The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 220
PT. 5 AN-NISA' CH. 4 53. These are Allah has cursed; and he whom أو لَكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَلْعَنِ those whom اللهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيرًات Allah curses, thou shalt not find for him a helper. 527 أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ الْمُلْكِ فَإِذَا لَّا Have they a share in the. 54 يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيرَات kingdom? Then would they not give men even so much as the little hollow in the back of a date-stone. 528 "2:160; 3:87-88. belonging to the Quraish; (2) that which is worshipped instead of God, whatever it be; (3) that wherein there is no good; (4) a diviner or an enchanter or the like; (5) the Devil or Satan; (6) enchantment or magic (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The Muslims believed in all the Prophets mentioned in the Bible and also in the Divine origin of the Law that was given to Moses, yet so great was the hatred of Jews for them that they declared the idol-worshippers of Arabia, who rejected their Prophets as well as their Scriptures, to be better guided than Muslims. It is regrettable that some present-day Muslims also have the hardihood to say that it is better to renounce Islam than to accept Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, than whom there is no greater champion of Islam. 527. Commentary: God cursed the Jews in consequence of their perversity in declaring idolaters to be better guided than Muslims, although the former 660 reject and abuse the Prophets of God. The words, thou shalt not find for him a helper, contain a prophecy regarding the miserable condition to which the Jews were to be reduced. The whole world has witnessed how remarkably this prophecy has been fulfilled during the ages. 528. Important Words: a (the little hollow in the back of date-stone) is derived from meaning, it (a bird) pecked at or picked up a grain from this place or the butt with an that with its beak; he (a person) hit arrow without making his arrow pass through it wholly or partly; he struck a thing with a pointed instrument; he engraved a writing upon a stone; he struck a lute or a tambourine with his finger; he bored, perforated or made a hole in a thing; he hollowed or excavated a piece of wood, etc. means, (1) what is bored or perforated; and what is hollowed out or excavated; (2) a piece of wood, or a block of wood, or a stump or the lower part of a palm-tree which is