The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 26
CH. 3 ĀL-E-'IMRĀN PT. 3 شَهِدَ اللهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَكَةُ Allah bears witness that. 19 Valy there is no God but He and وَأُولُوا الْعِلْمِ قَابِما بِالْقِسْطِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا also do the angels and those possessed of knowledge "Maintainer of justice; there is no God but He, the Mighty, the Wise. 310 هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ اِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللهِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَمَا Surely, the true religion. 20 اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَبَ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ submission. And those who مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ وَمَنْ بَ h with Allah is complete were given the Book did not disagree but after knowledge يَكْفُرْ بِايَتِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ had come to them, out of mutual envy. And whoso denies the Signs of Allah, then surely, Allah is quick at reckoning. 311 "5:9; 7:30. 3:86. also pass parts of his nights in prayer and worship of the Lord. Special stress is laid in the Quran on the Prayer in the latter part of the night (17:80; 73:3-7). The word (lit. latter parts of nights) has been used in the plural number to hint that a true believer should not be satisfied with praying in the latter part of the night only once or twice but should make it a habit to rise regularly for the Tahajjud Prayers. 310. Commentary: The one central and indisputable fact in nature and the basic principle of every true religion is the Unity of God. The whole creation and the consummate order pervading it bear an undeniable testimony to this fundamental truth. The angels who 466 are the bearers of the message of truth to the Prophets, the Messengers of God who propagate it in the world, and those good people who receive and imbibe true knowledge from God's Messengers, all add their testimony to the testimony of God. Similarly, all are united in testifying to the falsehood of the idea of setting up gods with God, be it in the form of plurality, trinity, or duality of gods. All true testimony must point and does point to the Oneness of the Creator. 311. Important Words: (complete submission) which is derived from which again is derived from signifies: (1) complete submission to God; (2) the religion of Islam, the latter meaning being also based on the first-