The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 430
PT. 7 قُلْ إِنِّى عَلَى بَيْنَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّ وَكَذَّبْتُم بِهِ CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM 58. Say: "I take my stand on a clear evidence from my Lord and you reject it. That which you desire to be hastened is not b b مَا عِنْدِى مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ إنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلهِ يَقُضُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ in my power. The decision خَيْرُ الْفَصِلِينَ rests with none but Allah. He explains the truth, and He is Best of judges. '803 قُل لَّوْانَّ عِنْدِى مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ Say: “If that which you. 59 desire to be hastened were in لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَاللهُ my power, surely the matter أَعْلَمُ بِالظَّلِمِينَ would be decided between me and you. And Allah knows best the unjust. ’804 a11:64; 12:109. 12:41, 68. 6:9; 10:12. believe in the One God, while you are idolaters. How can I then drive away the believers in the One God for the sake of those who disbelieve! You say that if you join Islam, it will receive strength and support from you. But your the truth is that if I follow wishes, the result will be that I shall become lost and my movement will be ruined rather than strengthened. Again, my mission is that men may accept and follow guidance; but if I act upon your wishes, the result will be that I myself will go astray. Then there will be no Islam and no guidance. What then shall I gain from your support?" while I have clear evidence with me. You say, 'If we are in error, why does not God visit us with punishment?' You must remember that it does not lie in my power to bring down punishment. It is God alone Who sends down punishment whomsoever and at whatever time He wills and He is the Best of judges. He will justly decide the matter between you and me. " 804. Commentary: on This verse gives one of the reasons why it has not been placed in the power of Prophets to bring down punishment. The reason lies in the fact that God alone knows who are just and who are unjust. Therefore, if the work of punishment be entrusted The verse calls upon the Holy to human beings, who do not know Prophet to say to disbelievers what the inner secrets of the heart, they may be expressed as follows: "You may punish many who are not really are perversely sticking to your errors | unjust. ‘Umar, for instance, was in the 803. Commentary: 870