The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2)

The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 304

Thereafter commandments have been laid down which particularly concern Christian peoples and countries; viz. commandments about what is lawful and what is unlawful; commandments about oaths; commandments about the use of wine and games of hazard; commandments about hunting; commandments regarding the criticism of religion, and ordinances about rites and ceremonies and about evidence (88-109). Last of all a somewhat detailed mention is made of the particular circumstances of Jesus and it is shown that they only resemble those of other Prophets of God. It is mentioned that there was nothing of Godhead about him and that all material progress of Christians is due to a prayer of his. But they have made an improper use of that progress and, as a result, instead of believing in the Oneness of God, have succumbed to polytheistic beliefs and practices. God will, on the Day of Judgement, establish their guilt and put them to shame from the mouth of Jesus himself, who will confess that he never preached any polytheistic doctrine or asked them to regard him as God or His equal. He will also confess that these people deviated from the right path and became corrupt only after his death (110-120). The Sūrah ends with the declaration that to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and He has power over all things, which implies the beautiful hint that the belief that the kingdom of God is only on heaven and is not on earth is false and that to Him alone belongs the dominion, both of heaven and earth and that as a proof of it He will now grant Islam, His true religion, predominance and victory over the Christian peoples. And so it actually came to pass. 744