The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 458
CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM PT. 7 وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِبًا And who is more unjust. 94 than he who forges a lie against أوْ قَالَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٍ Allah, or says, It has been وَمَنْ قَالَ سَأُنْزِلُ مِثْلَ مَا اَنْزَلَ اللهُ وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذِ الظَّلِمُونَ فِي غَمَرَاتِ revealed to me,' while nothing has been revealed to him; and who says, 'I will send down the like of that which Allah has sent الْمَوْتِ وَالمُلَيْكَةُ بَاسِطُوا أَيْدِيهِمْ down? And if thou couldst only أَخْرِجُوا أَنْفُسَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ the agonies of death, and the عَذَابَ الْهُوْنِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى see, when the wrongdoers are in angels stretch forth their hands, saying, 'Yield up your souls. اللهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ وَكُنْتُمْ عَنْ التِهِ bThis day shall you be awarded the punishment of disgrace, because of that which you spoke against Allah falsely and because you turned away from His Signs with disdain. '836 "6:22; 7:38; 10:18; 11:19; 61:8. 46:21. milk, even as a child sucks milk from the breast of its mother. The words, those around her, are intended to include the whole earth. The earth being round, all parts of it lie around the place where the Holy Prophet made his appearance, i. e. Mecca. Thus, this verse also proves the universal mission of the Holy Prophet. The words, those who believe in the Hereafter believe therein, signify that a true believer in the life to come cannot but believe in the Quranic teaching. In fact, he who has real faith in the life to come will always be anxious to find out the truth in order to ensure his salvation, and he 898 تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ who earnestly seeks after truth will necessarily be led to believe in the Quran, for as the Quran says: those who strive in Our cause-We will surely guide them in Our ways (29:70). Thus, belief in the Quran is really a criterion of true faith in the Day of Resurrection. Again, when a man comes to have faith in the Quran, he will naturally try to mould his actions according to its teachings and will be constant in his Prayers. 836. Commentary: The verse gives another reason of the fact that the Quran is the revealed Word of God. If this Book, says the verse, is not the Word of God, then he