Re: Request for explaination
Assalamu’alaikum once again bro
There is no severe admonishing in the verse. Allah (SWT) calls mankind unjust and ignorant. The trust from Allah (SWT) comes with a price … a price that we cannot possibly afford, but in haste we took it up. Our unjustness is our nature and our ignorance too. We took the task of taking the Trust when all others respectfully declined, because they were not looking for glory, but we were. They could see the potential in the harm outweighed the potential in gaining the glory. We were the ones who run with the risk. We are merely being called risky. Of course later Allah (SWT) states that in His Mercy He will deal with us accordingly; we were the only few ignorants to take up the challenge of accepting the Trust. Undertaking the Trust itself is not a laudable deed but undertaking it and doing the task justice is a laudable effort and reward comes in the form of Jannah.
Jannah is better than being expunged from existence, but being expunged from existence is better than being condemned to an eternal punishment. Those who refused saw the latter scenario as the prominent one, and correctly so too, we and even in our current state see a slim chance of success but treat it like as if it most likely to occur. Allah (SWT) tells us the odds are heavily against us. The refusal was the more sensible option, but the taking up of it has given us a chance to receive a reward. But merely agreeing to taking the Trust is neither laudable nor is it sensible especially if it can be seen that the odds are against us.
Think of jumping over a gap between two cliffs. The chances of making the jump are slim, potential is a deathly fall. However, there is a prize for anyone who makes the jump. Simply opting to jump is not laudable it is considered foolish. Only if the jump is completed safely then can the reward come. Allah (SWT) is simply saying in the following verse that if we jump with the correct techniques then He will make sure that He gives us an extra boost to make the jump, but if we jump in a sloppy style then He will let us continue in our trajectory which will probably not make the jump.