The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 453
CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM E PT. 7 وَمِنْ أَبَا بِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِمْ وَاِخْوَانِهِمْ And We exalted some of. 88 their fathers and their children وَاجْتَبَيْنَهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاط and their brethren, and We مسْتَقِيمٍ chose them and We guided them in the straight path. ذلِكَ هُدَى اللهِ يَهْدِى بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ That is the guidance of. 89 Allah. He guides thereby those of His servants whom He pleases. And "if they had worshipped aught beside Him, surely all they did would have عِبَادِهِ وَلَوْ اَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ been of no avail to them. 831 b gave the Book and dominion أُولَيْكَ الَّذِيْنَ أَتَيْنَهُمُ الْكِتَب وَالْحُكْمَ It is these to whom We. 90 وَالنُّبُوَّةَ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَدْ and prophethood. But if these وَكَّلْنَابِهَا قَوْمًا لَّيْسُوا بِهَا بِكُفِرِيْنَ people are ungrateful for them, it matters not, for We have now entrusted them to a people who are not ungrateful for them. 832 a39:66. b45:17. wrong; for Lot lived in the time of Abraham and was admittedly not superior to the Patriarch. Thus the word cannot here signify even "the people of the age" as it has been rendered elsewhere but simply "the people," i. e. a section thereof. In fact, the exaltation spoken of here refers only to the people to whom the Prophets, mentioned in the verse, were sent. 831. Commentary: The verse signifies that real and true guidance is that which was given to the Prophets named in the above 893 verses; they all preached against (idol-worship). The latter part of the verse hints that these Prophets did not associate anything with God even before they were sent as Prophets; otherwise they would not have been raised to that high spiritual rank. 832. Commentary: The giving of a Book by God generally occurs in two ways: Firstly, directly, as in the case of Moses and the Holy Prophet of Islam. Secondly, indirectly, as in the case of those Prophets to whom no new Book was revealed and who only followed a