අර්ථ කථනය වාක්‍යය 36 පරිච්ඡේදය සූරා අල් කහ්ෆ් - ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තනය- මහාචාර්ය: වලීඩ් බ්ලෙයිෂ් උමරි - පාරිශුද්ධ අල් කුර්ආනයේ විශ්ව කෝෂය

වාක්‍යය: 36

وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةٗ وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَا مُنقَلَبٗا

(36) “And I think not that the Hour is ever coming. Shall I ever ˹perchance˺ be returned to my Lord, mine shall be a better rebound!”^[3835]

[3835] Although not believing in the Hereafter altogether, in his mind he thought should there be a tiny possibility of it happening, based on his wrongful calculation of believing that he was only honoured in this life because God loved him, he projected his arrogance onto it. Hence he fell into the fallacy that could he ever be returned to Him, he should only expect greater honouring (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr).
Although acknowledging this reading, al-Saʿdī holds it that he only said so deridingly, which all the more highlights the extent of his rebelliousness.