The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 477
PT. 8 AL-AN'ĀM words; and He is the All- Hearing, the All-Knowing. 857 CH. 6 وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ And if thou obey the. 117 majority of those on earth, they يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ will lead thee astray from إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَ اِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ ) Allah's way. "They follow nothing but mere conjecture, and they do nothing but lie. 858 "10:37; 53:29. revelation that has been sent down to him, then no one is justified in entertaining doubt concerning them. 857. Commentary: The verb (has been fulfilled) though grammatically in the past tense is here used in the future tense, meaning, shall be fulfilled, for in prophecies often a preterit is used to express the future tense. This is done in order to show that the event predicted is, in the sight of God, as good as fulfilled. The words thus contain a prophecy and mean that what God has said about the future triumph of Islam shall certainly come to pass. It is reported that when Mecca fell and the Holy Prophet entered the Ka'bah, which was at that time full of idols, and struck the idols one after another with his stick, he recited the very words of this prophecy: the Word of thy Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice, in allusion to the fact that with the Fall of Mecca, the Word of God had indeed been fulfilled (Manthur, under 6:116). The words, None can change His words, refer to the prophecies or to 917 the ways or usage of God. With regard to the aor usage of God, it must be remembered that it is not for us to determine what the usage or the law of God is. Generally speaking, it is that which has been expressly mentioned as such in the Quran. Thus, one of the laws of God specified in the Quran is that His Messengers triumph and their enemies brought to naught. Such laws have been spoken of as a (the ways or usages of God) and are not to be confounded with the laws of nature. are By the words, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing is meant that God hears not only the prayers of believers but also what the enemies of the Holy Prophet say against him. Similarly, He knows not only the sufferings and sacrifices of believers but also what the enemies of Islam are doing to harm and ruin it. So He will decide between the two parties. 858. Important Words: خرص lie is derived from) يخرصون which means, he computed the quantity or number of a thing by conjecture; he conjectured; he opined while he was not certain. It also