beautifully correspond to the two roles of the Messengers mentioned. Messengers come to give you glad tidings; i.e. of a healthy life here and a beautiful life after here, so you come to Iman (faith).
• Then he warns you, and when he warns you, you correct your behavior. Then there’s no fear danger upon you them nor are they the ones that would be grieving (on earth or on the day of Judgment).   

(6:49) َ....massa....(touch) is used because this is worldly punishment. When the final punishment comes then ...sabb... is used which means really hard hit.  But in dunya even when Allah destroys nations which is pretty violent Allah refers to this as a little touch of punishment compared to what He can really do.