The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 122
CH. 3 ĀL-E-'IMRĀN PT. 4 أُولَيكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ It is these whose reward is. 137 وَجَنَّتُ تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهُرُ Gardens beneath which rivers خُلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَمِلِينَ forgiveness from their Lord, and flow, wherein they shall abide; and how good is the reward of those who work! 420 many dispensations before you; قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا فِي Surely, there have been. 138 الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ so travel through the earth and الْمُكَذِّبِينَ see how evil was the end of those who treated the Prophets as liars. 421 a39:75. 7:39; 13:31; 41:26; 46:19. 6:12; 12:110; 27:70. and Forgiving, why should not man repent? The words, do not persist knowingly, imply that whenever good men happen to commit an error, they do not try to justify their conduct, but frankly admit their mistake and then reform themselves. The verse does not, however, mean that a man should confess his sins to others. What is meant is that one should confess one's guilt to oneself, i. e. one should feel that one has been in the wrong and should not proceed to defend one's conduct when someone else, or, for that matter, when one's own conscience reproaches one for one's misdeeds. Those truly righteous never try to deceive themselves. 420. Commentary: When a man truly turns to God, after committing a sin, and sincerely repents of his misdeeds, he is forgiven by God. The verse makes it further clear that forgiveness is only 562 the first stage. God leads those who repent to higher stages of spiritual progress and promises them Heaven. 421. Important Words: a (dispensations) is the plural of which is derived from w. They say di. e. he whetted or sharpened it (knife, appetite, etc. ). he undid the knot. means, means, he made known or manifested the matter الشيء. or the affair or the case ,means سن he shaped or formed or fashioned the thing, ball means, he followed or pursued the way or course. in aflew means, he established or instituted or prescribed for them a law or custom or mode of conduct. a means, (1) face or form; (2) way or course or rule of conduct; (3) way of acting instituted or pursued by a people and followed by others after them; (4) character or conduct or nature or disposition; (5) law or religious law or dispensation (Aqrab & Tāj).