The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 489
PT. 19 AN-NAML CH. 27 فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ their works look beautiful to them, and has thus hindered them from the right way, so that they follow not guidance; 2830 الَّا يَسْجُدُ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يُخْرِجُ الْخَبْءَ فِي And Satan has bidden them. 26 not to worship Allah, Who brings السَّمُوتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ to light that which is hidden in وَمَا تُعْلِنُوْنَ the heavens and the earth, and "Who knows what you conceal and what you make known. اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ Allah! there is no god but He. 27 الْعَظِيمِة the Lord of the Mighty Throne. ' قَالَ سَنَنْظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ Solomon said, “We shall see. 28 مِنَ الْكَذِبِينَ whether thou hast spoken the truth or whether thou art one of those who lie. 2831 اذْهَبْ بِكِتَبِى هُذَا فَأَلْقِهُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ Go thou, with this letter of. 29 تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُوْنَ mine, and lay it before them; then withdraw from them and see 2830. Commentary: "2:78; 16:20; 64:5. The Sabaeans worshipped the sun and the stars, a creed which in all likelihood had been imported into Yemen from Iraq with which the people of Yemen were in close contact by way of the sea and the Persian Gulf. The Sabaeans should not be confounded with Sabians who have been mentioned in 2:63, 5:70 & 22:18 and have been variously described as (1) a star-worshipping people living in Iraq; (2) a people believing in a faith which was a sort of patchwork of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism; (3) a people who lived near Mosul in Iraq and believed in the Unity of God but possessed no known shari'ah and (4) a people who lived round about Iraq and professed beliefs in all Divine Prophets. 2403 2831. Commentary: Birds are never known to speak the truth or tell lies. The verse affords yet one more proof of "Hudhud" being not a bird but an important official in Solomon's government.