The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 326
CH. 5 AL-MA'IDAH PT. 6 يَا هَلَ الْكِتُبِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ !O ye People of the Book. 20 there has come to you Our لَكُمْ عَلَى فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ اَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا Messenger, after a break in the جَاءَنَا مِنْ بَشِيرٍ وَّلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ series of Messengers, who b جَاءَكُمْ بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌة makes things clear to you lest you say, 'There has come to us no bearer of glad tidings and no warner. ' So a bearer of glad tidings and a warner has indeed come to you. And Allah has power to do all things. 657 ह्र a5:16. preposterous claim of the People of the Book. If they are truly the sons of God and His beloved ones, why do they commit sins which is a sign of filth and uncleanness? One springing from God and beloved of Him must certainly be above this, for God loves not those who are filthy and commit sins. Again, if they are really the sons of God and His beloved ones, why do they suffer torment and punishment while a divine being must be above such weakness? 657. Important Words: (interval) is the noun-infinitive from. They sayi. e. the thing remitted or became allayed or abated or still after vehemence; or it became gentle after violence. They say alas i. e. he flagged or became remiss or languid in his work. means, the heat abated or flagged after being intense and vehement. means, languor or remissness; weakness or feebleness; an interval of time between two things; an interval of 766 time between two Prophets during which there is a cessation of prophetic revelation (Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: As generally believed, no Prophet appeared among Jews and Christians after Jesus. According to some historians, however, three Prophets did appear after Jesus, and according to Kalbi, Jesus was followed by four Prophets, one of them, Khālid bin Salām, appearing in Arabia. It was with regard to Khālid bin Salām that the Holy Prophet is reported to have said, "He was a Prophet to whose message his people paid no heed" (Muḥīt). Whatever the truth, the Holy Prophet was preceded by a period of or cessation of Prophethood, no Prophet of God having appeared immediately before him. The expression, lest you say, there has come to us no bearer of glad tidings and no warner, points to the important truth that God never visits a people with punishment unless He