The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 239
CH. 4 PT. 5 AN-NISA' 84. And when there comes to them any tidings whether of وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى peace or of fear, they spread it الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَى أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ about whereas if they had لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنْبُطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ referred it to the Messenger and b to "those in authority among وَلَوْ لَا فَضْلُ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ them, surely those of them, who can elicit the truth from it, would have understood it. And had it not been for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have followed Satan, save a few. 552 "4:60. means that all the different announcements and prophecies made by the Quran are proving, and will prove, to be true; and there can be no disagreement in this respect either. If the Quran had not been the Word of God, but the fabrication of man, most of the prophecies and promises made by it under extremely adverse conditions would have failed to materialize. So the fact that the prophecies made in the Quran have been, and are being, fulfilled against all calculations and all expectations and in a most wonderful manner is a proof positive of the fact that it is the revealed Word of God. The word, much, qualifying the word disagreement should not be construed to mean that some disagreement in the Quran is possible. The expression is simply intended to mean that, whereas 679 لا تَبَعْتُمُ الشَّيْطَنَ إِلَّا قَلِيْلًا otherwise there would have been much disagreement, the Quran being the Word of God, there is, in fact, none. 552. Commentary: The reason why tidings or matters relating to peace have been mentioned before those relating to fear is that the Quran is here speaking of war, and during war it is sometimes more dangerous to give publicity to matters likely to lead to happy results than to matters of fear. For instance, if any information comes that the forces of the enemy are about to attack, the publication of this news among the people may not prove so dangerous as disclosure of, for example, the news that the Muslim army was going to attack the enemy at a certain weak point of the latter. The latter class of news would disclose the intentions of the Muslim