The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 462
CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM PT. 7 وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ النُّجُومَ تَهْتَدُوا And He it is "Who has made. 98 the stars for you that you may بِهَا فِي ظُلمتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا follow the right direction with الْآيَتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ their help amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We have explained the Signs in detail for a people who possess knowledge. 840 وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَاكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ And He it is Who has. 99 b produced you from a single فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَ مُسْتَوْدَع قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا person and there is for you a الأيتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ home and a lodging. We have explained the Signs in detail for a people who understand. 841 a16:17. 4:3; 7:190; 39:7. 11:7. moon in this verse, the Quran draws the attention of the deniers of revelation to the fact that, just as in the physical world the sun and the moon are indispensable, being measures of time and sources of light, of God are the Prophets indispensable in the spiritual world. SO 840. Commentary: The argument embodied in this verse runs like this: "When God has made stars for guidance during the hours of night in the physical world, would He make no stars for the guidance of man in the spiritual world? The spiritual welfare of man is much more important than his physical welfare; so when God has created means of guidance for the temporal welfare of man, does it not stand to reason that He should have also provided means for the spiritual 902 guidance of erring humanity?" 841. Important Words: (has produced you). The word tasis derived from which means, he lived; he rose or became high or elevated; he grew up; it became produced or originated. Las means, he created, produced or originated; he raised or lifted (Lane). تر ;home) is derived from) مستقر which means he or it settled or became firm or fixed or established; or he or it remained or continued in a place; or he or it rested; or he or it became still or quiet or stationary. gives the same meaning as above. It also means, it subsisted. s means, place or time of settledness; or of permanence and continuance, i. e. home; also a resting place (Lane). ورع lodging) is derived from) مستودع (wada'a) or ε (wadu'a) which