The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 427
PT. 7 AL-AN'ĀM CH. 6 مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّلِمِينَ that thou shouldst drive them away and be of the unjust. 798 798. Important Words: (morning), which is often written as the letter () being silent, is derived from which means, he went forth or went away in the early part of the morning, i. e. between daybreak and sunrise. So, "seeking God Himself," for the expression also means, "the thing itself. " In that case, the clause would mean "they seek nothing but God, i. e. they seek God alone. " The words, thou shouldst be of the unjust, hint that there are some men means, early | who look upon themselves as being غدية or غدوة or غداة or غداوة part of the morning; the period between daybreak and sunrise; morning; first part of the day; forenoon (Lane). too great and disdain to join a movement set on foot by a Prophet, because its adherents are mostly poor and do not belong to what is called higher society. They would join it only if the poorer adherents were (evening) is derived from means, he ate the evening meal; he repaired to (him, etc. ) at night. (expelled. So, in order to demolish means, the late part of the evening; evening; afternoon; time between sunset and nightfall. It also means the time between the declining of the sun and sunset; also the time from the declining of the sun to morning; night (Lane). ‹ (His countenance). The word also means i. e. the thing itself (see 2:113). (morning and Commentary: The words evening) taken in their wider significance cover, as shown under Important Words, practically all the 24 hours, excluding only the time in which the offering of Prayers is prohibited. Thus, in one sense the two words taken together comprise both day and night, and in another they indicate only morning and evening. The words (seeking His countenance) may also mean, 867 drive such hopes on their part, God bids the Holy Prophet to declare that he would not drive away his poor followers so that the so-called great might join his fold. The prohibition does not mean that the Holy Prophet actually used to away his poorer followers. It is only meant as a reply and a rebuff to the desires of the proud and the haughty. They are told that the humble followers of the Holy Prophet, who remember God morning and evening or day and night, cannot be turned out for their sake. The Quran has already made the Holy Prophet say, I follow only that which is revealed to me (6:51). So now when the prohibition, drive not away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, has so forcibly been revealed, the so-called rich should despair of the humble being driven away. So these words were revealed not as a reflection on the