The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 18
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 3 رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمِ لَا رَيْبَ wilt فِيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَة 10. Our Lord, "Thou certainly assemble mankind together on the Day about which there is no doubt; surely, Allah breaks not His promise. '301 "3:26; 4:88; 45:27. one who gives greatly and extensively (Aqrab). The word is used about God because He gives to each and every one of His creatures according to his deserts and none is overlooked (Mufradāt). Commentary: The verse, which comprises a very important prayer, comes as a fitting sequel to the preceding verse. It points out the great truth that not unoften a people receive a favour or blessing from God, which sometimes later proves a means of stumbling for them. They abuse the favour of God or misinterpret divine guidance and thus bring about their ruin. This is what happened to the Christians; and Muslims are warned to be watchful against this source of error and ever to pray to God to protect them against it. See also 1:7. than, having once found the right path, to go astray, and, having once received Divine favour, to become the object of His anger. in a متشابهات The verse also draws attention to the fact that the error of interpreting manner which is at variance with (see preceding verse) can only be avoided through the purification of the heart and through prayer. The right knowledge of the Quran is vouchsafed only to those who are pure of heart. In this connection see also 56:80. 301. Important Words: (wilt assemble) is derived from i. e. he collected or he assembled. means, he assembled and arranged the thing. God is called because He will bring together all men on the Day of Judgement and will give them their reward or punishment as they deserve. The central mosque of a town is also called because people gather there for Prayers, particularly for Friday Prayer from the entire neighbourhood. (Friday) is also so called because on that day people assemble for the weekly worship (Tāj & Aqrab). The verse also hints that dissension and straying away from the truth would be the lot of Muslims if they subordinated decisive verses to those ambiguous, and fundamentals to matters of secondary importance. This is why the Holy Prophets used to recite this prayer constantly, which fact implied an instruction to his followers to do the same. Indeed, there could be no greater tragedy | i. e. he promised. Generally, means, 458 وعد promise is derived from) الميعاد