The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 157
PT. 4 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN CH. 3 ذلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَاَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ That is because of that. 183 which your hands have sent on before yourselves, and the truth is that "Allah is not at all unjust to His servants. 465 بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِة الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَلَّا Those who say, “Allah has. 184 نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرُبَانِ تَأْكُلُهُ charged us not to believe in any Messenger until he bring us an offering which fire devours. ' Say, 'There have already come b النَّارُ قُلْ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رُسُلُ مِنْ قَبْلِي بِالْبَيِّنَتِ وَ بِالَّذِى قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ to you Messengers before me قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَدِقِينَ with clear Signs and with that which you speak of. Why, then, did you seek to kill them, if you are truthful?'466 a8:52; 41:47; 50:30. 5:33; 14:10; 40:84. thoughts of those niggardly persons and the weak of faith who join a new religion but find it hard to comply with its ever-growing monetary demands and sometimes cry out in impatience: "Has Allah become poor that we are asked to spend our hard- earned money in His cause?" In fact, one of the principal causes of the opposition to a new religious movement is reluctance on the part of the people to undergo the sacrifices of money and comfort that it demands. The words, We shall record what they have said, signify that God will not let such mischievous utterances go unpunished, implying that what is forgiven is, as it were, not recorded. 465. Commentary: The expression, Allah is not at all unjust to His servants, falsifies the 597 inference to which the statement of the disbelievers mentioned in the previous verse gives rise. They seem to say that if Islam had been true, God Himself would have helped it and would not have asked others to help it with their money. To this objection the answer is given that if the Prophet is an impostor and yet God is helping him to thrive and prosper, it means that God is doing a great wrong to the people by granting respite to an impostor and by allowing the people to be led astray by helping a wrong cause. But as God cannot be unjust, so the cause of Islam must be, and is, a right cause. 466. Commentary: The enemies of truth never admit their defeat. They continue to seek new pretexts for refusing to believe in