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37:127

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ

Fakaththaboohu fainnahum lamuhdaroona

And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],

Word by word
  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُBut they denied him
  2. فَإِنَّهُمۡso indeed,they
  3. لَمُحۡضَرُونَ(will) surely be brought
As-Saffat · 37:127Makkah

They called him a liar, and they will be brought forward.

Denial does not cancel the meeting

What followed
Ilyascalls them to Allah
is
deniedby his people
so they will be
brought forthon the Day of Reckoning
What denial changes
if I reject it, it goes away
the meeting still comeseveryone will be brought

His people did not argue the point. They simply denied him. Ibn Kathir explains that they will be brought forth for the reckoning on the Day of Judgment. Saying no to a warning does not remove what it warns about.

You ignore the letter from the bank. You skip the check-up because you do not want to hear it. Not looking feels like safety. But the appointment is still on the calendar. Better to face it now, while there is time to change.

If I do not think about the reckoning, I do not have to deal with it.

The meeting with Allah is coming either way. Facing it now is the kind choice.

Try this

Think of one thing you have been avoiding that you know you will answer for. Take one small step on it today.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 37:123)

And verily, Ilyas was one of the Messengers (123)When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa? (124)"Will you call upon 'Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators (125)Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers? (126)But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth (127)Save the chosen servants of Allah (128)And We left for him among the later generations (129)"Salam (peace!) be upon Ilyasin! (130)Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good (131)Verily, he was one of Our believing servants (132)

Ilyas

Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq said, "Ilyas is another name for Idris." Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Ilyas is Idris." This was also the view of Ad-Dahhak . Wahb bin Munabbih said, "He is Ilyas bin Yasin bin Finhas bin Al-'Izar bin Harun bin 'Imran.

Allah sent him to the Children of Israel after Hizqil (Ezekiel), may peace be upon them both. They had started to worship an idol called Ba'l, and he called them to Allah, may He be exalted, and forbade them to worship anyone besides Him. Their king believed in him, then he apostatized, and they persisted in their misguided ways, and not one person among them believed in him. So he prayed to Allah against them, and Allah withheld the rain from them for three years. Then they asked him to relieve them from that, and promised that they would believe in him if rain came to them. So he prayed to Allah for them, and the rains came, but they persisted in their evil ways of disbelief. So he asked Allah to take him to Him. Al-Yasa' bin Akhtub had grown up under his care, may peace be upon them both. So Ilyas was commanded to go to such and such a place, and whatever mount came to him, he was to ride on it and not to give it away. A horse of fire was brought to him, so he rode it, and Allah clothed him with light and covered him with feathers, and he used to fly with the angels as a human angel, heavenly yet also earthly. This is what was narrated by Wahb bin Munabbih from the People of the Book; Allah knows best how true it is.

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

(When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa?") means, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?'

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ 

(Will you call upon Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators,) Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, 'Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba'l means lord. 'Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah. 'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba'labak (Baalbek) which is to the west of Damascus. Ad-Dahhak said, "It is an idol which they used to worship."

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا

(Will you call upon Ba'l) means, 'will you worship an idol,'

وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ - اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

(and forsake the Best of creators, Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?) means, 'He is the One Who is deserving of your worship alone, with no partners or associates.'

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

(But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth,) means, for the punishment on the Day of Reckoning.

إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

(Save the chosen servants of Allah.) means, those who believe in Him alone.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

(And We left for him among the later generations.) means, he is praised and spoken of highly.

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ 

(Salam (peace!) be upon Ilyasin!) Similarly, one might say for Isma'il, Isma'in. This is the language (dialect) of Bani Asad; they say Mikal, Mika'il, and Mika'in. They say Ibrahim and Ibraham; Isra'il, Isra'in; Tur Sina', Tur Sinin. All of that is fine.

إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good. Verily, he was one of Our believing servants.) We have already discussed the meaning of this above. And Allah knows best.