The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 34
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 3 يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ Beware of the Day when. 31 mějšízíŕ every soul shall find itself مُحْضَرًا ۚ وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ confronted with all the good it لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَةٌ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا has done and all the evil it has وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللهُ نَفْسَهُ وَاللَّهُ رَءُوفٌ great distance between it and بالْعِبَادِة done. It will wish there were a that evil. And Allah cautions you against His punishment. And Allah Compassionate servants. 321 R. 4. 11 is Most to His follow me: then will Allah love b قل اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي Say, bIf you love Allah. 32 يُحبُكُمُ اللهُ وَيَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمُ. you and forgive you your faults وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيم And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. '322 "18:50. b4:70. shall come to naught, for the obvious reason that the Almighty and the All- Knowing God had promised to protect it. 321. Important Words: (Most Compassionate) is one of the attributes of God. It is derived from meaning, he pitied him or had compassion on him; he pitied or compassionated him tenderly or in the utmost degree (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: For the meaning of the clause, And Allah cautions you against His punishment, see 3:29 above. 322. Commentary: The verse is most important 474 inasmuch as it pertains to the attainment of the love of God which is considered by Islam to be the highest goal of human life. It constitutes an open and unqualified challenge to mankind, particularly to Christians, who claim to be under the direct leadership of the "son of God", while they and the Jews both call themselves "the children of Allah and His beloved ones" (5:19). The verse emphatically declares that the goal pertaining to the attainment of Divine love is now impossible of achievement except by accepting Islam and following the Holy Prophet Muḥammad. Those who seek to love God and attain to His nearness must